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Exclusive: Netflix continues its push into close-ended procedurals with Pain & Suffering, an hourlong series in development from Don Todd, creator of the streamer’s 2023 limited series Florida Man.

Described as a new way into a fun episodic crime-solving show, Pain & Suffering centers on a curmudgeonly, misanthropic insurance adjuster whose job is coldly assigning monetary value to human lives, teams up with a homicide cop to look beyond the numbers and become the reluctant solver of overlooked murders.

Todd is writing the script and executive producing. Aaron Kaplan executive produces for Kapital Entertainment, which is the studio. Kevin Marco is the creative executive for Kapital. A rep for Netflix declined comment.

After building its streaming business on serialized, bingeable series, Netflix has been looking to supplement that with original broadcast-style close-ended procedurals, starting with the upcoming Pulse, its first medical procedural.

Kapital also has in the works at Netflix a spiritual...

Bad Monkey is a crime drama and dark comedy series created by Bill Lawrence. Based on a 2013 novel of the same name by author Carl Hiaasen, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of Andrew Yancy, a former Miami Police Department turned restaurant inspector as he gets caught up in a strange crime involving a human arm and a group of eccentric characters. Bad Monkey stars Vince Vaughn in the lead roles with Natalie Martinez, Michelle Monaghan, Meredith Hagner, Charlotte Lawrence, Zach Braff, Rob Delaney, Ronald Peet, and John Ortiz starring in supporting roles. So, if you liked the eccentric characters, comedic crimes, and murder mysteries in Bad Monkey here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Death in Paradise is a British-French procedural crime comedy-drama series created by Robert Thorogood. The BBC One series follows a detective inspector from London as...

Not all is sunny in the new limited series Florida Man. Created by showrunner Donald Todd, the thriller-comedy follows Mike Valentine (Edgar Ramírez), a recovering gambling addict who’s forced to return to his home state of Florida to help search for a mob boss’ runaway girlfriend. This isn’t a simple task, as Mike finds himself entangled in bizarre situations that sound like they were ripped straight from the headlines. From family secrets to hidden treasure, Florida Man is a winding journey filled with the Sunshine State’s shadiest characters.

If the title sounds familiar to you, chances are you’ve seen clickbait headlines circulating the web that have made you scratch your head a few times. Florida Man is inspired by one of the internet’s most popular memes, but how did this online joke come to life? Well, we’re here to tell you that he didn...

Bookie is a crime comedy-drama series created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay. The Max series revolves around a veteran bookie, who is dreading the impending legalization of sports gambling but that is not the only problem he has. With increasingly unstable clients, incompetent co-workers, family, and a lifestyle too dangerous and unsteady. Bookie stars Sebastian Maniscalco in the lead role of Danny with Omar Dorsey, Andrea Anders, Jorge Garcia, and Charlie Sheen starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Max series here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Synopsis: A charismatic, yet volatile hitman Ray Shoesmith must navigate his chilling business while also maintaining friendships, parental responsibilities and a fledgling romance in a narrative driven by dark humor and offbeat conversation. Written and starring the winner of the 2019 Best Actor Logie Scott Ryan. Directed and executive produced by Nash Edgerton,...

Take a look at new character posters from the live-action TV series, "Florida Man", created by Donald Todd, starring Édgar Ramírez as an ex-cop who is sent back to his home state of Florida to solve a case, with Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen and Isaiah Johnson, now streaming on Netflix:

"...'Mike Valentine' is a struggling ex-cop forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster's runaway girlfriend. 

"What should be a quick gig...

"...becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets...

"... and an increasingly futile attempt...

"... to do the right thing..."

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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Beau Is Afraid, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mrs. Davis and The Last Thing He Told Me.

Beau Is Afraid premiere

Joaquin Phoenix and Ari Aster debuted their new A24 film in Los Angeles on Monday, alongside co-stars Parker Posey, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, Kylie Rogers and Richard Kind.

