Sharon Tal Yguasdo, head of scripted series for Amazon Studios, said in a statement that the streaming service is “thrilled to be taking ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth,” especially because the book series is a “cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen.”

Amazon Studios will produce the series working with the Tolkien estate and trust, HarperCollins, and the Warner Bros. division New Line Cinema.

“We are delighted that Amazon, with its long-standing commitment to literature, is the home of the first-ever multi-season television series for The Lord of the Rings,” Matt Galsor, representing the Tolkien estate and trust and HarperCollins, said in a statement.

This announcement marks the studio’s biggest acquisition to date.

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The dramatic series will star Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and will explore the behind-the-scenes action of daily morning shows and its players. The two Hollywood A-listers will also executive-produce the untitled project.

While Witherspoon just starred in Big Little Lies which won her an Outstanding Limited Series Emmy for her work as a producer on the star-studded HBO miniseries, this role makes Aniston’s first regular TV gig since Friends ended in 2004. This project serves as a sort of reunion for the two as they have collaborated in the past on the show Friends where Witherspoon played Aniston’s sister.

The untitled drama is executive-produced by Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg, who worked on The Leftovers with Jay Carson (House of Cards) serving as writer and show-runner.

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AMC announced that Julianna Margulies, star of the hit legal drama The Good Wife, which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016, will star in a new drama for the network.

The future series from Marti Noxon titled Dietland, is a small-screen adaptation for Sarai Walker’s 2015 reselling novel of the same name.

This time around Margulies will play the role of Kitty Montgomery, a character which the network describes as “wildly ambitious magazine editor whose world is thrown into chaos when a feminist terrorist organization starts targeting people in her orbit.” In order to deal with the chaos, Kitty must become a master manipulator.

“Julianna is diabolically talented and beautiful, which makes her perfect to play our Kitty. I am genuinely honored to have the opportunity to work with her. She’s a special human and a rare actor,” said Noxon in a statement. “I can’t wait to start and for the world to get a load of this show.”

Dietland is scheduled to premiere in 2018 with a 10 episode order.

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President and CEO of Discovery Communications, David Zaslav announced on Wednesday that Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin will be returning to the network in 2018.

In a press release it was stated that the Irwins will not only serve as global ambassadors for Discovery Communications, but will also develop and produce TV projects for Animal Planet.

The first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which debuted in Australia in 1996, was actually footage of Steve and wife Terri trapping crocodiles together on their honeymoon. The show debuted in the US a year later, becoming a worldwide hit for the network, airing until 2007.

Steve starred in several Animal Planet documentaries, when in 2006 he died while filming a documentary titled Ocean’s Deadliest after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb.

Watch the adorable Instagram video the Irwins posted announcing their return to the Discovery Communications Family.

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The original 1994 action-thriller filmed starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. Currently, Fox has given a put-pilot commitment to an hour-long dramatic adaptation of the film.

The 1994 True Lies centered on the life of U.S. government Harry Tasker, a spy, balancing home life and work. However, this becomes increasingly complicated as wife Helen discovers what her husband really does for a living and is eager to join the adventure. The film was the third highest-grossing movie of 1994 — banking $378.9 million worldwide — behind The Lion King and Forrest Gump, and Curtis won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy).

Marc Guggenheim will be writing the script for the pilot, as Cameron is signed on as executive producer. The pilot is being produced by Wonderland and Lightstorm in association with 20th Century Fox TV.

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Since Girls aired its series finale in April, the two women were asked if it’s weird that for the first time in six years they weren’t getting ready to work on a new season of the show.

46-year-old Konner told reporters that “it has been weird and kind of hard to get out of bed, but Lenny helps us through that and we’re now working on a new show,” to which 31-year-old Dunham added, “we’re back in business.”

Dunham was pretty tight-lipped when it came the questions what should viewers expect of her new project. She did, however, tell reporters that even though she “can’t say anything right now… you’ll definitely see some more awkward situations and people showing their darker selves.”

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The show will reunite 55-year-old Carrey with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director and Oscar winner Michel Gondry, as the half-hour episodes will explore the tumultuous family life of a children’s TV host.

Carrey is already working with Showtime. He is currently the executive producer for the recently renewed series I’m Dying Up Here, which is set in the ’70s Los Angeles comedy scene and explores on the pressures comedians face to put on a good performance – struggles that a comic like Carrey know all too well.

The premiere date has yet to be annoyed, however, it has been reported that a ten episode order by the network has been made.

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Atwood’s historical-fiction novel is based on true events and centers on Grace Marks, a Canadian maid who is accused and convicted of murdering her employers in 1843. Played by Sarah Gadon, the trailer reveals that Marks claims not to have any recollection of the crime. However, even though she claims to have amnesia, the trailer also shows just how creepy the character is, so perhaps the opposite may be true.

