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In a competitive situation, Fox has landed drama The Twelve, based on the Belgian series De Twaalf, with a put pilot commitment. The project hails from writer Amanda Green, Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Prods. and Warner Bros. TV where Green and Brownstone are under overall deals. Written by Green, The…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed Love Me, a one-hour drama based on a Swedish format, with a put pilot commitment. The project, one of the first significant pitch sales this broadcast development cycle, hails from Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith; Elizabeth Banks and Max…

Warner Bros. Animation continues to mine its vault of classic titles for reboots. The company has teamed with Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions to develop a new Flintstones primetime animated adult comedy series. The project, which is based on an original idea, will be featuring characters from the classic…

The Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation announced today that actress, director, and producer Elizabeth Banks will receive the 2019 Pioneer of the Year Award on September 25, 2019 at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. Banks is the first female director to receive the honor. The Pioneer of the Year Award is…

Elizabeth Banks is set to co-star opposite Cate Blanchett in Mrs. America, FX’s nine-episode limited series from Emmy-winning writer Davhi Waller, Oscar-nominated producer Stacey Sher and FX Productions. Mrs. America tells the true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected…

Elizabeth Banks has been set to host Press Your Luck, the latest ABC game show revival that is set to premiere next month. The network in March ordered Press Your Luck and another revival, Card Sharks, both produced by Fremantle. Joel McHale has already been set to host Card Sharks. The newcomers will will debut…

Created by Ali Rushfield, Lindy West and Aidy Bryant, who also stars, Hulu’s Shrill was, right out the gate, resonating with audiences. Co-executive producer and co-writer Rushfield and executive producer Elizabeth Banks said during a panel Sunday at Deadline’s The Contenders Emmys that how the show is a call to…

When it comes to the politics of abortion, the new Aidy Bryant Hulu series Shrill , much like its source material novel of the same name by Lindy West, is meeting the subject head on. A TCA reporter today asked the producers of the upcoming streaming series, which includes Elizabeth Banks, and EP/showrunner Ali…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has optioned film rights to The Grace Year, and Elizabeth Banks will direct the adaptation of a novel by Kim Liggett that will be published by Wednesday Books in the fall. Banks and Max Handelman will produce through their Brownstone Productions banner, along with New Leaf Literary…

Fox has handed a pilot order to Patty’s Auto, a multi-camera ensemble comedy from writer and The Big C creator Darlene Hunt, Elizabeth Banks & Max Handelman's Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television, where the company is based. Written by Hunt, Patty's Auto is inspired by Patrice Banks' Girls Auto Clinic, a…

“Once, everything was awesome,” Wildstyle broods. “Now everything is bleak.” That opening line from the new trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part might trigger some parents who endured “Everything Is Awesome” on daylong replay — possibly while contorted into the fetal position — but it sets up the premise for…

It’s Sony, Angels. We have a new date for you to go to work. The studio said tonight that its reboot of Charlie’s Angels now will open wide on November 1, 2019 — five weeks after its original date. If 11/1/19 sounds familiar, it’s because that’s the slot just vacated by Warner Bros’ superhero sequel Wonder Woman 1984…