Prime Video has announced the full cast for action comedy show “Costiera” set on Italy’s iconic Amalfi Coast being directed by Emmy-winner Adam Bernstein and featuring Jesse Williams (“Take Me Out”) as the lead.
The ensemble cast for the English-language series being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide comprises British actor Jordan Alexandra; Spain’s Alejandra Onieva (“Alta Mar”); Italy’s Maria Chiara Giannetta (“Blanca”); Antonio Gerardi; Tommaso Ragno (“Nostalgia”); Amanda Campana; Pierpaolo Spollon; Britain’s Sam Haygarth (“Jojo Rabbit”); and France’s Jean-Hugues Anglade (“Sink or Swim”).
In “Costiera” – which started shooting in Italy in late February and is expected to wrap at the end of May – Williams is playing an Italian-American former Marine named Daniel De Luca, who is a problem solver in one of the most exclusive hotels in the world in the picturesque Amalfi Coast town of Positano. He is a...
The ensemble cast for the English-language series being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide comprises British actor Jordan Alexandra; Spain’s Alejandra Onieva (“Alta Mar”); Italy’s Maria Chiara Giannetta (“Blanca”); Antonio Gerardi; Tommaso Ragno (“Nostalgia”); Amanda Campana; Pierpaolo Spollon; Britain’s Sam Haygarth (“Jojo Rabbit”); and France’s Jean-Hugues Anglade (“Sink or Swim”).
In “Costiera” – which started shooting in Italy in late February and is expected to wrap at the end of May – Williams is playing an Italian-American former Marine named Daniel De Luca, who is a problem solver in one of the most exclusive hotels in the world in the picturesque Amalfi Coast town of Positano. He is a...
- 4/10/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AGC Television is dropping a hot TV project into this week’s Series Mania market in Lille.
The Stone Quarry’s Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman) and Wesley Coller (Rebel Moon) are among producers of French Foreign Legion series Until The Last One, whose pilot is being directed by Eli Snyder, most recently second unit director on his father’s Rebel Moon.
The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new recruits in the thick of danger. The series will chart the violence and the politics of the global hotspots where the Legion are sent to fight and the emotional stories and scars carried by its recruits.
The Foreign Legion is famed for its uniqueness as a military outfit,...
The Stone Quarry’s Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman) and Wesley Coller (Rebel Moon) are among producers of French Foreign Legion series Until The Last One, whose pilot is being directed by Eli Snyder, most recently second unit director on his father’s Rebel Moon.
The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new recruits in the thick of danger. The series will chart the violence and the politics of the global hotspots where the Legion are sent to fight and the emotional stories and scars carried by its recruits.
The Foreign Legion is famed for its uniqueness as a military outfit,...
- 3/19/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams is set to lead Prime Video’s Italian original “Costiera” which unfolds on Italy’s iconic Amalfi Coast.
The high-end show is an English-language action-drama with comedic elements directed by Emmy winner Adam Bernstein, which is currently shooting on location.
In “Costiera,” Williams is playing an Italian-American former Marine named Daniel De Luca, who is a problem solver in one of the most exclusive hotels in the world in Positano. He is a guest of the owner because Dd, as everyone knows him, is the only person who caught a glimpse of the man who may have kidnapped his daughter, and therefore is the only person who may be able to hunt the kidnapper down. Aside from that storyline, Dd basically solves a case in each episode.
“Costiera” is being co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide, the Fremantle-owned Italian...
The high-end show is an English-language action-drama with comedic elements directed by Emmy winner Adam Bernstein, which is currently shooting on location.
In “Costiera,” Williams is playing an Italian-American former Marine named Daniel De Luca, who is a problem solver in one of the most exclusive hotels in the world in Positano. He is a guest of the owner because Dd, as everyone knows him, is the only person who caught a glimpse of the man who may have kidnapped his daughter, and therefore is the only person who may be able to hunt the kidnapper down. Aside from that storyline, Dd basically solves a case in each episode.
“Costiera” is being co-produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Luca Bernabei for Lux Vide, the Fremantle-owned Italian...
- 2/27/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Only Murders in the Building star Jesse Williams has taken the lead role in Costiera, an original drama for Prime Video Italy.
Williams will play Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. marine who returns to Italy, his childhood home, as a fixer in a luxury hotel where one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He must find her and bring her home, while sorting the ever-changing problems of the exclusive hotel guests.
Production on Costiera on Italy’s Amalfi Coast follows the success of the second season of The White Lotus, the HBO Max series also set in a luxury hotel in the same picturesque region of Italy.
Emmy winner Adam Bernstein (Breaking Bad, 30 Rock) will direct the English-language action comedy. The co-producers are Amazon MGM Studios, which retains the distribution rights for Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, and Fremantle’s Lux Vide, which will handle global...
Williams will play Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. marine who returns to Italy, his childhood home, as a fixer in a luxury hotel where one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He must find her and bring her home, while sorting the ever-changing problems of the exclusive hotel guests.
Production on Costiera on Italy’s Amalfi Coast follows the success of the second season of The White Lotus, the HBO Max series also set in a luxury hotel in the same picturesque region of Italy.
Emmy winner Adam Bernstein (Breaking Bad, 30 Rock) will direct the English-language action comedy. The co-producers are Amazon MGM Studios, which retains the distribution rights for Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, and Fremantle’s Lux Vide, which will handle global...
- 2/27/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jesse Williams will produce and star in Prime Video’s Costiera, an Italian action-drama series filmed in English and directed by Emmy award winner Adam Bernstein. The series is currently in production.
Williams will play Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. marine who returns to Italy, the land of his childhood, as a fixer in one of the world’s most luxurious hotels on the spectacular Positano coastline. Synopsis reads: “Shortly after Daniel, or Dd as everybody knows him, starts working at the hotel, one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He must do whatever it takes to find her and bring her home while still solving the ever-changing problems of the exclusive hotel guests.”
Based on an idea by Luca Bernabei, written by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill, and Francesco Arlanch, the series is co-produced by Amazon MGM...
