Natasha Rothwell will write, star in, executive produce and co-showrun a Hulu Original comedy for Onyx Collective called “How to Die Alone,” which just received an eight-episode order from the Disney General Entertainment content brand.
The “Insecure” alumna will serve as co-showrunner and EP along with Emmy nominee Vera Santamaria. “How to Die Alone,” which is a product of her deal with ABC Signature and Onyx Collective, will be produced under her banner, Big Hattie Productions. Desiree Akhavan (“The Bisexual”) also serves as executive producer.
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Per the series’ logline, “‘How to Die Alone’ follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, black, neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming ‘100 that bitch’ in real life by any means necessary.
The “Insecure” alumna will serve as co-showrunner and EP along with Emmy nominee Vera Santamaria. “How to Die Alone,” which is a product of her deal with ABC Signature and Onyx Collective, will be produced under her banner, Big Hattie Productions. Desiree Akhavan (“The Bisexual”) also serves as executive producer.
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Per the series’ logline, “‘How to Die Alone’ follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, black, neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming ‘100 that bitch’ in real life by any means necessary.
- 11/17/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Onyx Collective has greenlit “How to Die Alone,” a half-hour Hulu comedy series written by and starring Natasha Rothwell.
The eight-episode series follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, Black neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming “100 that bitch” in real life by any means necessary.
Vera Santamaria co-showruns “How to Die Alone” with Rothwell, and both serve as executive producers along with Desiree Akhavan. The project comes from Rothwell’s overall deal with ABC Signature and Onyx Collective via her Big Hattie Productions banner.
Rothwell is best known for starring as Issa’s (Issa Rae) close friend Kelli in HBO’s “Insecure,” on which she also served as a writer and made her directorial debut. Recently, she played Belinda in Season 1 of HBO’s “The White Lotus,...
The eight-episode series follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, Black neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on a journey to becoming “100 that bitch” in real life by any means necessary.
Vera Santamaria co-showruns “How to Die Alone” with Rothwell, and both serve as executive producers along with Desiree Akhavan. The project comes from Rothwell’s overall deal with ABC Signature and Onyx Collective via her Big Hattie Productions banner.
Rothwell is best known for starring as Issa’s (Issa Rae) close friend Kelli in HBO’s “Insecure,” on which she also served as a writer and made her directorial debut. Recently, she played Belinda in Season 1 of HBO’s “The White Lotus,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Watch the Trailer for Mandibles: "When simple-minded friends Jean-Gab and Manu find a giant fly trapped in the boot of a car, they decide to train it in the hope of making a ton of cash."
Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Starring Gregoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adele Exarchopoulos, India Hair, Romeo Elvis,
Coralie Russier, and Bruno Lochet
Magnet Releasing will release Mandibles everywhere July 23rd, 2021
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Third Killer Shorts Screenwriting Competition Announced: "Calling all horror writers! The third annual Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition is accepting entries from July 1st, 2021.
The Killer Short Contest celebrates horror short screenwriters from around the world, connecting them with managers, producers, and filmmakers. The Top 10 scripts will be read by a star-studded panel of judges, with over $5,000 worth of prizes up for grabs including Final Draft 12 screenwriting software, Shudder subscriptions, career consultations, memberships to Stan Winston’s School of Creative Arts,...
Written and Directed by Quentin Dupieux
Starring Gregoire Ludig, David Marsais, Adele Exarchopoulos, India Hair, Romeo Elvis,
Coralie Russier, and Bruno Lochet
Magnet Releasing will release Mandibles everywhere July 23rd, 2021
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Third Killer Shorts Screenwriting Competition Announced: "Calling all horror writers! The third annual Killer Shorts Horror Short Screenplay Competition is accepting entries from July 1st, 2021.
The Killer Short Contest celebrates horror short screenwriters from around the world, connecting them with managers, producers, and filmmakers. The Top 10 scripts will be read by a star-studded panel of judges, with over $5,000 worth of prizes up for grabs including Final Draft 12 screenwriting software, Shudder subscriptions, career consultations, memberships to Stan Winston’s School of Creative Arts,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
We're kicking off the week with a new edition of Horror Highlights! In today's installment, we have the short film Kissed, an announcement for the Killer Shorts competition, release details and art from The Place We Hide, and the trailer for The Fall:
Watch the Short Film Kissed: "A coroner touches up the new body in the morgue, and adds a few touches of his own. But after taking his obsession one step too far, he must face the grave consequences."
Crew:
Director: Elwood Quincy Walker Producer: Elwood Quincy Walker Writer: Elwood Quincy Walker Director Of Photography: Bennett Barbosa Assistant Camera: Meghan Larson Key Grip: Eden Ashkenazi Grip: William Putty Sound Mixer: Nico Fulton Lavachek Makeup: Little Shop Of Gore - Ryan Ward & Salina Kyle
Cast:
Norman: James Warfield The Body: Aurora Persichett
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Second Annual Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition Announced: "Los Angeles, CA – July 2nd, 2020: Calling all horror writers!
