All this week we’re going to be looking at our best and works picks of the year in entertainment. Today we’re starting with our five best and five worst television shows from 2016, ranging from HBO’s Insecure to Netflix’s Stranger Things.
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Despite the film’s superstar leads, Sony Pictures is taking a gamble pitting its original space romance Passengers co-starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence against movies like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Assassin’s Creed. Is it foolish or can it pay off?
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ABC has scored a hot script from the Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry that is set to star Reba McEntire. The untitled project is described as a Southern Gothic soap opera that is set in motion after a suspected act of terrorism happens at a Fourth of July parade in a small town. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Miramax has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the Craig Gillespie-directed I, Tonya, the drama that has Margot Robbie set to play disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding. (Deadline)
Penny Dreadful alum Shazad Latif has boarded CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery. He will play Kol, the Commanding Officer of the Klingons and protégé of T’Kuvma in the forthcoming small-screen reboot. (TVLine)
McG’s The Babysitter has moved from New Line Cinema to Netflix after Boies/Schiller Film Group acquired rights from the studio. The movie, which stars Bella Thorne and Robbie Amell, follows a lonely, 12-year-old boy who falls in love with his hot babysitter only to discover that she’s part of a satanic cult that wants to kill him. (Variety)
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