Williams will play Daniel De Luca, a half-Italian former U.S. marine who returns to Italy, the land of his childhood, as a fixer in one of the world’s most luxurious hotels on the spectacular Positano coastline. Synopsis reads: “Shortly after Daniel, or Dd as everybody knows him, starts working at the hotel, one of the owner’s daughters disappears. He must do whatever it takes to find her and bring her home while still solving the ever-changing problems of the exclusive hotel guests.”
Based on an idea by Luca Bernabei, written by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill, and Francesco Arlanch, the series is co-produced by Amazon MGM...
- 2/27/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Diana the Musical, the much-mocked telling of the life story of Diana, Princess of Wales, has swept the board at this year’s Razzie Awards.
Complete winners list below.
The stage show, of which a filmed version was shown on Netflix, won five awards at this year’s Golden Raspberries, including worst picture, worst actress for Jeanna de Waal in the title role, worst director, worst supporting actress and worst screenplay. It had been nominated in nine categories altogether.
Netlix streamed a filmed version of the stage show before it debuted on Broadway, without a live audience due to theaters being closed at a time of coronavirus restrictions. When the theatrical show eventually opened, it lasted for only 33 performances on Broadway before the curtain fell for the final time.
The Razzies also saw basketball star LeBron James winning worst actor for Space Jam: A New Legacy as well as sharing...
Complete winners list below.
The stage show, of which a filmed version was shown on Netflix, won five awards at this year’s Golden Raspberries, including worst picture, worst actress for Jeanna de Waal in the title role, worst director, worst supporting actress and worst screenplay. It had been nominated in nine categories altogether.
Netlix streamed a filmed version of the stage show before it debuted on Broadway, without a live audience due to theaters being closed at a time of coronavirus restrictions. When the theatrical show eventually opened, it lasted for only 33 performances on Broadway before the curtain fell for the final time.
The Razzies also saw basketball star LeBron James winning worst actor for Space Jam: A New Legacy as well as sharing...
- 3/26/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
The winners of the 42nd annual Golden Raspberry Awards were announced on late Friday night/early Saturday morning, with two of the most well-known recipients being Jared Leto and LeBron James. Leto “won” the worst supporting actor award for “House of Gucci,” for the very same role that earned him nominations at the Critics Choice Awards and SAG Awards. James “won” the worst lead actor trophy for “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the half-cartoon flick that was also named worst sequel and worst screen combo. Scroll down for the complete list of Razzie Awards 2022 winners, which are noted in gold.
Voters chose “Diana the Musical” for worst picture, but that wasn’t all. The Netflix streamer also “won” for worst lead actress (Jeanna de Waal), worst supporting actress (Judy Kaye), worst director (Christopher Ashley) and worst screenplay (Joe Dipietro).
In a new category, “Cosmic Sin” was picked as the worst...
Voters chose “Diana the Musical” for worst picture, but that wasn’t all. The Netflix streamer also “won” for worst lead actress (Jeanna de Waal), worst supporting actress (Judy Kaye), worst director (Christopher Ashley) and worst screenplay (Joe Dipietro).
In a new category, “Cosmic Sin” was picked as the worst...
- 3/26/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Germany’s Zdf Enterprises has partnered with award-winning U.K.-based Endor Productions to develop and co-produce the new crime thriller series “A State Of Grace,“ based on the popular books by author-screenwriter M.J. Arlidge.
Arlidge will be adapting “Eeny Meeny,“ the first book of his bestselling collection of 10 novels, which revolves around kick-ass private investigator Helen Grace, the U.K.‘s most intreprid crime fighter who takes down criminals clad in leather and on her Kawasaki motorbike. In this series of six one-hour episodes, she faces a twisted serial killer whose tactics are baffling but even more horrific when they all start making sense.
Arlidge, who will also be serving as an executive producer alongside Endor’s managing director Carlo Dusi, said: “Helen Grace is the Dark Knight of Southampton, a troubled, brooding but exceptional crime fighter, whose taste for action is matched by her seering intelligence and moral courage.
Arlidge will be adapting “Eeny Meeny,“ the first book of his bestselling collection of 10 novels, which revolves around kick-ass private investigator Helen Grace, the U.K.‘s most intreprid crime fighter who takes down criminals clad in leather and on her Kawasaki motorbike. In this series of six one-hour episodes, she faces a twisted serial killer whose tactics are baffling but even more horrific when they all start making sense.
Arlidge, who will also be serving as an executive producer alongside Endor’s managing director Carlo Dusi, said: “Helen Grace is the Dark Knight of Southampton, a troubled, brooding but exceptional crime fighter, whose taste for action is matched by her seering intelligence and moral courage.
- 3/21/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Studios And Sky Deutschland Strike Factual Content Deal
Sky Deutschland has become the pay-tv home for BBC Studios’ factual content in Germany after striking a deal unveiled at BBC Studios Showcase this morning. The network will host more than 150 hours worth of docs including Greta Thunberg A Year to Change the World, Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic, David Attenborough: The Sound of Nature and Primates. Content can be viewed in Germany on the Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries channel, both of which launched in Germany six months ago. BBC Studios already has a co-production partnership with German network Zdf, which sees it co-produce landmark blue-chips such as forthcoming Green Planet. The Sky Deutscshland partnership was unveiled today at the second day of the BBC Studios Showcase, which is taking place virtually concurrently with the multi-distributor London Screenings.
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Sky Deutschland has become the pay-tv home for BBC Studios’ factual content in Germany after striking a deal unveiled at BBC Studios Showcase this morning. The network will host more than 150 hours worth of docs including Greta Thunberg A Year to Change the World, Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic, David Attenborough: The Sound of Nature and Primates. Content can be viewed in Germany on the Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries channel, both of which launched in Germany six months ago. BBC Studios already has a co-production partnership with German network Zdf, which sees it co-produce landmark blue-chips such as forthcoming Green Planet. The Sky Deutscshland partnership was unveiled today at the second day of the BBC Studios Showcase, which is taking place virtually concurrently with the multi-distributor London Screenings.