Also starring in the small screen adaptation is Edward Holcroft, who plays a young doctor obsessed with Marks. The apparently abusive employers and alleged victims are played by Anna Paquin and Paul Gross. The trailer also glimpses over the character of Jeremiah Pontelli, played by Zachary Levi, who warns Marks while still working as a maid that she is “surrounded by danger.”

If the adaptation of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is anything to go by, Netflix’s Alias Grace will be another critically praised series, premiering November 3.

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Netflix gave the green light for two seasons of Ratched. This will be Murphy’s first streaming series. The idea for the series actually came from newcomer Evan Romansch who also wrote the pilot’s script.

Murphy and Paulson have collaborated in the past on multiple successful projects including American Horror Story and American Crime Story. This time they will team up for Ratched, a series which will center on the origin of the nurse in 1974’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The series will begin in 1974 and will chronicle Ratched’s turning into a full-fledged tyrant nurse. Paulson will play a younger version of the sadistic nurse, taking over Louise Fletcher who played the nurse in the original film.

Ratched is planned to go into production in 2018.

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After starring in the summer’s biggest superhero movie, Wonder Woman, Pine will face the challenge of portraying a real-life icon – Robert F. Kennedy.

The drama series will be based off of Larry Tye’s 2016 biography Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon. The book was based on the author’s interviews with Kennedy’s close friends and surviving family, including widow and sister, unpublished memoirs, and unreleased government files. The book traces Kennedy’s life, beginning as attorney general in his brother’s administration to his tragic assassination during his own presidential campaign in 1968.

Pine follows a long line of actors who have played Kennedy, including Martin Sheen, Jeffrey Donovan, Barry Pepper and most recently Peter Sarsgaard in Jackie.

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Sharon Tal Yguasdo, head of scripted series for Amazon Studios, said in a statement that the streaming service is “thrilled to be taking ‘The Lord of the Rings’ fans on a new epic journey in Middle Earth,” especially because the book series is a “cultural phenomenon that has captured the imagination of generations of fans through literature and the big screen.”

Amazon Studios will produce the series working with the Tolkien estate and trust, HarperCollins, and the Warner Bros. division New Line Cinema.

“We are delighted that Amazon, with its long-standing commitment to literature, is the home of the first-ever multi-season television series for The Lord of the Rings,” Matt Galsor, representing the Tolkien estate and trust and HarperCollins, said in a statement.

This announcement marks the studio’s biggest acquisition to date.

The post Amazon announces deal for “Lord of the Rings” TV series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The dramatic series will star Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon and will explore the behind-the-scenes action of daily morning shows and its players. The two Hollywood A-listers will also executive-produce the untitled project.

While Witherspoon just starred in Big Little Lies which won her an Outstanding Limited Series Emmy for her work as a producer on the star-studded HBO miniseries, this role makes Aniston’s first regular TV gig since Friends ended in 2004. This project serves as a sort of reunion for the two as they have collaborated in the past on the show Friends where Witherspoon played Aniston’s sister.

The untitled drama is executive-produced by Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg, who worked on The Leftovers with Jay Carson (House of Cards) serving as writer and show-runner.

The post Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon TV series picked up by Apple appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

AMC announced that Julianna Margulies, star of the hit legal drama The Good Wife, which aired on CBS from 2009 to 2016, will star in a new drama for the network.

The future series from Marti Noxon titled Dietland, is a small-screen adaptation for Sarai Walker’s 2015 reselling novel of the same name.

This time around Margulies will play the role of Kitty Montgomery, a character which the network describes as “wildly ambitious magazine editor whose world is thrown into chaos when a feminist terrorist organization starts targeting people in her orbit.” In order to deal with the chaos, Kitty must become a master manipulator.

“Julianna is diabolically talented and beautiful, which makes her perfect to play our Kitty. I am genuinely honored to have the opportunity to work with her. She’s a special human and a rare actor,” said Noxon in a statement. “I can’t wait to start and for the world to get a load of this show.”

Dietland is scheduled to premiere in 2018 with a 10 episode order.

The post Julianna Margulies returning to TV in “Dietland” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

President and CEO of Discovery Communications, David Zaslav announced on Wednesday that Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin will be returning to the network in 2018.

In a press release it was stated that the Irwins will not only serve as global ambassadors for Discovery Communications, but will also develop and produce TV projects for Animal Planet.

The first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which debuted in Australia in 1996, was actually footage of Steve and wife Terri trapping crocodiles together on their honeymoon. The show debuted in the US a year later, becoming a worldwide hit for the network, airing until 2007.

