FOX has ordered animated comedy Duncanville from Amy Poehler and Mike and Julie Scully for the 201-20 season.
The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.
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Illumination is taking on the Dr. Seuss classic in its eighth fully animated film – The Grinch.
The new trailer is very Seuss (though the music, by Tyler the Creator definitely puts a fresh spin on it) – and Benedict Cumberbatch really captures the big green grump.
The Grinch will be in theaters on November 9th.
A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Quincy Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America.
Directed by Rashida Jones and Alan Hicks, Quincy is an intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. The film seamlessly threads personal vérité moments with private archival footage to reveal a legendary life like no other.
Quincy premieres globally on Netflix on September 21st.
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20th Century Fox has obtained the rights to develop BOOM! Studios girl detective series Goldie Vance as a film.
Set at a historical Miami resort, Goldie Vance—16, mixed race, precocious and highly detail-oriented—has ambitions of becoming the hotel’s in-house detective, but getting embroiled in uncovering an international crime ring will challenge her in ways she never imagined.
Goldie Vance will be adapted and directed by Rashida Jones.
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TBS’ comedy cop series Angie Tribeca has been renewed for a fourth season.
Bobby Cannavale joins the cast.
Claws follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
The new trailer explains how they raised the money for their new salon – and how far they’ll go to keep it.
Claws debuts on Sunday, June 11, at 9/8C).
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The rapid fire joke machine/police procedural that is Angie Tribeca returns for a third season and we have the trailer released today by TBS.
This season will include a horde of quality guest stars, including (but not limited to): Chris Pine, Michelle Dockery, Niecy Nash, Heather Graham, Mary McCormack, Michaela Watkins, Constance Zimmer, John Michael Higgins, Timothy Omundson, Jessica St. Clair, Rachel Dratch, Jean Smart, and many, many, many, many more.
Season three of Angie Tribeca premieres on Monday, April 10th (10:30/9:30c).
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Nail salon-set dramedy Claws has been given the greenlight by TNT.
The ‘midnight-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon,’ stars Niecy Nash as the owner of the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon.
The series is produced by Rashida Jones, Will Johnson and Showrunner Janine Sherman Barrois. Claws is set to premiere in 2017. Read on for more.
I thought I was going to die – Angie Tribeca (TBS, Mondays – marathoning beginning Sunday, January 17th, 9/8C) is the smart dumb fun cop parody we’ve been waiting for since the failed Police Squad! series turned in the Naked Gun movies!
Seriously, if there’s a cop show it doesn’t skewer, or a convention that that Abrahams/Zucker/Abrahams (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Police Squad! guys’) missed or (for that matter, Monty Python) failed to exploit, it’s here – along with pretty much all of the ones they demolished.
Now this is how you debut a new series!
TBS is launching its new cop show satire, Angie Tribeca, with a 25-hour marathon/launch party beginning Sunday, January 17th (9/8C).
Over the twenty-five hour bash, hosted by Deon Cole, TBS will run the first season Angie Tribeca commercial-free. Between episodes, stars from Angie Tribeca and other TBS shows will pop up – along with special guests, surprise appearances, music, comedy and much, much more. For details on the Binge-A-Thon: 25 Hours of Commercial-Free Angie Tribeca Episodes Plus Comedy with the Cast and Friends in Studio LIVE!, follow the jump.
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TBS is launching the entire 10-episode first season of Angie Tribeca, commercial-free, with a 25-hour marathon beginning on Sunday, January 17, 2016 (10/9C). The launch will take place on mulitple platforms, globally.
Then, just to make things interesting, the network will begin rolling out seasons 2-11 (you read that right) beginning Monday, January 25, 2016 (9:30/8:30C). What’s the twist? For that you’ll have to check out the press release following the jump.
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