The series, titled The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, will center around Lisbeth Salander and it won’t be a continuation or sequel of the story from the books or films. It will be set in today’s world with a new story, a different setting, and new characters.

The Millennium book series The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest were written by Stieg Larrson, but unfortunately he passed away and David Lagercrantz finished writing the series with The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, and The Girl Who Lived Twice.

So far, there isn’t an actress or writer attracted to the series. Andy Harries (The Crown) founder and CEO of Left Bank Pictures and Rob Bullock (The Night Manager) will executive produce.

In the Sweedish films, Salander was played by Noomi Rapace as an adult and Tehilla Blad played her as a child. In 2011 American adaptation, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara played her and Claire Foy played her in the 2018 adaptation The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

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The prequel series is said to take place in the Second Age of Middle-earth and will explore new storylines preceding JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The series’ official Twitter hinted to fans — “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

The first season is currently in pre-production. A cast for the show has not officially been confirmed. The series is set to film in New Zealand. 

Lord of the Rings series hails from writing duo JD Payne and Patrick McKay. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom helmer JA Bayona is set to direct multiple episodes.

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He joins previously announced Will Poulter and Markella Kavenagh in the series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels. The scripted drama is set in Middle-Earth’s Second Age, before the events of the author’s primary trilogy. 

While Amazon declined to comment and all official details of the casting are kept under wraps, according to sources, Mawle will be playing a villain named Oren.

J.A. Bayona is set to direct the first two episodes from writers Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad), Jason Cahill (The Sopranos), and Justin Doble (Stranger Things). The four double up as executive producers alongside Lindsey Weber, Bruce Richmond, Gene Kelly, and Sharon Tal Yguado.

Deadline was first to report the casting.

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The country which was the primary filming location for Peter Jackson’s three Lord of the Rings films will serve as the production location for the forthcoming television series. 

The series, which is set to be the most expensive show ever made at an estimated cost of $1 billion, hails from showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay for Amazon Studios, which is producing in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust.

“We knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff,” said Payne and McKay. 

“As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains,” they added.

Production on the series is scheduled to begin in Auckland in the coming months.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the Hidden Figures and Moonlight star will be headlining the forthcoming season of the psychological thriller, Homecoming. 

Monae will take over from Julia Roberts, who starred in Season 1. According to Variety, Monae’s character is a tenacious woman who finds herself floating in a canoe, with no memory of how she got there or who she is.

Roberts, who won’t be starring in the next season, will return as an executive producer of the series. 

It is unknown if season 1 stars Stephan James and Bobby Cannavale will return for season 2.

The second season of Homecoming stars shooting later this year.

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Their follow-up fashion competition series for Amazon finally gets a title and a premiere timeframe.

According to Amazon, Making the Cut will premiere sometime in 2020. 

The Project Runway follow up will bring together “12 talented entrepreneurs and designers from around the globe who are competing to take their fledging brands to the next level in becoming the next big global phenomenon,” per the official logline. 

The winning designer will walk away with a whopping $1 million to invest in their brand (quadruple Runway’s prize money)! Looks from the series will also be available to purchase on Amazon. 

The show’s judging panel was also revealed and it includes supermodel Naomi Campbell, former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, designer Joseph Altuzarra and fashion icon Nicole Richie.

Let’s make it work!

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The teaser trailer final installment of Jill Soloway’s Amazon series finally reveals Maura Pfefferman’s (Jeffrey Tambor) fate. 

The clip, which dropped Wednesday in celebration of Pride Month, opens with the news that Maura has died. The final episode will follow the rest of the Pfefferman family as they try to come to terms with their loss. 

The cast includes all other members of the family, Shelly (Judith Light), Sarah (Amy Landecker), Josh (Jay Duplass), and Ali (Gaby Hoffmann). The Pfeffermans will be joined by favorite key players including Kathryn Hahn, Trace Lysette, Cherry Jones, Tig Notaro, Melora Hardin, and Rob Huebel.

Amazon’s official description promises “a dazzling two-hour movie musical fantasia. When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.”

The final send-off was directed and written by creator Soloway, and with original music by her sister and executive producer Faith Soloway. 

