The Forever Purge
The fifth and final film in “The Purge” series has scored a name – “The Forever Purge”. Not much is known about the film other than it takes the Purge out of its usual metropolitan setting while still dealing with class and race issues like the previous films have. The film is currently slated for a July 10th release. [Source: THR]
Apple TV
HBO has announced it will ditch support for second (2010) and third (2012) generation Apple TV’s from May 15th. Originally it had planned to discontinue support for HBO Now and HBO Go for the older set-tops later this month but has extended that support due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Going forward, HBO Now and HBO Go will be natively supported on only the fourth-generation Apple TV HD and the Apple TV 4K. [Source: Variety]
Amy Schumer Learns to Cook
Amy Schumer and her professional chef husband Chris Fischer are teaming for the eight episode half-hour series “Amy Schumer Learns to Cook” for Food Network. The series will feature the couple cooking up comforting dishes while quarantined at home and will be entirely self-shot on location. It will also show relatable, culinary themes such as brunch, tacos, pasta night, fridge cleanup and more. Filming begins this week. [Source: Deadline]
The Selection
Saudi Arabian filmmaker Haifaa Al-Mansour will direct the upcoming Netflix feature “The Selection” based on the 2012 first entry in Kiera Cass’ popular book series. Set in a dystopian future, 35 girls are selected to move to a royal palace and compete for a prince’s heart. America Singer is from the society’s lower class and chosen as one of Prince Maxon’s suitors, but she’s torn between the life and love she left behind. [Source: Variety]
Nobody Will Tell You
Sight Unseen Pictures (“Bad Hair”) has scored the film rights to Bess Kalb’s memoir “Nobody Will Tell You This But Me” and has set Elizabeth Chomko (“What They Had”) to helm. Kalb will pen the screenplay while Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, and Oren Moverman will produce.
The story follows Kalb’s relationship with her grandmother Bobby Bell, saving every voicemail her grandmother ever left her. Bobby was a force – irrepressible, glamorous, unapologetically opinionated. Bobby doted on Bess; Bess adored Bobby. Then, at ninety, Bobby died. But in this debut memoir, Bobby is speaking to Bess once more, in a voice as passionate as it ever was in life. [Source: Deadline]
