Bel Powley, Joe Cole, Liev Schreiber to Star Disney Plus Nat Geo Series ‘Small Light’ About Anne Frank’s Protectors

Liev Schreiber is using his platform to highlight the war in Ukraine.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by TVD co-developer, executive  and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction 2015 article The Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted High School Teacher.

Joe Exotic is said to be engaged to a fellow inmate after finding love behind bars. Joe – real name Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage – was sentenced to 22 years in prison in January 2020, but has since had a year shaved off his lengthy sentence. The 59 year old was convicted for attempting to hire two different men to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin.

Olivia Neill, Christina "Tinx" Najjar and Holly H spring to mind - but one influencer we're currently obsessed with is Anna Paul.If she's popped up on your FYP you'll have seen her traveling the world with her boyfriend and pretty much living her best life.So we thought now is a good enough time to do some digging on who she is, what her actual job is and how much she earns because honestly, how does she afford to travel the globe?Anna Paul is an Australian influencer who vlogs every day of her life on TikTok.Whether she's traveling across the world with her BF, surprising her mum with her dream shoes or accidentally spending £6,500 on a bag in London - she films it all.Anna is living the dream and she's only 22 years old. She shared a vlog from her birthday on TikTok and we're obsessed with her birthday cake.If you follow Anna you might be wondering how on earth she manages to travel the world constantly.

Apple continues attracting high-profile talent for their original films and series after being the first streaming platform to win Best Picture at the Oscars for “CODA.” Their television division continues to grow with some quality original content and they’ve landed yet another popular actor after securing folks in the past such as Gary Oldman (“Slow Horses“), Tom Hiddleston (“Essex Serpent“), Jason Momoa (“Chief of War“), and Elisabeth Moss (“Shining Girls“).

MarVista Entertainment, and Red Clay Studios announce the production of The Kiss List, a feature starring Megan Suri (Never Have I Ever), Parminder Nagra (ER), Emjay Anthony (Bad Moms), and Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). This YA project includes director Sonía Sebastian and screenwriter Ximena García Lecuona, who adapted Sara Jo Cluff’s book of the same name. 

The streaming wars have led to an excellent time for well-crafted television. The quality of TV shows keeps elevating with compelling dramatic performances from actors from both the worlds of film and television alike as it’s not as taboo these days to move between the two mediums.

That’s a lot of brisket.

What if you could live again and again until you got it right? Metaphysical reincarnation sci-fi about life, death, family, and more? Yep, it’s an adaptation of Kate Atkinson‘s acclaimed novel, “Life After Life,” which is a BBC series debuting this month in the U.K. And it features quite the cast too, Thomasin McKenzie, known for “Leave No Trace,” “Jojo Rabbit,” and most recently a small role in “The Power of The Dog,” Sian Clifford from “Fleabag” and Jessica Brown Findlay from “Downton Abbey.” They star in the series alongside James McArdle, and Jessica Hynes, with Patsy Ferran, Harry Michell, Laurie Kynaston, Joshua Hill, and Maria Laird rounding out the cast.

11 years after the film adaptation of Michael Connelly’s 2005 crime novel, “The Lincoln Lawyer,” the first in a series of novels featuring the roving lawyer, Mickey Haller has found a new home on Netflix. Matthew McConaughey, who took the reigns in the titular role in 2011, will be passing the baton down to “The Magnificent Seven” star, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, also known for his role in another series incarnation of a feature film, “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series”.

“A Small Light” is produced by ABC Signature in Partnership with Keshet Studios. Executive producers are Rater, Phelan and Fogel; Keshet Studios’ Peter Traugott; Keshet International’s Alon Shtruzman; and Keshet Media Group’s Avi Nir. 

Bel Powley (The Morning Show) has been tapped as the lead and Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as the co-leads in Disney+’s A Small Light, a National Geographic limited series that tells the remarkable story of a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis for more than two years and then preserved Anne’s diary. The project comes from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Susanna Fogel, ABC Signature and Keshet Studios.

The Irish romantic psychological drama “Normal People” from BBC Three, Hulu, author Sally Rooney, and Academy Award-nominated director Lenny Abrahamson (“Frank,” “Room“) was a huge hit in the spring of 2020, distracting many through the pandemic and creating a word of mouth buzz that continued all summer long. The series also made big, breakout stars out of its leads Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal, who have gone on to become very in-demand actors.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe action series “The Ledger” starring Xolo Maridueña has been set up at HBO Max for development, Variety has learned exclusively.The half-hour series was first reported as being shopped to networks and streamers back in October. It follows the trials and travels of Gabriel (Maridueña), a young man who sets out into the world to right the wrongs of the deadly man who trained him.

Joe Cole has named Trent Alexander-Arnold as a superior crosser and passer over former England teammate and Manchester United icon David Beckham. The Liverpool has seen himself being compared to Manchester United hero David Beckham after taking another leap in his play this season.