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Starz Grabs U.S., Canada Rights for Ella Purnell Thriller ‘Sweetpea’
Starz has landed the U.S. and Canada rights to a British revenge thriller starring Fallout’s Ella Purnell. The premium cable outlet will air Sweetpea later this year. The drama is based on a 2017 novel by C.J. Skuse and stars Purnell as a quiet young woman who develops a taste for murder. Purnell is also […]
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‘Mary & George’ Stars Nicholas Galitzine, Tony Curran Break Down That Bloody Ending
[This story contains spoilers from the series finale of Mary & George.] Nicholas Galitzine likens the story of George Villiers — the dashing Duke of Buckingham he plays in Mary & George, based on the real-life lover of King James I of England — to that of Icarus, the Greek mythological character whose unbridled ego […]
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‘BMF’ Showrunner, Stars and 50 Cent Share Insight on Season 4 After Finale
During a recent Emmys FYC conversation in Atlanta with BMF showrunner Heather Zuhlke, stars Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., Da’Vinchi, Michole Briana White and Russell Hornsby — who respectively play Big Meech, Terry, and Flenory matriarch and patriarch Lucille and Charles — and executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who had been less active with […]
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‘Outlander’ Prequel Sets Cast, Begins Filming
The prequel series to Starz’s Outlander has found its lead actors and is heading into production. Filming has begun in Scotland on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a show that will focus on the parents of the leads in the main series. Starz previously said the prequel would center on Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) mother and […]
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Hope for ‘Heels’? Canceled Wrestling Drama Licensed to Netflix (Exclusive)
Heels might be headed back to the ring. The drama, which was unceremoniously canceled along with a couple more series as Starz cleaned house in September, has been licensed to Netflix by Lionsgate Worldwide Television Distribution. With the acquisition, Netflix will have non-exclusive rights to the two-season, 16-episode library of the wrestling drama starring Stephen […]
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‘Mary & George’ Review: Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in Starz’s Juicy Period Soap
The dramatic miniseries chronicles the rise of a charismatic young man and his scheming mother during the reign of King James VI and I in early 17th century Britain.
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Amazon Strikes Deal for Lionsgate, Starz Content, Including ‘Outlander,’ for MGM+ in U.K.
MGM Studios owner Amazon said Tuesday that its MGM+ has struck a content deal to offer Lionsgate and Starz programming to customers in the U.K., including hit show Outlander. Under the partnership, the MGM-branded service will offer series and movies from Lionsgate and Starz in the U.K., marking the third in a series of content […]
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Starz, CAPE Team for Showrunners Incubator for Asian Pacific Islander TV Writers (Exclusive)
Many of the current generation of Asian and Pacific Islander writers working in television today came up through the CAPE New Writers Fellowship, one of the most successful entry-level programs in the industry. Now, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment is expanding its focus to the other end of the pipeline. The CAPE Showrunners […]
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‘Power’ Spinoff ‘Raising Kanan’ Renewed for Season 5
The third Power spinoff will outlive the second. Starz has renewed Power Book III: Raising Kanan for a fifth season, with the pickup for the spinoff starring Mekai Curtis coming as the fourth cycle of the show is in production in New York. Creator Sascha Penn will return as showrunner and exec producer. The renewal […]
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Starz Discounts Subscription Price to $1.50 As Part of Surprise Streaming Promotion
Cord cutters can save 70 percent off their first three months when they sign up for a new subscription or add the channel to their existing live TV streaming service.
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‘This Is Us,’ ‘Scandal’ Stars Board ‘The Hunting Wives’ at Starz
Starz is adding to the cast of its forthcoming thriller The Hunting Wives. Chrissy Metz, Jaime Ray Newman, Katie Lowes and George Ferrier have joined the ensemble for the drama series, based on May Cobb’s novel. The cast for the series from Lionsgate Television and 3 Arts Entertainment also includes Malin Akerman, Brittany Snow, Dermot […]
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‘Power’ Spinoff ‘Ghost’ Ending With Season 4
The end is in sight for Power Book II: Ghost. A day after unveiling plans for a prequel series tracing the Origins of Ghost characters Ghost and Tommy (Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora), Starz revealed that the second series in the Power franchise will come to a conclusion with its upcoming fourth season. The final […]
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