Ari Aster and Joaquin Phoenix Zoe Lister-Jones, Julia Antonelli, Kylie Roger, Michael Gandolfini, Armen Nahapetian, Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, Richard Kind and Lars Knudsen

Rennervations premiere

Jeremy Renner made his return to the red carpet, three months after his snowplow accident, on Tuesday for his Disney+ series Rennervations, alongside executive producers Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca and Patrick Costello.

Rory Millikin, Romilda de Luca, Jeremy Renner and Patrick Costello Bob Iger and Jeremy Renner

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel premiere

Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino,...

Florida Man is a Netflix series created and directed by Donald Todd and starring Édgar Ramírez and Abadía Lee, is a drama in the world of mobsters full of entanglements.

An “American-style” thriller that leaves us the best and the least good of the entertainment industry: the system knows how to create a great production without risking the slightest.

Without being salient, it has all the elements of an 80’s thriller, those that didn’t go down in history and didn’t pretend to, but that gave us so many good moments.

About the Series

A film that does not want to stand out and that, full of desires to achieve in the cinematographic aspect, is born without the taste needed to be outstanding, but as a perfect television product in which good professionals get, without too much effort, “just another day at the office”.

A Florida Man tastes like a “serial” series,...

Netflix has launched a new trailer for the limited crime series ‘Florida Man’ starring Edgar Ramirez.

From creator Donald Todd the series follows a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. What should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiralling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Abbey Lee, Anthony Lapaglia, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider and Lauren Buglioli also star.

Also in trailers – Trailer lands for live-action adaptation ‘Knights of the Zodiac’

The limited series hits the streamer on April 13th.

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"Florida Man" is the new live-action TV series, created by Donald Todd, starring Édgar Ramírez as an ex-cop who is sent back to his home state of Florida to solve a case, with Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen and Isaiah Johnson, streaming April 13, 2023 on Netflix:

"...'Mike Valentine' is a struggling ex-cop forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster's runaway girlfriend. 

"What should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing..."

Click the images to enlarge...

Florida Man. Edgar Ramírez as Mike Valentine in episode 101 of Florida Man. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023 When a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong. Florida Man, from creator Donald Todd, is a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people

Florida Man Premieres globally April 13, only on Netflix.

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On Monday, Netflix released the full trailer for the upcoming crime dramedy limited series “Florida Man,” and if you weren’t in a Sunshine State of mind before, you will be after this.

“Florida Man” stars Edgar Ramírez as Mike, an ex-cop with a debilitating gambling problem who owes a lot of money to a Philadelphia gangster named Moss Yankov. When Moss’ girlfriend Delly (Abbey Lee) – with whom Mike has his own history – absconds to Florida, Mike is sent to his home state to find her. Mike tried to put Florida behind him, but once he returns, he’s pulled back into Florida’s well-documented craziness when Delly tells him a way they can get $100 million. It’s a big score that involves some really shady characters and lots and lots of guns. “This is Florida,” Clark Gregg’s character says. “The goddamn state is shaped like a gun.” He...

Netflix has debuted a new teaser for its upcoming limited series from This Is Us creator Donald Todd called Florida Man, starring Edgar Ramírez. Ramirez plays a struggling ex-cop who reluctantly returns to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. “What should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong,” according to the streamer. This 7-episode odyssey into a sunny place for shady people also stars Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, and Lauren Buglioli. In the trailer above, we see Mike (Ramírez) get involved with a mobster’s wife, her going missing and him returning to Florida to find her, only for the hunter to become the hunted as...

Florida Man series creator Donald Todd says his new Netflix show asks how “Florida Man” became a thing. “[People] laugh at the mug shots and the headlines,” said Todd, “but what’s the story behind the meme?”

Speaking with Netflix’s Tudum, creator/showrunner and executive producer Todd talked about why he’s fascinated by Florida Man memes.

“As I grew up, I never stopped thinking about why Florida is Florida,” said Todd. “Florida is a thin layer of porous crust on top of a hundred feet of water, and it’s maybe a few feet above sea level… it might all sink. So when you feel that everything is temporary, you take what you can when you can get it. A ‘Florida man’ is someone who’s proudly independent and doesn’t live by your code, which means he doesn’t live by any code.”

The first trailer for the...

