A “must-see” is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit nowadays, with streaming services throwing out major TV series and films all the time. But with HBO’s “The Staircase,” the term couldn’t be more appropriate.
11.03.2022 - 22:35 / deadline.com
Oscar-winner Geena Davis has been tapped as the co-lead for a CBS’ untitled mother-son legal drama pilot from Scott Prendergast, who wrote the script and executive produces, Deadline has confirmed.
Here’s the official logline: “Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.”
Davis will star as Joan. She is a razor-sharp attorney and a self-made success who put herself through law school to support her three kids when her first husband died. Very controlling and always aware of appearances, Joan must rely on Todd, her least reliable child, when her 2nd marriage mysteriously unravels. And while she can’t condone Todd’s less than legal tactics, she’s impressed by his ability to sleuth out information. Is hiring Todd to work in her office a serious gamble?
In addition to Prendergast, the pilot is executive produced by Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw, and Julia Eisenman for Stage 29 Productions. CBS Studios is the studio.
Davis’ previous television credits include Family Ties, Commander and Chief, Coma, Grey’s Anatomy and GLOW. She won a Golden Globe for her work in Commander and Chief in 2006. Beyond television, Davis is known for her work in titles including The Accidental Tourist, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, Cutthroat Island, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Stuart Little, Accidents Happen and In A World. She can also be seen in Ava opposite Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell. She won her first Oscar in 1989 for The Accidental Tourist, then was honored in 2019 with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
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A “must-see” is a term that gets thrown around quite a bit nowadays, with streaming services throwing out major TV series and films all the time. But with HBO’s “The Staircase,” the term couldn’t be more appropriate.
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Geena Davis is dropping out.
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Batman film in the future.The Spider-Man and Doctor Strange And The Multiverse of Madness director recently opened up about his love for the caped crusader.“I’ve always loved Batman,” Raimi told Empire in a new interview. “If I ever saw the Batsignal up in the air, I’d come running.“If I heard that deep, gurgling laugh of The Shadow coming from the darkness, I would also tentatively step outside.”Reflecting on other characters that he’d like to make more films for, he added: “And Spider-Man would be ahead of Doctor Strange, but I don’t want to put him down the list!”Matt Reeves most recently put a new spin on the character with The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano and more.In a four-star review of The Batman, NME wrote: “Director Matt Reeves has mixed up gritty mob drama with film-noir detective thriller – and thanks to Dano’s ultra-creepy villain, some psychological horror too.“Most of the time it comes off brilliantly.
Skylar Astin, coming off his starring role on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, has been tapped as the male lead opposite Geena Davis in CBS’ mother-and-son legal drama pilot from writer/executive producer Scott Prendergast and executive producer Phil McGraw.
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Geena Davis is taking on a new role!
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Clayton Davis As one Oscar season comes to a close, another opens (at least to speculation) with Matt Reeves’ newest take on the Batman franchise starring Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano and Colin Farrell.The director and co-writer (along with Peter Craig) delivers a dark take on the world’s greatest detective as he battles villains the Riddler, the Penguin and (sorta, but not really) Catwoman. Receiving positive reviews from critics, will this new take on the Caped Crusader land major Oscar attention — including best picture — following in the footsteps of “Black Panther” (2017) and “Joker” (2019)?But with a limited sense of what the rest of 2022 will have to offer the cinematic landscape, there are certainly two spots well worth considering “The Batman” for recognition: cinematography and original score.
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