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- 3/1/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
In a year where the Kristen Stewart-led Spencer earned its share of awards buzz comes word that another project about the late Princess Diana is the leading candidate for the anti-Oscars. Diana, the Musical, the filmed version of the ill-fated Broadway show, took a final bow with nine nominations for the 42nd annual Razzie Awards revealed today.
The show “scored” nine noms for the 2022 Golden Raspberries spanning nearly all of the categories, including Worst Picture, Actress, Actor, Director and Screenplay. The Woman in the Window and Karen are a distant second with five apiece, followed by Space Jam: A New Legacy with four and Infinite and The Misfits with three each.
The “winners” will be “honored” on March 26, the day before the Academy Awards. Watch the nominations video above.
Here is how the Razzies handicapped its own Worst Picture race: “This year’s Worst Picture nominees include: The NetFLIX...
The show “scored” nine noms for the 2022 Golden Raspberries spanning nearly all of the categories, including Worst Picture, Actress, Actor, Director and Screenplay. The Woman in the Window and Karen are a distant second with five apiece, followed by Space Jam: A New Legacy with four and Infinite and The Misfits with three each.
The “winners” will be “honored” on March 26, the day before the Academy Awards. Watch the nominations video above.
Here is how the Razzies handicapped its own Worst Picture race: “This year’s Worst Picture nominees include: The NetFLIX...
- 2/7/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
As is tradition, the Golden Raspberry Awards announced their contenders on the eve of the Oscar nominations. The Razzies, now in their 42nd year, are a tongue-in-cheek ceremony that “honor” the worst films of the year. Scroll down for the full list of nominees in all 10 Razzie Awards categories ranging from Worst Picture to Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel. Unique to this year is a category dedicated to Bruce Willis and his eight performances in pictures last year.
Leading the 2022 Razzie Awards nominations roster is the Netflix version of the Broadway flop “Diana: The Musical” with nine bids. Tied with five apiece are “Karen” and “The Woman in the Window.” Each of these ill-conceived movies counts a Worst Picture nomination among its haul. Joining them in that race are the sequel “Space Jam: A New Legacy” and the sci-fi flick “Infinite.”
As usual, “winners” will be decided by Razzie members.
Leading the 2022 Razzie Awards nominations roster is the Netflix version of the Broadway flop “Diana: The Musical” with nine bids. Tied with five apiece are “Karen” and “The Woman in the Window.” Each of these ill-conceived movies counts a Worst Picture nomination among its haul. Joining them in that race are the sequel “Space Jam: A New Legacy” and the sci-fi flick “Infinite.”
As usual, “winners” will be decided by Razzie members.
- 2/7/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Razzie Awards nominations recognizing the worst “crap streaming, beaming and steaming from our various screens and devices” of 2021 — as the group put it — have been announced, with LeBron James, “Diana: The Musical,” Amy Adams and Bruce Willis topping the heap.
“Here’s a look at what we saw,” the organization said in a press release. “The excruciating musicals, thrill-free thriller rip-offs, a nearly 2 hour product placement flick, and more Bruce Willis than any starving viewer could stomach. In other words, 2021 did not fail the Razzies!”
With Oscar nominations coming out on Tuesday morning, the Academy Award’s snarky counterpart, the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the Razzies) followed suit as they do every year at this time acknowledging the superior work – or, actually, the inferior work – coming out of the entertainment industry.
Leading the field with nine nods is Netflix’s “Diana: The Musical.” Released in October, The Razzies called...
“Here’s a look at what we saw,” the organization said in a press release. “The excruciating musicals, thrill-free thriller rip-offs, a nearly 2 hour product placement flick, and more Bruce Willis than any starving viewer could stomach. In other words, 2021 did not fail the Razzies!”
With Oscar nominations coming out on Tuesday morning, the Academy Award’s snarky counterpart, the Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the Razzies) followed suit as they do every year at this time acknowledging the superior work – or, actually, the inferior work – coming out of the entertainment industry.
Leading the field with nine nods is Netflix’s “Diana: The Musical.” Released in October, The Razzies called...
- 2/7/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster and Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
Cupid striking between a man and machine or a Victorian romance during the zombie apocalypse, what sounds wackier? Some films are based on the most insane of ideas that seem weird at first, but end up as delightfully entertaining cinema.
Here are 4 such memorable movies with unbelievably zany plots.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Pride and Prejudice was an unabashedly feminist novel celebrating the importance of inner beauty over fake externals. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is all of that, but with one macabre addition.
A witty take on Jane Austen’s much loved book; this film introduces rabid zombies to the “prim and proper” world of 19th century England. What ensues is a rollicking journey that not only retains the charm of the original but also entertains us with a fresh and interesting storyline. Part zombie horror, part romantic comedy and a whole lot of fun, this Burr Steers...
Here are 4 such memorable movies with unbelievably zany plots.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
Pride and Prejudice was an unabashedly feminist novel celebrating the importance of inner beauty over fake externals. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is all of that, but with one macabre addition.
A witty take on Jane Austen’s much loved book; this film introduces rabid zombies to the “prim and proper” world of 19th century England. What ensues is a rollicking journey that not only retains the charm of the original but also entertains us with a fresh and interesting storyline. Part zombie horror, part romantic comedy and a whole lot of fun, this Burr Steers...
- 6/9/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Transatlantic production group Red Arrow Studios has agreed a multi-year contract extension with Hilary Bevan Jones, founder and managing director of Endor Productions, the U.K.-based scripted producer of “Vienna Blood” and “Deep State.”
Bevan Jones’s Endor Productions became part of German broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1’s production subsidiary Red Arrow Studios in 2012.
The deal follows a busy spell for Endor. Its acclaimed recent Orf and Zdf series “Vienna Blood” was acquired by the BBC and PBS, while it has made two seasons of Matthew Parkhill’s “Deep State” for Fox Networks Group. Coming up is new BBC One drama “But When We Dance,” written by Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Last month, ProSiebenSat.1 canceled a proposed sale of Red Arrow Studios — which comprises 20 production companies including Kinetic Content, the producer behind Netflix hit “Love is Bliind” — amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Over her career, Bevan Jones has worked on dramas including: “Roald Dahl...