Watch the Short Film Kissed: "A coroner touches up the new body in the morgue, and adds a few touches of his own. But after taking his obsession one step too far, he must face the grave consequences."
Crew:
Director: Elwood Quincy Walker Producer: Elwood Quincy Walker Writer: Elwood Quincy Walker Director Of Photography: Bennett Barbosa Assistant Camera: Meghan Larson Key Grip: Eden Ashkenazi Grip: William Putty Sound Mixer: Nico Fulton Lavachek Makeup: Little Shop Of Gore - Ryan Ward & Salina Kyle
Cast:
Norman: James Warfield The Body: Aurora Persichett
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Second Annual Killer Shorts Screenplay Competition Announced: "Los Angeles, CA – July 2nd, 2020: Calling all horror writers!
- 7/6/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Toronto Screenwriting Conference founder Glenn Cockburn has impressive timing as he brings Hollywood's top TV showrunners to talk shop at his weekend event in Canada, just after negotiations between the WGA and talent agencies collapsed and their battle enters uncharted waters.
So Cockburn expects screenwriting stars like Locke and Key writer/showrunner Carlton Cuse, Hand of God creator/showrunner Ben Watkins and The Chi showrunner Ayanna Floyd Davis may well touch on the unfolding dispute over packaging fees and affiliate production as they focus on the mechanics of their craft — characters, story and structure.
Talk of the WGA-Ata dispute will likely dominate ...
So Cockburn expects screenwriting stars like Locke and Key writer/showrunner Carlton Cuse, Hand of God creator/showrunner Ben Watkins and The Chi showrunner Ayanna Floyd Davis may well touch on the unfolding dispute over packaging fees and affiliate production as they focus on the mechanics of their craft — characters, story and structure.
Talk of the WGA-Ata dispute will likely dominate ...
First things first: Toronto Screenwriting Conference founder Glenn Cockburn doesn't want top TV scribes like The Good Doctor showrunner David Shore and Hand of God creator Ben Watkins to talk about the occupational pleasures and hazards of writing for Hollywood when attending his event this weekend.
Cockburn instead wants screenwriting legends to focus on the mechanics of their craft — characters, story and structure — because they rarely do that back in Los Angeles, where playing the studio game or making deals, rather than getting words on the page, dominates conversations.
"We are trying in Toronto to build the ...
Cockburn instead wants screenwriting legends to focus on the mechanics of their craft — characters, story and structure — because they rarely do that back in Los Angeles, where playing the studio game or making deals, rather than getting words on the page, dominates conversations.
"We are trying in Toronto to build the ...
- 6/21/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for June 2018, including "Airborne", "Van Helsing", "The Big Sleep" and a whole lot more:
Feature Film
Always Be My Maybe
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions Inc.
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
May 28/18 - Jul 06/18
A Score To Settle
Local Production Company: Settle Productions Inc.
Director: Shawn Ku
Jun 24/18 - Jul 14/18
Benchwarmers 2
Local Production Company: 2nd String Productions Inc.
Director: Johnathan Rosenbaum
Producer: Dan Angel
Jun 05/18 - Jun 28/18
Casino Night
Local Production Company: Hedgehog Films Inc.
Director: Jeffrey Fowler
Jul 30/18 - Sep 26/18
Good Boys
Local Production Company: Good Boy Productions Inc.
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Producer: Dan Clarke
Jul 09/18 - Aug 23/18
Love & Oatmeal
Local Production Company: Scott & Cindy Film Productions Inc.
Director: Peter Sattler
Producer: Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Trina Wyatt
Jun 04/18 - Jun 29/18
Needle In A Timestack
Local Production Company: Needle Production Services BC Inc.
Director: John Ridley
Producer: Vince Geradis,...
Feature Film
Always Be My Maybe
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions Inc.
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
May 28/18 - Jul 06/18
A Score To Settle
Local Production Company: Settle Productions Inc.
Director: Shawn Ku
Jun 24/18 - Jul 14/18
Benchwarmers 2
Local Production Company: 2nd String Productions Inc.
Director: Johnathan Rosenbaum
Producer: Dan Angel
Jun 05/18 - Jun 28/18
Casino Night
Local Production Company: Hedgehog Films Inc.
Director: Jeffrey Fowler
Jul 30/18 - Sep 26/18
Good Boys
Local Production Company: Good Boy Productions Inc.
Director: Gene Stupnitsky
Producer: Dan Clarke
Jul 09/18 - Aug 23/18
Love & Oatmeal
Local Production Company: Scott & Cindy Film Productions Inc.
Director: Peter Sattler
Producer: Molly Smith, Rachel Smith, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill, Trina Wyatt
Jun 04/18 - Jun 29/18
Needle In A Timestack
Local Production Company: Needle Production Services BC Inc.
