Kerry Washington and Elisabeth Moss will star in a limited series adaptation of the Araminta Hall novel “Imperfect Women” at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.
Annie Weisman will adapt the book for the screen. Weisman previously created the Apple dramedy series “Physical” starring Rose Byrne, which aired for three seasons at the streamer.
“Imperfect Women” is described as an “unconventional, psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women. ‘Imperfect Women’ is a mystery complicated by perspective that explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest relationships can change over time.”
“From the moment I received Araminta’s novel, I couldn’t put it down,” said Moss. “It was such an electrifying read; I fell in love with it immediately. I...
Annie Weisman will adapt the book for the screen. Weisman previously created the Apple dramedy series “Physical” starring Rose Byrne, which aired for three seasons at the streamer.
“Imperfect Women” is described as an “unconventional, psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women. ‘Imperfect Women’ is a mystery complicated by perspective that explores guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. As the investigation unravels, so does the truth about how even the closest relationships can change over time.”
“From the moment I received Araminta’s novel, I couldn’t put it down,” said Moss. “It was such an electrifying read; I fell in love with it immediately. I...
- 3/26/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Whether nestled inside in the cool air conditioning or stretched out under the blazing sun, this summer belongs to great horror books for all tastes and preferences.
Brand new novels, suspenseful page-turners themed around Summer, nonfiction reads about our favorite subject, and even a graphic novel from a beloved Final Girl are heading our way. A warning in advance: prepare for August 8 to take a massive dent out of your wallet.
Here are twelve brand new 2023 horror books to keep you busy in the scorching summer months that pave the way to the Halloween season.
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Whereas Mexican Gothic delivered a Gothic romance, and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau retooled a sci-fi horror classic, Moreno-Garcia’s latest takes on Nazi occultism and cursed films set in the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. It follows a sound editor and her crush as their world gets turned...
Brand new novels, suspenseful page-turners themed around Summer, nonfiction reads about our favorite subject, and even a graphic novel from a beloved Final Girl are heading our way. A warning in advance: prepare for August 8 to take a massive dent out of your wallet.
Here are twelve brand new 2023 horror books to keep you busy in the scorching summer months that pave the way to the Halloween season.
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Whereas Mexican Gothic delivered a Gothic romance, and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau retooled a sci-fi horror classic, Moreno-Garcia’s latest takes on Nazi occultism and cursed films set in the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. It follows a sound editor and her crush as their world gets turned...
- 7/20/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Welcome to Deadline’s International Disruptors, a feature where we’ll shine a spotlight on key executives and companies outside of the U.S. who are shaking up the offshore marketplace. This week, we’re speaking with Memento Films International founder Emilie Georges and producer Naima Abed about their company Paradise City, its slate and why now is the time to move into the management and branded content spheres.
Eight years ago, Emilie Georges’ Memento Films International and its production arm La Cinéfacture quietly launched Paradise City, a specialty label for the outfit, with respected producer Naima Abed helping curate the slate. While the banner co-financed and co-produced a number of genre titles including Jim Mickle’s 2013 Sundance hit We Are What We Are, it was only when the duo worked on Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 Oscar-nominated hit Call Me By Your Name that Georges and Abed began to think about...
Eight years ago, Emilie Georges’ Memento Films International and its production arm La Cinéfacture quietly launched Paradise City, a specialty label for the outfit, with respected producer Naima Abed helping curate the slate. While the banner co-financed and co-produced a number of genre titles including Jim Mickle’s 2013 Sundance hit We Are What We Are, it was only when the duo worked on Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 Oscar-nominated hit Call Me By Your Name that Georges and Abed began to think about...
- 7/27/2022
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
The finale of Apple TV+’s “Shining Girls” was a fitting ending for a tense, traumatic season as we watched Kirby (Elisabeth Moss) turn the tables on Harper (Jamie Bell), the time traveler who had so brutally assaulted her years before.
But is it really an ending? Despite the limited series finishing in roughly the same place where the novel by Lauren Beukes did, Moss isn’t convinced this is where the the story should stop.
“Personally speaking, just honestly, I feel like there’s more story to tell,” she tells TheWrap of the series, which was created and run by Silka Luisa. “I think that sometimes with the first season, you’ve just given everybody a lay of the land. And then in the second season, you get to actually get down to business and have some fun. So I would be interested in ‘where do we go now...
But is it really an ending? Despite the limited series finishing in roughly the same place where the novel by Lauren Beukes did, Moss isn’t convinced this is where the the story should stop.
“Personally speaking, just honestly, I feel like there’s more story to tell,” she tells TheWrap of the series, which was created and run by Silka Luisa. “I think that sometimes with the first season, you’ve just given everybody a lay of the land. And then in the second season, you get to actually get down to business and have some fun. So I would be interested in ‘where do we go now...
- 6/14/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
“Shining Girls,” the new Apple TV+ series starring Elisabeth Moss as a survivor of attempted murder by a serial killer, is a fascinating mix of sci-fi and crime fiction. Creator Silka Luisa became a major fan of Lauren Beukes‘s 2013 novel on which the series is based precisely for its blending of genres and how the author approached the material. “It just felt like I’d never read anything like that before,” says Luisa in an exclusive new interview for Gold Derby. Watch the full interview with the creator/producer/writer above.
The series follows Moss’s character Kirby as she tries to make sense of her life, often having her reality shift before her eyes. Over time, we learn that her attempted killer Harper (Jamie Bell) is a time traveler who has claimed numerous victims over the course of nearly a century. Because she survived, Kirby is intrinsically affected by Harper’s choices.
The series follows Moss’s character Kirby as she tries to make sense of her life, often having her reality shift before her eyes. Over time, we learn that her attempted killer Harper (Jamie Bell) is a time traveler who has claimed numerous victims over the course of nearly a century. Because she survived, Kirby is intrinsically affected by Harper’s choices.
- 6/5/2022
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
The latest episode of Shining Girls detours away from Elisabeth Moss's Kirby story to show how Harper (Jamie Bell) wound up with the house and to meet Klara, the woman who introduced him to Kirby.
Madeline Brewer has starred with Moss for the entire series run of The Handmaid's Tale as Janine, a Handmaid who fights valiantly against the system into which they are enslaved.
This is the first time both actors are reunited outside of The Handmaid's Tale, and although their scenes together are brief, Madeline's character is pivotal.
