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Blumhouse Television alternative chief Mary Lisio has left the company.

Lisio, who was EVP Alternative and Non-Scripted programming, is exiting to pursue other opportunities. The company will start a search for her replacement.

She has spent over three years at the company and has been involved in projects such as upcoming docuseries Worst Roommate Ever, Epix’s Fall River, CNN’s The People v. The Klan and HBO Max’s Brittany Murphy docuseries.

Other projects included Pray Away, the feature-length documentary from director Kristine Stolakis and executive producer Ryan Murphy, A Wilderness of Error for FX, A Secret Love, Relentless, for Discovery+ and This is Home.

She was also involved in the partnership with NBC News Studios that yielded NBC series The Thing About Pam with Renee Zellweger.

Her departure comes after Blumhouse struck an overall deal with ITV America to develop and produce unscripted formats.

Prior to joining Blumhouse,...

Millennium Films announced today that Rod Lurie (Straw Dogs, Nothing but the Truth) has been tapped to direct Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson’s (The Fighter) adaption of Jake Tapper’s The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor.

Paul Merryman developed the script, which Tamasy and Johnson co-wrote, and will produce alongside Tamasy and Marc Frydman under their Battle Plan Productions banner. Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, and Matt O’Toole are also producing for Millennium Films, with John Thompson, Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Yariv Lerner executive producing.

Based on CNN news correspondent Jake Tapper’s bestselling book, The Outpost tells the epic true story of the 50 soldiers who battled a force of over 400 Taliban in Northeastern Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Originally built to engage the locals in community development projects and help the spread of democracy, Outpost Keating faced a constant threat of being attacked by the Taliban,...

Bill O’Reilly‘s latest Killing movie is officially dead at National Geographic.

The cable channel has scrapped plans for a TV adaptation of the former Fox News host’s 2014 bestseller Killing Patton, according to our sister site Deadline. The book, co-written by Martin Dugard, theorized that World War II general George Patton may have been poisoned by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin; the TV adaptation was first announced back in November 2015.

Related‘Sad’ Bill O’Reilly on Fox News Firing: ‘The Truth Will Come Out’

Nat Geo and O’Reilly have had ratings success in the past together, with adaptations...

Last Year’s Winner: “Sherlock: The Abominable Bride”

Hot Streak: HBO has won more awards in this category than all the other networks combined. They have 19 total Emmys. CBS and NBC are tied for the second highest total – six.

Fun Fact: “Jackie” fans take note: The First Lady was awarded an Emmy for “A Tour of the White House,” her famous televised walking tour that highlighted the historical alterations and preservations she’d help make to the White House. Jackie Kennedy remains the only First Lady to win a statue (though Michelle Obama’s “Billy on the Street” segment was nominated in 2015).

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HBO’s dominance in the TV Movie category is well-known, even if the network was upset by an “Abominable Bride” last year. It’s back with a vengeance in 2017, touting three big-name contenders with built-in followers.

When former President Ronald Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 1994, he went directly to the people.

“It was so true of him, so symbolic Ronald Reagan,” the president’s former executive assistant, Peggy Grande, tells People. “He spoke directly to the American people, frankly, forthrightly and with optimism.”

Grande is detailing her time with the late president – including those final years during which he was quietly robbed of his ability to communicate – in a new memoir, The President Will See You Now, out Feb. 21.

The now-49-year-old was first hired as a Reagan intern during her senior year of...

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) presented the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards on A&E Sunday night

Hosted by T.J. Miller, he had the opportunity the give the speech of a lifetime when he lost for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, noting how his producer was like a ball and chain weighing him down and he couldn't have not won without the help of his costars.

Favorites won awards, such as Thandie Newton for her role on Westworld, and Sterling K. Brown and Sarah Paulson for their roles on The People vs Oj Simpson: American Crime Story and Game of Thrones for Best Drama Series.

Ryan Reynolds also won EW's Entertainer of the Year, so congrats to him for doing all things well, while Viola Davis won the first ever #SeeHer award as an inspiration for women everywhere.

Her speech was particularly special, as she explained how...

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Tim Matheson joins Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan and Jack Black in the new Jumanji movie...