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The series from Lee Daniels (Empire) and Whitney Cummings (2 Broke Girls) centers on three generations of women working in the Ombudsman’s office of a college that navigates the current cultural climate, the concept of feminism across different generations, and the struggle to reconcile socially constructed ideas with current ethical views regarding complex issues such as sex, race, class, and gender.

Kudrow will play Lynn Steele, the university ombudsman. She is described as a tired, mercurial force of nature who finds herself being seen as out of touch by millennials, even though she has been a champion of women her entire career.

Daniels and Cummings wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Kudrow. It is produced by Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.

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The 52-year-old actor has just landed his first starring role gig in a TV series. He joins Amazon’s Utopia, about a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Within the comic’s pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that may actually be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world.

Cusack will play Dr. Kevin Christie opposite previously announced Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson. Dr. Kevin Christie is described as a charismatic, media-savvy and brilliant biotech mind who wants to change the world through science. Wilson will play Michael Stearns and Lane is set to portray Jessica Hyde.

Cusack is best known for his roles on movies such as Say Anything, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich among others. 

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Just days after Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas released their first new music in nearly six years, with an accompanying music video and an announcement of their new album out March 1, multiple outlets confirm that they have teamed up with Amazon Studios on a new documentary. 

According to Bustle, the documentary will not only include new music but will also open fans up to the “personal, behind the scenes.” Nick told the outlet, “We wanted to tell our story, where we came from, what happened on our journey back then together.”

“We’re in the best place as family, which is the most important thing,” Nick added. “From there, this music and new chapter have just been incredible.” Kevin said. Joe continued, “It took a lot of time,” he said. “We had to work through and understand what we were going through when we were that young.”

Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios said in a statement, “Amazon Prime Video is proud to be the exclusive home for a very personal, behind the scenes look at the Jonas Brothers as they reunite for this exciting tour. Experiencing the brothers back together again is the news that everyone hoped for and we can’t wait to share this intimate and compelling documentary special with all of our customers.”

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The series, titled The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, will center around Lisbeth Salander and it won’t be a continuation or sequel of the story from the books or films. It will be set in today’s world with a new story, a different setting, and new characters.

The Millennium book series The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest were written by Stieg Larrson, but unfortunately he passed away and David Lagercrantz finished writing the series with The Girl in the Spider’s Web, The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye, and The Girl Who Lived Twice.

So far, there isn’t an actress or writer attracted to the series. Andy Harries (The Crown) founder and CEO of Left Bank Pictures and Rob Bullock (The Night Manager) will executive produce.

In the Sweedish films, Salander was played by Noomi Rapace as an adult and Tehilla Blad played her as a child. In 2011 American adaptation, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara played her and Claire Foy played her in the 2018 adaptation The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

The post “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” Series in Development at Amazon appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The prequel series is said to take place in the Second Age of Middle-earth and will explore new storylines preceding JRR Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. The series’ official Twitter hinted to fans — “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

The first season is currently in pre-production. A cast for the show has not officially been confirmed. The series is set to film in New Zealand. 

Lord of the Rings series hails from writing duo JD Payne and Patrick McKay. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom helmer JA Bayona is set to direct multiple episodes.

The post Lord of the Rings Series Gets Season 2 Renewal appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

He joins previously announced Will Poulter and Markella Kavenagh in the series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic fantasy novels. The scripted drama is set in Middle-Earth’s Second Age, before the events of the author’s primary trilogy. 

While Amazon declined to comment and all official details of the casting are kept under wraps, according to sources, Mawle will be playing a villain named Oren.

J.A. Bayona is set to direct the first two episodes from writers Gennifer Hutchison (Breaking Bad), Jason Cahill (The Sopranos), and Justin Doble (Stranger Things). The four double up as executive producers alongside Lindsey Weber, Bruce Richmond, Gene Kelly, and Sharon Tal Yguado.

Deadline was first to report the casting.

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The country which was the primary filming location for Peter Jackson’s three Lord of the Rings films will serve as the production location for the forthcoming television series. 

The series, which is set to be the most expensive show ever made at an estimated cost of $1 billion, hails from showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay for Amazon Studios, which is producing in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust.

“We knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff,” said Payne and McKay. 

“As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains,” they added.