When I teased Madeline asking if she's ever going to get away from Moss, she laughed. "I better not. I don’t want to. Never!"
Brewer said working with Moss for Shining Girls was incredible. "I mean, especially in the fourth season, June and Jeanine established an entirely new kind of friendship.
"So after just coming off of that...
Madeline Brewer has starred with Moss for the entire series run of The Handmaid's Tale as Janine, a Handmaid who fights valiantly against the system into which they are enslaved.
This is the first time both actors are reunited outside of The Handmaid's Tale, and although their scenes together are brief, Madeline's character is pivotal.
When I teased Madeline asking if she's ever going to get away from Moss, she laughed. "I better not. I don’t want to. Never!"
Brewer said working with Moss for Shining Girls was incredible. "I mean, especially in the fourth season, June and Jeanine established an entirely new kind of friendship.
"So after just coming off of that...
- 5/21/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“Call Me By Your Name” producers Emilie Georges and Naima Abed are launching Paradise City, a London- and Paris-based film, TV drama and branded content production and management company. The banner’s slate includes projects by Edward Berger (“Deutschland 83”), Lili Horvát (“White God”), Anthony Chen (“Ilo Ilo”) and South African author Lauren Beukes (“Slipping”).
Georges is the founder and CEO of sales banner Memento Intl., which is at Cannes this year with Tarik Saleh’s competition film “Boy from Heaven,” Dominik Moll’s “La nuit du 12” in Cannes Premieres, Charlotte Le Bon’s “Falcon Lake” in Directors’ Fortnight and Kristoffer Borgli’s “Sick of Myself” in Un Certain Regard. Abed, who is based in the U.K., produced “Call Me By Your Name” with Georges under their other production banner La Cinefacture and has been building Paradise City’s roster for over a year. So far, the outfit...
Georges is the founder and CEO of sales banner Memento Intl., which is at Cannes this year with Tarik Saleh’s competition film “Boy from Heaven,” Dominik Moll’s “La nuit du 12” in Cannes Premieres, Charlotte Le Bon’s “Falcon Lake” in Directors’ Fortnight and Kristoffer Borgli’s “Sick of Myself” in Un Certain Regard. Abed, who is based in the U.K., produced “Call Me By Your Name” with Georges under their other production banner La Cinefacture and has been building Paradise City’s roster for over a year. So far, the outfit...
- 5/18/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
This week Apple TV+ released an inside-look trailer/featurette for their upcoming series “Shining Girls,” which began streaming on Friday, April 29. Based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes, it follows Kirby Mazrachi (Elizabeth Moss), a newspaper archivist and wannabe journalist recovering from a traumatic assault. When Kirby reads about a recent murder that resembles her own attack, she suspects that a serial killer is on the loose.
Continue reading ‘Shining Girls’ Inside Look Trailer: Elizabeth Moss Stars In Apple TV+’s Mind-Bending, Time-Jumping Crime Series at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Shining Girls’ Inside Look Trailer: Elizabeth Moss Stars In Apple TV+’s Mind-Bending, Time-Jumping Crime Series at The Playlist.
- 4/30/2022
- by Oliver Weir
- The Playlist
The role of “promising reporter turned amateur sleuth tracking a time-traveling serial killer as she herself becomes unstuck in time” sounds far too specific to be in any actor’s wheelhouse, even one as talented as Elisabeth Moss. Yet that is the immediate takeaway from the Apple TV+ limited series “Shining Girls”: That whether through the original novel by Lauren Beukes, showrunner Silka Luisa, or actor/director/executive producer Moss, the character of Kirby Mazrachi is a perfect fit for this particular star.
Maybe, at times, too perfect. As Kirby fights her way through fantastically challenging circumstances and the dismissals of so many people around her, it’s hard not to think of Moss’ exceptional work in the recent “Invisible Man” remake — a story about toxic-male violence that had the advantage of ruthless streamlining. The eight-episode “Shining Girls” has more time to build dread — and more time to trip over its uneven pacing.
Maybe, at times, too perfect. As Kirby fights her way through fantastically challenging circumstances and the dismissals of so many people around her, it’s hard not to think of Moss’ exceptional work in the recent “Invisible Man” remake — a story about toxic-male violence that had the advantage of ruthless streamlining. The eight-episode “Shining Girls” has more time to build dread — and more time to trip over its uneven pacing.
- 4/29/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
In the second season of Netflix’s Russian Doll, the show’s time traveling heroine Nadia tells a friend, “The only reason to go into the past is to change shit, alright? I mean, haven’t you ever seen a movie?” Nadia is onto something: pop culturally, characters who travel in time tend to make things better, or at least try to. That’s the theme of Russian Doll, and that’s the theme of the second season of Amazon’s animated sci-fi drama Undone, which also features a woman...
- 4/26/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This week we’ve got a ton of brand-new content, from a prestige Apple TV+ thriller featuring a time traveling serial killer to the real-life tales of Watergate, Navalny, the Holocaust, and the making of “The Godfather.” Plus, we say goodbye to the longest-running Netflix original comedy series. As you can tell, this is a lot!
On with the television!
“Shining Girls”
Friday, April 29, Apple TV+
Apple TV+
“Shining Girls,” based on the novel by South African author Lauren Beukes, has an ingenious premise. Jamie Bell plays a time-traveling serial killer who targets special young women (the “shining girls” of the title). In the 1980s, he leaves one girl standing, who then decides to hunt him down. Of course, that girl is Elisabeth Moss, who through roles on “Mad Men,” “Top of the Lake” and “Handmaid’s Tale”, has become one of the most exciting and emotionally acute performers working today.
On with the television!
“Shining Girls”
Friday, April 29, Apple TV+
Apple TV+
“Shining Girls,” based on the novel by South African author Lauren Beukes, has an ingenious premise. Jamie Bell plays a time-traveling serial killer who targets special young women (the “shining girls” of the title). In the 1980s, he leaves one girl standing, who then decides to hunt him down. Of course, that girl is Elisabeth Moss, who through roles on “Mad Men,” “Top of the Lake” and “Handmaid’s Tale”, has become one of the most exciting and emotionally acute performers working today.
- 4/23/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Apple TV+ is set to drop its latest offering later this month, a thriller TV series titled Shining Girls. Created by Silka Luisa, who previously worked on Halo and Stange Angel, Shining Girls is based on the novel of the same name by journalist Lauren Beukes. Shining Girls will be executive-produced by Luisa and Beukes, as well as Elisabeth Moss, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lindsey McManus, Jennifer Davisson, Alan Page Arriaga, Michelle MacLaren, Rebecca Hobbs, and Daina Reid. Here is the official plot of the series, according to IMDb: “Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is
Meet The Cast Of “Shining Girls”...
