The novel from Megan Abbott explores the themes of friendship, sexuality, competition, murder and power through the world of high school cheerleading. But Abbott and Gina Fattore, the creative team behind the adaptation, opted to make it a coming-of-age drama rather than a crime series. 

“We were always much more interested in the ‘internalities’ of adolescence, rather than the things that technology or social media change. You date yourself so quickly if you focus too much [on the latter], so we really tried to focus on the elements of being a young woman with feelings of yearning, the desire for more experience, that sense of wanting things that are just beyond your reach, and the feeling that you have power but also being thrown into situations where you’re suddenly aware of your powerlessness,” Abbott told Variety.

“I have told coming-of-age stories on so many shows; it’s really my favorite kind of show. I looked at the book in that way and saw instantly the chance to make the first season really a classic coming-of-age story about a relationship with an older person that changes your life,” Fattore added.

“Sometimes that’s a romantic relationship, but sometimes it’s not, and in this case it’s a mentor relationship. That territory felt perfectly applicable to TV.”

Dare Me premiered on USA on December 29th. 

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The 61-year-old actress is set for a lead role, starring opposite Billy Magnussen in the upcoming psychological thriller created by Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kaplan. The two also serve as executive producers alongside Dana Honor and Liz Friedlander.

Written by Williamson, the series is set in modern-day New York City, taking the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted. A tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder, the first season is a subversive melange of “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Hansel and Gretel.”

Cattrall will play Colleen, a not so traditional grandmother. When her son moves back home, this grannie has to grow up fast and take on the parental duties to protect her family against a very dark threat.

Cattrall credits include the HBO Canada series Sensitive Skin, the Swedish television series Modus and two mini-series, The Witness for the Prosecution, and Any Human Heart.

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The TV series is an adaptation of the Lethal Weapon film franchise starring Danny Glover and Mel Gibson.

The news of the renewal also brings confirmation of a new leading man stepping in. American Pie star Seann William Scott will join the drama series, making this his first TV role. 

The casting change follows Clayne Crawford’s exit from the series due to problematic on-set behavior. 

“Seann is a fantastic addition to this already amazing cast,” Michael Thorn, Fox’s president, said in a statement. “Lethal Weapon is packed with action, drama and pure fun and we can’t wait to see Damon and Seann together on screen. Matt Miller, his incredible team and everyone at Warner Bros. have been tremendous partners, and we’re thrilled to bring this show back for another season.”

41-year-old Scott will play a new character in a partnership with Murtaugh played by Damon Wayans. 

The series also stars Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Jordana Brewster, Johnathan Fernandez, Dante Brown, Chandler Kinney, and Michelle Mitchenor.

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The series began streaming on July 28 and ran 9 episodes. EW has confirmed that after a single season, the streaming service has opted to cancel the series starring Matt Bomer as Monroe Stahr, alongside Kelsey Grammar and Lily Collins. Even though Amazon does not release viewership information, it did debut to mixed critical reviews with a score of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The decision to cancel The Last Tycoon arrived days after Amazon canceled another Fitzgerald drama, the previously renewed Z: The Beginning of Everything, starring Christina Ricci as the author’s wife, Zelda Fitzgerald.

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Showrunner Ryan Murphy confirmed on Friday that the 31-year-old actress will portray Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist known for authoring the SCUM Manifesto, who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol in the late 1960’s. Evan Peter will play Warhol, as well as other various cult leaders, such as Charles Manson, David Koresh and Jim Jones.

Dunham will appear in episode seven, titled, “Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag.”

“It’s about female rage and that’s in the country now. Solanas wrote the SCUM Manifesto. She told all women to kill men, and it was their only way to rise to power,” Murphy explained.

American Horror Story: Cult premieres September 5

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Thomas was born in Kermit, Texas, and was raised in New Orleans.

The actor began his acting career in the early 80’s and was credited with roles on Mork and Mindy, Cheers, and Murphy Brown who won him two Emmy awards for outstanding guest actor in a comedy for his role of Jerry Gold, a talk show host.

In addition to his work on TV, he had an annual holiday season appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, which included him telling the story of giving a ride to a costumed Clayton Moore, star of TV’s The Lone Ranger, and getting involved in a minor car crash. Thomas told the same story every year beginning in 1998 and until Letterman retired.

