Jodie Foster to Direct Rosemarie DeWitt in ‘Black Mirror’ Episode

October 19, 2016 12:08pm PT by Bryn Elise Sandberg

The fourth season of Netflix's anthology series will begin production later this year.

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The fourth season of Netflix’s anthology series will begin production later this year.

Jodie Foster and Rosemarie DeWitt are teaming up.

The pair will collaborate on an upcoming installment of Netflix’s anthology series Black Mirror. Foster will direct and DeWitt will star in an episode of the show’s fourth season, which is slated to begin production later this year and premiere in 2017.

Netflix has already greenlighted 12 episodes of the anthology series from Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones, splitting the order into two seasons of six episodes each. The pair serve as executive producers and showrunners on the new episodes. The announcement comes ahead of the debut on the third season on Friday.

Created and written by Brooker, the Emmy- and Peabody-winning series taps into our culture’s collective unease with the modern world and each stand-alone episode is a sharp, suspenseful tale exploring themes of contemporary techno-paranoia.

Foster made her film directorial debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate, in which she also starred. In 1995, she directed her second film, Home for the Holidays, which she also produced. In 2011, she directed The Beaver, which starred Mel Gibson, Jennifer Lawrence, Anton Yelchin and Foster.

Foster helmed this year’s thriller Money Monster starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O’Connell. On the TV side, she recently made her small-screen directorial debut on Netflix’s prison dramedy Orange Is the New Black, as well as the Kevin Spacey drama House of Cards

DeWitt will next be seen in Damien Chazelle’s buzzy musical drama La La Land alongside Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. She recently wrapped production on the indie thriller Sweet Virginia, directed by Jamie Dagg, and starred in Amazon’s period drama pilot The Last Tycoon. The actress was recently seen in Gil Kenan’s remake of Poltergeist and Jason Reitman’s Men, Women and Children. Other credits include Kill the Messenger, Promised Land, Your Sister’s Keeper and Rachel Getting Married.

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ABC to Adapt Wall Street Drama ‘Equity’ From Amy Pascal Into TV Show

October 18, 2016 5:28pm PT by Bryn Elise Sandberg

Set in the world of cutthroat investment banking, the drama written by 'The Strain' producer Regina Corrado centers on a Wall Street banker, played by Gunn in the film.

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Set in the world of cutthroat investment banking, the drama written by ‘The Strain’ producer Regina Corrado centers on a Wall Street banker, played by Gunn in the film.

ABC is planning to tackle Wall Street.

The network is adapting the 2016 financial thriller Equity starring Anna Gunn into a television series. ABC has handed out a script commitment plus penalty.

From The Strain producer Regina Corrado and ex-Sony head Amy Pascal, the drama hails from Sony TV’s TriStar Television.

Set in the world of cutthroat investment banking, the drama written by Corrado centers on a Wall Street banker (played by Gunn in the film) who has to navigate a world of money and power, where women still haven’t broken the glass ceiling. 

Corrado will serve as an executive producer alongside Pascal Pictures’ Pascal, Rachel O’Connor, Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas.

The movie — directed and produced by an all-female team — first premiered earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, where it was well received. It was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics not long after its debut. 

The film also starred James Purefoy, Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas, and was touted as the first Wall Street drama to center on a female protagonist.

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‘Bosch’ Renewed By Amazon for Fourth Season

October 17, 2016 6:00am PT by Bryn Elise Sandberg

The third season of the drama starring Titus Welliver is currently in production.

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‘Bosch’

The third season of the drama starring Titus Welliver is currently in production.

Amazon is ordering more Bosch.

The streamer has greenlit a fourth season of the crime-procedural starring Titus Welliver. The series is currently in production on season 3, with the first two seasons available to stream on Amazon Prime.

An adaptation of Michael Connelly’s best-selling novels, Bosch was the first original drama from Amazon Studios, and was part of the company’s early push to offer television and film to subscribers under is $99-per-year Prime service.

The series also stars Jamie Hector (The Wire), Amy Aquino (Being Human), Madison Lintz (The Walking Dead) and Lance Reddick (The Wire). Treme alum Eric Ellis Overmyer developed the series and executive produces alongside Connelly, Pieter Jan Brugge and Henrik Bastin. Welliver serves as a producer.

“We are excited to announce the fourth season renewal of Amazon Prime Video’s longest running original drama series Bosch,” said Amazon Studios vp Roy Price. “Prime members have loved following Detective Harry Bosch as he navigates difficult situations in his professional and personal lives, and we’re excited to let them know that even more is coming.”

“I am happy beyond words. To think we are going to get another season to explore these characters is wonderful. Our team has worked very hard to create the most realistic detective show possible and I think that is resonating with viewers,” said Connelly. “Titus and the rest of the cast and crew are dedicated to this. We are raising the storytelling bar with season three and we’ll do it again in four.”

Added Henrik Pabst, managing director at Red Arrow International: “Bosch has continued to exceed all of our expectations in terms of its US and international appeal, with the show proving hugely popular with audiences around the world. We are delighted that the show will be back for season four.”

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