Meet The Cast Of “Shining Girls”...
- 4/15/2022
- by A.E. Oats
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: After collaborating on the 2020 film Greyhound — with a sequel in the works — and the just-wrapped WWII series Masters of the Air, Playtone partners Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman have made multi-year exclusive overall deal with Apple TV+.
The pact encompasses series, documentaries and unscripted projects for Apple to develop, produce and distribute globally. Along with Apple Studios and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Playtone picked up where it left off — telling the WWII story with earlier Emmy-winning efforts The Pacific and Band of Brothers, both for HBO. Masters of the Air, with an ensemble of young actors including Elvis star Austin Butler, follows the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep.
Playtone productions have won a slew of Emmys for series that include John Adams and Olive Kitteridge.
Going To War: How ‘Greyhound’ VFX Supervisors Nathan McGuinness...
The pact encompasses series, documentaries and unscripted projects for Apple to develop, produce and distribute globally. Along with Apple Studios and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, Playtone picked up where it left off — telling the WWII story with earlier Emmy-winning efforts The Pacific and Band of Brothers, both for HBO. Masters of the Air, with an ensemble of young actors including Elvis star Austin Butler, follows the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who brought the war to Hitler’s doorstep.
Playtone productions have won a slew of Emmys for series that include John Adams and Olive Kitteridge.
Going To War: How ‘Greyhound’ VFX Supervisors Nathan McGuinness...
- 4/12/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
"After what he did... things aren't how they should be." Apple has revealed an impressive first official trailer for a new mystery thriller series called Shining Girls, based on the best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes. It's coming to Apple TV+ for streaming this April. "Things change just like that. And then it happens again, and again, and again..." Another new film about abuse and harm and how it forever changes people. Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams up with the veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to try and understand her ever-changing present and confront her past. Elisabeth Moss stars (and directed a few of the episodes as well) with Amy Brenneman, Phillipa Soo, Jamie Bell, Wagner Moura, Christopher Denham, Deanna Reed-Foster, and Marc Grapey in the main cast. The clever title...
- 3/29/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
You will not want to miss this series!
Apple TV+ today released the trailer for the highly anticipated series, Shining Girls, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning actress Elisabeth Moss.
If you're drawn to trippy TV that continually pulls the rug out from under you, mark your calendar now.
The metaphysical thriller will make its worldwide debut on Friday, April 29, 2022, with the first three episodes, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
Hailing from MRC Television, the series is also executive produced by Appian Way and adapted for television by showrunner Silka Luisa, with Emmy Award winner Michelle MacLaren directing the first two episodes.
Based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling novel, Shining Girls follows Kirby Mazrachi (Moss) as a Chicago newspaper archivist whose journalistic ambitions were put on hold after enduring a traumatic assault.
When Kirby learns that a recent murder mirrors her own case, she partners with seasoned,...
Apple TV+ today released the trailer for the highly anticipated series, Shining Girls, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning actress Elisabeth Moss.
If you're drawn to trippy TV that continually pulls the rug out from under you, mark your calendar now.
The metaphysical thriller will make its worldwide debut on Friday, April 29, 2022, with the first three episodes, followed by one new episode weekly, every Friday.
Hailing from MRC Television, the series is also executive produced by Appian Way and adapted for television by showrunner Silka Luisa, with Emmy Award winner Michelle MacLaren directing the first two episodes.
Based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling novel, Shining Girls follows Kirby Mazrachi (Moss) as a Chicago newspaper archivist whose journalistic ambitions were put on hold after enduring a traumatic assault.
When Kirby learns that a recent murder mirrors her own case, she partners with seasoned,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Shining Girls is coming soon to Apple TV+. Based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, the thriller follows a woman (Elisabeth Moss) who finds out a recent murder mirrors what happened to her during a traumatic assault. Joining forces with a reporter (Wagner Moura), the two try to find her attacker. Phillipa Soo, Amy Brenneman, and Jamie Bell also star in the series.
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- 2/7/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Elisabeth Moss is on the trail of a man who has killed (many times) before, and will kill (lots more) again, in a mind-bendy teaser trailer for Apple TV+’s Shining Girls.
Based on the 2013 novel by South African author Lauren Beukes and adapted for TV by showrunner Silka Luisa (Strange Angel), the eight-episode metaphysical thriller will premiere Friday, April 29 with the first three episodes, followed by a new episode every Friday.
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Based on the 2013 novel by South African author Lauren Beukes and adapted for TV by showrunner Silka Luisa (Strange Angel), the eight-episode metaphysical thriller will premiere Friday, April 29 with the first three episodes, followed by a new episode every Friday.
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- 2/4/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+ revealed the premiere date and first trailer for sci-fi series “Shining Girls” on Friday, offering a first look at Elisabeth Moss in multiple incarnations as she chases Jamie Bell’s mysterious villain through ever-shifting realities while he targets “shining girls.”
The first three installments of the eight-episode series will debut globally on Apple TV+ on April 29, with subsequent episodes dropping each Friday.
Moss, who serves as a director and executive producer on the series, stars as Kirby Mazrachi, a Chicago newspaper archivist who survives a brutal assault. When she learns that a recent murder resembles her attack, she partners with seasoned but troubled reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura), to track the perpetrator. Phillipa Soo and Amy Brenneman co-star.
The MRC Television series is based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling 2013 novel and was adapted for television by showrunner Silka Luisa.
Emmy Award-winner Michelle MacLaren (“Breaking Bad”), who also executive produces...
The first three installments of the eight-episode series will debut globally on Apple TV+ on April 29, with subsequent episodes dropping each Friday.
Moss, who serves as a director and executive producer on the series, stars as Kirby Mazrachi, a Chicago newspaper archivist who survives a brutal assault. When she learns that a recent murder resembles her attack, she partners with seasoned but troubled reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura), to track the perpetrator. Phillipa Soo and Amy Brenneman co-star.
The MRC Television series is based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling 2013 novel and was adapted for television by showrunner Silka Luisa.
Emmy Award-winner Michelle MacLaren (“Breaking Bad”), who also executive produces...
