RELATED STORIES HBO Max is looking to make White People Uncomfortable: The streamer is adapting the book Things That Make White People Uncomfortable into a anthology series, TVLine has learned. The book, written by retired NFL veteran and Super Bowl champion Michael Bennett with the help of Dave Zirin, is part memoir, part manifesto, as […]
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Soulmates: Grade the Premiere of AMC’s Near-Future Anthology Series
RELATED STORIES AMC on Monday night debuted Soulmates, a six-episode anthology series that in different and provocative ways will ask: What if science developed a way to identify your perfect match? And, most problematically, what if you are already with someone what that technology arrives? The first episode, “Watershed,” establishes that in the year 2023, […]
Modern Love: Amazon’s Rom-Com Anthology Gets October Premiere
RELATED STORIES If you’re a sucker for a good rom-com, we have a feeling you’ll want to make a date with Amazon’s Modern Love this fall. The eight-episode anthology series will drop on Friday, Oct. 18, the streamer announced Saturday. Inspired by the New York Times column and podcast of the same name, Modern Love […]
Ava DuVernay’s OWN Anthology, to Span 5 Years in 8 Episodes, Casts Leads
RELATED STORIES Filmmaker Ava DuVernay‘s second project for OWN, following Queen Sugar, has found its leads. Xosha Roquemore (The Mindy Project) and Alano Miller (Underground) are set to headline the inaugural season of Cherish the Day, an anthology that will chronicle the stirring romance of one couple, with each episode spanning a single day. The […]
Rosario Dawson Anthology Drama Briarpatch Greenlit at USA Network
USA Network is jumping into the Briarpatch. On Thursday, the cable channel ordered to series the anthology drama starring Rosario Dawson (Jane the Virgin), TVLine has learned. Season 1 is based on Ross Thomas’ novel of the same name and follows Allegra “Pick” Dill (Dawson), a determined investigator who returns to her corrupt Texas hometown after her […]
‘Until Dawn’ creators return with ‘The Dark Pictures Anthology’
Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games is back with another branching horror game, but it’s breaking from tradition in more ways than one. It’s launching The Dark Pictures Anthology, a collection of self-contained titles that touch on various horror genres. There’s no (known) connection to the Until Dawn universe, and this won’t be a PlayStation-only franchise […]
Jason Segel to Star in, Create AMC Anthology Dispatches From Elsewhere
Jason Segel is returning to the small screen in a very big way. The How I Met Your Mother alum is set to create and star in the new AMC anthology series Dispatches From Elsewhere, TVLine has learned. The cable network announced the news during its portion of the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Saturday. […]
Jordan Peele’s YouTube Series ‘Weird City’ is a Shared Universe Anthology [TCA 2018]
After the success of his Oscar-winning film Get Out, Jordan Peele has gotten some TV deals. He is creating a reboot of The Twilight Zone for CBS All Access, but creating another anthology series for YouTube Premium. Both promise to tell surreal, bizarre, twisty stories, but the Weird City stories will be more connected than standalone […]
Jordan Peele’s “Twisted-Ass Science Fiction” Anthology ‘Weird City’ Coming to YouTube Premium
Jordan Peele shocked the world with his directorial debut Get Out early last year, and he’s been remarkably busy ever since. His list of active projects has grown to an impressive length, and now he’s adding yet another one to the top of the pile: a show called Weird City, which he calls a “twisted-ass science […]
‘The Anthology of Amazing Women’ Illustrates the Achievements of Inspiring Trailblazers
Published just in time for Women’s History Month is an inspiring, illustrated book of empowering stories about 50 women who have broken boundaries and achieved their dreams. The Anthology of Amazing Women, written by Sandra Lawrence, looks at powerful stories about icons like Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Aretha Franklin, and Selena who rose to prominence and carved […]