Bevan Jones’s Endor Productions became part of German broadcast giant ProSiebenSat.1’s production subsidiary Red Arrow Studios in 2012.
The deal follows a busy spell for Endor. Its acclaimed recent Orf and Zdf series “Vienna Blood” was acquired by the BBC and PBS, while it has made two seasons of Matthew Parkhill’s “Deep State” for Fox Networks Group. Coming up is new BBC One drama “But When We Dance,” written by Paul Mayhew-Archer.
Last month, ProSiebenSat.1 canceled a proposed sale of Red Arrow Studios — which comprises 20 production companies including Kinetic Content, the producer behind Netflix hit “Love is Bliind” — amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Over her career, Bevan Jones has worked on dramas including: “Roald Dahl...
- 4/22/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Red Arrow Studios-backed Endor Productions has hired former Fox Networks Group (Fng) exec Sara Johnson as creative director.
Led by managing director Hilary Bevan Jones, the TV-focused Endor’s recent series include “Vienna Blood” for Germany’s Zdf and Austria’s Orf, which was acquired by the BBC and PBS; two seasons of Matthew Parkhill’s “Deep State” for Fox Networks Group; and forthcoming BBC One drama “But When We Dance.”
Endor and Johnson worked together closely on “Deep State,” which marked the first original production for Fng Europe and Africa and was commissioned by the exec.
Prior to joining Endor, Johnson was VP of scripted at Fng Europe and Africa, where she helmed the division’s originals strategy and oversaw production, development and drama commissioning within the business.
In addition to “Deep State,” she commissioned and executive produced the Canal Plus co-commissioned “War of the Worlds.”
Prior to that,...
Led by managing director Hilary Bevan Jones, the TV-focused Endor’s recent series include “Vienna Blood” for Germany’s Zdf and Austria’s Orf, which was acquired by the BBC and PBS; two seasons of Matthew Parkhill’s “Deep State” for Fox Networks Group; and forthcoming BBC One drama “But When We Dance.”
Endor and Johnson worked together closely on “Deep State,” which marked the first original production for Fng Europe and Africa and was commissioned by the exec.
Prior to joining Endor, Johnson was VP of scripted at Fng Europe and Africa, where she helmed the division’s originals strategy and oversaw production, development and drama commissioning within the business.
In addition to “Deep State,” she commissioned and executive produced the Canal Plus co-commissioned “War of the Worlds.”
Prior to that,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Deep State is back and this time it’s even more political. The drama, which was Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa’s first original drama, returns this spring with Justified and Vice Principals star Walton Goggins and you can see the first clip from the show above.
The series, which is produced by Endor Productions, will air on Epix in the U.S. on April 28 and will air on Fox in the UK and across 50 countries in Europe and Africa in early May.
The second season of the show, which was commissioned by Fng and acquired by Epix, will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state.
Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the...
The series, which is produced by Endor Productions, will air on Epix in the U.S. on April 28 and will air on Fox in the UK and across 50 countries in Europe and Africa in early May.
The second season of the show, which was commissioned by Fng and acquired by Epix, will delve deeper into the murky and political world of the deep state.
Having failed in the Middle East, those powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources. This is the first dirty war over clean energy. The series will also explore the...
- 2/22/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Walton Goggins is coming to Epix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Justified star has joined season two of Deep State.
From Matthew Parkhill, the new season of the spy thriller "will expand and delve deeper into the murky world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, global powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources." The cast also includes Joe Dempsie.
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From Matthew Parkhill, the new season of the spy thriller "will expand and delve deeper into the murky world of the deep state. Having failed in the Middle East, global powers are now turning their attention to sub-Saharan Africa and the scramble to plunder its natural resources." The cast also includes Joe Dempsie.
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- 8/31/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Joseph Baxter Feb 25, 2019
Deep State, the Epix action/spy series, returns for Season 2, this time with Walton Goggins as its star.
Deep State made its U.S. debut back in June 2018 on cable channel Epix, showcasing a slick small screen spy thriller headlined by the ever-capable (Shazam! villain) Mark Strong, who played Max Eaton, an ex-spy who becomes thrust into a covert intelligence war. The series, an internationally distributed product of Fox Networks Group, received a quick Season 2 renewal, but the status of its domestic deal was left uncertain for months until Epix's renewal announcement arrived that August.
Not only would fears over the show's status prove unwarranted, but the renewal would come with the reveal of a brand-new star in Walton Goggins. Moreover, it appears that Season 2 will see the show live up to its titular term, “deep state,” which has become a potent concept in the increasingly partisan political arena,...
Deep State, the Epix action/spy series, returns for Season 2, this time with Walton Goggins as its star.
Deep State made its U.S. debut back in June 2018 on cable channel Epix, showcasing a slick small screen spy thriller headlined by the ever-capable (Shazam! villain) Mark Strong, who played Max Eaton, an ex-spy who becomes thrust into a covert intelligence war. The series, an internationally distributed product of Fox Networks Group, received a quick Season 2 renewal, but the status of its domestic deal was left uncertain for months until Epix's renewal announcement arrived that August.
Not only would fears over the show's status prove unwarranted, but the renewal would come with the reveal of a brand-new star in Walton Goggins. Moreover, it appears that Season 2 will see the show live up to its titular term, “deep state,” which has become a potent concept in the increasingly partisan political arena,...
- 8/29/2018
- Den of Geek
Justified and Vice Principals alum Walton Goggins will headline and executive produce the upcoming eight-episode second season of Deep State, I have learned. The spy thriller, from Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa, airs in 50 markets across the region.
Goggins will take over for Mark Strong, who starred in the first season.
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue), Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power.
The first season centered around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry.
Goggins will take over for Mark Strong, who starred in the first season.
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue), Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power.
The first season centered around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry.
