LA Live’s Regal theater held a Pfefferman family reunion in which TV matriarch Judith Light met up with her on-screen children played by Gaby Hoffman, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass. Noticeably missing was Jeffrey Tambor who portrayed titular character, Maura Pfefferman, but was fired following allegations of harassment.

It was a happy moment for series creator Jill Soloway who exclaimed, “Whoopee!”

“It feels like a gigantic celebration, like a hot air balloon going up in the sky,” she said. She also went on to explain the decision to end the show with a musical. 

“I think because of all the chaos — and all of the ways in which our show had to re-examine who we were — having a musical gave us a new path forward, a new reason to be. This isn’t just like putting a button on the series,” she said. “It’s kind of like transitioning — twirling and flying into a new direction.”

Soloway also teased that we might get to see more of the Pfeffermans, saying, “I would love to do a sequel, a tri-quel, a Pfefferman family cruise for the Jewish high holidays, whatever! I’ll do anything.”

Variety was first to report the story. 

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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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While there’s still no premiere date for the final season of Transparent, series creator Jill Soloway has announced that the production isn’t going to end with a traditional series finale. 

During the Television Critics Association winter press tour Wednesday, Soloway confirmed that Transparent‘s swan song will be a musical finale. 

“We would never have wanted to take a special, incredible show like that and just end it unceremoniously. It was Jill’s idea to do a musical movie,” Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke told reporters during the executive session. “We signed off on that idea, trusting her that she would come up with something incredible. We all sat in the front row of a musical run-through of this movie where we were crying. It is really special.”

Apparently, Soloway always wanted to make a musical, and now she’s finally making it happen. 

“Right as my parent came out, the very first instinct I had before I wrote Transparent was that my sister, Faith, and I were going to make a documentary musical,” she explained to reporters. “As a family we were always doing musicals, so that was kind of the first impulse, was to use song — and in many ways, some people have said that Transparent has always been a show that wants to be a musical.”

The unconventional way to end the Amazon series is also a way to overcome Jefferey Tabor’s exit, “When everything went down last year and we lost Jeffrey Tambor, we went through so much as a family that felt like this very emotional … there are no words,” she said. “There was no way, really, to just go back to a plain old season five.”

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A few months ago, head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke revealed Jill Soloway is working on something exciting for the final season. It turns out she wasn’t trying to oversell the show since an epic musical number sounds like the most perfect closure to this complex family drama.

The Soloway sisters and transgender performer Shakina Nayfack have already started working on the music for the two-hour long Transparent finale, and it sure sounds like one crazy ride.

“It will hopefully feel like Jesus Christ Superstar mixed with La La Land mixed with Flight of the Conchords with something more Jewish thrown in. A little Yentl,” explained Jill Soloway.

Transparent follows members of a Los Angeles family, whose past and future starts unraveling after a dramatic admission changes the course of their lives. The critically acclaimed show started airing in 2014 and received dozens of prestigious awards in the meantime – including a Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical.

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After months of uncertainty following sexual misconduct allegation and the consequent exit of Jeffrey Tambor from Transparent, Amazon execs confirm that the show will return for season five. 

While not a very revealing statement its good enough for fans as Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke confirmed that “[they] are planning a season 5 of the show. It exists. We know exactly what it is creatively.”

“Jill Soloway came in with something she’s excited about that [goes] beyond Transparent,” teased Salke at the annual Television Critics Association tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday. “So stay tuned in the next week or two for something we are incredibly excited about. It’s all good. We will give Transparent fans the closure they long for and do what is right for those fans.”

Tambor played lead character Maura Pfefferman and prior to his firing won two Emmys for the role. 

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After confirming that the series will return to a 5th season, E! News now confirms with Amazon that Tambor will not be returning to the hit comedy.

After Tambor’s exit was confirmed, Transparent showrunner Jill Soloway released the following statement:

“I have great respect and admiration for Van Barnes and Trace Lysette, whose courage in speaking out about their experience on Transparent is an example of the leadership this moment in our culture requires. We are grateful to the many trans people who have supported our vision for Transparent since its inception and remain heartbroken about the pain and mistrust their experience has generated in our community. We are taking definitive action to ensure our workplace respects the safety and dignity of every individual, and are taking steps to heal as a family.”

No comments were made as to how Tambor’s exit will be handled in season 5.

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Following a comment about the show’s future from Tambor’s costar Judith Light, who play Shelly Pfefferman, EW has confirmed with Amazon that season 5 of Transparent is definitely happening.

“As far as what I can tell you right now, it looks like we’re going back for our fifth season,” Light said. “That’s all I really know, and that’s all I can really tell you. The truth is, I really don’t know more than that. I hope we do, and I’m pretty sure that we will.”

After the allegations were made, Tambor issued a statement acknowledging that his future on the show is unclear, “I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue. Given the politicized atmosphere that seems to have afflicted our set, I don’t see how I can return to Transparent.”

There’s no information if and in what capacity Maura Pfefferman, played by Tambor, will return to the show, but his rep did say at the time to The New York Times, “What he said was that given the toxic atmosphere and the politicization on the set, it’s very hard for him to see how he can possibly return. But no final decision for next year has been made, either by Jeffrey or by Amazon.”

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LA Live’s Regal theater held a Pfefferman family reunion in which TV matriarch Judith Light met up with her on-screen children played by Gaby Hoffman, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass. Noticeably missing was Jeffrey Tambor who portrayed titular character, Maura Pfefferman, but was fired following allegations of harassment.

