Starz has opted not to proceed with a second season of comedy Now Apocalypse.
“It was a great show, it was a great experiment for us, but we have made the decision not to bring it back,” Starz COO Jeff Hirsch said at the top of the network’s TCA session.
To drum up interest in Now Apocalypse, Starz made the entire…
Writer-director Gregg Araki is not exactly the artist I would think of when I think of a traditional series TV showrunner, but he is proving you can play in the medium and bring non-traditional ideas into play to make them work on your own terms. When he visited our Deadline studio to tape this week’s episode of my…
Cannes Series has revealed the lineup, jury and masterclasses for its second edition (April 5-10, 2019), which takes place alongside the MIP TV market on the French Riviera.
Among ten series in competition at the TV festival are Netflix’s German show How To Sell Drugs Online and Amazon’s UK series The Feed with…
The town has barely taken a breath after the hostless Oscars, and already we are heading into the Emmys and FYC events galore. As season and series finales also explode across the small screen schedule, it may be more vital than ever to know what is the show you have to watch this week.
One thing you can say for sure…
Avan Jogia has an interesting name — a name many have said he should change when he first started in the business over a decade ago. With his mix of Indian and Irish heritage, Jogia refused to stray from his culture and decided against a stage name. Now, his name is becoming recognizable and distinct in a class of…
Known for radically stylistic, groundbreaking features like Mysterious Skin and Kaboom, Gregg Araki flirted with television for a number of years before going all-in, bringing Now Apocalypse to Starz. “A lot of my movies are very sex and relationship-based, particularly about young people, and that time of your life…
Gregg Araki said he wanted to make a "crazy, wild ride" of a show like Now Apocalypse for the last 20 years. He was speaking Tuesday at TCA alongside the cast of the Starz sex comedy on a rambunctious panel where topics including the role of the intimacy coach were addressed.
Araki, who has directed films including The…
“I’m Ulysses. Everyone in my life right now is insane.” Judging from the first trailer for the Starz coming-of-age comedy Now Apocalypse, that seems about right. Have a look at it above, and judge for yourself.
Avan Jogia stars as a young man struggling to figure out his life in the surreal and bewildering city of Los…
Starz has set a March premiere date for Now Apocalypse, its coming-of-age half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh. The 10-episode Now Apocalypse will debut Sunday, March 10 at 9 PM ET/PT following the Season 2 premiere of American Gods exclusively on Starzplay via…
Sirens alum Kevin Daniels and Avra Friedman (Stop the Bleeding) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse,Starz's upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by Araki…
Breaking Bad alum RJ Mitte and Grace Victoria Cox(Under the Dome) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz's upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written by…
Desmond Chiam(The Shannara Chronicles) and Taylor Hart (House of Lies) are set for recurring roles opposite Avan Jogia, Kelli Bergland, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida on Now Apocalypse, Starz's upcoming original half-hour comedy series from creator/executive producer Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh.
Co-written…