- 2/4/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Apple TV Plus has announced that the new dark comedy anthology series, “Roar,” will premiere all eight episodes April 15 on the streaming platform.
Based on a short story collection by Cecelia Ahern, the series tells futuristic and magical realism stories that mirror the common dilemmas of modern women in today’s world. The episodes will feature acclaimed actors including Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Cynthia Erivo, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Meera Syal, Fivel Stewart and Kara Hayward.
“Roar” is created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who showrun and executive produce alongside Kidman and Per Saari via Blossom Films; Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Allie Goss for Made Up Stories; Ahern through Greenlight Go; and Theresa Park for Per Capita Productions. The series is produced by Endeavor Content. Apple has also released first look images for the series: view below.
Also on today’s TV news roundup:
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Based on a short story collection by Cecelia Ahern, the series tells futuristic and magical realism stories that mirror the common dilemmas of modern women in today’s world. The episodes will feature acclaimed actors including Nicole Kidman, Issa Rae, Merritt Wever, Cynthia Erivo, Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin, Meera Syal, Fivel Stewart and Kara Hayward.
“Roar” is created by Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who showrun and executive produce alongside Kidman and Per Saari via Blossom Films; Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Allie Goss for Made Up Stories; Ahern through Greenlight Go; and Theresa Park for Per Capita Productions. The series is produced by Endeavor Content. Apple has also released first look images for the series: view below.
Also on today’s TV news roundup:
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- 2/4/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
Comedy Central released a trailer for Season 2 of “Awkwafina is Nora From Queens,” premiering on Aug. 18.
Starring Awkwafina, Bowen Yang, Bd Wong and Lori Tan Chinn, the new season follows Nora (Awkwafina) as she navigates young adulthood in outer-borough New York City.
Joining them this season are guest stars Margaret Cho, Alan Kim, Lauren Ash, Alex Borstein, Ross Butler, Cindy Cheung, Catherine Cohen, Catherine Curtin, Fortune Feimster, Chloe Fineman, Judy Gold, Stephanie Hsu, Kerri Kenney-Silver, C.S. Lee, Ajay Mehta, Haley Joel Osment, Aaron Takahashi and Jade Wu.
In the trailer, Nora gives advice to her cousin (Yang), works at a CBD store and falls asleep at the wheel.
Gabo Augustine, Michelle Buteau, Jennifer Esposito, Chrissie Fit, Jonathan ‘Dumbfoundead’ Park, Jaboukie Young White, Wai Ching Ho, Bea Soong, Nancy Eng, Liang Ying He and Fay Ann Lee reprise their roles from Season 1.
Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV...
Starring Awkwafina, Bowen Yang, Bd Wong and Lori Tan Chinn, the new season follows Nora (Awkwafina) as she navigates young adulthood in outer-borough New York City.
Joining them this season are guest stars Margaret Cho, Alan Kim, Lauren Ash, Alex Borstein, Ross Butler, Cindy Cheung, Catherine Cohen, Catherine Curtin, Fortune Feimster, Chloe Fineman, Judy Gold, Stephanie Hsu, Kerri Kenney-Silver, C.S. Lee, Ajay Mehta, Haley Joel Osment, Aaron Takahashi and Jade Wu.
In the trailer, Nora gives advice to her cousin (Yang), works at a CBD store and falls asleep at the wheel.
Gabo Augustine, Michelle Buteau, Jennifer Esposito, Chrissie Fit, Jonathan ‘Dumbfoundead’ Park, Jaboukie Young White, Wai Ching Ho, Bea Soong, Nancy Eng, Liang Ying He and Fay Ann Lee reprise their roles from Season 1.
Watch the trailer below.
Also in today’s TV...
- 7/22/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Emmy Award nominee Phillipa Soo has joined the cast of the AppleTV+ series Shining Girls, based on the 2013 best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes, in a series regular role. Soo will portray the intelligent and sure-footed Jin-Sook who works in the research department at the Adler planetarium.
She will star opposite Elisabeth Moss who portrays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The star-studded cast also includes Wagner Moura (Narcos) in the role of Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack. Jamie Bell also stars as Harper, a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’s Kirby.
The series hails from MRC Television. In addition to starring, Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson. Author...
She will star opposite Elisabeth Moss who portrays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The star-studded cast also includes Wagner Moura (Narcos) in the role of Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack. Jamie Bell also stars as Harper, a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’s Kirby.
The series hails from MRC Television. In addition to starring, Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson. Author...
- 7/22/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Schitt’s Creek” Emmy Award-winning producer David West Read will adapt M.O. Walsh’s novel “The Big Door Prize” for the silver screen. Apple announced the series order, a 10-episode half-hour comedy that hails from Skydance Television, on Friday.
“The Big Door Prize” tells the story about the residents of a small town called Deerfield, who one day discover a magical, destiny predicting machine in their grocery store. Casting has yet to be revealed.
The project is being produced by Skydance Television and Cj Enm/Studio Dragon, the same company behind Bong Joon-ho’s Academy Award-winning film “Parasite.” Showrunner Read will also executive produce alongside Miky Lee and Hyun Park of Cj Enm/Studio Dragon and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost of Skydance Television.
“The Big Door Prize” is the second Apple Original from Skydance Television, following the upcoming drama series from the company “Foundation.” Based on the...
“The Big Door Prize” tells the story about the residents of a small town called Deerfield, who one day discover a magical, destiny predicting machine in their grocery store. Casting has yet to be revealed.
The project is being produced by Skydance Television and Cj Enm/Studio Dragon, the same company behind Bong Joon-ho’s Academy Award-winning film “Parasite.” Showrunner Read will also executive produce alongside Miky Lee and Hyun Park of Cj Enm/Studio Dragon and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost of Skydance Television.
“The Big Door Prize” is the second Apple Original from Skydance Television, following the upcoming drama series from the company “Foundation.” Based on the...
- 5/28/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
As we recently learned, Elisabeth Moss is set to both star in and executive produce a series adaptation of Lauren Beukes‘s novel The Shining Girls for Apple, and it turns out that Moss will also be finding herself in the director’s chair for the upcoming series. Deadline reports tonight that “Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns […]...
- 5/24/2021
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns directing Apple’s upcoming thriller series Shining Girls.
The eight-episode series, hailing from MRC Television and executive producer/showrunner Silka Luisa, is based on the 2013 best-selling novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Shining Girls follows a Chicago reporter named Kirby who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The cast features Moss, Jaime Bell and Wagner Moura as veteran journalist Dan and loner Harper, respectively.
Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the series’ first season, with Moss directing another pair and Reid helming four episodes.
The eight-episode series, hailing from MRC Television and executive producer/showrunner Silka Luisa, is based on the 2013 best-selling novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Shining Girls follows a Chicago reporter named Kirby who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The cast features Moss, Jaime Bell and Wagner Moura as veteran journalist Dan and loner Harper, respectively.
Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the series’ first season, with Moss directing another pair and Reid helming four episodes.
- 5/24/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple’s metaphysical thriller “Shining Girls,” based on the 2013 best-selling Lauren Beukes novel of the same name, has finally found its directors. The trio is made up of Emmy winner Michelle MacLaren (“Breaking Bad”), Emmy and SAG Award winner Elisabeth Moss, and Emmy nominee Daina Reid (“The Handmaid’s Tale). Moss will also be starring in the show, which hails from MRC Television, and Beukes is attached to executive produce.
The eight-parter will be adapted for the small screen and executive produced by showrunner Silka Luisa. MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the first season, Moss will direct two episodes and Reid will direct four.
“Shining Girls” follows Kirby (Moss), a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The series also stars Wagner Moura (“Narcos”) as Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
The eight-parter will be adapted for the small screen and executive produced by showrunner Silka Luisa. MacLaren will direct the first two episodes of the first season, Moss will direct two episodes and Reid will direct four.
“Shining Girls” follows Kirby (Moss), a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The series also stars Wagner Moura (“Narcos”) as Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
- 5/24/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
The Shining Girls, an upcoming Apple TV+ series based on the novel by Lauren Beukes, has found its time-traveling serial killer in the form of Jamie Bell. The series tells the story of a killer in Depression-era Chicago who finds a way to travel through time – a feat he uses to target women in […]
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- 5/11/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Jamie Bell has signed on to star opposite Elisabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Wagner Moura (“Narcos”) in the Apple series adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel “Shining Girls.”
Bell, a BAFTA Award-winner known best for his work on “Rocketman,” “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” and “Billy Elliot” will play the role of Harper in the metaphysical thriller. Harper is described as a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’ character, Kirby. Kirby is a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. Moura will play Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Moss and Lindsey McManus will executive produce under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Leonardo DiCaprio will executive produce through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davidson. Beukes...
Bell, a BAFTA Award-winner known best for his work on “Rocketman,” “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” and “Billy Elliot” will play the role of Harper in the metaphysical thriller. Harper is described as a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’ character, Kirby. Kirby is a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. Moura will play Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Moss and Lindsey McManus will executive produce under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Leonardo DiCaprio will executive produce through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davidson. Beukes...
- 5/10/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Bell will star alongside Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss and Wagner Moura in Shining Girls, a new metaphysical thriller based on the 2013 best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes. The series will be adapted for television and executive produced by Silka Luisa, who also serves as showrunner.
Moss star as a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker with Moura who will play a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack. Bell will play the role of a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’s Kirby.
The series hails from MRC Television. In addition to starring, Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson. Author Lauren Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
Moss star as a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker with Moura who will play a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack. Bell will play the role of a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Moss’s Kirby.
The series hails from MRC Television. In addition to starring, Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson. Author Lauren Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers on the project.
- 5/10/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Wagner Moura has signed on to star opposite Elisabeth Moss in the Apple series “Shining Girls,” Variety has learned.
The series is an adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel of the same name. Moss plays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. Moura will play Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
A major star in his native Brazil, Moura is best known to American audiences for his starring role in the Netflix series “Narcos,” in which he played drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. His other well-known roles include the features “Elite Squad” and the sequel “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.” He also starred opposite Matt Damon and Jodie Foster in the 2013 film “Elysium.”
He is repped by WME, Brent Travers and attorney Greg Slewett.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner.
The series is an adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel of the same name. Moss plays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. Moura will play Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack.
A major star in his native Brazil, Moura is best known to American audiences for his starring role in the Netflix series “Narcos,” in which he played drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. His other well-known roles include the features “Elite Squad” and the sequel “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within.” He also starred opposite Matt Damon and Jodie Foster in the 2013 film “Elysium.”
He is repped by WME, Brent Travers and attorney Greg Slewett.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner.
- 2/26/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
If there was a golden age of serial fiction, it might have been the era when Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mark Twain were publishing their stories-in-installments in print periodicals, with their readers desperately waiting for the next part of the tale. But if that’s true, right now might just be the platinum age of serial fiction. The digital medium is perfect for publishing stories as episodes, and modern readers who are used to receiving stories in an episodic format, thanks to television, may appreciate the medium in a more nuanced way than their historical predecessors.
Modern serials make use of both styles of writing. Some rely on a single author who publishes their novel bit by bit, keeping readers hooked. Others are developed in a television-style writer’s room. Some feature added features like music or illustrations, making use of transmedia opportunities made possible in the digital world.
Modern serials make use of both styles of writing. Some rely on a single author who publishes their novel bit by bit, keeping readers hooked. Others are developed in a television-style writer’s room. Some feature added features like music or illustrations, making use of transmedia opportunities made possible in the digital world.
- 8/31/2020
- by jbindeck2015
- Den of Geek
The ever-busy Elisabeth Moss has added yet another project to her growing resume. Moss will star in the new Apple TV+ series Shining Girls, based on the creepy novel by Lauren Beukes. The plot involves a serial killer who is able to travel through time, and one of his would-be victims who tries to stop […]
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- 7/23/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
All things considered, the past several months have been pretty terrible for just about everyone on the planet. Of course, for some of us, it’s been worse than others, but with a pandemic, civil unrest, and a political system that seems to be going off the rails, the outlook is pretty grim. But for Elisabeth Moss, at least her career is at an all-time high, right? Not only is she the star of two critically-acclaimed films of 2020 (in a year when people are lucky enough to have one film released), but she’s also filling her schedule with a variety of new projects, including the just-announced series, “Shining Girls.”
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According to Variety, Moss is set to star in the new Apple TV+ limited series, “Shining Girls.” In addition to starring, the actress...
Read More: ‘Candy’: Elisabeth Moss Teaming With ‘Mad Men’ Writer For Series About An Ax Murderer
According to Variety, Moss is set to star in the new Apple TV+ limited series, “Shining Girls.” In addition to starring, the actress...
- 7/23/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Elisabeth Moss has found herself in another heap of fictional danger.