Florida Man is coming soon to Netflix. The streaming announced the premiere date for the new limited series from Donald Todd (This Is Us) with the release of a trailer. There will be seven episodes.

Starring Edgar Ramírez, Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, and Lauren Buglioli, the drama follows a man forced to return home and finds himself discovering more about his family than he bargained for.

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Netflix dropped a teaser for the upcoming limited series “Florida Man,” which premieres April 13.

With creator, showrunner and executive producer Donald Todd (“This is Us”), the show depicts an ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) who has to come home to Florida and find a runaway girlfriend. The quick gig turns into a long journey that uncovers family secrets.

In addition to Ramírez, the show stars Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider and Lauren Buglioli. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan executive produced the series for Aggregate.

Check out the trailer for the seven-episode series below.

Also in today’s TV news:

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E! announced three original romantic comedy films, “Arranged Love,” “Ms. Match” and “Platonic,” will premiere on the cable channel this summer.

“Arranged Love” will follow Meera after she leaves both India and her inheritance behind until she suddenly finds herself...

The term “Florida man” comes from a meme. The joke is that all the unbelievable news headlines that come out of the Sunshine State are all the work of one man, Florida Man, “the world’s worst superhero.” As any Floridian (or ex-Floridian) will tell you, Florida is a special place. Nowhere else in America has the specific combination of traits – warm weather, easily navigable ports, favorable tax laws – that creates the conditions for lunacy to flourish.

Netflix’s limited series “Florida Man,” for which the streaming service released a premiere date and teaser trailer on Friday, taps into the Florida Man phenomenon. It isn’t about the Florida Man, but it is about a Florida man fighting against his nature. He thought he had escaped Florida, but the swamp is hard to get out of. Florida has its own gravitational pull.

“Florida Man” follows a down-on-his-luck ex-cop (“The Assassination...

"Florida Man" is the new live-action TV series, created by Donald Todd, starring Édgar Ramírez as an ex-cop who is sent back to his home state of Florida to solve a case, with Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen and Isaiah Johnson, streaming April 13, 2023 on Netflix:

"...'Mike Valentine' is a struggling ex-cop forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster's runaway girlfriend. 

"What should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing..."

Click the images to enlarge...

Beware of civilians with samurai swords and gators emerging from the golf course shrubbery because the Florida Man teaser trailer is here! Netflix debuted the new trailer, images, and premiere date for Florida Man, a limited series from creator Donald Todd.

The Florida Man teaser trailer drags us kicking and screaming into the bowels of the Sunshine State, where criminals, weirdos, and Floridians strive to escape one of the most fascinating states in North America.

Florida Man premieres on Netflix on April 13, 2023. The seven-episode limited series is executive produced by Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan Aggregate under their Netflix first-look deal. The series stars Edgar Ramírez, Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, and Lauren Buglioli.

Here is the official Florida Man synopsis from Netflix:

When a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of...

Florida is a state that’s constantly the butt of the joke, but it’s also been the inspiration for plenty of great TV: “Miami Vice!” “On Becoming a God in Central Florida!” All the Jacksonville jokes in “The Good Place!” Now, Netflix is hopefully adding to that canon with “Florida Man,” a new thriller show set to premiere April 13. In addition to announcing the date, the streamer also released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series.

Per Netflix’s logline, the thriller stars Edgar Ramírez as struggling ex-cop Mike Valentine, who’s forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philadelphia mobster’s runaway girlfriend. The seemingly simple task spirals into a larger journey “into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.” Abbey Lee stars as the mobster girlfriend Delly West,...

Netflix has set a date for its Edgar Ramirez-led limited series Florida Man.

The streaming service has announced that the seven-part drama will premiere Thursday, April 13, 2023.

A teaser trailer and photos were also shared by Netflix.

"When a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster's runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong," the official description reads.

Florida Man comes from creator Donald Todd, iand it is described as "a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people."

In addition to Ramirez, the new series stars Otmara Marrero, Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, and Lauren Buglioli.

In an exclusive interview with Netflix's Tudum,...

