Josh Berman News

Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is thrilled to unveil Full Circle as winner of the Grand Prize in the 2023 Banff Mountain Film Competition. Full Circle is both an unblinking examination of the challenges of life after spinal cord injury and a celebration of the opportunity for growth that such a tragedy can present.

The Naples International Film Festival announces its lineup of films and events for its 15th Anniversary edition. The festival focuses on films about the arts and is overseen by Artis-Naples. Check out the lineup now!

Luminaries such as JULES cast Academy Award®-winner Ben Kingsley, Tony Award-Winner Harriet Sansom Harris, Succession star Zoe Winters, and Jade Quon and special guests Karen Allen (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”), Academy Award®-winning producer David Dinerstein (“Summer of Soul”), and more.

Claudia Forestieri wrote the pilot and serves as executive producer. The cast includes Olivia Goncalves, Diana Maria Riva, Juan Javier Cardenas, Savannah Nicole Ruiz, Noah Rico, Cosette Hauer and Dascha Polanco. Patrick Fabian and Loni Love will guest star.

The reboot will be a gender-swapped take on the show, called 'Drop Dead Dave'. The series will be written by Josh Berman from 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' and 'Bones'.

Josh Berman (“Drop Dead Diva,” “CSI”) executive produces alongside Jennifer Robinson and Chris King of Osprey Productions. Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz will executive produce and showrun for Bons Mots Emporium. Zoe Saldana, Mariel Saldana and Cisely Saldana are executive producers for Cinestar Pictures. 

Deadline reports that a new series, 'The Gordita Chronicles,' is in the works at HBO Max.

Variety reports that NBC will adapt the classic 1980s film 'St. Elmo's Fire' for television. 

Jeff Davis, the creator of 'Criminal Minds' will adapt the Dean Koontz novel “Strangers” into a one-hour drama at Fox, according to Variety.

ABC is developing the crime drama SUSPECTS, formally known as FORGOTTEN. The show is based on the praised British series Unforgotten, from Chris Lang, Josh Berman, Laura Mackie, BBC Worldwide Productions and Sony Pictures TV.

VH1 today announced a plethora of guest stars joining DAYTIME DIVAS including Star Jones, Tamera Mowry-Housley ('The Real') and the co-hosts of 'The View.'

VH1 today announced that two-time Emmy Award-winning actress, Kristen Johnston and Broadway's Norm Lewis (PORGY & BESS) will join the network's latest scripted series DAYTIME DIVAS in recurring roles.

The Paley Center for Media's annual PaleyFest Fall TV Previews will present a special premiere screening and panel event with the cast of the STARZ hit series, ASH VS EVIL DEAD

The Paley Center for Media's annual celebration of the Fall TV season, the PaleyFest Fall TV Previews, will take place September 8-13, 2016, at the Center's Los Angeles location

ABC continues its commitment to distinctive storytelling with the announcement of its 2016-17 slate of programming, including the addition of nine new series. Channing Dungey, president, ABC Entertainment, will unveil the network's new lineup to the advertising and media communities this afternoon at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall, in New York City.

Tony, Grammy, and Emmy nominated singer/actress Vanessa Williams has signed on to play the lead role in VH1's upcoming scripted series inspired by Star Jones 2011 book 'Satan's Sisters: A Novel of Fiction.'