Jumanji is adding another player to its game, as Deadline has reported that Tim Matheson has joined the cast of Sony’s sequel/reboot.

The Leave It To Beaver, Animal House, Johnny Quest, The West Wing and most recently, Killing Reagan star will be playing Old Man Vreeke (perhaps a villainous role akin to the part Johnathan Hyde played in the original?) in the new film alongside Dwayne Johnson.

Director Jake Kasdan (Orange County, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story) has revealed that the new Jumanji will continue the events from the first film and will pay tribute to Robin Williams’ character. The original Jumanji was an adaptation of the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. It was directed by Joe Johnston and also starred Bonnie Hunt,...

Tim Matheson is no stranger to politics -- onscreen and off.

On The West Wing, the longtime actor -- perhaps still fondly remembered for playing Otter in Animal House -- played Vice President John Hoynes, earning two Emmy nominations for the role. Most recently, he portrayed President Ronald Reagan in National Geographic Channel’s adaptation of Killing Reagan. The part earned him well-deserved award buzz, including a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries.

“I was not politically aligned with Ronald Reagan -- nor am I today -- but you can’t act politics,” Matheson tells Et by phone, just a week after the election. The 68-year-old actor has made no secret of his support of Hillary Clinton or dismay over the election of Donald Trump. While he’s steadfast in his own politics, which vastly differ from the likes of Reagan or even Trump, Matheson set those...

Cynthia Nixon is praising Lena Dunham‘s Girls for bringing realness to the TV screen.

Nixon, who played Miranda Hobbs on HBO’s Sex and the City, got candid about the physical pressures that female actresses face in an honest discussion with Kristen Bell, Tracee Ellis Ross and Michelle Monaghan for a filmed debate of Net-a-porter’s digital magazine The Edit.

“Girls has been important in changing the game for female actresses. In Sex and the City we had to be thin and look great all the time; in Girls they have permission to be more real and less airbrushed,...

Long-term fans may know actor Tim Matheson as “Otter” from the cult-classic Animal House, but new fans may recognize him for his portrayal as the 40th President of the United...

The 22nd Critics’ Choice Award is less than a month away. We may be enjoying the shiny new TV season, and while it may seem all fun and new, critics are all to ready to begin awarding some honors. The Broadcast Television Journalists Association have officially announced, via Entertainment Weekly, the TV nominees.

Leading the pack with six nominations is The People v. O.J. Simpson, not a huge surprise given its subject matter and solid execution. Also of note are the sheer number of nominations that HBO has under its belt this year — 22 in total. Noticeably absent are this year’s Netflix Marvel shows. Despite being great TV, it still seems like critics are unwilling to give comic book adaptations their fair shake come awards season.

Oh well. Better luck next year, I suppose? The film nominations will be announced on December 1, 2016.

The 22nd Critics’ Choice Awards airs on...

It’s that time of year again, and this year the Critics’ Choice Awards are coming earlier than ever. The show will air this year on A&E on Sunday, December 11 at 8pm et – 5pm pt. That means things are moving quickly, and the nominations for the television awards have been announced. T.J. Miller will again host the show.

The nominations were announced by Entertainment Weekly via EW.com and the People/Entertainment Weekly Network (People.com/Pen) as part of a multi-platform content and promotional partnership between EW and the “Critics’ Choice Awards” which was revealed earlier this month.

As is becoming standard, the big networks fell behind the larger world in noms, but there was a strong showing by ABC, which may come as some surprise. HBO led with 22 nominations, and ABC and Netflix followed with 14.

On the individual show/series/movie side of things, The People v.

— A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.

A trial of the century, a song of ice and fire, and a fish-out-of-water comedy are among the stories being recognized by the Critics’ Choice Awards, which today announced their 2016 television nominees.

FX’s miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story led the way with six nominations, including best TV movie or limited series, best actress in a TV movie or limited series (Sarah Paulson), and two nods for best actor in a TV movie or limited series (Courtney B. Vance and Cuba Gooding Jr.).

HBO’s...

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association (Btja) has come out with the television nominees for the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards.

