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Kate Aurthur editorRob Delaney, of “Catrastrophe” and Twitter fame, will co-star with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in Showtime’s forthcoming drama series “The Man Who Fell to Earth.”The project is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel, as well as Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film in which David Bowie played Dr. Thomas Jerome Newton, an alien from another planet who lands in New Mexico.

EXCLUSIVE: Clarke Peters, who recently starred in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, is joining Showtime drama The Man Who Fell To Earth.

Naomie Harris has signed on to star in Showtime’s The Man Who Fell To Earth series.

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmi Simpson (Perpetual Grace, LTD) is set to star opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in the drama series The Man Who Fell to Earth, which recently moved from CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNaomie Harris has signed on for a lead role in “The Man Who Fell to Earth” series at Showtime, Variety has learned.Harris joins previously announced series lead Chiwetel Ejiofor. The show is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel and the 1976 Nicolas Roeg film that starred David Bowie, both of the same name.

Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight) is set to star opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor in the upcoming drama series The Man Who Fell To Earth, which recently moved CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime.

The Man Who Fell To Earth is getting another new home.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTop prizes at the USC Scripter event Saturday went to screenwriter Chloé Zhao and author Jessica Bruder for “Nomadland” as well as scripter Scott Frank and novelist Walter Tevis for Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.”As in past years, the award goes to both the scriptwriter(s) as well as the writer(s) of the original material.Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.” Zhao thanked

One of the biggest hits of 2020 was the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit.

Playbill.com reported on Monday that Level Forward, the production company behind Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” musical, had purchased the rights to Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel, from which the Netflix series was adapted.

"The Queen’s Gambit," the story of a chess prodigy that was a streaming smash for Netflix, may become a musical. Level Forward, has acquired the theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis’ novel "The Queen’s Gambit," which served as the basis for the miniseries.Tevis also wrote "The Hustler" and "The Man Who Fell to Earth," both of which became films and, in the case of "The Man Who Fell to Earth," a stage show.

The Queen's Gambit may be headed to the stage. Production company Level Forward has acquired theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis' novel about a chess prodigy, which is also the basis for Netflix's limited series.

Fans of the The Queen’s Gambit have some exciting news to look forward to.

Netflix’s award-winning series starring Anya Taylor-Joy as an orphaned chess prodigy just might be the next musical hit.

The Queen’s Gambit, the Walter Tevis novel recently adapted as the hit Netflix miniseries, could be headed to Broadway as a musical.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The Queen’s Gambit,” the story of a chess prodigy that was streaming smash for Netflix, may become a musical. Level Forward, has acquired the theatrical stage rights to Walter Tevis’ novel “The Queen’s Gambit,” which served as the basis for the miniseries.

The Queen’s Gambit won the board with its Golden Globes prize.

The Man Who Fell To Earth.The original cult 1976 sci-fi film, directed by Nicholas Roeg, follows an alien (David Bowie) called Thomas Jerome Newton who poses as a human on Earth and tries to save his home planet – and is itself based on a 1963 novel by Walter Tevis.The new series will stream on Paramount+, with the Oscar-nominated 12 Years a Slave actor tapped to play the lead extraterrestrial role, a new and different character from that made famous by Bowie.Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek) and Jenny

Chiwetel Ejiofor is taking on an exciting new role!

From the moment she put down Walter Tevis’ book The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy knew how she would portray chess genius Beth Harmon, who blazes a trail and explodes glass ceilings during the Cold War-era 1960s as a femme champion in the testosterone-dominated game-peg playing world.

Chiwetel Ejiofor will succeed David Bowie as the new Man Who Fell to Earth.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChiwetel Ejiofor has been cast in the lead role of “The Man Who Fell to Earth” series currently in the works at Paramount Plus, Variety has learned.The series is based on Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel and the 1976 Nicolas Roeg film that starred David Bowie, both of the same name.

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutTowards the end of last year, the nation began to tune in to Netflix miniseries, The Queen's Gambit.And it proved to be rather popular with viewers.This coming-of-age drama - based on Walter Tevis's 1983 novel of the same name - tells the story of Beth, an orphan who develops an uncanny knack for chess.Described as 'intimate' and 'emotional' by the video streaming site, the seven-episode

David Bowie‘s Lazarus musical will be live-streamed to mark the five-year anniversary of the late icon’s death and what would have been his 74th birthday.The Michael C Hall-starring show, inspired by Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963), was penned by Bowie alongside Enda Walsh.On January 8, 2021, when Bowie would have turned 74, fans will be able to watch the UK premiere of a filmed version of the performance online.There will be a second broadcast of Lazarus the following

It looks like “The Queen’s Gambit” is ruling the TV world.

Peter White Television EditorThe Queen’s Gambit has been watched by 62M households – making it Netflix’s biggest scripted limited series to date.The series, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy as rising chess star Beth Harmon, launched on October 23, and is based on Walter Tevis’ novel.Co-written by Scott Frank, who also directs, and Allan Scott (Don’t Look Now), The Queen’s Gambit chronicles the life of an orphan chess prodigy.

Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit has prompted a huge surge in the sale of chess sets, eBay has confirmed.The show, based on Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel of the same name, follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Beth Harmon, played in the show by Anya Taylor-Joy.eBay has now revealed that the website saw a 273% surge in searches for chess sets over the first 10 days of the show being released on Netflix.Nouman Qureshi, Toys Category Manager at eBay UK, told Metro: “We’re seeing shoppers turn to

10 Things I Hate About You to Brokeback Mountain to The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger cemented himself as a favourite with both critics and the public over the course of his career, which was cut short by his unexpected and tragic death in 2008.Had Ledger still been with us today, he would undoubtedly have continued to star in and create work that captured the world's imagination.