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When cinematographer Checco Varese first met with Little Marvin about his first TV series, Them, he was intrigued by the creator-EP's personality, "passion and…freshness," and the compelling vision he laid out for the horror-drama. "He said, 'I want this to be a classical 1950s movie, seeing through the eyes of 1970s…

"There is a lot of effort put into recruitment, and not retention," said producer Monica Macer of the tactical inclusionary moves that much of Hollywood makes. "I want to keep creating spaces for writers of color to have a seat at the table, so that our stories can be centered," the former Queen Sugar and MacGyver…

During Amazon’s presentation at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event, Them creator Little Marvin spoke about exploring “the terror of navigating this country and Black skin.” The anthology series takes place in the 1950s during the Great Migration and centers on the Emory family, Henry and Lucky, who…

The Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier took the top spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings for the week of April 12-18, the week the Marvel stand-alone series debuted the fifth of its six-episode Season 1. The No. 1 finish was the first for Disney+ on the typically Netflix-dominated charts since…

Netflix’s original movie Thunder Force, the comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, debuted at No. 1 on Nielsen’s U.S. streaming ratings chart for the week of April 5. Almost 1 billion minutes were streamed of the pic, pacing it well ahead of No. 2-ranked The Falcon and the Winter Soldier from Disney+…

The Oscars are just two weeks away, and the sun is out in California, but there is still some kickass television to keep you inside. The question is who will be the show you have to watch this week. The answer is in the video above. After 11 seasons on Showtime, Shameless comes to an end this weekend. If you caught…

One would say that Little Marvin’s Amazon Prime Video series Them is super relevant to the current social landscape when it comes to race. The truth of the matter is the topics tackled in Them have always been relevant — long before 2021. Them, which debuts on April 9 on Prime Video, is executive produced by Lena…

Amazon’s new anthology series, Them, is making its world premiere today at SXSW with a look at the first two episodes of the show, which was created by Little Marvin and executive produced by Emmy-winner Lena Waithe. Set in the 1950's, Them: Covenant centers on Henry and Lucky Emory, who decide to move their family…

Joan Weldon, stage actress and a Warner Bros. contract player in the 1950s who achieved lasting sci-fi fame in the creature feature giant ant classic Them!, died Feb. 11 at her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She was 90. Her death was only recently announced by her family. A cause was not specified, but the family…

EXCLUSIVE: Brooke Smith (Bombshell),  Anika Noni Rose (Power, The Quad), P.J. Byrne (Black Lightning), Malcolm Mays (Snowfall), Jeremiah Birkett (Euphoria, Lucifer) and Sophie Guest (The Good Nanny) are set to recur opposite Deborah Ayorinde and Ashley Thomas in Amazon’s Them (fka Them: Covenant), the first season of…

Larysa Kondracki, the director of Picnic at Hanging Rock, has inked a deal to become an executive producer on Amazon’s original horror event series Them: Covenant. Kondracki, who signed a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios in 2018, also will direct multiple episodes of the Little Marvin-created show…

Little Marvin, writer and executive producer of Amazon’s upcoming original series Them: Covenant, and his production company Odd Man Out, has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. As part of the deal, Odd Man Out will create and produce original series and films for Amazon Studios to premiere exclusively on…