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‘Galaxy Quest’ TV Series Lands At Amazon
The Galaxy Quest TV series is one step closer to becoming a reality. Some four months after Paramount Television started development on a potential TV series version of the 1990s feature film Galaxy Quest, the project has landed at Amazon. Rafe Spall Set As Lead In ITV’s Supernatural Drama ‘Harry Price: Ghost Hunter’
Rafe Spall (The Shadow Line, Sons Of Liberty) has been cast as the lead in ITV's one-off drama Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, which is based on Neil Spring’s novel The Ghost Hunters. He will play Harry Price, Britain’s most famous real life ghost hunter and sceptic. “I’m delighted to be portraying Harry Price for ITV", Spall said in a statement. "It’s a fantastic piece of history that has mass appeal and I can’t wait to start filming”. NBCU Aligning International Distribution & Networks Business Across EMEA
NBCU is making a change to the structure of their international distribution and global channels business. NBCUniversal International has announced the creation of a multi-territory, regional hub In London which will align the activities of NBCUniversal International Distribution (formerly NBCUniversal International Television Distribution) and NBCUniversal International Networks (formerly known as Universal Networks International) across EMEA. Malachi Kirby Set As Lead In A+E Networks’ ‘Roots’ Reboot
A+E Networks has found the lead for their Roots reboot. British actor Malachi Kirby has nabbed the lead role as Kunta Kinte - a role that was played by Star Trek: The Next Generation and Perception star LeVar Burton in the original 1970s miniseries. BBC One Orders Steve McQueen Drama, Picks Up Tony Jordan’s Motown Series & More
BBC One has given the greenlight to a new six-part drama series from noted scribe Steve McQueen which opens in 1968 at the moment of Enoch Powell's notorious River of Blood speech. The BBC's flagship channel has also picked up Tony Jordan's Motown series and commissioned a one-off adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream from Doctor Who's Russell T. Davies. Jim Belushi Joins Fox’s ‘Urban Cowboy’ Pilot
In what is his first series regular role since the short-lived CBS legal dramedy The Defenders, Jim Belushi has joined the cast of Fox's hour-long drama pilot Urban Cowboy, which is based on the John Travolta fronted 1980s feature film of the same name. He will play Marshall, a spirited long haul truck driver turned honky tonk bar owner, who is as much of a Houston institution as is his bar Gilley’s. BBC One Sets Premiere Date For ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’
BBC One's one-off drama Lady Chatterley's Lover will premiere on Sunday September 6th at 9pm, it has been announced.