Florida man, Florida man, does whatever a Florida man can... Newsrooms around the world have a fondness for any headline that begins with "Florida Man," because it's almost guaranteed to be a ridiculous story. While some have argued that the sheer amount of insanity out of Florida has more to do with the state's lax laws regarding crime reporting, it's also just possible that Florida is a really weird place, like Narnia with retirees, assault rifles, and lots of sunblock. 

A new limited series will follow one such "Florida man," an ex-cop named Mike Valentine (played by Edgar Ramírez), who is a born-and-raised Floridian reluctant to return to his home state. However, he's forced to go back to the sunshine state for a job trying to find a Philadelphia mobster's runaway girlfriend (Abbey Lee). Instead of a quick job with no problems, unfortunately, he gets sucked into all kinds of...

The Edgar Ramirez-led limited series Florida Man is set to premiere on April 13 via Netflix, it was revealed on Friday with the release of the first teaser trailer above.

In Florida Man, created by Donald Todd, when a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

The series is described as a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people in the spirit of Body Heat and Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight.

The 7-episode project also stars Miami native Otmara Marrero, Anthony Lapaglia, Abbey Lee, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider, and Lauren Buglioli.

Todd serves as creator,...

Exclusive: 93-year-old Oscar nominee June Squibb (Nebraska) has found her first, long overdue leading role in Thelma, an upcoming “action” comedy written and directed by Josh Margolin, which has wrapped production. The actress is joined in the ensemble by Fred Hechinger (The White Lotus), Richard Roundtree (Shaft), Parker Posey (The Staircase), Clark Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange).

Margolin’s first feature, based on a real-life experience involving his grandmother, is (half-jokingly) billed as Nebraska meets Mission: Impossible. It centers on 90-year-old grandmother Thelma Post (Squibb), who gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson and sets out on a uniquely treacherous quest to reclaim what was taken from her.

Zoë Worth, a longtime collaborator of Margolin’s, and producing partner Chris Kaye started developing Thelma after reading an early draft in their writer’s group, Rock & Roll Universe. The film will be their first produced together.

Exclusive: Daniel Durant, who starred alongside Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Eugenio Derbez in Apple’s 2022 Best Picture Oscar winner Coda, has signed with Buchwald for representation.

The dramedy from writer-director Sian Heder, based on the French film La Famille Bélier, tells the story of Ruby Rossi (Jones), a Coda (or “child of deaf adult”) who serves as an interpreter for the members of her Boston family. At a pivotal moment in her life, the character finds herself torn between the role she plays, in connecting her loved ones to the outside world—above all, with regard to their fishing business—and her pursuit of an education in music. Durant portrayed Ruby’s brother, Leo—the eldest son to Jackie (Matlin) and Frank (Kotsur).

Coda won Sundance’s Audience Award, Directing Award and Grand Jury Prize, upon its world premiere in U.S. Dramatic competition at the 2021 festival,...

Exclusive: Leonard Earl Howze (The Upshaws), Isabel Gameros (Deranged Granny) and Mark Jeffrey Miller (Outsiders) have been tapped for recurring roles in Netflix’s Florida Man, its eight-episode series starring Edgar Ramírez, from veteran TV writer producer Donald Todd and Jason Bateman & Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films.

In Florida Man, created by Todd, when a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong. The series is described as a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people in the spirit of Body Heat and Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight.

Howze will play Ray-Ray, an ex-cop, Sonny Valentine’s longtime, loyal associate and the “muscle” for his illicit operations.

Exclusive: Isaiah Johnson is set as a series regular and Sibongile Mlambo, Paul Schneider, Lauren Buglioli and Michael Esper have been tapped for recurring roles in Netflix’s Florida Man, its eight-episode series starring Edgar Ramírez, from veteran TV writer producer Donald Todd and Jason Bateman & Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films.

In Florida Man, created by Todd, when a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong. The series is described as a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people in the spirit of Body Heat and Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight.

Johnson will play Benny, the people-loving Haitian immigrant who owns the Florida motel.

Exclusive: Netflix is rounding out cast for Florida Man, its eight-episode series starring Edgar Ramírez. Anthony Lapaglia (Without A Trace), Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road), Otmara Marrero (StartUp), Lex Scott Davis (Superfly) and Emory Cohen (The Oa) are set as series regulars and Clark Gregg (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will recur in the hourlong series from veteran TV writer producer Donald Todd and Jason Bateman & Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films. Additionally, Netflix has tapped Miguel Arteta to direct the pilot and second episode and executive produce. This reunites him with Ramírez with whom he worked on the Netflix feature Yes Day. Rounding out directors for the season are Julian Farino (Entourage) (eps 3/4), Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda) (eps 5/6) and Kevin Bray (The Game) (eps 7/8).

In Florida Man, created by Todd, when a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) is...

Netflix has picked up the series “Florida Man” starring Edgar Ramírez, the streamer announced Monday.

Described as an hourlong series in the spirit of “Body Heat” and “Out of Sight,” “Florida Man” centers on a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) who is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend.

“What should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong,” Netflix’s description of the series reads.

“Samantha Who?” creator Donald Todd, whose credits also include NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Ugly Betty” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” is creator, showrunner and executive producer on the series. Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate (“Ozark”) also serve as executive producers on the series under their first-look deal with Netflix.

Netflix has given a formal eight-episode series order to Florida Man. Edgar Ramírez, star of the streamer’s popular movie Yes Day, will headline the hourlong series from veteran TV writer producer Donald Todd and Jason Bateman & Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films.

In Florida Man, created by Todd, when a struggling ex-cop (Ramírez) is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend, what should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong. The series is described as a wild odyssey into a sunny place for shady people in the spirit of Body Heat and Elmore Leonard’s Out of Sight.

Todd, who will serve as showrunner, executive produces with Aggregate’s Bateman and Costigan. The project stems from Aggregate’s first-look deal with Netflix.

Netflix has ordered the new series “Florida Man,” starring Edgar Ramírez and created by Donald Todd.

The eight-episode series, described in the same vein as “Body Heat” and Elmore Leonard’s “Out of Sight,” revolves around a struggling ex-cop who is “forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend… what should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.”

Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan are executive producing for Aggregate under their first-look deal at the streaming service.

Todd, who will also serve as executive producer and showrunner of the hour-long drama, is known for creating the Christina Applegate comedy series “Samatha Who?” for ABC. He has won a Writers Guild Award for his work on “Ugly Betty” and has been nominated for an Emmy,...

Edgar Ramirez is back for a new day at Netflix.

The Yes Day star will topline an eight-episode, straight-to-series drama called Florida Man.

Created by Donald Todd (This Is Us), Florida Man follows what happens when a struggling ex-cop (Ramirez) is forced to return to his home state to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. What should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Jason Bateman’s Netflix-based Aggregate will produce the series, which is described ...

Edgar Ramirez is back for a new day at Netflix.

The Yes Day star will topline an eight-episode, straight-to-series drama called Florida Man.

Created by Donald Todd (This Is Us), Florida Man follows what happens when a struggling ex-cop (Ramirez) is forced to return to his home state to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. What should be a quick gig becomes a spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Jason Bateman’s Netflix-based Aggregate will produce the series, which is described ...

Veteran writer and producer Donald Todd is headed back to ABC.

Todd, a veteran of NBC's This Is Us and ABC's Ugly Betty and Samantha Who?, has landed a script commitment for a crime drama called The Receiver. The project comes ABC Studios, where Todd signed an overall deal in summer 2017.

The Receiver is inspired by America's preeminent receiver, who uniquely solves crimes as a secret weapon of the judicial system and a victim's last hope for justice. The receiver's specialized combination of skills lets him track down and recover a crime's ill-gotten gains all over the ...

Exclusive: Samantha Who? co-creator Don Todd is returning to ABC Studios with a two-year overall deal. Under the pact, Todd has been tapped as executive producer/showrunner on the new ABC legal drama series, For The People, from ABC Studios and Shonda Rhimes’ studio-based Shondaland. Todd will be working alongside creator/executive producer Paul William Davies. Todd is coming off an overall deal at 20th TV where he served as executive producer/co-showrunner alongside…...

Fans don't have to worry about the This Is Us TV show being cancelled by NBC anytime too soon, because it's already been for season two and season three, as well. Now, there are no worries that creator and Ep Dan Fogelman will have to steer the ship all by his lonesome. Co-executive producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger have been promoted to executive producers and co-showrunners.Deadline reports Ep Don Todd, who was Fogelman's co-showrunner in the first season, is leaving the hit TV series. As reported back in December, Aptaker and Berger had been tapped to develop the latest How I Met Your Mother spinoff, How I Met Your Father at 20th Century Television. According to the report, Himyf will now have to take a back seat to NBC's This Is Us.Read More…...

This Is Us co-executive producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger have closed a new overall deal with the studio behind the breakout NBC drama series, 20th Century Fox TV. Under the pact, the duo is being promoted to executive producers and co-showrunners alongside This Is Us creator/executive producer Dan Fogelman. The freshman family drama, whose season finale airs on March 14, already has been renewed for a second and a third season. Don Todd, who served as…...

Writers of Hell or High Water, La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards.

Writers of Hell or High Water (pictured), La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 19.

Also nominated in the WGA’s original screenplay category are the writers of Loving, Manchester By The Sea and Moonlight. Fences, Hidden Figures and Nocturnal Animals produced the other nominations in the adapted screenplay category.

Documentary nominations went to Author: The Jt Leroy Story, Command And Control and Zero Days, while dramatic TV series getting nods were The Americans, Better Call Saul, Game Of Thrones, Stranger Things and Westworld.

Full list of feature nominees and selected TV nominees:

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan

La La Land [link...

Writers of Hell or High Water, La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards.

Writers of Hell or High Water (pictured), La La Land, Arrival and Deadpool are among the nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, set to be presented at ceremonies hosted by the West and East brances of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) on Feb 19.

Also nominated in the WGA’s original screenplay category are the writers of Loving, Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight. Fences, Hidden Figures and Nocturnal Animalsproduced the other nominations in the adapted screenplay category.

Documentary nominations went to Author: The Jt Leroy Story, Command and Control and Zero Days, while dramatic TV series getting nods were The Americans, Better Call Saul, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and Westworld.

Full list of feature nominees and selected TV nominees:

Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan

La La Land [link...

Spoiler Alert: This story includes details about the Dec. 6 fall finale of NBC’s This Is Us. Dan Fogelman’s fall breakout This Is Us stayed true to form in its fall finale tonight, mixing heart-warming and heart-wrenching moments in an episode that also managed to mix both Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations. Titled “Last Christmas”, the finale, written by co-showrunner Don Todd and directed by Helen Hunt, is set on Christmas Eve in two time periods — present and back…...

Having worked within this industry for over a decade now, I’ve had the honor and pleasure of getting to know many of the genre’s biggest stars on a very personal level. Behind all of the glitz, gore, and excitement, they’re… Continue Reading →

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ABC is is developing El Chiringuito De Pepe, a comedic one-hour based on the popular Spanish series. Written/executive produced by Don Todd (Samantha Who?) and executive produced by Jason Winer, the project has received a script commitment with penalty. 20th Century Fox TV, where Winer’s Small Dob Picture Co. is based, is the studio. The project is described as a faithful adaptation of Spain’s hit comedy-drama about family, love, culture and class. It centers on a…...

Sleepy Hollow, Season 2, Episode 10, “Magnum Opus”

Written by Donald Todd

Directed by Doug Aarniokoski

Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox

At a time when Sleepy Hollow is running the risk of losing its vital energy thanks to an excess of plots and characters, it’s important to remember the things everyone loved about the show in the first place. It captured the attention of viewers thanks to the ludicrous concept of a Headless Horseman wielding automatic weapons, and delivered that early and often. It moved past initial absurdity by capitalizing on the chemistry between its two leads and building a dynamic that everyone wanted to root for. And it managed to remain a consistently solid supernatural drama, deploying well-executed monsters and suspense.

“Magnum Opus” is an episode that provides all of those things in abundance, setting a promising stage for the show’s midseason finale next week. A large...