- 8/29/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Is there a hit from the past decade more widely imitated than “Homeland”? Perhaps that’s because the spy serial’s action-packed appeal seems easily replicable, even without a character as indelible as Carrie Mathison. Building relatable characters is hard, but ratcheting up tension is easy. Right?
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
Epix’s new series “Deep State” creates tense situations that don’t quite hit home — because, artfully directed and grimace-inducingly violent as those situations may be, they’re happening to people from whom we feel a strange remove. On “Deep State,” Mark Strong’s Max Easton is called back into the field as an MI6 agent to course-correct a failing mission in the Middle East. In so doing, he’s called away from his bucolic family life in France — including a wife who knows less than she might and who takes it upon herself to learn what her husband’s been up to.
- 6/13/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Mark Strong is staying in the spy business. Deadline reports Fox Networks Group has renewed the Low Winter Sun star's upcoming TV show Deep State for a second season.From Matthew Parkhill, the spy thriller stars Mark Strong as Max Easton, "an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team 'The Section.'" The cast also includes Joe Dempsie.Read More…...
- 4/6/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Deep State, the Mark Strong-fronted spy thriller, has been renewed for a second season ahead of its debut bow. Fox Networks Group (Fng) Europe & Africa has ordered a second run of eight episodes as the show kicks off this evening, April 5 in 50 markets across the region.
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power. Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie also stars.
It centers around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of...
Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the violent, dark excesses of government and global corporate power. Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie also stars.
It centers around Max Easton (Strong), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section.” White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of...
- 4/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Networks Group has renewed “Deep State,” its first original drama out of Europe and Africa. On the day the eight-part series bows on the Fox channel in 50 African and European markets, Fng said a second season has been greenlit.
Fox Networks Groups Content Distribution sells the show and has sealed deals with Epix in the U.S. and has also shopped it to NBCUniversal in France and Dr in Denmark. With more episodes in the offing, Fngcd will continue the sales effort at MipTV.
Created by Simon Maxwell and Matthew Parkhill, who is also showrunner, the series stars Mark Strong (“Low Winter Sun”)as Max Easton, a retired Secret Service operative and member of an elite British-American team called The Section. He is coaxed back into the field to try to shut down an Iranian missile program. Max’s estranged son, Harry (“Game of Thrones” star Joe Dempsie), has...
Fox Networks Groups Content Distribution sells the show and has sealed deals with Epix in the U.S. and has also shopped it to NBCUniversal in France and Dr in Denmark. With more episodes in the offing, Fngcd will continue the sales effort at MipTV.
Created by Simon Maxwell and Matthew Parkhill, who is also showrunner, the series stars Mark Strong (“Low Winter Sun”)as Max Easton, a retired Secret Service operative and member of an elite British-American team called The Section. He is coaxed back into the field to try to shut down an Iranian missile program. Max’s estranged son, Harry (“Game of Thrones” star Joe Dempsie), has...
- 4/4/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
<em>Deep State</em>, Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa's first regional scripted show, has been recommissioned for a second season.
The news was announced Wednesday, ahead of the Mark Strong-starring espionage thriller's premiere across Europe and Africa on Fox.
The same creative team that put together the first season has been assembled, with a writers room having already begun, headed by co-creator and showrunner Matthew Parkhill (<i>Rogue</i>). Hilary Bevan Jones (<i>Cracker</i>, <i>State of Play</i>) and Tom Nash (<i>The Escape Artist</i>, <i>The Dark Outside</i>) will continue as executive producers for Endor Production, with Sara Johnson exec producing for Fox Networks Group Europe &...
The news was announced Wednesday, ahead of the Mark Strong-starring espionage thriller's premiere across Europe and Africa on Fox.
The same creative team that put together the first season has been assembled, with a writers room having already begun, headed by co-creator and showrunner Matthew Parkhill (<i>Rogue</i>). Hilary Bevan Jones (<i>Cracker</i>, <i>State of Play</i>) and Tom Nash (<i>The Escape Artist</i>, <i>The Dark Outside</i>) will continue as executive producers for Endor Production, with Sara Johnson exec producing for Fox Networks Group Europe &...
Epix will air espionage drama Deep State in the U.S. The eight-episode series produced by Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa, and starring Mark Strong (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Game of Thrones‘ Joe Dempsie, will premiere Sunday, June 17 at 9 Pm on Epix. Co-created, directed and written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue) Deep State is described as a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past and the…...
- 3/16/2018
- Deadline TV
Author: Zehra Phelan
Fox have released the first look trailer and a number of images for their edge of your seat espionage thriller series, Deep State, starring Mark Strong.
The show focuses on Max Easton (Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Zero Dark Thirty, Kingsman-The Golden Circle), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie, The Night Manager, Rogue One), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section”. White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry (Joe Dempsie, Game of Thrones, Skins).
The stakes are soon raised when Max finds himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war, immersed in a widespread conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos in the Middle East. Max enters into a dangerous game as powerful...
Fox have released the first look trailer and a number of images for their edge of your seat espionage thriller series, Deep State, starring Mark Strong.
The show focuses on Max Easton (Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Zero Dark Thirty, Kingsman-The Golden Circle), an ex-spy whose past comes back to haunt him when he’s summoned away from his new life in the Pyrenees by George White (Alistair Petrie, The Night Manager, Rogue One), head of covert MI6/CIA team “The Section”. White convinces Max to return to the field to avenge the death of his estranged son Harry (Joe Dempsie, Game of Thrones, Skins).
The stakes are soon raised when Max finds himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war, immersed in a widespread conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos in the Middle East. Max enters into a dangerous game as powerful...
- 1/10/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Deep State, Fox Networks Group's first regional scripted commission for Europe and Africa, has added new cast and released a first-look photo as production moves to London. Mark Strong is starring in the eight-part series created by Matthew Parkhill and Simon Maxwell. It will air in more than 50 countries on Fox. Joining the cast are Alistair Petrie (Genius, The Night Manager), Anastasia Griffith (Royal Pains, Damages), Amelia Bullmore (Happy Valley), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Ki…...
