Tag: Catch-22
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Emmy Rossum Will Play Tom Holland’s Mother In Apple TV+ Series The Crowded Room
Emmy Rossum (“Shameless“) has joined the cast of “The Crowded Room” with Tom Holland (“Spider-Man: No Way Home“) and Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!“), according to THR. That’s just one of the casting announcements today for the “seasonal anthology” thriller for Apple Studios, as Emma Laird (“Mayor of Kingstown“), Sasha Lane (“Loki”) and Christopher Abbott (“Catch-22“) have…
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Golden Globes 2020 TV Snubs and Surprises: ‘When They See Us’ and ‘Watchmen’ Shut Out
While the 2020 Golden Globe nominations offered just as many snubs and surprises as usual, they also toed the company line in ways good and bad.For one, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association still enjoys playing kingmaker — “Unbelievable” is one of the morning’s biggest winners (as is Netflix). The streaming giant’s limited series earned four…
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Walk of Fame Honoree Alan Arkin Talks Journey From Second City to ‘Kominsky Method’
Alan Arkin turned 85 earlier this year, yet he has always seemed timeless. With a career spanning more than 60 years, it’s difficult to fathom when there was ever a time when Arkin wasn’t part of the culture. He was an early member of the Second City theater troupe before making his Oscar-nominated film debut…
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IndieWire Consider This Fyc Brunch – Watch the Whole Event
On May 21, Terry Crews hosted the inaugural IndieWire Consider This Fyc Brunch, where top talents in the TV industry gathered at Liaison in Hollywood to discuss, frankly, how to make really incredible television — and each of the three panels can be watched in their entirety below. Among the highlights:The Below-the-Line panel was hosted…
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IndieWire Consider This Fyc Brunch: The Challenges of Making TV Feel Authentic
IndieWire’s Consider This Fyc Brunch on Tuesday gathered a panel of below-the-line panelists to discuss their craft with IndieWire’s Toolkit Editor Chris O’Falt. Among them were “Yellowstone” composer Brian Tyler, “The Other Two” composer Brett “Leland” McLaughlin, “Catch-22” costume designer Jenny Eagan, “Escape at Dannemora” cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagne, and “Now Apocalypse” cinematographer Sandra Valde-Hansen.Each…
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‘Catch-22’ Review: George Clooney Delivers an Absurd, Frustrating Satire for Absurd, Frustrating Times
“Catch-22” is, thankfully, not solely about war. What George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s new limited series has to say about soldiers dying for their country isn’t as revolutionary as Joseph Heller’s words were when first published in 1961, even if Hulu’s six-part TV adaptation blends his divergent storytelling into one, largely chronological experience. Scripts by…
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‘Catch-22’: What Changed George Clooney’s Mind About Doing the Project — Watch
Plenty of decisions go into whether or not a book becomes a TV show. Pros: If it’s a classic of American literature; if it presents some distinct challenges of narrative perspective. Con that’s maybe a Pro: If there is a competing classic half-century-old film adaptation. Weighing it all eventually resulted in Hulu’s update of the…
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C4 and Sky Italia board Hulu’s George Clooney-produced ‘Catch-22’
European broadcasters to co-fund George Clooney-produced adaptation of Joseph Heller classic.Channel 4 and Sky Italia have boarded as co-producers on George Clooney’s six-part adaptation of Catch-22 for Hulu.The series, starring Clooney alongside Hugh Laurie, Christopher Abbott and Kyle Chandler, will air next year on C4 in the UK and Sky Atlantic in Italy.Based on Joseph…
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Austin Stowell Joins Haley Bennett In ‘Swallow’ After Flying To ‘Catch-22’
Austin Stowell been set to star opposite Haley Bennett in Swallow, the indie drama written and directed by Carlo Mirabella Davis in his feature debut. The news comes after Stowell, the Battle of the Sexes and Bridge of Spies actor, sealed a role in Hulu’s limited series Catch-22. In Swallow, Bennett plays Hunter, a young…
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Christopher Abbott To Star In George Clooney’s ‘Catch-22’ Hulu Series
George Clooney‘s Catch-22 adaptation on Hulu just found its lead. Christopher Abbott, who appeared on Girls and in It Comes At Night, will star as main character John Yossarian. More on Abbott’s addition to the Catch-22 Hulu cast below. Joseph Heller‘s classic satirical novel is being adapted by George Clooney for Hulu. The six-part limited…