Hosted by T.J. Miller, the ceremony will air on A&E on Sunday, December 11 at 8/7c.

"In this golden age of peak TV, viewers have an embarrassment of riches to choose from every day and night," said Btja president Joey Berlin via statement, adding:

"The Critics' Choice Awards are chosen to help people find the best of the best. We can't wait until December 11 to celebrate with all these incredibly deserving nominees."

Best Comedy Series

Atlanta – FX

Black-ish – ABC

Fleabag – Amazon

Modern Family – ABC

Silicon Valley – HBO

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix

Veep – HBO

Best Actress In A Comedy Series

Ellie Kemper – Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Netflix

Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep – HBO

Kate McKinnon – Saturday Night Live – NBC

Tracee Ellis Ross – Black-ish – ABC

Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag – Amazon

Constance Wu – Fresh Off the Boat...

The 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Awards announced its list of nominees Monday, with HBO leading the pack with 22 nominations. ABC and Netflix received 14 nominations each, followed by FX with 12. The winners will be announced at the Critics’ Choice Awards gala in Santa Monica on Sunday, December 11. T.J. Miller will serve as the show’s host.

The awards show has been swirled in controversy since sealing an exclusive partnership with Entertainment Weekly earlier this month. The surprise decision essentially turned the Critics Choice Awards into an Entertainment Weekly event. Journalists who quit the Broadcast Television Journalists Association as a result include IndieWire’s Michael Schneider, TVLine’s Michael Ausiello, Variety’s Debra Birnbaum, Buzzfeed’s Jarett Wieselman, TV Guide Magazine’s Matt Roush, Variety’s Maureen Ryan, Media Village’s Ed Martin, and Us Weekly’s John Griffiths.

With less than a week remaining before Americans head to the polls to choose their 45th president, The Hollywood Reporter asked three people who made widely celebrated politically themed films and/or TV series to predict whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will prevail — and to explain their answers. Here are their responses.

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Rod Lurie

Writer/director of The Contender (2000), creator of Commander in Chief (2005-2006) director of Killing Reagan (2016)

Donald Trump is like Bulworth, but without the honesty. He’s not just the worst candidate in modern American history (yes, that includes George Wallace), he may be one of the worst human beings —...

With less than a week remaining before Americans head to the polls to choose their 45th president, The Hollywood Reporter asked three people who made widely celebrated politically themed films and/or TV series to predict whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will prevail — and to explain their answers. Here are their responses.

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Rod Lurie

Writer/director of The Contender (2000), creator of Commander in Chief (2005-2006) director of Killing Reagan (2016)

Donald Trump is like Bulworth, but without the honesty. He’s not just the worst candidate in modern American history (yes, that includes George Wallace), he may be one of the worst human beings —...

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin got heated with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Monday night over his relationship with Donald Trump, and mocked “The O’Reilly Factor” slogan, “You actually are in the spin zone.” It all started a few weeks ago when Rubin wrote, “Trump should do interviews with real news people, not Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, in preparation for the debates. He’s otherwise in for a rude awakening when someone asks a real question.” Rubin fired back when called out by O’Reilly. Also Read: Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Reagan' Co-Author Rips...

Bill O’Reilly‘s “Killing Reagan” co-author Martin Dugard fired back at Washington Post columnist Erik Wemple on Sunday, questioning the motive of the “Reagan apologists” at the paper after Wemple published a story calling the book “historical fraud.” Wemple suggested that a sequence in the book has “factual problems” and even dug up video to prove his point, but Dugard disagrees. The “Killing Reagan” co-author questioned Wemple’s motive, pointing to Washington Post publisher Frederick Ryan, a former Reagan White House staffer who has written numerous books on the president. “Thus, Mr. Ryan’s motivations and Mr. Wemple’s...

Based on Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s bestseller about John Hinckley Jr.’s attempt on Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981, Killing Reagan has a fine First Couple.

Tim Matheson captures the essence of the Reagan persona — a born performer whose public and private selves were so in sync, perhaps even happily, that they became indistinguishable.

After making an important decision, the President pops candy into his mouth and smiles with satisfaction. This, one imagines, is a man whose every gesture is a recapitulation of some moment he once played on camera or witnessed in an old movie. Somehow this endless,...