“I loved Jay,” Letterman told CNN in a statement. “His Lone Ranger story was the best I heard in 30 years… My heart goes out to his family.”

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The actress told EW that even though this isn’t the first time she’s received Emmy nominations, this time, as the producer, it feels much more personal. She added that when producing it’s really about being on the inside of something so she can’t help but feel different.

Moss loves it when fans get personal as well, hearing their reactions and thoughts about the first season.

“Having the outside perspective is really moving and gratifying and also really fun. It’s really fun for me to hear people’s questions and thoughts and to hear if they are Team Nick or Team Luke and I eat it all up. I love that stuff. It’s very fun for me because it feels personal and I have my own opinions about things, too. I feel like a fan as well. I’m asked a lot which team I’m on but I never say.”

When asked about what fans can expect from the second season, Moss replied that even though she has just read the outline for the first episode, she can say that “[it]’s insane!… There is literally no way that anyone can guess what happens. You can try, but you won’t do it. It’s incredible. We’re really looking to blow people away, and we have every intention to break [the story] open and go even further in all directions. We have no intention of doing anything else than being even more balls to the wall than we were in season 1.”

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Chibnall told EW: “[t]here were these three stories. I wouldn’t want to do repeated versions of these crimes. I don’t think that would ring true to me. So, at the moment, I don’t think I have another story for this world and I’m not sure that will change, really. So, I think it’s probably goodbye for good.”

While it looks like the end for Broadchurch, Chibnall will be keeping busy as he is replacing Steve Moffat on Doctor Who as showrunner. Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker will be joining him as a new character on Doctor Who. 

When asked why he won’t take Broadchurch abroad, he said that many have suggested that in the past. “I think wherever David Tennant and Olivia Colman might wish to spend a few months of their year… Yeah, Hawaii could be good. France. New Zealand. I’m sure you’d have eager ears from some of the cast!”

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Co-creator and executive producer of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Julie Pec, will be directing an episode of the Archie Comics passed series Riverdale. 

On Sunday night, after picking up a Teen Choice Award, Pec took to social media to break the news twitting: “And by the way, congrats to #Riverdale for dominating the TV awards. I’ll be there directing an episode for them this fall. Very psyched.”

Pec’s announcement concluded a series of tweets thanking fans for the series’ several wins at the Teen Choice Awards.

Fans got no news in regard to when the episode will air or if it will be an episode that will feature a visitor to the town, perhaps Nick St. Clair (Graham Philips), Veronica’s ex-boyfriend.

Riverdale’s second season premieres October 11.

And by the way, congrats to #Riverdale for dominating the TV awards. I'll be there directing an episode for them this fall. Very psyched.

— Julie Plec (@julieplec) August 14, 2017

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Kristen Bell who garnered recognition as the voice of Princess Anna of Frozen will lend her voice to Family Guy as a love interest for Brian.This won’t be a first for Bell as she has made an appearance in the past in Seth McFarlane’s The Cleveland Show. Family Guy’s executive producer Rich Appel told ET that Martha, the family’s canine co-worker and Brian’s love interest voiced by Bell “comes complete with her own theme song, which, like all great sitcom theme songs, literally tells you everything you need to know about her.”

The season premiere will also welcome Louis C.K., who will play himself to Quahog. The episode will center on the Emmys, imagining hit shows like Modern Family and Breaking Bad from the Griffin’s point of view. Not surprisingly, a guest cast of the real Modern Family Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara will star in the episode. Executive producer Alec Sulking spoke of the episode’s plot and said that Peter, “desperate for an Emmy, fortuitously runs into Louis C.K. on the street and tries to get the secret to winning the award from him.”

Season 15 of Family Guy will premiere October 1 with even more exciting guest appearances like Ian McKellen and Ryan Reynolds.

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The novel from Megan Abbott explores the themes of friendship, sexuality, competition, murder and power through the world of high school cheerleading. But Abbott and Gina Fattore, the creative team behind the adaptation, opted to make it a coming-of-age drama rather than a crime series. 

