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Fred Ward, a prolific actor best known for roles in The Right Stuff, Tremors, Miami Blues, True Detective and many others, died May 8. He was 79. His death was announced by his publicist. No cause or place of death was disclosed. Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery Ward, a San Diego native, began his…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has opted not to order a second season of space race series The Right Stuff. The Mercury 7 period drama, starring Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman, originated at National Geographic before launching as a Disney+ original last October. It is Disney+’s first scripted series cancellation. Warner…

Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, the first person to break the sound barrier and one of the subjects of Philip Kaufman’s The Right Stuff has died. He was 97. Yeager’s wife, Victoria, confirmed the death on the pilot’s official Twitter page on Monday, noting that the groundbreaking flyer died just before 9…

As television production continues to ramp up in Hollywood and coronavirus cases surge in America, Hunters and The Right Stuff are heading out West thanks to some generous tax credits from the state of California. Amazon Prime's drama series about chasing Nazis and the latest adaptation of Tom Wolfe's space race novel…

UPDATED, 7:15 AM: Disney+ has set an October premiere date for National Geographic Channel’s The Right Stuff. The period drama, starring Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman, will launch with a two-episode premiere on Friday, October 9. Based on the bestselling book by Tom Wolfe, the eight-episode season looks at the…

Disney+ released a sneak peek from the service's first scripted series from National Geographic as part of Comic-Con@Home on Saturday. Adapted from Tom Wolfe's bestselling nonfiction account of the early days of the U.S. space program, The Right Stuff tells the story of America's first astronauts, the Mercury…

Disney will tout three projects coming to its Disney+ streaming service with virtual panels during next month’s Comic-Con@Home event. Anthology docuseries Marvel's 616, scripted original series The Right Stuff and animated movie Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe will all get screen time. Last…

EXCLUSIVE: Jade Albany, who starred in Amazon original American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, has scored recurring roles in Nat Geo's The Right Stuff and Paramount Network's 68 Whiskey. The actress, who recently booked a role in Netflix's Japanese drama The Naked Director, will play Rene Carpenter in The Right…

EXCLUSIVE: Kaley Ronayne (Gotham) is set for a key recurring role opposite Jake McDorman in Nat Geo’s upcoming scripted series The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling nonfiction book. The Right Stuff, from Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, looks at what would become…

Nat Geo boss Courteney Monroe has opened up about the network’s strategy of balancing its slate of Disney+ originals against its linear commissions, as well as why it abandoned its take on Mary Shelley and its plan to turn Barkskins and The Right Stuff into anthology series. Nat Geo is responsible for two Disney+…

As America basks in the 50th anniversary celebration of the first moon landing, National Geographic has released the first trailer for its original drama series The Right Stuff.The first season, which uses Tom Wolfe's book as its starting point, starts at the height of the Cold War. Nat Geo also annopunced some…

EXCLUSIVE: Nat Geo has recast one of the three leads in its upcoming scripted series The Right Stuff, based on Tom Wolfe's best-selling nonfiction book. Former Once Upon a Time star Colin O’Donoghue will portray Lt. Gordon Cooper opposite Patrick J. Adams and Jake McDorman, taking over for Joe Dempsie, who had to exit…