Tag: Better Things
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Pamela Adlon’s Directorial Debut ‘Babes,’ Starring Ilana Glazer and Hasan Minhaj, Sells to Neon
Neon has picked up rights to Pamela Adlon’s directorial debut “Babes,” a comedy starring Ilana Glazer and Hasan Minhaj.Glazer, the co-creator and star of Comedy Central’s hit sitcom “Broad City,” co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Rabinowitz. The story follows the aggressively single Eden, who becomes pregnant from a one-night stand and leans on her married…
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Death at Penn State Series From Robert Greenblatt Coming to Hulu
Former NBC and WarnerMedia Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt set his latest series at Hulu under his first-look deal with Lionsgate Television. Per The Hollywood Reporter, development has begun on Death at Penn State, a limited series adaptation of Caitlin Flanagan’s 2017 feature for The Atlantic Death at a Penn State Fraternity about the dangerous hazing…
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Pamela Adlon to Make Feature Directorial Debut on Ilana Glazer Comedy
Pamela Adlon has found her next project after the completion of her hit FX show “Better Things” and will make her feature directorial on a comedy co-written by and co-starring “Broad City’s” Ilana Glazer.Glazer will co-star in this untitled pregnancy comedy along with Michelle Buteau in a story about an aggressively single woman who after…
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Pamela Adlon To Direct A New Comedy Film Starring Ilana Glazer & Michelle Buteau
After five seasons in the underrated FX comedy, “Better Things,” it appears Pamela Adlon is ready to move into the world of feature filmmaking. And she’s found the two ladies to lead the cast.Read More: ‘Holler’: Jessica Barden Shines In A Drama About Scavenging The American Dream [Review]According to THR, Pamela Adlon is set to…
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‘Better Things’ Season 5 Review: Pamela Adlon’s Final Season Forges a Path to a Brighter Future
Midway through the final season of “Better Things,” Sam Fox (Pamela Adlon) takes a break from a directing gig for a quick chat with the producer. Their day hasn’t been easy. The child actor won’t (or can’t) stop shouting his lines. His mom isn’t helping, demanding her son be called by his character’s name and…
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The Long Goodbye to Pamela Adlon’s ‘Better Things’ Begins at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Hundreds of people braved a frigid (for Los Angeles) evening on Wednesday to gather in celebration of FX’s “Better Things,” with a red-carpet event for the premiere of the acclaimed series’ fifth and final season. Held under (and over) the stars at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, hundreds of fans and collaborators were on hand to bid…
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Winter TV Awards: With FX in Flux, Can ‘Mrs. America’ Break Through?
For the first time in ages, it doesn’t seem like the best year to be FX.Constructed under the watchful eye of John Landgraf, Chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions, the network developed a murderer’s row of projects that allowed them to stand shoulder-to-shoulder at the Emmy Awards with TV’s heaviest hitters, including HBO and…
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‘Ramy,’ ‘Better Things’ Renewed for New Seasons at Hulu and FX
Ramy Youseff’s acclaimed “Ramy” comedy series has been renewed for a third season by Hulu, while Pamela Adlon’s similarly-praised “Better Things” is returning for a fifth go-around at FX as part of her new overall deal with the network.“Ramy,” which released its sophomore season in May, follows a fictionalized version of Youseff as he embarks…
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‘Better Things’ Review: Season 4 Is an Experience Like Nothing Else on Television
Sam Fox is the ideal television star. Played with sagacious pluck by Pamela Adlon and inspired by her life, work, and family, the eccentric “Better Things” lead is curiously hard to read. Take an early Season 4 episode, when Sam discovers an owl nesting under her bedcovers. Will she freak out? Will she shoo it…
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TV Bits: ‘Ragnarok’, ‘Better Things’, ‘Saved by the Bell’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
In this edition of TV Bits: Watch trailers for Ragnarok and Better Things. Mark-Paul Gosselaar has joined the cast of the Saved by the Bell revival. Justin Chambers is leaving Grey’s Anatomy. Need a Thor/Loki fix in between Thor films? You might want to check out Ragnarok, a Norwegian series that transplants Norse mythology into…