Production on the series is scheduled to begin in Auckland in the coming months.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the Hidden Figures and Moonlight star will be headlining the forthcoming season of the psychological thriller, Homecoming. 

Monae will take over from Julia Roberts, who starred in Season 1. According to Variety, Monae’s character is a tenacious woman who finds herself floating in a canoe, with no memory of how she got there or who she is.

Roberts, who won’t be starring in the next season, will return as an executive producer of the series. 

It is unknown if season 1 stars Stephan James and Bobby Cannavale will return for season 2.

The second season of Homecoming stars shooting later this year.

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Their follow-up fashion competition series for Amazon finally gets a title and a premiere timeframe.

According to Amazon, Making the Cut will premiere sometime in 2020. 

The Project Runway follow up will bring together “12 talented entrepreneurs and designers from around the globe who are competing to take their fledging brands to the next level in becoming the next big global phenomenon,” per the official logline. 

The winning designer will walk away with a whopping $1 million to invest in their brand (quadruple Runway’s prize money)! Looks from the series will also be available to purchase on Amazon. 

The show’s judging panel was also revealed and it includes supermodel Naomi Campbell, former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld, designer Joseph Altuzarra and fashion icon Nicole Richie.

Let’s make it work!

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The teaser trailer final installment of Jill Soloway’s Amazon series finally reveals Maura Pfefferman’s (Jeffrey Tambor) fate. 

The clip, which dropped Wednesday in celebration of Pride Month, opens with the news that Maura has died. The final episode will follow the rest of the Pfefferman family as they try to come to terms with their loss. 

The cast includes all other members of the family, Shelly (Judith Light), Sarah (Amy Landecker), Josh (Jay Duplass), and Ali (Gaby Hoffmann). The Pfeffermans will be joined by favorite key players including Kathryn Hahn, Trace Lysette, Cherry Jones, Tig Notaro, Melora Hardin, and Rob Huebel.

Amazon’s official description promises “a dazzling two-hour movie musical fantasia. When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they confront grief and come together to celebrate connection, joy, and transformation.”

The final send-off was directed and written by creator Soloway, and with original music by her sister and executive producer Faith Soloway. 

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The series from Lee Daniels (Empire) and Whitney Cummings (2 Broke Girls) centers on three generations of women working in the Ombudsman’s office of a college that navigates the current cultural climate, the concept of feminism across different generations, and the struggle to reconcile socially constructed ideas with current ethical views regarding complex issues such as sex, race, class, and gender.

Kudrow will play Lynn Steele, the university ombudsman. She is described as a tired, mercurial force of nature who finds herself being seen as out of touch by millennials, even though she has been a champion of women her entire career.

Daniels and Cummings wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Kudrow. It is produced by Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios.

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The 52-year-old actor has just landed his first starring role gig in a TV series. He joins Amazon’s Utopia, about a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Within the comic’s pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that may actually be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world.

Cusack will play Dr. Kevin Christie opposite previously announced Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson. Dr. Kevin Christie is described as a charismatic, media-savvy and brilliant biotech mind who wants to change the world through science. Wilson will play Michael Stearns and Lane is set to portray Jessica Hyde.

Cusack is best known for his roles on movies such as Say Anything, High Fidelity, Being John Malkovich among others. 

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Just days after Kevin Jonas, Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas released their first new music in nearly six years, with an accompanying music video and an announcement of their new album out March 1, multiple outlets confirm that they have teamed up with Amazon Studios on a new documentary. 

According to Bustle, the documentary will not only include new music but will also open fans up to the “personal, behind the scenes.” Nick told the outlet, “We wanted to tell our story, where we came from, what happened on our journey back then together.”

“We’re in the best place as family, which is the most important thing,” Nick added. “From there, this music and new chapter have just been incredible.” Kevin said. Joe continued, “It took a lot of time,” he said. “We had to work through and understand what we were going through when we were that young.”

Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios said in a statement, “Amazon Prime Video is proud to be the exclusive home for a very personal, behind the scenes look at the Jonas Brothers as they reunite for this exciting tour. Experiencing the brothers back together again is the news that everyone hoped for and we can’t wait to share this intimate and compelling documentary special with all of our customers.”

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