Prince Andrew is on the brink of being pulled back into the Jeffery Epstein sex scandal as he attempts to reintegrate himself into royal life.
02.06.2022 - 00:23 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Troy is gearing up to direct the feature Midnight in the Orange Grove—an adoption drama based on true-life events, which he wrote with Guinevere Turner (American Psycho).
The film will tell the story of a young woman who is jarred into remembering a tragedy long buried in her subconscious. Through therapy, a blossoming romance and the appearance of a mysterious woman, past and present collide as she’s forced to confront the murder-suicide that changed her life as a child.
The production companies involved with Midnight in the Orange Grove are Troy Entertainment and WWPS.tv. Troy and Ambi Group’s Luca Matrundola (Waiting for the Barbarians) will produce alongside Archie Hernandez, Candi Guterres, and former Alloy Entertainment Creative Executive Jennifer Wu (Gossip Girl), who was involved in the script’s development. Turner will exec produce with Warren Anzalone, Cary Wayne Moore and longtime Anonymous Content exec Paul Green, who is also producing Troy’s upcoming film, I Am a Man – The True Story of Chief Standing Bear in connection with WWPS. Alisha Stickney is serving as co-producer.
The filmmakers behind Midnight will seek to be inclusive of the adoption and foster care community in the telling of this story. Stickney has launched a variety of campaigns aimed at supporting adoption and domestic violence programs, having been raised by adoptive parents herself. The filmmakers intend to donate a percentage of proceeds toward these programs, utilizing the film as a platform to draw ongoing attention toward them.
Troy is a writer-producer whose Nicolls Seminfalist script I Am a Man – The True Story of Chief Standing Bear is currently in development as a feature, which he will direct and exec produce
Prince Andrew is on the brink of being pulled back into the Jeffery Epstein sex scandal as he attempts to reintegrate himself into royal life.
Will Forte is set to star in Bodkin (w/t) at Netflix, the first drama series from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company and wiip. Siobhan Cullen (The Dry), Robyn Cara (Trying), David Wilmot (Station Eleven) and Chris Walley (The Last Voyage of the Demeter) also feature in the seven-episode, darkly comedic thriller, which begins production in Ireland next week.
EXCLUSIVE: Anna Baryshnikov (Dickinson) will join Oscar nominee Kristen Stewart in A24’s romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding from double BAFTA Award-nominated director Rose Glass (Saint Maud).
If there hadn’t been a body count, Chris and Jeff George’s escapades might have made for a divinely trashy TLC reality show. The brothers had gargantuan appetites, a habit of breaking the law without consequences, a flair for exaggeration, and a knack for spending money as fast as it came in on all the things that would keep a certain kind of viewer coming back: strip club visits, firearms, McMansions, and jacked-up trucks.
Darren Criss and Julianne Hough hosted the first hour of the 2022 Tony Awards this past weekend and they celebrated their big night together with a star-studded after party.
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Ariana DeBose performed a musical number during the Tony Awards on Sunday (12 June), where she interacted with many audience members, including Andrew Garfield. The 31-year-old actor, who was hosting the award ceremony, delivered a hilarious musical performance that celebrated the audience.
The horrors of opioid addiction, greed, corporate interests, and the exploitation of the drug and patients are nothing new, and shows like “Dopesick” have done a great job of putting the epidemic in a great cultural, capitalistic and political context. But a new true-crime documentary, “American Pain” is showing one specific slice of the story that’s almost too unbelievable to believe.
EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ announced the casting of Amber Chardae Robinson (Stuber, Judas and the Black Messiah) as a series regular on Mrs. American Pie.
opposite Kristen Wiig, the streamer announced Tuesday. The 10-episode series, executive produced by and potentially starring Laura Dern, features an ensemble cast of Allison Janney, Leslie Bibb, Josh Lucas and Ricky Martin.Created by, executive produced and showrun by “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” writer Abe Sylvia and directed and executive produced by Oscar nominee Tate Taylor, the 1970s-set series follows Maxine Simmons’ (Wiig) attempt to ingratiate herself into the exclusive Palm Beach high society. Burnett will portray Norma, the “grand dame” of the bourgeoisie club who has a few secrets of her own.
Andrew Ahn has the fall of Quibi to thank for being the director of “Fire Island.”
, a queer, modern adaptation of, was first announced, it marked the first time a major film was being written and directed by as well as starring openly gay Asian people. In this case, that’s director Andrew Ahn, writer and star Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang. Later, the Hulu movie made news again when it revealed that it had filled out all the supporting roles with LGBTQ actors, including Margaret Cho, Matt Rogers and Conrad Ricamora. “Joel and I felt very committed to casting queer actors for this,” Ahn tells ET.
A year into the COVID pandemic, out director Andrew Ahn received the script for Joel Kim Booster’s “Fire Island” and knew almost immediately he needed to make it.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has encouraged British people to be more forgiving – including towards Prince Andrew. In 2015, Virginia Giuffre alleged that late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom Prince Andrew was friends with, forced her to have sex with the now-62 year old Royal when she was 17. Prince Andrew always claimed his innocence and, following a civil lawsuit in the US, he ended up paying out “millions” to Virginia earlier this year in a financial settlement.
Fremantle has appointed a Group Head of Strategy to support growth after striking a range of partnerships and buying up labels over the past year.
EXCLUSIVE: Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter behind such titles as Hoosiers and Rudy, is looking to complete a trifecta of iconic sports films with an upcoming title centered on automotive entrepreneur Carl Graham Fisher and the inaugural 1911 running of the Indianapolis 500, which Justin Escue will direct for Above The Line Productions, Diverse Media Group, T-Minus Productions and his company, My First Bike Productions.
In light of Tuesday’s deadly mass shooting in Texas, “American Pie” singer Don McLean announced that he will no longer be performing at this year’s National Rifle Association (NRA) Convention in Houston. “In light of the recent events in Texas, I have decided it would be disrespectful and hurtful for me to perform for the NRA at their convention in Houston this week,” the 76-year-old rock star said in a statement, Fox News reported.
Finally! Someone with a backbone to stand up to their own team when enough is enough!