“We were always much more interested in the ‘internalities’ of adolescence, rather than the things that technology or social media change. You date yourself so quickly if you focus too much [on the latter], so we really tried to focus on the elements of being a young woman with feelings of yearning, the desire for more experience, that sense of wanting things that are just beyond your reach, and the feeling that you have power but also being thrown into situations where you’re suddenly aware of your powerlessness,” Abbott told Variety.

“I have told coming-of-age stories on so many shows; it’s really my favorite kind of show. I looked at the book in that way and saw instantly the chance to make the first season really a classic coming-of-age story about a relationship with an older person that changes your life,” Fattore added.

“Sometimes that’s a romantic relationship, but sometimes it’s not, and in this case it’s a mentor relationship. That territory felt perfectly applicable to TV.”

Dare Me premiered on USA on December 29th. 

The post Megan Abbott, Gina Fattore Talk About “Dare Me” Adaptation appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The 61-year-old actress is set for a lead role, starring opposite Billy Magnussen in the upcoming psychological thriller created by Kevin Williamson and Aaron Kaplan. The two also serve as executive producers alongside Dana Honor and Liz Friedlander.

Written by Williamson, the series is set in modern-day New York City, taking the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted. A tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder, the first season is a subversive melange of “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” and “Hansel and Gretel.”

Cattrall will play Colleen, a not so traditional grandmother. When her son moves back home, this grannie has to grow up fast and take on the parental duties to protect her family against a very dark threat.

Cattrall credits include the HBO Canada series Sensitive Skin, the Swedish television series Modus and two mini-series, The Witness for the Prosecution, and Any Human Heart.

The post Kim Cattrall to Star in New CBS All Access Series appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The TV series is an adaptation of the Lethal Weapon film franchise starring Danny Glover and Mel Gibson.

The news of the renewal also brings confirmation of a new leading man stepping in. American Pie star Seann William Scott will join the drama series, making this his first TV role. 

The casting change follows Clayne Crawford’s exit from the series due to problematic on-set behavior. 

“Seann is a fantastic addition to this already amazing cast,” Michael Thorn, Fox’s president, said in a statement. “Lethal Weapon is packed with action, drama and pure fun and we can’t wait to see Damon and Seann together on screen. Matt Miller, his incredible team and everyone at Warner Bros. have been tremendous partners, and we’re thrilled to bring this show back for another season.”

41-year-old Scott will play a new character in a partnership with Murtaugh played by Damon Wayans. 

The series also stars Keesha Sharp, Kevin Rahm, Jordana Brewster, Johnathan Fernandez, Dante Brown, Chandler Kinney, and Michelle Mitchenor.

The post “Lethal Weapon” Renewed With A Casting Change appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

The series began streaming on July 28 and ran 9 episodes. EW has confirmed that after a single season, the streaming service has opted to cancel the series starring Matt Bomer as Monroe Stahr, alongside Kelsey Grammar and Lily Collins. Even though Amazon does not release viewership information, it did debut to mixed critical reviews with a score of 53% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The decision to cancel The Last Tycoon arrived days after Amazon canceled another Fitzgerald drama, the previously renewed Z: The Beginning of Everything, starring Christina Ricci as the author’s wife, Zelda Fitzgerald.

The post Amazon cancels “The Last Tycoon” after one season appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Showrunner Ryan Murphy confirmed on Friday that the 31-year-old actress will portray Valerie Solanas, a radical feminist known for authoring the SCUM Manifesto, who attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol in the late 1960’s. Evan Peter will play Warhol, as well as other various cult leaders, such as Charles Manson, David Koresh and Jim Jones.

Dunham will appear in episode seven, titled, “Valerie Solanas Died for Your Sins: Scumbag.”

“It’s about female rage and that’s in the country now. Solanas wrote the SCUM Manifesto. She told all women to kill men, and it was their only way to rise to power,” Murphy explained.

American Horror Story: Cult premieres September 5

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Thomas was born in Kermit, Texas, and was raised in New Orleans.

The actor began his acting career in the early 80’s and was credited with roles on Mork and Mindy, Cheers, and Murphy Brown who won him two Emmy awards for outstanding guest actor in a comedy for his role of Jerry Gold, a talk show host.