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Tim Matheson recalls the moment that President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981.

The Killing Reagan star, who plays the late 40th U.S. president in the Nat Geo TV movie, remembers that he was shooting the film A Little Sex along the Hudson River in N.Y. when news broke about the attempted murder.

“I was shooting a movie with a director named Bruce Paltrow, Gwyneth’s father, in New York City on the Hudson River. It was so troubling because — I didn’t vote for him — he was such a nice,...

Cynthia Nixon spent the first half of her 40s going through a de-Mirandafication, to borrow from a New York article written a decade ago. She had to take herself out of the Sex and the City game and put herself in the “mom” space, because as a 40-something female actress, that’s about the extent of the roles available to you.

Now, like Satc co-star and real-life bestie Sarah Jessica Parker is doing, she’s excited to take on juicier roles. Parker’s upcoming HBO show Divorce -- which Nixon doesn’t have any plans to guest on but would jump at the opportunity -- is about a woman who, in the midst of a life crisis, surprises her husband (Thomas Haden Church) by asking for a divorce.

“I like that,” she says, referring to Divorce, which she hasn’t seen yet. “In your 30s and 40s you just play moms. Let me tell...

The story of the reclusive American poet Emily Dickinson comes to life in Terence Davies’ “A Quiet Passion,” which will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival this fall.

A new festival trailer for the period drama was just released and showcases Cynthia Nixon as the renowned artist as she struggles with the world around her.

“A Quiet Passion” is a unique insight into Dickinson’s life and obsessions, and follows the writer from her schoolgirl days in Amherst, Massachusetts to her years writing in near-total isolation, where she produced over a thousand poems that are now regarded as the finest and most inventive in American literature.

Read More: First Look: Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ ‘A Quiet Passion’

The biopic also co-stars Jennifer Ehle as Dickinson’s sister, Lavinia, Keith Carradine as her father, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon and Catherine Bailey. The picture...

National Geographic Channel said today its latest fourth Killing franchise movie, Killing Reagan, will premiere on Sunday, October 16 at 8 Pm. The pic, based on the bestselling book by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard and produced by Scott Free Productions, stars Tim Matheson as Ronald Reagan and Cynthia Nixon as Nancy Reagan. Nat Geo’s previous franchise pics — Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus — are the network's three most-watched programs of all time…...

Killing Reagan Trailer Rod Lurie‘s Killing Reagan (2016) TV movie trailer stars Joe Chrest, Cynthia Nixon, Tim Matheson, Joel Murray, and Gary Weeks. Killing Reagan‘s plot synopsis: based on the book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard, “A look at John Hinkley’s 1981 assassination attempt against U.S. President Ronald Reagan…Killing Reagan charts the events that led […]...

"Last time I checked, I am in control here." We don't usually cover TV trailers, but this one seems like it's worth making an exception for. Killing Reagan is a feature film for the National Geographic Channel made by filmmaker Rod Lurie. It's an adaptation of the book of the same name retelling the events of the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in March of 1981. Actor Tim Matheson plays Reagan, Cynthia Nixon plays his wife Nancy, and the cast includes Joe Chrest, Joel Murray, Gary Weeks, and Kyle S. More as John Hinckley Jr, who tried to shoot Reagan while at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. Even though this is technically a TV movie, it looks like it has some strong performances in it, and it might be worth catching when it airs. Take a look. Here's the...

“The Contender” director Rod Lurie has landed a pilot order at TNT for “Monsters of God,” a drama that chronicles Colonel “Terrible” Bill Lancaster’s holy war against the Comanche in post-Civil War Texas.

“Monsters of God” was previously developed at Starz. The project has been a long-gestating passion project for Lurie, a former U.S. Army artillery officer who has spent a great deal of time researching the Comanche Wars.

TNT confirmed the greenlight Sunday during its portion of the TV Critics Association press tour, where it also announced that it had ordered new Charles Barkey series “The Race Card,” and renewed “The Last Ship” for a fourth season.

