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EXCLUSIVE: One of television’s most iconic legal dramas is poised for a comeback. ABC is developing LA Law, a new incarnation of the Emmy-winning Steven Bochco series, with Tony nominee Blair Underwood set to reprise his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins and executive produce. The new LA Law is written/executive…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to Waiting To Exhale, a drama series followup to the 1995 film, from Lee Daniels (Empire) and 20th Television, where Daniels is under a deal. Written by Attica Locke (When They See Us) and Tembi Locke (Never Have I Ever) and directed by Anthony Hemingway (Genius…

Terry McMillan, the novelist behind the 1992 NYT bestseller, Waiting to Exhale, announced via Twitter that a television adaptation is in the works with Lee Daniels attached to produce and Anthony Hemingway on board to direct. “So, WAITING TO EXHALE is going to be a TV series,” McMillan wrote in a Twitter post…

EXCLUSIVE: They say you can't take on City Hall, but someone forgot to tell Sir Lady Java. Now Pose star Hailie Sahar and Genius: Aretha director Anthony Hemingway have teamed to bring the onetime performer and long-time LGBTQ activist's story to life on the big screen. As you can see in the video below that Emmy…

EXCLUSIVE: The executive bench at Anthony Hemingway’s production company just got significantly deeper. Whitney Davis and Sean Hoagland have joined Anthony Hemingway Productions as VP Development & Production and SVP Television, respectively. The CBS alums will take the big perspective on creative development…

EXCLUSIVE: Genius: Aretha director-producer Anthony Hemingway is in talks to helm Train Man, a legal drama based on the true story of Darius McCollum, a man with Asperger syndrome whose fascination with subways and trains led to him posing as various New York City Metro officials in order to operate subway…

Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Cynthia Ervio starring Genius: Aretha doesn't yet know when it will resume production nor who will be playing one of the music business' most powerful executives in the legendary singer's life. “We have not set an actual date yet," said director and EP Anthony Hemingway today…

EXCLUSIVE: Heading into a fall that is full of Genius: Aretha, Power Book II: Ghost and more, Anthony Hemingway has inked an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. The two-year pact with the filmmaker's Anthony Hemingway Productions will encompass projects for Hemingway to both develop and direct for the…

Emmy-winning producer Anthony Hemingway (The People Vs OJ Simpson, Power, Red Tails), Emmy-winning actor Terrence Terrell (Batwoman, Bosch, Giants) and 6 Point Harness, the animated studio behind Matthew Cherry’s Oscar-winning Hair Love, have teamed for the animated short Skin Deep. Based on Terrell’s personal…

"I guess what I would say is that it's more of a Rashomon kind of structure, where it's telling you story through specific characters," Power creator Courtney A. Kemp explained of the shifts in time and perspective similar to Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic that made up of the end of the hit Starz series earlier this…

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…