Working Title News

BroadwayWorld has just learned that at a special CinemaCon event today, Jennifer Hudson performed 'Memory' - Grizabella's soaring second act ballad which convinces the Jellicles to select her to be the cat which is reborn to a new Jellicle life.

Deadline reports that Lifetime has ordered two new movies based on true evens. They are 53 Days: The Abduction of Mary Stauffer (working title) starring Alyson Hannigan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Daphne Hoskins (The Detour); and Saving Alex (working title).

Variety reports that the BBC will dramatize the last months of Marilyn Monroe's life, including her relationships with JFK and Bobby Kennedy.

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Working Title has announced that production has wrapped at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, UK for the big screen adaptation of Cats, which is set to hit theatres on December 20, 2019!

Netflix is continuing to invest heavily in Italy and has today announced three new original series to bring Italian storytelling to the world.

BBC Two has commissioned Love Productions to make a new series in which people living with obesity come together to talk about their experiences and explore what it means to be obese in Britain today.

HISTORY adds two new six-hour documentaries 'Washington' and 'The Food That Built America,' to its premium docudrama programming slate. Executive produced by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize(R)-winning, New York Times #1 bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, 'Washington' (working title) will chip away the cold, bronzed and marbled image of America's first President and bring to life the man whose name is known to all, but whose true story is understood by few. 'The Food That Built America' (working title) will tell the unknown stories of innovation and rivalries behind food industry tycoons Milton Hershey, John and Will Kellogg, Henry Heinz, C.W. Post, the McDonald brothers and more. Before they were brand names they were larger than life visionaries who built empires that defined far more than American eating habits. Both docudramas join previously announced six-part documentary 'Grant,' based on Pulitzer Prize(R) winner Ron Chernow's #1 New York Times bestselling biography and will portray one of the most complex and underappreciated generals and presidents in U.S. history - Ulysses S. Grant.

HISTORY greenlights the nonfiction series 'The UnXplained,' (working title) hosted and executive produced by Golden Globe(R) and Emmy Award(R) winning actor William Shatner (Star Trek, 'Boston Legal') and orders an eight-episode second season of its hit unscripted series 'In Search Of,' hosted and executive produced by Emmy-nominated actor Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Franchise, Snowden, Margin Call). From Executive Producer Kevin Burns, the creator and producer of many of the network's most popular series, including 'Ancient Aliens' and 'The Curse of Oak Island,' 'The UnXplained' will explore the facts behind the world's most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries. Inspired by the iconic 1970s franchise originally hosted by Leonard Nimoy, 'In Search Of' examines unexplained phenomena worldwide and is produced by Propagate Content, Universal Television Alternative Studio and Before the Door Pictures.

A&E Network's genre-defining Emmy Award-winning 'Biography' is set to air a four-part television special on six-time CMA Entertainer of the Year, Garth Brooks. 'Garth: The Road I'm On (working title)' is slated to air 2019 4Q on A&E. The special will highlight the prolific career of the best-selling solo artist of all time through never-before-seen interviews with Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, the original road band and others from Garth's personal and music family. The special will also showcase unprecedented behind-the-scenes access from his stadium tour, which has already set records in its first five cities. Additionally, 'Garth: The Road I'm On (working title)' provides an in-depth look at the seminal hit songs from his seven RIAA Diamond Award winning albums and more. Featuring exclusive historical footage and personal recollections from Garth and others from the early days of his journey.

HISTORY announces the return of the unprecedented live television event 'Evel Live 2' premiering Sunday, July 7 at 8PM ET. As part of the network's third annual Car Week, the live broadcast produced in partnership with Nitro Circus will follow athletes, including champion freestyle motocross athlete Axell Hodges and female freestyle motocross athlete Vicki Golden, as they set out to break world records with three jaw-dropping motorcycle stunts. Professional motorsports icon, Travis Pastrana, will return to co-host the special.

HISTORY is teaming with Sylvester Stallone to develop the drama series 'The Tenderloin' (working title) from A+E Studios in association with Balboa Productions, it was announced today at A+E Networks' Upfront. Stallone will executive produce and direct multiple episodes. Stephen Kay ('Sons of Anarchy,' 'The Shield') is set to write the pilot.

One of the biggest hits in theatrical history, CATS will come to Sacramento from April 2 - 7 as part of a multi-season North American tour. Tickets are on sale now.

HERE welcomes composer and singer Gelsey Bell, OBIE and Doris Duke award-winning playwright Julia Jarcho, and NAACP-nominated theatre-maker Nia O. Witherspoon as new members of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP).

Cleveland Public Theatre (CPT)'s Executive Artistic Director Raymond Bobgan is proud to announce the 2019/2020 season, which delivers on CPT's mission of raising consciousness and nurturing compassion through theatre that is daring, relevant, and socially conscious.

Crown Media Family Networks announced today 'Project Christmas Joy: Alabama' [Working Title] on Hallmark Drama, a new original program coming this Christmas season that will give a town in need an extreme Hallmark holiday transformation. From an extravagant Christmas tree lighting to a Main Street makeover, this series will spread holiday cheer for a town that needs it the most. The program is one of two new original programming installments for Hallmark Drama announced at Crown Media's upfront event tonight, both of which are the network's first on-air original content since its launch.

After roles in Channel 4's Pure (Libby), ITV's Unforgotten (Sandra Rayworth) and a lead alongside Sharon Small and Hugo Speer in Acorn TV's new cop drama (coming to a UK channel later this year) London Kills (Billie Fitzgerald) - actor/writer/singer-songwriter Tori Allen-Martin returns to the stage with her furious new play, KARLA HAS A VOICE. Tori who was named as one of the BBC'S New Talent Hotlist in 2017 is excited to be premiering the new work in a reading at The Park as part of the Prism Project on Wednesday April 10th at 4pm. The reading is open to all, industry and public alike and tickets are free via Eventbrite.

BBC Two has released a first-look of Eva Green (Casino Royale, Penny Dreadful, Sin City, A Dame To Kill For) as Lydia Wells in The Luminaries, the adaption of Eleanor Catton's 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.

WarnerMedia Entertainment today announced the premiere date and showrunner for Chasing the Cure (formerly known by its working title M.D. Live) from TNT and Lionsgate Television. This is a groundbreaking enterprise anchored and executive produced by award-winning journalist and humanitarian Ann Curry. It brings together a weekly live two-hour television broadcast with a 24/7 global digital platform in an effort to help patients who are suffering from undiagnosed, misdiagnosed or uncured medical mysteries. This enterprise will harness the full power of both television and a multi-platform experience in order to break down medical barriers in service of patients. Additionally, this initiative will foster and empower people across the globe on all screens to become medical detectives.

The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep's Center for the Creation and Development of New Work announced the 20 projects selected for its 2019 Summer Residency Lab. Chosen from over 620 submissions, these projects represent an expansive array of voices and theatrical forms and bring an innovative spirit to the eighth summer of the Lab.