Steve starred in several Animal Planet documentaries, when in 2006 he died while filming a documentary titled Ocean’s Deadliest after being pierced in the chest by a stingray barb.

Watch the adorable Instagram video the Irwins posted announcing their return to the Discovery Communications Family.

The post The Family of Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, is Returning to Animal Planet appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The original 1994 action-thriller filmed starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. Currently, Fox has given a put-pilot commitment to an hour-long dramatic adaptation of the film.

The 1994 True Lies centered on the life of U.S. government Harry Tasker, a spy, balancing home life and work. However, this becomes increasingly complicated as wife Helen discovers what her husband really does for a living and is eager to join the adventure. The film was the third highest-grossing movie of 1994 — banking $378.9 million worldwide — behind The Lion King and Forrest Gump, and Curtis won the Golden Globe for Best Actress (Musical or Comedy).

Marc Guggenheim will be writing the script for the pilot, as Cameron is signed on as executive producer. The pilot is being produced by Wonderland and Lightstorm in association with 20th Century Fox TV.

The post Fox to reboot James Cameron’s “True Lies” for TV appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Since Girls aired its series finale in April, the two women were asked if it’s weird that for the first time in six years they weren’t getting ready to work on a new season of the show.

46-year-old Konner told reporters that “it has been weird and kind of hard to get out of bed, but Lenny helps us through that and we’re now working on a new show,” to which 31-year-old Dunham added, “we’re back in business.”

Dunham was pretty tight-lipped when it came the questions what should viewers expect of her new project. She did, however, tell reporters that even though she “can’t say anything right now… you’ll definitely see some more awkward situations and people showing their darker selves.”

The post Lena Dunham reveals that she is working on a new TV show with Jenni Konner appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The show will reunite 55-year-old Carrey with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director and Oscar winner Michel Gondry, as the half-hour episodes will explore the tumultuous family life of a children’s TV host.

Carrey is already working with Showtime. He is currently the executive producer for the recently renewed series I’m Dying Up Here, which is set in the ’70s Los Angeles comedy scene and explores on the pressures comedians face to put on a good performance – struggles that a comic like Carrey know all too well.

The premiere date has yet to be annoyed, however, it has been reported that a ten episode order by the network has been made.

The post Jim Carrey to Star in new Showtime Comedy “Kidding” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Atwood’s historical-fiction novel is based on true events and centers on Grace Marks, a Canadian maid who is accused and convicted of murdering her employers in 1843. Played by Sarah Gadon, the trailer reveals that Marks claims not to have any recollection of the crime. However, even though she claims to have amnesia, the trailer also shows just how creepy the character is, so perhaps the opposite may be true.

Also starring in the small screen adaptation is Edward Holcroft, who plays a young doctor obsessed with Marks. The apparently abusive employers and alleged victims are played by Anna Paquin and Paul Gross. The trailer also glimpses over the character of Jeremiah Pontelli, played by Zachary Levi, who warns Marks while still working as a maid that she is “surrounded by danger.”

If the adaptation of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is anything to go by, Netflix’s Alias Grace will be another critically praised series, premiering November 3.

The post Netflix drops trailer for Margaret Atwood adaptation “Alias Grace” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Netflix gave the green light for two seasons of Ratched. This will be Murphy’s first streaming series. The idea for the series actually came from newcomer Evan Romansch who also wrote the pilot’s script.

Murphy and Paulson have collaborated in the past on multiple successful projects including American Horror Story and American Crime Story. This time they will team up for Ratched, a series which will center on the origin of the nurse in 1974’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. The series will begin in 1974 and will chronicle Ratched’s turning into a full-fledged tyrant nurse. Paulson will play a younger version of the sadistic nurse, taking over Louise Fletcher who played the nurse in the original film.

Ratched is planned to go into production in 2018.

The post Netflix green lights Ryan Murphy and Sarah Paulson’s origin ‘Nurse Ratched’ series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

After starring in the summer’s biggest superhero movie, Wonder Woman, Pine will face the challenge of portraying a real-life icon – Robert F. Kennedy.

The drama series will be based off of Larry Tye’s 2016 biography Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon. The book was based on the author’s interviews with Kennedy’s close friends and surviving family, including widow and sister, unpublished memoirs, and unreleased government files. The book traces Kennedy’s life, beginning as attorney general in his brother’s administration to his tragic assassination during his own presidential campaign in 1968.

Pine follows a long line of actors who have played Kennedy, including Martin Sheen, Jeffrey Donovan, Barry Pepper and most recently Peter Sarsgaard in Jackie.

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