- 8/3/2017
- Deadline TV
Author: Scott Davis
Kick-Ass star Mark Strong has landed the lead role in new espionage television show Deep State, which is being produced by Endor Productions and will be shown on Fox.
Variety reported the news and in a statement on the site about the show, which is set over eight episodes and is set to air in over 50 countries, describes Strong playing Max Easton, “a man caught between two versions of himself, the past and the present… An ex-spy, Max is brought back into the game to avenge the death of his son, only to find himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war and a conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos throughout the Middle East.”
On the role, Strong said:
“The character I’m playing is completely morally conflicted – the type of role I find myself drawn to. He has to marry a secretive and...
Kick-Ass star Mark Strong has landed the lead role in new espionage television show Deep State, which is being produced by Endor Productions and will be shown on Fox.
Variety reported the news and in a statement on the site about the show, which is set over eight episodes and is set to air in over 50 countries, describes Strong playing Max Easton, “a man caught between two versions of himself, the past and the present… An ex-spy, Max is brought back into the game to avenge the death of his son, only to find himself at the heart of a covert intelligence war and a conspiracy to profit from the spread of chaos throughout the Middle East.”
On the role, Strong said:
“The character I’m playing is completely morally conflicted – the type of role I find myself drawn to. He has to marry a secretive and...
- 3/31/2017
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mark Strong is set to star in espionage thriller Deep State, Fox Networks Group's first regional scripted commission for Europe and Africa. The eight-episode hourlong original series (which previously was announced under the working title The Nine) is written by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue), Simon Maxwell (American Odyssey) and Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Dr Who) and will air in more than 50 countries via Fox. The intense, character-driven espionage thriller is set in Britain…...
- 3/30/2017
- Deadline TV
“You ever wonder why a magic wand has a star at the end of it? Because it can make things disappear.” So begins a teaser for the fourth season of Audience Network’s drama series Rogue ahead of its March 22 return. In it, we get the first look at Neal McDonough’s character Casey Oaks, who joins the cast in a recurring role. Created by Matthew Parkhill, Rogue was DirecTV/Audience's first homegrown original drama series. In the fourth season, the show will move back to San…...
- 1/25/2017
- Deadline TV
Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa has greenlit its first regional scripted commission The Nine (working title), from Rogue creator Matthew Parkhill and American Odyssey producer Simon Maxwell. The new 8×60 drama, described as an intense, character-driven espionage thriller, will air on Fox in more than 50 European and African countries. This first scripted project has been commissioned by Jeff Ford, Svp Content and Development and Sara Johnson, VP Scripted Drama for…...
- 12/1/2016
- Deadline TV
The Caller
Written by Sergio Casci
Directed by Matthew Parkhill
Puerto Rico/United Kingdom, 2011
It creaks, it wobbles, but it doesn’t crack. That’s the best way to describe The Caller, a horror film that makes the most out of an interesting premise. The horror genre is not short on films with great premises, but it, much like the film world in general, is short on films that make the most out of their great premise. The Caller nearly blows it multiple times, but somehow Matthew Parkhill’s film manages to keep it all together and deliver on the promise of its premise.
Working with time travel, or time distortion as the case may be, is always a dicey proposition. It’s so easy for a film that deals with any sort of time theme to be a jumbled mess. There are a few times when The Caller comes...
Written by Sergio Casci
Directed by Matthew Parkhill
Puerto Rico/United Kingdom, 2011
It creaks, it wobbles, but it doesn’t crack. That’s the best way to describe The Caller, a horror film that makes the most out of an interesting premise. The horror genre is not short on films with great premises, but it, much like the film world in general, is short on films that make the most out of their great premise. The Caller nearly blows it multiple times, but somehow Matthew Parkhill’s film manages to keep it all together and deliver on the promise of its premise.
Working with time travel, or time distortion as the case may be, is always a dicey proposition. It’s so easy for a film that deals with any sort of time theme to be a jumbled mess. There are a few times when The Caller comes...
- 9/10/2014
- by Bill Thompson
- SoundOnSight
"Rogue," the crime drama created by executive producer Matthew Parkhill ("The Caller") that stars Thandie Newton as an undercover cop in Oakland, CA, wasn't universally acclaimed, but it was still enough of a success as a first attempt at an original scripted drama for DirecTV that the satellite service ordered a second season. DirecTV's now announced a premiere date for that second season -- Wednesday, May 28 at 10pm Et/Pt. Newton will return as Grace Travis, with Cole Hauser ("Transcendence") joining the cast as the charming and enigmatic Ethan Kelly. Season two of "Rogue" will find Grace attempt to start a new life and trying to provide a stable home for her daughter Evie (Sarah Jeffries) while separated from her husband. The unexpected arrival of her estranged mother Vivian (Clare Higgins) threatens to disrupt those plans, as does Grace's return to undercover life in her new job as a handler...
- 3/18/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The second season of the suspense drama starring Thandie Newton and new addition Cole Hauser will debut on Wednesday, May 28 at 10 Pm, DirecTV announced today. Newton (The Pursuit Of Happyness, Crash) will resume her role as the morally and emotionally conflicted undercover detective Grace Travis, and Hauser (Transcendence, Olympus Has Fallen) joins the cast as the charming and enigmatic Ethan Kelly. Season 2 of Rogue will pick up with Grace trying to navigate a new life as she remains separated from her husband while balancing her job as handler for an FBI Task Force investigating the shadowy world of corporate espionage in San Francisco. Rogue is a Canada-uk co-production from eOne, which also handles worldwide rights, and Greenroom, produced in participation with DirecTV. Series creator Matthew Parkhill executive produces with Greenroom’s Nick Hamm and eOne’s John Morayniss and Michael Rosenberg.
