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Ruth Negga cast in Presumed Innocent alongside Jake Gyllenhaal

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Apple TV+’s television adaptation of Presumed Innocent, based on Scott Turow’s bestselling novel, has filled another one of its major roles alongside Jake Gyllenhaal’s lead. According to Deadline, Ruth Negga (Preacher) has joined the series to play Gyllenhaal’s wife as he’s put on trial for murder. Presumed Innocent revolves around “a horrific murder that upends […]

Jake Gyllenhaal in talks to join Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent series

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Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks for the lead role in Presumed Innocent, Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series based on Scott Turow’s 1987 novel that is being put together by TV super-producers David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), J.J. Abrams (LOST) and Dustin Thomason (Castle Rock). Variety reports that Gyllenhaal will play Rusty Sabich, the prosecutor accused […]

Presumed Innocent series in the works from J.J. Abrams and David E. Kelley

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TV titans J.J. Abrams and David E. Kelley are set to team for a limited series adaptation of Scott Turow’s legal thriller novel Presumed Innocent, which was previously brought to the big screen by director Alan J. Pakula with the 1990 Harrison Ford film. Kelley, whose TV work includes the likes of Ally McBeal, Boston […]

Ally McBeal revival in early development

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TV Line is reporting that early talks are underway about a revival of the 90s comedy-drama series Ally McBeal, with Calista Flockhart being lined up to reprise her Golden Globe-winning role. According to the site, development is in the earliest of stages and deals are yet to be made with Twentieth Television. Creator David E. […]

David E. Kelley’s Big Sky gets two first-look teasers

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ABC has released two teaser promos for David E. Kelley’s (Big Little Lies) upcoming crime drama Big Sky which follows two private detective as they team-up with an ex-police officer to search for two teenage girls that have been kidnapped. The series features a cast that includes Kylie Bunbury, Katheryn Winnick, Ryan Phillipe, Brian Geraghty, […]

Donald Sutherland joins Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in HBO’s The Undoing

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Veteran actor Donald Sutherland (The Hunger Games) has joined HBO’s upcoming limited series The Undoing opposite Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies) and Hugh Grant (Love Actually). The six-episode series is written by David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal) with Susanne Bier (The Night Manager) directing all of the episodes. The series will be an adaptation of Jean Hanff […]

Go behind-the-scenes of Mr. Mercedes season 2 with new featurette

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With just two weeks to go until its season 2 premiere, a new behind the scenes featurette has arrived online for the small screen Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes which sees stars Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway, and writers and executive producers David E. Kelley, Jack Bender and Dennis Lehane discussing storylines, character development and the good […]

HBO reteams Big Little Lies’ Nicole Kidman and David E. Kelley for The Undoing

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Deadline is reporting that Big Little Lies star Nicole Kidman is reuniting with HBO and writer and executive producer David E. Kelley for The Undoing, a limited series adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s book You Should Have Known. The site reports that the project will see Kidman as Grace Sachs, “a successful therapist on the […]

Blu-ray Review – Big Little Lies (2017)

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Big Little Lies, 2017. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Written by David E. Kelley. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard, Adam Scott, Zoe Kravitz, James Tupper, Jeffrey Nordling, Laura Dern, and Iain Armitage. SYNOPSIS: Big Little Lies, which was based on a popular novel by Liane Moriarty, aired on HBO earlier this year, […]