The Handmaid’s Tale lead/executive producer will star in and executive-produce Shining Girls, a “metaphysical thriller” ordered to series at Apple TV+, the streaming service announced Thursday
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The series is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Moss will play a Chicago...
The Handmaid’s Tale lead/executive producer will star in and executive-produce Shining Girls, a “metaphysical thriller” ordered to series at Apple TV+, the streaming service announced Thursday
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The series is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Lauren Beukes. Moss will play a Chicago...
- 7/23/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Elisabeth Moss is attached to star in and executive produce a series adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel “Shining Girls,” which has been ordered to series at Apple.
Moss will star as a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Moss and Lindsey McManus will executive produce under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Leonardo DiCaprio will executive produce through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davidson. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers. MRC Television will produce.
This is the second new TV project announced for Moss this month. It was previously reported that she is attached to star in the limited series “Candy” that is currently in the works at Ucp. Moss will star in and executive produce that project as well,...
Moss will star as a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker.
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Moss and Lindsey McManus will executive produce under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Leonardo DiCaprio will executive produce through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davidson. Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga will also serve as executive producers. MRC Television will produce.
This is the second new TV project announced for Moss this month. It was previously reported that she is attached to star in the limited series “Candy” that is currently in the works at Ucp. Moss will star in and executive produce that project as well,...
- 7/23/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
A pair of Vertigo Comics properties are in development for the small screen. The CW is working to bring Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson, and Ryan Kelly‘s Survivors’ Club to life, while Universal Cable Productions is looking to make a The Invisibles TV show based on the classic series by author Grant Morrison. Survivors’ Club Deadline reports that […]
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- 11/8/2018
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Kirsten Howard Nov 7, 2018
A new horror-tinged Vertigo comic book series is set to join iZombie, Lucifer and Preacher on the small screen...
iZombie, Preacher, and Lucifer have been largely decent Vertigo adaptations in the last decade, making the move to television with a fair amount of success, and all becoming beloved cult series in their own way. Now, a new friend is coming to play, and she's a little heavier on the horror (good news for horror fans like us!)
An adaptation of Survivors' Club, a limited comic series by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly, is being produced by Warner Bros Television for The CW, home of Riverdale, The Flash, and also iZombie, which is coming to a close in 2019. Jared Frieder, a writer for the criminally underrated and short-lived feminist revenge series Sweet/Vicious, is set to write and executive produce, reports Deadline.
Here's a synopsis of the comic,...
A new horror-tinged Vertigo comic book series is set to join iZombie, Lucifer and Preacher on the small screen...
iZombie, Preacher, and Lucifer have been largely decent Vertigo adaptations in the last decade, making the move to television with a fair amount of success, and all becoming beloved cult series in their own way. Now, a new friend is coming to play, and she's a little heavier on the horror (good news for horror fans like us!)
An adaptation of Survivors' Club, a limited comic series by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly, is being produced by Warner Bros Television for The CW, home of Riverdale, The Flash, and also iZombie, which is coming to a close in 2019. Jared Frieder, a writer for the criminally underrated and short-lived feminist revenge series Sweet/Vicious, is set to write and executive produce, reports Deadline.
Here's a synopsis of the comic,...
- 11/7/2018
- Den of Geek
The CW is developing Survivors’ Club, a drama series drawing on the comics from DC’s Vertigo imprint.
Written by Jared Frieder (MTV’s Sweet/Vicious), Survivor’s Club is based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly. In a world where horror franchise monsters are real, twins Jason and Jennifer barely survived a demonic childhood possession that claimed their mother’s life and fractured their bond. Ten years later, when a new evil force awakens, the siblings join forces with other teen survivors to combat the literal and metaphorical monsters that haunt them.
Frieder executive produces with veteran producer Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie). Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks the latest series project based on a Vertigo property. It is looking to join iZombie, heading into its fifth and final season on the CW, Lucifer, which is moving to Netflix,...
Written by Jared Frieder (MTV’s Sweet/Vicious), Survivor’s Club is based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly. In a world where horror franchise monsters are real, twins Jason and Jennifer barely survived a demonic childhood possession that claimed their mother’s life and fractured their bond. Ten years later, when a new evil force awakens, the siblings join forces with other teen survivors to combat the literal and metaphorical monsters that haunt them.
Frieder executive produces with veteran producer Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie). Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks the latest series project based on a Vertigo property. It is looking to join iZombie, heading into its fifth and final season on the CW, Lucifer, which is moving to Netflix,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Currently overseeing post-production on Passengers, the brainy sci-fi flick that features two of the hottest stars in Hollywood in Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, it’s been revealed that director Morten Tyldum has opened negotiations to helm Shining Girls for Mrc.
That’s according to Variety, revealing that Tyldum is circling the adaptation of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls novel. Remaining in the genre of science fiction, the core premise is rooted in 1930s Chicago where a serial killer happens across a mysterious device that allows him to manipulate time and travel to 1993. Depression-era killings and moral questions ensue.
Coming off his work on The Imitation Game and now Sony’s Passengers, Tyldum is a fine candidate to take point on Mrc’s long-gestating adaptation. At one point in the project’s lifecycle, Danny Boyle was being courted to direct, before the filmmaker ultimately bowed out in favor of Trainspotting...
That’s according to Variety, revealing that Tyldum is circling the adaptation of Lauren Beukes’ The Shining Girls novel. Remaining in the genre of science fiction, the core premise is rooted in 1930s Chicago where a serial killer happens across a mysterious device that allows him to manipulate time and travel to 1993. Depression-era killings and moral questions ensue.
Coming off his work on The Imitation Game and now Sony’s Passengers, Tyldum is a fine candidate to take point on Mrc’s long-gestating adaptation. At one point in the project’s lifecycle, Danny Boyle was being courted to direct, before the filmmaker ultimately bowed out in favor of Trainspotting...
- 6/7/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"The Imitation Game" director Morten Tyldum is in talks to direct an adaptation of Lauren Beukes' novel "The Shining Girls" for Mrc and Appian Way.
The story revolves around a serial killer in 1930s Chicago who stumbles upon a time traveling device. Danny Boyle was previously attached to write at one point, that's no longer the case.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran will produce. Tyldum's sci-fi film "Passengers" is due out later this year and stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.
Source: Variety...