Sleepy Hollow, Season 2, Episode 3, “Root Of All Evil”

Written by Melissa Blake and Donald Todd

Directed by Jeffrey Hunt

Airs Mondays at 9pm (Et) on Fox

It’s fairly obvious that to the Sleepy Hollow writers, the entire American Revolution is a bucket of plot hooks, which is why it’s surprising it’s taken them a season and change to find a reason to use Benedict Arnold. One of the war’s most notorious figures—as Fat Tony’s henchmen would say, the same Benedict Arnold who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British—he’s a persona that even someone with a surface knowledge of American history could identify. And given Sleepy Hollow’s keen interest in the ideas of loyalty and betrayal, he’s a prime candidate to fit into the show’s narrative and prompt questions about whose side someone is on.

By that logic,...

Last night, Fox released the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Sleepy Hollow" episode 3 of season 2, and it appears to be very shocking and intense as Abbie's sister tries to kill her after coming under the influence of a mysterious silver coin with great powers, and more! The episode is titled, "Root of All Evil." In the new, 3rd episode: After a bank robbery becomes extremely dangerous, Abbie and Ichabod are going to set off on a hunt for a mysterious silver coin that possesses more power than it appears to. Elsewhere, Captain Frank Irving will be put in a position where he will have to decide between his family and the greater good, and the Mills' sisterly bond will be put to the ultimate test. The episode was written by Melissa Blake & Donald Todd, and it was directed by Jeffrey Hunt. Episode 3 is scheduled to air on Monday night,...

Recently, Fox released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Sleepy Hollow" episode 3 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Root Of All Evil," and it sounds like things will get very interesting as Abbie and Ichabod start searching for a mysterious and very powerful silver coin, and more. In the new, 3rd episode press release: After a bank robbery turns violent, Abbie and Ichabod will embark on a hunt for a mysterious silver coin that has more power than meets the eye. Meanwhile, Captain Frank Irving will be put in a position where he must choose between his family and the greater good, and the Mills' sisterly bond is going to be put to the utmost test. Guest stars will feature: Lyndie Greenwood as Jenny Mills and John Noble as Henry Parish. Episode 3 was written by Melissa Blake & Donald Todd, and it was directed by Jeffrey Hunt. Episode 3 is...

Hart of Dixie ends its third season tonight with characters having some fun, while others have difficult decisions to make. Fans can rejoice that the show will be back for season 4, though it will be a shortened one, to continue the tale of the lovable Bluebell characters.

I spoke to Scott Porter this week about the possible rekindling of George and Lemon's relationship, his favorite moments of season 3, the status of George and Zoe's relationship, George's bromances, and Don Todd's visit to town. Read on for edited excerpts of our conversations.

Last night, CW served up the new promo/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Hart Of Dixie" season finale episode 22 of season 3, and it appears that things will get quite dramatic and shocking for Zoe as she decides to profess her love for Wade right in front of the whole town, and more! The episode is titled, "Second Chance." In the new, 22nd episode, Zoe will attempt to show Wade some support. However, when she makes a huge gesture, Wade will have to make a rough choice about his future with the Rammer Jammer and BlueBell. Lavon and George will meet their hero, Don Todd, who is going to end up, helping them view things in their life more clearly. Grandma Bettie will try to persuade Lemon into taking her search for a suitable husband more seriously. Meanwhile, AnnaBeth will attempt to see her future with Davis. Guest stars are...

Recently, CW released the new,official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Hart Of Dixie" season finale episode 22 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "Second Chance," and it sounds like things will get pretty interesting as Wade is forced to make a hard choice due to Zoe's actions, and more. The episode is titled, "Second Chance." In the new, 22nd episode press release: Zoe is going to try to be a supportive friend to Wade, but when she makes a grand gesture, Wade will be forced to make a tough decision about his future with the Rammer Jammer and BlueBell. Lavon and George will meet their hero, Don Todd, who is going to help them see things in their life more clearly. Grandma Bettie will try to convince Lemon that she has to take her search for a suitable husband more seriously. In the meantime, AnnaBeth is going to attempt to picture her future with Davis.