In addition to his work on TV, he had an annual holiday season appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman, which included him telling the story of giving a ride to a costumed Clayton Moore, star of TV’s The Lone Ranger, and getting involved in a minor car crash. Thomas told the same story every year beginning in 1998 and until Letterman retired.

“I loved Jay,” Letterman told CNN in a statement. “His Lone Ranger story was the best I heard in 30 years… My heart goes out to his family.”

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The actress told EW that even though this isn’t the first time she’s received Emmy nominations, this time, as the producer, it feels much more personal. She added that when producing it’s really about being on the inside of something so she can’t help but feel different.

Moss loves it when fans get personal as well, hearing their reactions and thoughts about the first season.

“Having the outside perspective is really moving and gratifying and also really fun. It’s really fun for me to hear people’s questions and thoughts and to hear if they are Team Nick or Team Luke and I eat it all up. I love that stuff. It’s very fun for me because it feels personal and I have my own opinions about things, too. I feel like a fan as well. I’m asked a lot which team I’m on but I never say.”

When asked about what fans can expect from the second season, Moss replied that even though she has just read the outline for the first episode, she can say that “[it]’s insane!… There is literally no way that anyone can guess what happens. You can try, but you won’t do it. It’s incredible. We’re really looking to blow people away, and we have every intention to break [the story] open and go even further in all directions. We have no intention of doing anything else than being even more balls to the wall than we were in season 1.”

The post Elisabeth Moss talks about the second season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” appeared first on OMG Check It Out !.

Chibnall told EW: “[t]here were these three stories. I wouldn’t want to do repeated versions of these crimes. I don’t think that would ring true to me. So, at the moment, I don’t think I have another story for this world and I’m not sure that will change, really. So, I think it’s probably goodbye for good.”

While it looks like the end for Broadchurch, Chibnall will be keeping busy as he is replacing Steve Moffat on Doctor Who as showrunner. Broadchurch star Jodie Whittaker will be joining him as a new character on Doctor Who. 

When asked why he won’t take Broadchurch abroad, he said that many have suggested that in the past. “I think wherever David Tennant and Olivia Colman might wish to spend a few months of their year… Yeah, Hawaii could be good. France. New Zealand. I’m sure you’d have eager ears from some of the cast!”

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Co-creator and executive producer of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Julie Pec, will be directing an episode of the Archie Comics passed series Riverdale. 

On Sunday night, after picking up a Teen Choice Award, Pec took to social media to break the news twitting: “And by the way, congrats to #Riverdale for dominating the TV awards. I’ll be there directing an episode for them this fall. Very psyched.”

Pec’s announcement concluded a series of tweets thanking fans for the series’ several wins at the Teen Choice Awards.

Fans got no news in regard to when the episode will air or if it will be an episode that will feature a visitor to the town, perhaps Nick St. Clair (Graham Philips), Veronica’s ex-boyfriend.

Riverdale’s second season premieres October 11.

And by the way, congrats to #Riverdale for dominating the TV awards. I'll be there directing an episode for them this fall. Very psyched.

— Julie Plec (@julieplec) August 14, 2017

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Kristen Bell who garnered recognition as the voice of Princess Anna of Frozen will lend her voice to Family Guy as a love interest for Brian.This won’t be a first for Bell as she has made an appearance in the past in Seth McFarlane’s The Cleveland Show. Family Guy’s executive producer Rich Appel told ET that Martha, the family’s canine co-worker and Brian’s love interest voiced by Bell “comes complete with her own theme song, which, like all great sitcom theme songs, literally tells you everything you need to know about her.”

The season premiere will also welcome Louis C.K., who will play himself to Quahog. The episode will center on the Emmys, imagining hit shows like Modern Family and Breaking Bad from the Griffin’s point of view. Not surprisingly, a guest cast of the real Modern Family Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara will star in the episode. Executive producer Alec Sulking spoke of the episode’s plot and said that Peter, “desperate for an Emmy, fortuitously runs into Louis C.K. on the street and tries to get the secret to winning the award from him.”

Season 15 of Family Guy will premiere October 1 with even more exciting guest appearances like Ian McKellen and Ryan Reynolds.

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