To paraphrase the medieval French monarchy, Power is dead, long live Power. The upcoming sixth season of the Courtney Kemp created and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson executive produced NYC underworld drama will be the last for the Starz series. However, the 15-episode August 25 premiering "The Final Betrayal" season won't…

Ethan Hawke and Jason Blum are certainly going to have some The Good Lord Bird to talk about today on-stage at SXSW now that Showtime has officially ordered the limited series. His deal having just closed in the past few days, multiple Oscar nominee Hawke will play pivotal 19th-century abolitionist John Brown in the Bl…

ABC has given a formal pilot order to New York Undercover, a contemporary reboot of Dick Wolf's 1990s series, from Wolf and Hand of God creator Ben Watkins. Anthony Hemingway (Underground, American Crime Story) has come on board to direct the pilot, produced by Wolf Films, Universal TV where the company is based, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off signing a first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV last month, Anthony Hemingway is getting on the feature field with Amazon Studios and some of the greatest NFL players ever to tackle college football. The Emmy-winning American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson and Red Tails director has…

Prolific TV director and producer Anthony Hemingway has signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV for his newly launched production company, Anthony Hemingway Productions. AHP already has several TV and feature projects in the works at Amazon Studios, Makeready, Blumhouse TV, Tomorrow Studios, USA Network and…

David Simon and his producing partner Nina K. Noble are known for groundbreaking dramas that shed light on institutional dysfunction and pressing social issues in very different areas of the country. That being said, he has some opinions about the Donald Trump administration. So when he tweeted out that a POTUS…

Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway has been tapped to direct the premiere episode of upcoming series The Purge for USA Network and Syfy. The project comes from franchise creator James DeMonaco, Blumhouse Television — the TV division of the movies' producer Blumhouse Prods. — and Universal Cable Productions. The franchise…

Prolific helmer Anthony Hemingway is set to direct and executive produce CBS’ drama pilot Murder, from producer Dan Lin. Written by Amanda Green based on the BBC miniseries, this new take on the investigative drama explores crime through the unique and often-conflicting perspectives of cops and killers, witnesses and…

The killings of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace more than 20 years ago not only left a gaping wound in hip hop but also exposed a seething underbelly in America evident to this day. Both the wound and the underbelly are skillfully dissected in USA Network's Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and…

Moving to Los Angeles shortly before the murder of Christopher Wallace—also known as Biggie, or The Notorious B.I.G.—writer Kyle Long became fascinated by the rapper’s untimely end, and its handling in the media. Biggie’s murder would be linked by many to the murder a year earlier of another iconic American rapper…

EXCLUSIVE: Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. isn't debuting on USA Network until February 27 but attendees at next month's Sundance Film Festival will get a preview glimpse at the true-crime anthology series. Bringing the small screen to the increasingly TV filled Robert Redford founded fest, Unso…

When some of the DGA‘s finest sat down at TCA to discuss the current directing climate, the chat mostly centered on the increasing cinematic crossover between TV and film. “Television has evolved,” said Michelle MacLaren (Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad) . “It's very cinematic today, and when we're fortunate enough to…