It was a happy moment for series creator Jill Soloway who exclaimed, “Whoopee!”

“It feels like a gigantic celebration, like a hot air balloon going up in the sky,” she said. She also went on to explain the decision to end the show with a musical. 

“I think because of all the chaos — and all of the ways in which our show had to re-examine who we were — having a musical gave us a new path forward, a new reason to be. This isn’t just like putting a button on the series,” she said. “It’s kind of like transitioning — twirling and flying into a new direction.”

Soloway also teased that we might get to see more of the Pfeffermans, saying, “I would love to do a sequel, a tri-quel, a Pfefferman family cruise for the Jewish high holidays, whatever! I’ll do anything.”

Variety was first to report the story. 

The post “Transparent” Team Talks About Series Finale appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

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. 

The post Watch the First Trailer for “Transparent” Series Finale appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

While there’s still no premiere date for the final season of Transparent, series creator Jill Soloway has announced that the production isn’t going to end with a traditional series finale. 

During the Television Critics Association winter press tour Wednesday, Soloway confirmed that Transparent‘s swan song will be a musical finale. 

“We would never have wanted to take a special, incredible show like that and just end it unceremoniously. It was Jill’s idea to do a musical movie,” Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke told reporters during the executive session. “We signed off on that idea, trusting her that she would come up with something incredible. We all sat in the front row of a musical run-through of this movie where we were crying. It is really special.”

Apparently, Soloway always wanted to make a musical, and now she’s finally making it happen. 

“Right as my parent came out, the very first instinct I had before I wrote Transparent was that my sister, Faith, and I were going to make a documentary musical,” she explained to reporters. “As a family we were always doing musicals, so that was kind of the first impulse, was to use song — and in many ways, some people have said that Transparent has always been a show that wants to be a musical.”

The unconventional way to end the Amazon series is also a way to overcome Jefferey Tabor’s exit, “When everything went down last year and we lost Jeffrey Tambor, we went through so much as a family that felt like this very emotional … there are no words,” she said. “There was no way, really, to just go back to a plain old season five.”

The post “Transparent” to End With a Movie Musical appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

A few months ago, head of Amazon Studios, Jennifer Salke revealed Jill Soloway is working on something exciting for the final season. It turns out she wasn’t trying to oversell the show since an epic musical number sounds like the most perfect closure to this complex family drama.

The Soloway sisters and transgender performer Shakina Nayfack have already started working on the music for the two-hour long Transparent finale, and it sure sounds like one crazy ride.

“It will hopefully feel like Jesus Christ Superstar mixed with La La Land mixed with Flight of the Conchords with something more Jewish thrown in. A little Yentl,” explained Jill Soloway.

Transparent follows members of a Los Angeles family, whose past and future starts unraveling after a dramatic admission changes the course of their lives. The critically acclaimed show started airing in 2014 and received dozens of prestigious awards in the meantime – including a Golden Globe for Best Television Series – Comedy or Musical.

The post “Transparent” is Ending With Musical Number After Season 5 appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

After months of uncertainty following sexual misconduct allegation and the consequent exit of Jeffrey Tambor from Transparent, Amazon execs confirm that the show will return for season five. 

While not a very revealing statement its good enough for fans as Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke confirmed that “[they] are planning a season 5 of the show. It exists. We know exactly what it is creatively.”

“Jill Soloway came in with something she’s excited about that [goes] beyond Transparent,” teased Salke at the annual Television Critics Association tour at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills on Saturday. “So stay tuned in the next week or two for something we are incredibly excited about. It’s all good. We will give Transparent fans the closure they long for and do what is right for those fans.”

Tambor played lead character Maura Pfefferman and prior to his firing won two Emmys for the role. 

The post “Transparent”: Season 5 is a Go and Fans Will Get Closure appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

After confirming that the series will return to a 5th season, E! News now confirms with Amazon that Tambor will not be returning to the hit comedy.

After Tambor’s exit was confirmed, Transparent showrunner Jill Soloway released the following statement:

“I have great respect and admiration for Van Barnes and Trace Lysette, whose courage in speaking out about their experience on Transparent is an example of the leadership this moment in our culture requires. We are grateful to the many trans people who have supported our vision for Transparent since its inception and remain heartbroken about the pain and mistrust their experience has generated in our community. We are taking definitive action to ensure our workplace respects the safety and dignity of every individual, and are taking steps to heal as a family.”

No comments were made as to how Tambor’s exit will be handled in season 5.

The post Jeffrey Tambor Officially Exits “Transparent” Ahead of Season 5 appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Following a comment about the show’s future from Tambor’s costar Judith Light, who play Shelly Pfefferman, EW has confirmed with Amazon that season 5 of Transparent is definitely happening.

“As far as what I can tell you right now, it looks like we’re going back for our fifth season,” Light said. “That’s all I really know, and that’s all I can really tell you. The truth is, I really don’t know more than that. I hope we do, and I’m pretty sure that we will.”

After the allegations were made, Tambor issued a statement acknowledging that his future on the show is unclear, “I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue. Given the politicized atmosphere that seems to have afflicted our set, I don’t see how I can return to Transparent.”

There’s no information if and in what capacity Maura Pfefferman, played by Tambor, will return to the show, but his rep did say at the time to The New York Times, “What he said was that given the toxic atmosphere and the politicization on the set, it’s very hard for him to see how he can possibly return. But no final decision for next year has been made, either by Jeffrey or by Amazon.”

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