Showtime Uber Series ‘Super Pumped’ Casts Kerry Bishé (EXCLUSIVE)

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has given a series order to Kingdom Business, a music-driven drama executive produced by DeVon Franklin (Miracles From Heaven), Holly Carter (The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel), multi-Grammy-award-winner Kirk Franklin and Michael Van Dyck. The eight-episode series explores the gospel music industry through the lenses of family, faith, love and the redemptive power of music.

As we try to avoid that leaked ‘No Way Home‘ trailer that is making the rounds online, let’s take a trip back to the beginnings of the Tom Holland-led ‘Spider–Man‘ trilogy. Several years ago, when Marvel Studios and Sony were on the hunt for the right filmmaker to reboot the “Spider–Man” franchise in the MCU, Jonathan Levine was one of the few left towards the end of the search.

put into development as a limited series, but has since been re-conceived as an anthology. Future seasons will each center on a different story that “rocked the business world to its core and changed culture.”Beth Schacter serves as co-writer, co-showrunner and executive producer on “Super Pumped” along with Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

Christopher Vourlias Serbian drama “The Family,” which swept the newly launched Heart of Sarajevo TV Awards at the Sarajevo Film Festival on Monday, has sold to North America, Variety can reveal.Directed by Bojan Vuletić (“Requiem for Mrs.

Naman Ramachandran “Nemesis,” a series based on “McMafia” writer Misha Glenny’s book “Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio,” is being co-produced by BlackBox Multimedia and Boutique Filmes. The story is based on the true-life story of Antonio Francisco Lopes, who went from a poorly paid man in Rio de Janeiro to “Nem,” the leader of one of Rio’s biggest slums and Brazil’s most wanted criminal and seen as a Robin Hood figure by the poor, but hated by the Brazilian elite.

Uber Eats are scrapping their partnership Jay Cutler following his opposition to mask mandates for schoolchildren in Tennessee.

Endeavor Group Holdings execs confirmed that talks are under way for the sale of a majority stake in production outfit Endeavor Content.

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EXCLUSIVE: Babak Tafti (Succession) and Mousa Hussein Kraish (American Gods) are set for lead roles opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler in the first installment of Super Pumped, Showtime’s anthology series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Tony nominee Maria Dizzia (Orange Is the New Black) and Jeremy Bobb (The Knick) are set for key recurring roles on Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady, starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves as showrunner. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce.

cast Latina Sasha Calle to play Supergirl in “The Flash,” this will be the first stand-alone title to feature a Latino lead. Also of note, “In the Heights” breakout star Leslie Grace, who is Dominican American, has won the role in “Batgirl” and will star as crime fighter Barbara Gordon in the upcoming film set at HBO Max.According to the MPAA, in 2017, Hispanic/Latino audiences had the highest per-capita attendance at the movies, going to the movie an average of 4.5 times a year.

Margot Robbie's Clown princess alter ego five years ago, she was locked up at Belle Reve in, before being liberated (and fabulously emancipated) in 2020's. But Harley is in the clink once again in, which is… Loosely related but not loosely related, and connected but not connected, to those other two movies.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Chi” has been renewed for Season 5 at Showtime.News of the renewal comes just after the series aired its Season 4 finale. Per Showtime, the series is averaging 4.2 million viewers per episode this season.Season 4 spotlights the benefits and challenges of community policing on the South Side after Jake (Michael V.

EXCLUSIVE: Clea DuVall (Veep) and Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World) are set for key recurring roles in Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady, starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves as showrunner. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJared Christopher has signed with Verve, Variety has learned exclusively.News of the signing comes after Verve’s acquisition of New Deal Mfg. Co.

Mena Suvari is opening up about her incredible experience working with Chris Klein on, and what it meant to her given her troubled personal life at the time. ET's Lauren Zima spoke with the actress about her new memoir, , and she talked about the beloved 1999 comedy that also spawned two sequels.Suvari plays Heather in the film, a choir girl who becomes the love interest of Klein's Oz, a confident lacrosse player.

Mena Suvari has a new perspective when it comes to a specific memory of working with Kevin Spacey on the 1999 critically acclaimed film . ET's Lauren Zima spoke with the 42-year-old actress about her memoir, , and Suvari reflected on a strange encounter with the actor while they were filming.Suvari plays Angela in the film, the best friend of Spacey's character Lester's daughter, whom he becomes obsessed with.

She’s Gotta Have It alumna DeWanda Wise is set as a lead opposite Shailene Woodley in Three Women, a Showtime hourlong series based on the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, who is adapting her book. Principal photography is set to begin in the fall.