Read More: Lawrence Kasdan to Explore the Mystery of Chandra Levy’s Death in TNT Drama

Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment is producing “Monsters of God” along with Turner’s in-house Studio T. TNT original programming executive vice president...

Nat Geo’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Reagan will dodge the controversy spawned by the book’s suggestion that Ronald Reagan suffered intellectual decline after an assassination attempt on his life. “We deal with the assassination attempt in a limited way,” screenwriter Eric Simonson told TV critics at TCA. The “limited way” doesn’t include O’Reilly’s depiction of Reagan’s dementia. “One of the decisions Eric had to make is what do we not include from the book,&#8221…...

It's been 35 years since John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, but the upcoming October premiere of Killing Reagan is as relevant as ever given the recent news that Hinckley will be released from institutional psychiatric care. "It is extraordinarily timely," director Rod Lurie told reporters Saturday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. "He's not coming to the premiere; I'll tell you that." Like Nat Geo's three previous Killing movies, Killing Reagan is an adaptation of Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly's 2015 New York Times best-seller of the same name. The film both center

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John Hinckley Jr., who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, is set to be released from the mental hospital where he has been held for decades. A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Hinckley will be released and allowed to return home to live with his mother in Williamsburg, Va. “Mr. Hinckley shall abide by all laws, shall not consume alcohol, illegal drugs… shall not possess any firearm, weapon, or ammunition and shall not be arrested for cause,” Senior U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman said, per NPR. Also Read: Tim Matheson, Cynthia Nixon to Play Ronald and Nancy Reagan...

Ron and Nancy: Reimagined.

People has the exclusive First Look at Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon as Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Nat Geo's upcoming Killing Reagan.

Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and following the network's adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the two-hour television movie will cover one of America's favorite love stories as it played out amid the backdrop of seismic shifts in the country's political, cultural and historical landscape during Reagan's two-term presidence from 1981–89.

"With this fourth installment of the highly successful Killing franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O'Reilly and Scott Free Productions,...

Ron and Nancy: Reimagined. People has the exclusive First Look at Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon as Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Nat Geo's upcoming Killing Reagan. Based on the book by Bill O'Reilly and following the network's adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the two-hour television movie will cover one of America's favorite love stories as it played out amid the backdrop of seismic shifts in the country's political, cultural and historical landscape during Reagan's two-term presidence from 1981–89. "With this fourth installment of the highly successful Killing franchise, we are, along with our partners, Bill O'Reilly and Scott Free Productions,...

Actor and improv comic Kyle S. More (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, CSI) has been cast as Ronald Reagan’s would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. in Scott Free Productions’ two-hour adaptation of Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Reagan for National Geographic Channel. Additionally, Michael H. Cole (Dirty Grandpa) has been cast as Jim Brady, Reagan's trusted press secretary who was shot and paralyzed in the attempt on Reagan’s life in 1981. Geoff Pierson (Castle, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire) takes…...

Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon have been cast as Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan, respectively, in National Geographic Channel’s adaptation of Bill O’Reilly‘s “Killing Reagan.” The cable network will continue its successful partnership with Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free Productions to produce the next movie based on the brand new O’Reilly and Martin Dugard book, “Killing Reagan,” which was published Tuesday by Henry Holt and Company. The network’s three most-watched programs ever were the O’Reilly adaptations “Killing Lincoln,” “Killing Kennedy” and “Killing Jesus.” Also Read: Bill O'Reilly's 'Killing Reagan' Heads to Nat...

From his Hyperion Cantos novels to his seminal Summer of Night and beyond, author Dan Simmons has provided readers with thought-provoking horror, science-fiction, and fantasy for decades. Now AMC is moving forward with a 10-episode anthology series adaptation of Simmons’ The Terror, which follows an arctic expedition crew stalked by something as mysterious as it is deadly.

Press Release: New York, NY, March 2, 2016 – AMC today announced that it has greenlit a new anthology drama series called “The Terror,” an adaption of the bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. Scott Free, Emjag Productions and Entertainment 360 are producing the series in association with AMC Studios.

Written by David Kajganich (“True Story,” “A Bigger Splash”), who will also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh (“The Whispers,” “The Killing”), the series is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships...