The first half of 2022 saw 357 scripted series launch across broadcast, cable, and streaming. Landgraf has been wrong before, and he’s the first to admit that his prediction might be done “foolishly.” But he has data on his side, courtesy of the number-crunchers at FX research. “2022 will be the high watermark - in other words, that it will mark the peak of the ‘Peak TV’ era,” he said.
During an executive session at the Television Critics Association press tour Tuesday, the FX brand’s boss offered some tea-leaf reading about the seemingly never-ending output of more and more TV shows.
Last year set a record for the number of scripted original series for adults, but the “Peak TV” era probably hasn’t peaked just yet, at least if you ask FX Chairman John Landgraf. Continue reading Lily James Says ‘ Pam & Tommy’ Was “Hardest ThingįX Boss John Landgraf Now Says 2022 Will Be the Actual Peak of ‘Peak TV’ That being said, she admits that none of those roles prepared her for portraying pop culture icon Pamela Anderson in the Emmy-nominated limited series, “ Pam & Tommy.” Read More: Sebastian Stan transformed himself like never before for “ Pam & Tommy” The Hulu program chronicled the true story of how a stolen sex tape featuring Anderson and her husband Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan), not only broke down the walls of amateur porn in the early days of the internet but publicly derailed the “ Baywatch” stars’ promising career. And she’s even played a young, singing Meryl Streep. She’s starred alongside Gary Oldman‘s imposing Winston Churchill. She’s battled zombies as none other than literary figure Elizabeth Bennett. She’s faced the pressure of bringing “ Cinderella” to life in a massive Disney spectacle. Lily James Says ‘Pam & Tommy’ Was “Hardest Thing She’s Ever Done” So definitely that gave us a lot of inspiration about what we would want to do with Elle Woods and make sure that we had all those same touchstones that mattered to people back then. “It’s just like ‘ Top Gun.’ They waited a long time to make another version of that movie, and I loved the nostalgia piece they incorporated in it. “I’m still hoping that ‘ Legally Blonde 3’ is gonna come together in the right way,” Witherspoon said. Development is seemingly taking longer than Witherspoon expected.
The Oscar winner recently told USA Today that she is still hoping the movie comes together in “the right way,” which may surprise fans given that “ Legally Blonde 3” once had a 2022 release date. “ Legally Blonde” fans have been waiting in limbo for announcements on the long-in-the-works third movie, but a recent Reese Witherspoon interview implies the sequel isn’t a sure thing just yet. Reese Witherspoon ‘Still Hopes’ That ‘Legally Blonde 3’ Comes Together: ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Gave Us Inspiration “We are thrilled to collaborate with Joel, Doug, and this great cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal, Not only is it a nod to fans of the original, but it is also a big, fun, broad audience movie,” stated Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke. Prime Video officially announced the production’s impending start on Tuesday. Reports that Gyllenhaal and Liman were circling the project broke in November 2021. JJ Hook, Alison Winter and Aaron Auch will serve as executive producers. After producing the original film for MGM in 1989, Joel Silver is back on board to produce the reimagining for his company Silver Pictures. Doug Liman will direct the new movie, from a script written by Anthony Bagarozzi & Charles Mondry. Oscar and Tony-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal is officially set to star in “ Road House,” a reimagined take on the classic movie starring Patrick Swayze, for Amazon’s Prime Video. Jake Gyllenhaal-Starring ‘Road House’ Reboot Gets Green Light at Prime Video
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News The film was nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture and best director, as well as an acting nomination for Burstyn. The story followed a 12-year-old girl possessed by a mysterious entity and the lengths her mother and two Catholic priests went to in an attempt to save her. William Friedkin directed the original The Exorcist, which became a sensation in 1973.
Scott Teems, Danny McBride and Green worked on the story with Peter Sattler and Green writing the screenplay. David Gordon Green is directing the movie, with Dowd having previously worked with him on the drama Our Brand Is Crisis. and Ellen Burstyn, who is reprising her role as Chris MacNeil. The Emmy winner joins a previously announced cast including Leslie Odom Jr. Ann Dowd has joined the first film in the planned The Exorcist trilogy from Blumhouse, Universal, and Morgan Creek Productions.