Conn and Hal Iggulden's bestselling guide to boyhood seems like an odd candidate for a television adaptation. It is, after all, a non-fiction how-to with no narrative to speak of. And yet, for Bryan Cranston and his Moon Shot Entertainment production company, the philosophy at the heart of the book—that kids should…

Who and what should win? It is always a problem at the Emmys to see so many repeat winners year after year. By now, I’ve run my handicaps for the key series and actor races, but I'm always up for shaking things up and daring to do something a little different. Here are a few wildcard picks of not necessarily what I…

Due to the sad state of the once-vibrant television movie, the now-separate category for TV movies has largely changed the definition of what that really means, and not necessarily for the better. Last year there were nominees in the category that were essentially episodes of an ongoing series, and even one theatrical …

Opening at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2012, Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan's All the Way quickly became a cultural touchstone—re-framing the legacy of one of America's greatest presidents while holding up a mirror to the challenges and fears in contemporary America, as one of the most significant…

Coming off a stellar year, with the resurgence of the Star Wars franchise and the stupefying box office draw of Deadpool, Oscar-winning makeup artist Bill Corso has gone All the Way at this year's Emmys, securing two of the HBO film's eight total nominations for prosthetic and non-prosthetic makeup. An adaptation of…

Based on the play that won Bryan Cranston a Tony for his performance as President Lyndon Baines Johnson, the debut of HBO's All The Way didn't sweep the HBO movie map on May 21 like the 36th President did the electoral map in 1964. But it was up over its immediate predecessors.

With 1.11 million total viewers at 8 PM o…

LBJ in the form of Bryan Cranston came ‘all the way’ to Deadline’s all day first-ever Contenders Emmys event at the DGA Theatre last month. Kicking off the day were director Jay Roach, actor Anthony Mackie who plays Martin Luther King Jr, and Bryan Cranston recreating his Tony Award-winning <img class="alignleft…

Debuting on HBO on May 21, the Jay Roach-directed All The Way is eminently timely television and intentionally so, as President Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. form an unlikely partnership and weave a masterful strategy of procedural power and patronage to achieve their mutual goal of greater…

EXCLUSIVE: There’s a visual in HBO’s All The Way when the powerful Georgia Sen. Richard Russell registers the fact that his protégé Lyndon Johnson has sacrificed him, and Dixie, on the pyre of the Civil Rights movement. The camera moves from Johnson’s bespectacled, crinkle-eyed smirk to Russell’s once-implacable mask…

Appropriate to this presidential election cycle for the ages, Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys event launched today with panels on political projects from HBO. First up: All The Way, an adaptation of the Tony-winning play starring the Tony-winning Bryan Cranston as LBJ. It premieres on the network May 21.

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HBO has announced All The Way, a film about President Lyndon B. Johnson, will premiere at 8 PM Saturday, May 21, exclusively on the premium cable network.

Bryan Cranston reprises his Tony-winning role in the film, a behind-the-scenes look at Johnson's tumultuous first year in office after the assassination of John F…

When it came to transferring Robert Schenkkan’s All The Way about President Lyndon B. Johnson, executive producer Steven Spielberg gave the writer and director Jay Roach one big note when adapting the play to the small screen: “Commit to the quiet moments,” remembered Roach.

The play, which earned Bryan Cranston a…