The story revolves around a serial killer in 1930s Chicago who stumbles upon a time traveling device. Danny Boyle was previously attached to write at one point, that's no longer the case.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson Killoran will produce. Tyldum's sci-fi film "Passengers" is due out later this year and stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.
Source: Variety...
- 6/6/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Variety has reported that The Imitation Game's director Morten Tyldum will direct the adaptation of The Shining Girls by South African novelist Lauren Beukes. The story in the novel was about a serial killer who stumbles into a derelict home in Depression Era Chicago. The home opens up to other eras and drives him to hunt down and kill women in these different time periods, leaving behind momentos at the crime scene that do not match the era. In present day Chicago a young woman is putting together the pieces and find out who his final victim will be to complete his collection. I read The Shining Girls after I found her lending a quote to Charlie Human's Apocalypse Now Now and Kill Baxter...
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- 6/3/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Adapt this is a column that makes the case for a big or small screen adaptation of a book or graphic novel.
The book: Broken Monsters, written by Lauren Beukes, published in 2014
Premise: In modern-day Detroit, amidst economic hardships everywhere, Detective Gabriella Versado comes across a body that’s more unnerving than anything she’s seen before; the top half of a boy and the bottom half of a deer seem to have been put together into one. As Detective Versado tries to track down this new killer as he strikes again and again, her daughter Layla, homeless man Tk, blogger Jonno, artist Clayton, and many others get drawn into the web, all while trying to maintain their own lives and keep themselves ahead of their own problems, which come in all shapes and sizes.
Why it would make a great adaptation: Aside from successfully being a nail-biting mystery with several tense moments,...
The book: Broken Monsters, written by Lauren Beukes, published in 2014
Premise: In modern-day Detroit, amidst economic hardships everywhere, Detective Gabriella Versado comes across a body that’s more unnerving than anything she’s seen before; the top half of a boy and the bottom half of a deer seem to have been put together into one. As Detective Versado tries to track down this new killer as he strikes again and again, her daughter Layla, homeless man Tk, blogger Jonno, artist Clayton, and many others get drawn into the web, all while trying to maintain their own lives and keep themselves ahead of their own problems, which come in all shapes and sizes.
Why it would make a great adaptation: Aside from successfully being a nail-biting mystery with several tense moments,...
- 11/18/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
World War Z – Max Brooks
Easily one of the best zombie apocalypse tales out there mostly because of the presentation by Author Max Brooks. The novel is laid out as if it is an actual collection of interviews, journalistic reports, and historical notes. We see how people all over the globe both discovered the apocalypse in their region and then survived it. From a young Japanese teenager so detached from reality thanks to the internet that he only realizes something is wrong when his friends and family begin disappearing from the web to the military who were so technologically connected to the war against the threat that it actually brought their morale down.
Brooks brings all the interviews and news clippings together to create an incredibly believable look at how a virus threat would spread across the globe, how it would affect everyone and every region differently, and how humanity...
Easily one of the best zombie apocalypse tales out there mostly because of the presentation by Author Max Brooks. The novel is laid out as if it is an actual collection of interviews, journalistic reports, and historical notes. We see how people all over the globe both discovered the apocalypse in their region and then survived it. From a young Japanese teenager so detached from reality thanks to the internet that he only realizes something is wrong when his friends and family begin disappearing from the web to the military who were so technologically connected to the war against the threat that it actually brought their morale down.
Brooks brings all the interviews and news clippings together to create an incredibly believable look at how a virus threat would spread across the globe, how it would affect everyone and every region differently, and how humanity...
- 10/20/2015
- by Sarah Sommer
- Boomtron
Endemol Studios’ scripted pod Additional Dialogue has made its first book acquisition, picking up rights to Lauren Beukes’ supernatural suspenser Broken Monsters to develop as a drama series. The novel follows Detective Gabriella Versado, also the single mom of a 15-year-old daughter, as she tracks a murderer who mutilates victims in bizarre and alarming ways. Her investigation winds through present-day Detroit — from police precincts to the underground art scene to the…...
- 1/22/2015
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline TV
“The questions are the questions, Jeff. You know that,” South African novelist Lauren Beukes said to me, sitting at the Grey Dog Café on Mulberry Street, right before we were supposed to do a gig at Housing Works Bookstore with critic/novelist Lev Grossman titled “We’re All Mad Here.” Her novel Broken Monsters, a great horror-thriller perfect for the Halloween season, had just been featured on the Today Show. She’d come from doing a radio interview and was expressing worry that Amazon’s war with Hachette was going to eat into sales of a novel she thought was her best yet. As we began to talk, she was fielding TV and movie offers for Broken Monsters on her smartphone.The questions might be the questions, but I was a little nervous about what I was asking this time around because Beukes started out as a journalist — and a good journalist,...
- 10/28/2014
- by Jeff VanderMeer
- Vulture
2000 Ad has become a British institution since its launch in 1977, bringing characters to the world including Nemesis the Warlock, Rogue Trooper, Nikolai Dante and, of course, the one-and-only Judge Dredd.
Future Shock! The Story of 2000 Ad is a documentary that takes in the highs (and lows) of the comic's history, with interviews with Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill, Andy Diggle, Karen Berger, Dave Gibbons, Lauren Beukes, Leah Moore and many more.
Ahead of the film's premiere as part of BFI's Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season, we spoke to director Paul Goodwin, producer Sean Hogan and executive producer Nick Harwood about the past and future of 2000 Ad, Alan Moore and taking dinner with Pat Mills:
What made you decide to tell the story of 2000 Ad?
Sean: "We were at college together. After that, we went our separate ways. We'd always spoken about doing something one day. And we were...
Future Shock! The Story of 2000 Ad is a documentary that takes in the highs (and lows) of the comic's history, with interviews with Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill, Andy Diggle, Karen Berger, Dave Gibbons, Lauren Beukes, Leah Moore and many more.
Ahead of the film's premiere as part of BFI's Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season, we spoke to director Paul Goodwin, producer Sean Hogan and executive producer Nick Harwood about the past and future of 2000 Ad, Alan Moore and taking dinner with Pat Mills:
What made you decide to tell the story of 2000 Ad?
Sean: "We were at college together. After that, we went our separate ways. We'd always spoken about doing something one day. And we were...
- 10/27/2014
- Digital Spy
11 new dramatisations are coming to BBC Radio 4's Dangerous Visions season, feat. Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and new writers...
News
Attention sci-fi fans looking grumpily ahead at the next few weeks' shorts-and-spherical-object-packed TV schedules: radio is your sanctuary.
