There had never been a "reincarnation drama" on Korean cable before JTBC's Reborn Rich and local viewers had rarely seen anything quite like it, but that didn't stop them watching this ambitious series in droves. Launching at the backend of last year and airing weekly — a treat in this era of binge viewing — the 16-parter was adapted from a web novel to critical and audience acclaim by local writers Kim Tae-hee and Jang Eun-jae, who count Designated Survivor among their credits.
In an era where achieving double-digit overnight share is a near-impossible task, the show now sits second only to JTBC's The World of the Married as the most-watched Korean cable drama. >>>Deadline's Global Breakouts Series |
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New 'Yellowstone' Saga Saddling Up - Taylor Sheridan, Yellowstone's co-creator and showrunner, Paramount Global and Paramount Network are moving to end their signature show in its current form. But they are plotting a potential franchise extension to continue the Dutton saga, a new show with Matthew McConaughey in talks to star. >>>Costner's Schedule An Issue
Surprise Ending - M. Night Shyamalan has exited WME, the agency he’s been at since 2011. Shyamalan’s former WME agents, Tanya Cohen and Rich Cook, went over to Range Media Partners to become managers, and the $3.3 billion-grossing filmmaker followed them. >>>Also Rep Shyamalan’s Company
I Know What You're Doing Next Summer - Jennifer Kaytin Robinson has been tapped to direct a sequel to I Know What You Did Last Summer, with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr in talks to reprise their roles. >>>In Early Development
Teen Horror Pic - Seventeen-year-old director and VFX artist Kane Parsons will adapt his hit YouTube series The Backrooms (Found Footage) for the big screen. A24, Atomic Monster, Chernin Entertainment and 21 Laps are producing. >>>See The Original
Stephen King Meets Michael Crichton - Following a competitive bidding war, Warner Bros TV has landed the Mac Smullen spec pilot Souvenir, Alaska. Sources say four other networks were chasing the pilot before WBTV put in the winning bid. >>>Details |
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Jack Lowden, star of forthcoming TV mini-series The Gold, and Slow Horses on Apple TV+, believes that actors should stick to what they know best and to not allow their political opinions to get in the way of their work. Luckily, it’s crime, not politics, that’s at the center of the rollicking BBC One and Paramount+ six-part real-life heist thriller The Gold. >>>The Interview |
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Ben Stiller is setting an acting return with Three Identical Strangers, a high-profile limited series package that just hit the premium/streaming marketplace. Stiller is in final negotiations to headline and executive produce the series, a multi-decade family drama inspired by the incredible true story of identical triplet brothers separated at birth.
Chlöe Bailey, Tosin Cole, Olivia Colman and Woody Harrelson are set to star in Girl From the North Country, adapted from the Tony Award-winning Broadway show of the same name inspired by the songs of Bob Dylan. The movie adaptation is written and directed by Conor McPherson, the playwright behind the original Broadway musical.
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Quinta Brunson and Tyler James Williams will be lending their voices to the upcoming Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day special. As DC superheroes Hawkman and Hawkgirl, in a brief cameo, Williams and Brunson explain how they fell in love in the upcoming special, titled Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special. |
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🚦 Showtime has given a straight-to-series order to The Department (w/t) based on the acclaimed French espionage political thriller The Bureau, from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios. Clooney will direct.
💰 After chatter about potential Billions offshoots from series co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, Showtime boss Chris McCarthy revealed in a Wall Street Journal interview that the four projects in the works are spinoffs set in Miami, the self-proclaimed crypto capital, and London.
🔥 The Last of Us delivered another series high on Sunday with 7.5M people tuning in across HBO and HBO Max. That’s a 17% increase from Episode 3’s audience of 6.4M, despite Sunday’s episode going head-to-head with the 65th annual Grammy Awards.
🥊 Disney has finally unveiled the date for its annual meeting of shareholders, a virtual event to be held at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, April 3. The meeting is the venue where shareholders cast votes on candidates for the board of directors. Activist investor Nelson Peltz of Trian Group is looking for a board seat after mounting weeks of criticism of the company's underperforming stock. |
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On the Radar Tue - State of the Union
Wed - Disney, Fox Corp. earnings
Fri - Titanic rerelease
Sun - Super Bowl LVII |
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Majors Event - Jonathan Majors arrives at the world premiere of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The film marks the bigscreen debut of his baddie, Kang the Conquerer, who will figure heavily in future MCU titles Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (set for 2025 release) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2026). |
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