Ashton Kutcher’s unscripted series Going From Broke has been handed a second season by Crackle Plus as the AVOD service unveils its latest slate of originals.
The digital platform is leaning heavily on scripted and non-scripted series from its sister company, Landmark Studio, which was set up by owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and former Idw Entertainment President David Ozer last year.
The slate was announced as part of its NewFronts advertising presentation.
Going From Broke, which the company said has scored 16M views, will return for a second ten-part run in the first quarter of 2021. From executive producer Kutcher, the series sheds light on the national crisis of student debt and offers practical solutions for young people to go from broke. Produced by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, it is hosted by Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig.
On the scripted side, Crackle Plus has unveiled four originals.
The digital platform is leaning heavily on scripted and non-scripted series from its sister company, Landmark Studio, which was set up by owner Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and former Idw Entertainment President David Ozer last year.
The slate was announced as part of its NewFronts advertising presentation.
Going From Broke, which the company said has scored 16M views, will return for a second ten-part run in the first quarter of 2021. From executive producer Kutcher, the series sheds light on the national crisis of student debt and offers practical solutions for young people to go from broke. Produced by Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, it is hosted by Chegg CEO Dan Rosensweig.
On the scripted side, Crackle Plus has unveiled four originals.
- 6/22/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Landmark Studio Group has announced that it is developing “The Operative,” an international spy drama series that will star Craig T. Nelson.
Per Landmark, Nelson will play a retired intelligence operative named John Straw, who was mysteriously forced to end his career following The Cold War but re-emerges to warn of an upcoming attack on American soil. A young analyst named Emma, sent by the CIA to interview him about his claims, uncovers that John is full of stories, some pointing to a decades-old conspiracy with ties to the Kremlin. In her search for the truth, Emma and John soon become allies as they work together to try to stop a skilled, cunning, and formidable enemy before it’s too late.
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“The Operative” is loosely based...
Per Landmark, Nelson will play a retired intelligence operative named John Straw, who was mysteriously forced to end his career following The Cold War but re-emerges to warn of an upcoming attack on American soil. A young analyst named Emma, sent by the CIA to interview him about his claims, uncovers that John is full of stories, some pointing to a decades-old conspiracy with ties to the Kremlin. In her search for the truth, Emma and John soon become allies as they work together to try to stop a skilled, cunning, and formidable enemy before it’s too late.
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“The Operative” is loosely based...
- 4/10/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Father/son duo Craig T. Nelson and Noah Nelson have partnered with nascent producer Landmark Studio Group to develop spy thriller The Operative, loosely based on Harvey Gomberg’s book Code Name Stinger.
Noah Nelson, who has written on shows including Hawaii Five-0 and Secrets and Lies, has created the drama, which is being eyed as a ten-part series, with his Coach and Parenthood star father set to star in the leading role of retired intelligence operative John Straw.
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The father and son team has echoes of Eugene and Dan Levy, whose Schitt’s Creek bowed out this week, albeit in drama.
Straw...
Noah Nelson, who has written on shows including Hawaii Five-0 and Secrets and Lies, has created the drama, which is being eyed as a ten-part series, with his Coach and Parenthood star father set to star in the leading role of retired intelligence operative John Straw.
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The father and son team has echoes of Eugene and Dan Levy, whose Schitt’s Creek bowed out this week, albeit in drama.
Straw...
- 4/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
As the fire-relief effort continues in California, Harrison Ford has reached out to SAG-AFTRA members affected by the wildfires to let them know that help is available. “If you need help, ask. If you can help, give,” he said in a pre-Thanksgiving public service announcement for the SAG-aftra Foundation (watch it below). “Because we’re not just actors, voice-over artists, broadcasters and recording actors — we’re family, and family sticks together.
“The devastation and loss that have been wreaked by the California wildfires has left tens of thousands of Americans in need of emergency financial assistance, and our fellow SAG-aftra members are among those struggling to rebuild their lives,” he says in the PSA.
Ford noted that the Foundation and the SAG-aftra Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund have a Disaster Relief Fund that’s partnered with the Actors Fund to provide urgent financial support to SAG-aftra members and families affected by the fires.
“The devastation and loss that have been wreaked by the California wildfires has left tens of thousands of Americans in need of emergency financial assistance, and our fellow SAG-aftra members are among those struggling to rebuild their lives,” he says in the PSA.
Ford noted that the Foundation and the SAG-aftra Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund have a Disaster Relief Fund that’s partnered with the Actors Fund to provide urgent financial support to SAG-aftra members and families affected by the fires.
- 11/21/2018
- by David Robb and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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