Specifically, BBC Radio Four and its second season of dystopian and science-fiction drama is your sanctuary. Tomorrow, Saturday the 14th of June, a run of eleven new dramatisations offering "clever, imaginative and disturbing takes on what the future might hold" begins under the umbrella title: Dangerous Visions.
First up in the fortnight of programming is modern sci-fi classic, Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, with Game Of Thrones' Iain Glen voicing the title role, airing this Saturday at 2.30pm. That's closely followed by a new dramatisation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? broadcast on Sunday the 15th of June at 3pm, featuring An Adventure In Space And Time...
News
Attention sci-fi fans looking grumpily ahead at the next few weeks' shorts-and-spherical-object-packed TV schedules: radio is your sanctuary.
Specifically, BBC Radio Four and its second season of dystopian and science-fiction drama is your sanctuary. Tomorrow, Saturday the 14th of June, a run of eleven new dramatisations offering "clever, imaginative and disturbing takes on what the future might hold" begins under the umbrella title: Dangerous Visions.
First up in the fortnight of programming is modern sci-fi classic, Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man, with Game Of Thrones' Iain Glen voicing the title role, airing this Saturday at 2.30pm. That's closely followed by a new dramatisation of Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? broadcast on Sunday the 15th of June at 3pm, featuring An Adventure In Space And Time...
- 6/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
In late 2011, after winning several literary awards and garnering global acclaim for its clever originality, South African author Lauren Beukes' science-fiction novel, Zoo City, saw its film rights awarded to producer Helena Spring (Red Dust, Yesterday, The First Grader), a fellow South African. 2 years later, in an interview with Smart Monkey TV, published yesterday, Donovan Marsh, whose South African crime drama iNumber Number was just optioned by Universal Pictures for a Hollywood remake, reveals that he's attached to write and direct the film adaptation of Zoo City. Zoo City's story revolves around a character named Zinzi December, a black South African woman. ...
- 11/12/2013
- by Emmanuel Akitobi
- ShadowAndAct
The Witching Hour
Writers: Steve Beach, Lauren Beukes, Brett Lewis, Annie Mok, Emily Carroll, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matthew Sturges, Ales Kot, Toby Litt, Mariah Huehner
Artists: Steve Beach, Gerhard Human, Cliff Chiang, Annie Mok, Emily Carroll, Ming Doyle, Shawn McManus, Morgan Jeske, Mark Buckingham, Victor Santos, Tula Lotay
Colorists: John Kalisz, Giulia Brusco, Jordie Bellaire, Travis Lanham
Publisher: Vertigo Comics
The Witching Hour is an anthology by a mixture of new and long-establishing comics talents to tell eight page stories that somehow deal with ghosts and witches. Some of the stories are scary. Others are emotional or funny. They have a wide variety of settings from 19th Century England to a future mission to Mars. The majority of them deal with some kind of problem, like war, child abuse, homophobia, misogyny, or just plain hate. The best thing about anthologies is even if one story is horrid, there are two...
Writers: Steve Beach, Lauren Beukes, Brett Lewis, Annie Mok, Emily Carroll, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matthew Sturges, Ales Kot, Toby Litt, Mariah Huehner
Artists: Steve Beach, Gerhard Human, Cliff Chiang, Annie Mok, Emily Carroll, Ming Doyle, Shawn McManus, Morgan Jeske, Mark Buckingham, Victor Santos, Tula Lotay
Colorists: John Kalisz, Giulia Brusco, Jordie Bellaire, Travis Lanham
Publisher: Vertigo Comics
The Witching Hour is an anthology by a mixture of new and long-establishing comics talents to tell eight page stories that somehow deal with ghosts and witches. Some of the stories are scary. Others are emotional or funny. They have a wide variety of settings from 19th Century England to a future mission to Mars. The majority of them deal with some kind of problem, like war, child abuse, homophobia, misogyny, or just plain hate. The best thing about anthologies is even if one story is horrid, there are two...
- 10/29/2013
- by Logan Dalton
- SoundOnSight
From gaming to films, sci-fi is loved by millions, and has diversified for our times – can other literary genres claim that?
They say the golden age for reading science fiction is 12. The cusp of adolescence when our sense of wonder is at its greatest. But the genre's Golden Age is historically dated from the mid 1930s to the late 1950s. From its humble origins in the pages of pulp magazines (the mass entertainment of the 1920s), Golden Age Sf launched its assault, lasers ablaze, on the shelves of respectable book shops around the globe.
Golden Age Sf conjured amazing visions of the future that, for many people, are still the epitome of science fiction. Vast galactic empires warring across millennia. Alien invaders from other planets. Super-science countering the threats that faced mankind. And at the heart of it all, heroic men, heroically saving the world with their problem-solving powers of reason and logic.
They say the golden age for reading science fiction is 12. The cusp of adolescence when our sense of wonder is at its greatest. But the genre's Golden Age is historically dated from the mid 1930s to the late 1950s. From its humble origins in the pages of pulp magazines (the mass entertainment of the 1920s), Golden Age Sf launched its assault, lasers ablaze, on the shelves of respectable book shops around the globe.
Golden Age Sf conjured amazing visions of the future that, for many people, are still the epitome of science fiction. Vast galactic empires warring across millennia. Alien invaders from other planets. Super-science countering the threats that faced mankind. And at the heart of it all, heroic men, heroically saving the world with their problem-solving powers of reason and logic.
- 9/13/2013
- by Damien Walter
- The Guardian - Film News
Hot off her Toronto deal to direct Jason Patrick in Hotel 33 for Open Road Films and Emmett / Furla / Oasis Films, Kellie Madison has signed with Zero Gravity Management. The horror thriller follows a small town Pennsylvania detective investigating the disappearance of a youngster in a haunted hotel where dozens went missing in 1953. Hotel 33 will mark Madison’s directorial debut and she’ll direct from her own script. Madison, also an actress, wrote, directed and produced the award-winning short Bathtub Picnic and wrote and produced telefilm Dear Mr. Gacy starring William Forsythe. Also at Toronto, writer-director Donovan Marsh has come aboard as a client at ICM Partners for representation in all areas. Marsh’s crime drama iNumber Number premiered at Tiff in the Contemporary World Cinema program, with Xyz Films handling sales and remake rights. South African born Marsh previously directed features Dollars and White Pipes and Spud, adapted...
- 9/11/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
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