Tag: snags

13 FEB

Apple snags drama series based on Kevin Durant’s childhood

Apple’s slate of original shows keeps growing and growing and the latest addition is a drama based on the early life of Kevin Durant. Swagger will focus on youth basketball players, their families and their coaches and will draw on Durant’s experiences playing basketball with the Amateur Athletic Union in the Washington DC area. Durant, […]

21 NOV

‘Gambit’ Snags ‘Cloverfield’ Star Lizzy Caplan as Its Female Lead

20th Century Fox’s Gambit solo movie was originally scheduled to hit theaters over a year ago, but several starts and stops and a revolving door of directors kicked its release back to 2019. And since the movie has just found a director in Gore Verbinski, important casting decisions are happening: Lizzy Caplan, the star of movies like Cloverfield and […]

06 SEP

Amazon taps Kohl’s, Google snags Home Depot as AI assistants compete for your attention (and money)

Amazon and Google took steps today in their continuous march to bring AI assistants Alexa and Google Assistant closer to consumers by partnering with big box stores. Kohl’s will now sell some Amazon products, including the Echo and Echo Dot, in 10 of its stores in Chicago and Los Angeles, while Google announced that Home […]

19 JUL

Netflix snags ‘Bird Box’ movie starring Sandra Bullock

Hot on the heels of Amazon’s two-season TV show deal with Julia Roberts, Netflix fires back with its own exciting news. The streaming service announced today that Sandra Bullock will star in a dystopian film called Bird Box, with Susanne Bier attached to direct. It will begin production in September in Los Angeles. Bird Box, […]

15 JUL

Pinterest snags Google exec as its head of ad products

Pinterest Jon Alferness, a long-time Googler who most recently served as its vp of product management in travel and shopping, is joining Pinterest as head of ad products. Alferness starts at Pinterest at the end of August and will be responsible for developing and rolling out the company’s global advertising products, including its targeting features and […]

18 MAY

Dark Crystal Prequel Series Snags 10-Episode Order at Netflix

Netflix is reviving Jim Henson’s seminal 1982 film The Dark Crystal via a 10-episode prequel series. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance will take place “many years” before the events of the film. “When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save […]

17 MAY

Daniel Radcliffe-Led Anthology Comedy Snags Series Order at TBS

Harry Potter is entering the #PeakTV realm. TBS has handed a seven-episode series order to Miracle Workers, an anthology comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Owen Wilson and exec-produced by Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels. RELATEDLouis C.K.-Albert Brooks Animated Comedy The Cops Ordered at TBS Scheduled to launch on TBS in 2018, the first season of Miracle […]

10 APR

Gilmore Girls Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Snags 2-Season Order at Amazon

Simply marvelous news for acolytes of Amy Sherman-Palladino: Amazon is moving forward with the Gilmore Girls creator’s dramedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, handing the very well received project an unprecedented  two-season series order. The pilot debuted on Amazon on March 17 and garnered an average customer rating of 4.8, with 92% 5-star reviews.  Written and directed by Sherman-Palladino, who also serves as […]