- 3/18/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
DirecTV is one-for-one in its original scripted offerings. The satellite TV provider has renewed drama Rogue for a second season, the company announced Tuesday. The drama, which stars Thandie Newton as an undercover detective searching for her son's killer, will begin production this summer for another 10-episode run -- set for 2014. The series hails from creator Matthew Parkhill (The Caller) and producers Entertainment One and Greenroom Entertainment. It recently wrapped its first season on the Audience Network -- the same home that aired revived series Friday Night Lights and Damages. Photos: 51 New and Returning Summer Series "We
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- 6/11/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Rogue, DirecTV‘s first original series, has been picked up for a second season. The suspense drama, starring Thandie Newton as morally and emotionally conflicted undercover detective Grace Travis, will begin production on its 10-episode second season late this summer for a 2014 premiere. The first season of Rogue, from Entertainment One and Greenroom Entertainment, recently finished its run on Audience, where DirecTV previously aired new seasons of two acclaimed series it had rescued, Friday Night Lights and Damages. “We are thrilled that our first venture into original programming resonated with our subscribers who enthusiastically tuned into Rogue each week,” said Chris Long, DirecTV’s Svp Entertainment and Production. “We look forward to bringing them another season of Rogue and the chance to experience the next chapter in Grace’s life.” Added eOne TV CEO John Morayniss, “Thandie’s incredible performance and edge-of-your-seat excitement, had audiences wanting more.” Rogue is a Canada-uk co-production from eOne,...
- 6/11/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
DIrectTV's Rogue original series starring Thandie Newton has been renewed for a second season, reports Deadline. The show is executive produced by show runner Nick Hamm and created by Matthew Parkhill, and tells the story of Grace Travis (Thandie Newton), an undercover detective tormented by the possibility that she caused her son's death. In her quest for truth, Grace doubles as an agent for a powerful crime boss Jimmy Laszlo (Marton Csokas) who she believes will lead her to her son's killer...
- 6/11/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
For a young, upcoming actor working on one hot TV show is the dream – but getting to work on six within one year is an abundance of riches. So actor Jarod Joseph is having a hell of a year having had the pleasure of working on Arrow, Rogue, Once Upon A Time, Fringe, The L.A. Complex and the CBS pilot Backstrom. In an exclusive interview, Jarod talked about getting his first real break as a series regular in the DirecTV drama series Rogue and some of his favorite memories from working on Arrow and Fringe.
This past year looks to have been a busy year for you. What are you currently working on?
Jarod: I finished Rogue last November and started work on Arrow, of which I’ve done 3 episodes of at this point and the finale for that airs this Wednesay. I also shot a pilot with Rainn Wilson from The Office called Backstrom,...
This past year looks to have been a busy year for you. What are you currently working on?
Jarod: I finished Rogue last November and started work on Arrow, of which I’ve done 3 episodes of at this point and the finale for that airs this Wednesay. I also shot a pilot with Rainn Wilson from The Office called Backstrom,...
- 5/15/2013
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
Chicago – One of the characteristics of the expanded TV spectrum is new programming from unlikely sources. Directv is debuting a new series for their subscribers, a street drama called “Rogue.” The series features Thandie Newton as a conflicted undercover cop, and co-stars Joshua Sasse and Leah Gibson.
Sasse and Gibson were in Chicago recently to promote the show, and they didn’t want it characterized as a “police drama.” The police element is just part of this gritty and cinematic looking series, which the actors define as more of a family drama. Sasse and Gibson are part of the crime family that Newton’s character infiltrates, and on her personal side she deals with a crumbling home life. The action and the emotion are in the red zone, with all threatening to go “rogue.”
Leah Gibson and Joshua Sasse as Cathy and Alec Laszlo in ‘Rogue’
Photo credit: Directv
Joshua Sasse...
Sasse and Gibson were in Chicago recently to promote the show, and they didn’t want it characterized as a “police drama.” The police element is just part of this gritty and cinematic looking series, which the actors define as more of a family drama. Sasse and Gibson are part of the crime family that Newton’s character infiltrates, and on her personal side she deals with a crumbling home life. The action and the emotion are in the red zone, with all threatening to go “rogue.”
Leah Gibson and Joshua Sasse as Cathy and Alec Laszlo in ‘Rogue’
Photo credit: Directv
Joshua Sasse...
- 4/2/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
DirecTV has released an extended first look trailer for its upcoming Thandie Newton-starring drama "Rogue," the satellite service's first solo foray into a scripted series, ahead of its debut on April 3. Newton, in her first regular TV role, stars as Grace, an Oakland detective who, after her son's murder, goes back undercover in order to investigate the crime boss (Marton Csokas) who had a hand in his death. Ian Hart, Jonathan Holmes, Claudia Ferri, Joshua Sasse and Martin Donovan also star. After resuscitating the ailing "Friday Night Lights" and keeping it going for three more seasons with NBC and picking up "Damages" from FX for two, "Rogue," is DirectTV's first attempt at creating its own series from the ground up. The show's set to premiere on DirecTV's The Audience Network, a channel exclusively available to subscribers. After first being planned as a three-part miniseries with the BBC, the show,...
- 3/5/2013
- by Cameron Sinz
- Indiewire
Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage. At DirecTV’s first-ever TCA panel today, Nick Hamm, executive producer of DirecTV’s first original series Rogue— starring Thandie Newton as an undercover detective— described the creative advantages of a 10-episode series deal with DirecTV over the traditional pilot-to-series trajectory of network TV. A straight-to-series deal, Hamm said, “gives creative power to the author…you are not testing them like you do with a pilot. You can creatively experiment like that. What pilots do is force you into situations of proving yourself in a very defined time schedule. That’s not always the right formula.” Though producers were attracted to the chance to work without the limitations of the pilot process, Hamm assured TV journalists that the series, created by Matthew Parkhill and co-produced by Entertainment One, would not follow in the footsteps of The Killing and would conclude its “whodunit” story line in 10 episodes.
