Nick Hornby’s 2007 novel Slam – which includes pro skateboarder Tony Hawk as a character – is being developed as a Broadway musical, with Hawk along for the ride as a producer and skate choreographer.
And he’s in good company: composer Mark Mothersbaugh will write the music and lyrics, with SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical‘s Kyle Jarrow handling the book.
The project was announced today by producers Anita Greenspan and Hawk with executive producer Adam Zotovich. They’re aiming for the 2020-2021 Broadway season, and the rest of the creative team will be announced later.
Producers describe Slam as “a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Sam, a kid from a troubled background who finds refuge and hope in the world of skateboarding. When he falls in love for the first time, with a girl named Alicia, it seems like everything’s looking up – until she gets unexpectedly pregnant. Suddenly Sam has to grow up fast.
And he’s in good company: composer Mark Mothersbaugh will write the music and lyrics, with SpongeBob SquarePants the Musical‘s Kyle Jarrow handling the book.
The project was announced today by producers Anita Greenspan and Hawk with executive producer Adam Zotovich. They’re aiming for the 2020-2021 Broadway season, and the rest of the creative team will be announced later.
Producers describe Slam as “a funny, heartfelt coming-of-age story about 17-year-old Sam, a kid from a troubled background who finds refuge and hope in the world of skateboarding. When he falls in love for the first time, with a girl named Alicia, it seems like everything’s looking up – until she gets unexpectedly pregnant. Suddenly Sam has to grow up fast.
- 1/16/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Calum Worthy (American Vandal) is set to star opposite Patricia Arquette and Joey King in the first season of The Act, Hulu’s character-based anthology series from writers Nick Antosca and Michelle Dean and Universal Cable Productions.
Written by Dean and Antosca and directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. The first season is based on Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom to Be Murdered.” It follows Gypsy Blanchard (King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother, Dee Dee (Arquette). Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
Worthy will play Nick. When Gypsy meets him on a Christian dating website, he seems like the perfect match: A good Catholic boy who wants a big family.
Written by Dean and Antosca and directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Act is a seasonal anthology series that tells startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. The first season is based on Dean’s 2016 Buzzfeed article “Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter to Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom to Be Murdered.” It follows Gypsy Blanchard (King), a girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective mother, Dee Dee (Arquette). Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.
Worthy will play Nick. When Gypsy meets him on a Christian dating website, he seems like the perfect match: A good Catholic boy who wants a big family.
- 10/2/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s roundup, HBO announced the premiere date for “Sharp Objects” while Lady Antebellum will make their Red Rocks debut at SeriesFest.
Dates
The eight-episode limited drama series “Sharp Objects” will debut Sunday, July 8 at 9-10 p.m. Et/Pt, exclusively on HBO. The series is based on Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. The show stars Amy Adams as reporter Camille Preaker, who returns to her small hometown to cover the murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.
NBC announced the network’s newest iteration of “Deal or No Deal” with original host Howie Mandel will be taped at Universal Orlando Resort. CNBC’s “Deal or No Deal” will consist of 30 original one-hour episodes and will join the network’s...
Dates
The eight-episode limited drama series “Sharp Objects” will debut Sunday, July 8 at 9-10 p.m. Et/Pt, exclusively on HBO. The series is based on Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel of the same name. The show stars Amy Adams as reporter Camille Preaker, who returns to her small hometown to cover the murder of a preteen girl and the disappearance of another. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely.
NBC announced the network’s newest iteration of “Deal or No Deal” with original host Howie Mandel will be taped at Universal Orlando Resort. CNBC’s “Deal or No Deal” will consist of 30 original one-hour episodes and will join the network’s...
- 5/15/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
A conspiracy is brewing at The CW.
RelatedDynasty Reboot Snags Formal Series Order at The CW
The network on Wednesday gave an official series order to the military drama Valor, which stars Matt Barr (Sleepy Hollow) and Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom) as a pair of elite helicopter pilots who uncover a twisted secret about a botched mission to Somalia that left American servicemen in enemy hands.
Valor also stars Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire), W. Trè Davis (Shades of Blue), Corbin Reid (How to Get Away With Murder), Nigel Thatch (Selma) and Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond).
The executive-producing team includes...
RelatedDynasty Reboot Snags Formal Series Order at The CW
The network on Wednesday gave an official series order to the military drama Valor, which stars Matt Barr (Sleepy Hollow) and Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom) as a pair of elite helicopter pilots who uncover a twisted secret about a botched mission to Somalia that left American servicemen in enemy hands.
Valor also stars Charlie Barnett (Chicago Fire), W. Trè Davis (Shades of Blue), Corbin Reid (How to Get Away With Murder), Nigel Thatch (Selma) and Melissa Roxburgh (Star Trek Beyond).
The executive-producing team includes...
- 5/10/2017
- TVLine.com
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