Director: John Ridley
Producer: Vince Geradis,...
- 6/6/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
From VancouverFilm.Net, here is the Vancouver Film Production Update for May 2018, including "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina", "Project Blue Book", "Van Helsing" and a whole lot more:
Feature Film
Airborne
Local Production Company: Siberian Productions Ltd.
Producer: Michael Bederman
June 18/18 - Jul 27/18
Red Snow
Local Production Company: Zhoh Daatsik Pictures Inc.
Director: Marie Clements
Producer: Lael McCall, Michelle Morris, Jonathan Tamuz
Mar 20/18 - May 28/18
The Art Of Racing In The Rain
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions
Director: Simon Curtis
Producer: Patrick Dempsey, Neal H. Moritz, Tania Landau, Joannie Burnstein
Apr 30/18 - Jul 23/18
Untitled Ali Wong/Randall Park Project
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Exec. Producer(s): Ali Wong, Randall Park, Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Ali Wong, Randall Park, Brendan Fergusen
May 29/18 - Jul 21/18
TV Pilot
Search And Destroy
Local Production Company: Bell Red Road Productions
Director: Carrie Brownstein
Producer: Ron French
May 07/18 - May 16/18
TV...
Feature Film
Airborne
Local Production Company: Siberian Productions Ltd.
Producer: Michael Bederman
June 18/18 - Jul 27/18
Red Snow
Local Production Company: Zhoh Daatsik Pictures Inc.
Director: Marie Clements
Producer: Lael McCall, Michelle Morris, Jonathan Tamuz
Mar 20/18 - May 28/18
The Art Of Racing In The Rain
Local Production Company: Tcf Vancouver Productions
Director: Simon Curtis
Producer: Patrick Dempsey, Neal H. Moritz, Tania Landau, Joannie Burnstein
Apr 30/18 - Jul 23/18
Untitled Ali Wong/Randall Park Project
Local Production Company: Anaheim Productions
Director: Nahnatchka Khan
Exec. Producer(s): Ali Wong, Randall Park, Nathan Kahane, Erin Westerman, Ali Wong, Randall Park, Brendan Fergusen
May 29/18 - Jul 21/18
TV Pilot
Search And Destroy
Local Production Company: Bell Red Road Productions
Director: Carrie Brownstein
Producer: Ron French
May 07/18 - May 16/18
TV...
- 5/1/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Production is underway in Vancouver, BC, on CBC and SundanceTV’s eight-part drama miniseries Unspeakable, which chronicles the tainted blood scandal beginning in the 80’s. Rounding out the cast are Levi Meaden, Brian Markinson, Aaron Douglas and David Lewis. Details of their roles are being kept under wraps.
Created by Robert C. Cooper and based on first-person experience and non-fiction books, Bad Blood by Vic Parsons and The Gift of Death by Andre Picard, Unspeakable chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early 1980s and the tragedy that resulted after thousands of people were infected by tainted blood. One of the largest medical disasters in Canadian history, the blood scandal triggered a federal inquiry and precedent-setting lawsuit...
Created by Robert C. Cooper and based on first-person experience and non-fiction books, Bad Blood by Vic Parsons and The Gift of Death by Andre Picard, Unspeakable chronicles the emergence of HIV and Hepatitis C in Canada in the early 1980s and the tragedy that resulted after thousands of people were infected by tainted blood. One of the largest medical disasters in Canadian history, the blood scandal triggered a federal inquiry and precedent-setting lawsuit...
- 4/30/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Toronto -- Canadian screenwriter Rob Sheridan is partnering with Warner Bros. Television to develop a comedy.
The blind pilot script deal will see Toronto-based Sheridan, whose writer, story editor and producer credits include HBO Canada's "Less Than Kind," the CBC's "Little Mosque on the Prairie," and CTV's "Corner Gas," land a six-figure package and move to Los Angeles this summer to start developing a half-hour comedy series.
"Wbtv have produced some of my favorite television comedies and I think together we'll be able to create something special," Sheridan said.
The Canuck comedy scribe's most recent credits include writer and producer on the CBC sitcom "18 to Life," which was originally developed with ABC.
Sheridan, a Canadian Film Center alumni, is repped by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and Glenn Cockburn at Meridian Artists.
The blind pilot script deal will see Toronto-based Sheridan, whose writer, story editor and producer credits include HBO Canada's "Less Than Kind," the CBC's "Little Mosque on the Prairie," and CTV's "Corner Gas," land a six-figure package and move to Los Angeles this summer to start developing a half-hour comedy series.
"Wbtv have produced some of my favorite television comedies and I think together we'll be able to create something special," Sheridan said.
The Canuck comedy scribe's most recent credits include writer and producer on the CBC sitcom "18 to Life," which was originally developed with ABC.
Sheridan, a Canadian Film Center alumni, is repped by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment and Glenn Cockburn at Meridian Artists.
- 4/16/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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