- 1/10/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Watch the first trailer for DirecTV's original show "Rogue," starring Thandie Newton and Marton Csokas as well as newcomers Joshua Sasse and Leah Gibson. Written by Matthew Parkhill and Lizzie Mickery, the series is execuytive produced by Nick Hamm and also includes Sarah Jeffery, Philip Granger, Claudia Ferri, Jarod Joseph, W. Earl Brown, Rachel Shelley, Ian Tracel and Kevan Smith. The show makes its premiere on April 3rd. "Rogue" asks "What would you do if you came face-to-face with your child's killer?" Grace Travis is a wife, mother of two, and the bay area's best undercover detective. She's adept at transitioning between suburban life and the Oakland docks where she's been embedded for months with a criminal enterprise run by James...
- 1/4/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Watch the first trailer for DirecTV's original show "Rogue," starring Thandie Newton and Marton Csokas as well as newcomers Joshua Sasse and Leah Gibson. Written by Matthew Parkhill and Lizzie Mickery, the series is execuytive produced by Nick Hamm and also includes Sarah Jeffery, Philip Granger, Claudia Ferri, Jarod Joseph, W. Earl Brown, Rachel Shelley, Ian Tracel and Kevan Smith. The show makes its premiere on April 3rd. "Rogue" asks "What would you do if you came face-to-face with your child's killer?" Grace Travis is a wife, mother of two, and the bay area's best undercover detective. She's adept at transitioning between suburban life and the Oakland docks where she's been embedded for months with a criminal enterprise run by James...
- 1/4/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Some info I thought was worth sharing, lifted from a profile of the upcoming Thandie Newton/DirecTV cop drama series titled Rogue, in which Newton will star as an undercover cop, who, in a personal vendetta, comes face to face with a high-profile gangster, after her son is killed in a drive-by shooting. The series doesn't debut until sometime in 2013 - no exact dates yet, and it's currently being shot in Vancouver, BC, which is doubling for Oakland, CA. In a profile of the series in Canadian paper, The Province, I learned the following: - First, Series creator Matthew Parkhill says that he initially conceived the series as a 3-part...
- 12/20/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Marton Csokas has joined the cast of Rogue as the male lead in the DirecTV original series opposite Thandie Newton. Csokas has also been cast in a supporting role in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, which stars Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Watson and Jennifer Connelly. Written by Matthew Parkhill, Rogue is executive produced by Nick Hamm, Steven Marrs, Michael Rosenberg and John Morayniss and produced by Entertainment One for DirecTV. The series centers on an undercover cop (Newton) who goes after a crime lord (Csokas) after her young son is killed in a drive-by shooting. Csokas’ previous feature work includes The Debt and Alice In Wonderland as well as The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Rogue marks Csokas’ first series regular role. Production will begin next month in Vancouver. The series will premiere summer 2013. Csokas is represented by Wme, Anonymous Content and Troika. Related: DirecTV Orders Rogue TV Drama...
- 7/19/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
DirecTV has become the latest entertainment outlet to offer original scripted programming, announcing today that it has ordered 10 episodes of its first-ever original series Rogue, starring Thandie Newton (Crash).
According to a press release, the suspense-drama “revolves around a morally and emotionally conflicted cop, Grace (Newton), who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by her forbidden relationship with the crime boss who may have played a hand in the crime.” The series, created by Matthew Parkhill and exec produced by Nick Hamm,...
According to a press release, the suspense-drama “revolves around a morally and emotionally conflicted cop, Grace (Newton), who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Grace’s search for the truth is further complicated by her forbidden relationship with the crime boss who may have played a hand in the crime.” The series, created by Matthew Parkhill and exec produced by Nick Hamm,...
- 5/10/2012
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW - Inside TV
Satellite service provider DirecTV has nabbed a scripted series of its own -- its first original show. "Rogue" will star Thandie Newton (of "Mission Impossible 2" and "Crash") as a conflicted cop named Grace who thinks she may have brought about the death of her son with her actions, and whose investigation into what happened is complicated by her romantic involvement with the crime boss who may have been involved. "Rogue" was created by "The Caller" and "Dot the I" director Matthew Parkhill, who'll also serve as the writer. Nick Hamm (of "Killing Bono") will executive produce alongside John Morayniss and Michael Rosenberg for eOne and Steven Marrs from Momentum Entertainment Group. The suspense show will sart shooting in August and is set to air next summer on DirecTV's own Audience Network. While DirecTV hasn't had an original series all its own before "Rogue,"...
- 5/10/2012
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
Thandie Newton is in talks to play the lead role in drama series Rogue. The ten-part thriller, in the works at DirecTV, has been written by British writer and director Matthew Parkhill (Primeval, The Caller). Newton would star as an undercover cop who pursues a gangster when her son is killed in a drive-by shooting, according to Deadline. The actress is best known for her roles in such films as 2000's Mission: Impossible II, 2006's The Pursuit of Happyness and 2007's (more)...
- 3/22/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
DirecTV is getting into the original programming game by greenlighting a 10-episode order for the cop drama "Rogue." Thandie Newton is in talks to star. After her young son is killed in a drive-by, an undercover cop (Newton) takes to the streets to battle a high-profile gangster. "Rogue" is being written by Matthew Parkhill (U.K.'s "The Caller"), and exec produced by Nick Hamm, reports Deadline. DirecTV previously scored by picking up two series that were near cancellation on their initial networks -- "Friday Night Lights" and "Damages." "Rogue," however, will be their first original series. Newton, recently seen in Tyler Perry's "Good Deeds," has...
- 3/21/2012
- by HItFix Staff
- Hitfix
Exclusive: After venturing into original scripted series with the pickups of two acclaimed dramas that had faced cancellation, Friday Night Lights and Damages, DirecTV is moving onto launching its own original drama series. I’ve learned that the satcaster has picked up Rogue, a 10-episode drama produced by Entertainment One. Thandie Newton is in talks to star in the project, written by British writer-director Matthew Parkhill (The Caller). It centers on an undercover cop (Newton) who takes on a gangster after her young son is killed in a drive-by shooting. The project was developed at Momentum Entertainment by head of scripted Nick Hamm who will serve as an executive producer. This would mark the first series regular role for Newton, who has been heavily pursued for pilots and series over the last few years, including this season. Her only previous series gig was an arc on ER. Newton, most recently...
- 3/21/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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