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STX’s Mikael Marcimain thriller Horizon Line will debut on Epix in 2021 following the pic’s transactional platform launch on January 12. The movie will be available then for purchase ($14.99) or rental ($6.99). From the creators of 10 Cloverfield Lane and The Shallows, Horizon Line follows estranged couple, Sara…

Epix had already set the Season 2 premiere of its DC origin series series Pennyworth for December 13, and on Tuesday unveiled the trailer for the upcoming season, which includes a two-part midseason finale before it returns later in 2021 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown delaying production. The drama series centers on…

UPDATED with conference call: Lionsgate revenue dipped to $745 million last quarter, down 20% from $938 million the year earlier, as OTT subscribers jumped and the shares headed higher in late trading. The stock was up nearly 4% after rising 2% for the session. Vice chairman Michael Burns insisted on a conference call…

Epix has given a six-episode series order to Bridge and Tunnel, a half-hour dramedy written, directed and produced by Edward Burns. It is slated for a Jan. 24, 2021 premiere. The project, previously titled Gibson Station, was part of Epix’s 2020 development slate unveiled in January. Set in 1980, Bridge and Tunnel…

Epix has greenlighted Fiasco, a docuseries from Leon Neyfakh based on his podcast about America’s most pivotal historical events. The six-episode series about politics, power, and uncertainty hails from Prologue Projects and Left/Right. Set to debut next year on the premium cabler, Fiasco host Neyfakh follows the…

DC FanDome: Explore the Multiverse welcomed the producers and cast of the DC drama series Pennyworth and they just dropped some huge news for the upcoming season two: Martha Kane is pregnant! The panel featured cast members Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Paloma Faith, Emma Paetz, and executive producers Bruno Heller and Da…

EXCLUSIVE: Epix comedy documentary series Unprotected Sets is moving from television to podcasting with a 12-episode audio series. MGM and Audio Up, the podcasting company that the studio invested in earlier this year, will launch the series on August 5. It is the latest MGM series to move into the podcast form after…

Epix is expanding its Godfather of Harlem franchise. The network has given a green light to By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem, a four-part docuseries inspired by the music and subjects featured in the original series starring Forest Whitaker. The docuseries brings alive the dramatic true…

Rock star David Crosby likens it to Paris in the 1930s, or even the Italian Renaissance. The creative flowering that grew out of the Laurel Canyon section of Los Angeles in the 1960s produced some of the greatest music of that or any other era, changing the culture and the lives of some of rock & roll's most gifted…

Epix is signed up to British fantasy drama Britannia. The MGM-owned cable network is coming on board as a co-production partner for season three of the Sky series. This comes after Deadline revealed earlier this year that British pay-TV broadcaster Sky had renewed the show for a third season but Amazon, which was…

UPDATED, 12:01 PM: Epix said today that Helter Skelter: An American Myth will premiere at  10 p.m. Sunday, July 26. Read details of the docuseries below. PREVIOUSLY, June 4: Helter Skelter: An American Myth, a six-part docuseries about Charles Manson exec produced by Greg Berlanti, has been pushed back by Epix. The…

The story of infamous New York City drug kingpin Bumpy Johnson aptly fit in Chris Brancato’s wheelhouse. The co-creator, showrunner and executive producers of Epix and Disney TV Studios’ Godfather Of Harlem penned the 1997 film Hoodlum, which centered on the early life of Johnson in the 1920s and ’30s. This time, he’s…