[WilliamR]

Kaley Cuoco To Star In ‘The Flight Attendant’ Drama Series Picked Up By WarnerMedia Streamer, Inks New Deal With Warner Bros. TV


The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco is staying at the studio behind the blockbuster comedy series with an expansive new agreement at Warner Bros. TV Group that includes a series pickup by WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform of thriller drama The Flight Attendant, with Cuoco starring and executive producing and Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Prods. coming on board to produce alongside Warner Bros.


The multi-faceted pact includes a new two-year pod deal for Cuoco’s production company, Yes, Norman Productions, and a talent holding provision for Cuoco’s acting services beyond The Flight Attendant, with Warner Bros. TV committed to developing new series projects, including multi-camera and single-camera half-hour comedies and hourlong dramedies, with an eye toward her starring.


Cuoco has been in high demand coming off the hugely successful sitcom The Big Bang Theory, which just ended its 12-season run on CBS. With two greenlighted series through her previous WBTV pact, the newly picked up The Flight Attendant and the animated Harley Quinn on DC Universe, and several projects in development, Cuoco opted to stay at her long-time home where she has a longstanding close relationship with the top executives, Peter Roth, Susan Rovner and Brett Paul.


“I love that Warner Bros. is my home away from home, and I couldn’t be more excited to continue this incredibly collaborative and gratifying relationship,” Cuoco said. “They’re stuck with me now!”
Cuoco and her Yes, Norman Productions team led by SVP Suzanne McCormack, who joined the company last year, will continue to develop projects for broadcast, cable, on-demand/streaming and digital platforms via WBTVG divisions, including Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Scripted Television, Warner Bros. Animation and digital venture Blue Ribbon Content.


Cuoco launched Yes, Norman, which she named after her dog, in 2017 with a pod deal at WBTV. The first project under that deal was The Flight Attendant, with Cuoco optioning the rights to the book by Chris Bohjalian before it had been published by Doubleday.


Steve Yockey (Supernatural) adapted the novel, which became a bestseller. Cuoco is executive producing alongside Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter of Berlanti Production; Suzanne McCormack co-executive produces. Filming is expected to begin this fall.


Additionally, Yes, Norman produces (alongside Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker’s Ehsugadee Productions) the upcoming Warner Bros. Animation series Harley Quinn, for the DC Universe digital subscription service, with Cuoco voicing the title character and serving as an executive producer (with Halpern, Schumacker, Dean Lorey and Sam Register) on the half-hour adult animated action-comedy.


On the development front, Yes, Norman has Sick Girl, a psychological thriller based on the novel from debut author Rachel Hargrove, among a number of projects in the works with Warner Bros.
Cuoco has drama series experience. Between her starring roles on two hit comedy series, ABC’s 8 Simple Rules and CBS’ Big Bang, she did a stint on the WB’s Charmed. Reworking the female lead in the original pilot for Big Bang and casting Cuoco in the role was one of the key changes credited with helping make the comedy a runaway success.


Cuoco is repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, SDB Partners and Hansen Jacobson Teller.


https://deadline.com/2019/07/kaley-...drama-series-warnermedia-streamer-1202639998/

 

[WilliamR]

‘The Flight Attendant’: Sonoya Mizuno To Co-Star In Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max Series

Sonoya Mizuno (Maniac) is set as a series regular opposite Kaley Cuoco in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory).
Produced by Cuoco’s Yes, Norman and Berlanti Productions, the upcoming Warner Horizon Scripted Television series is based on the novel by New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian, adapted by Steve Yockey (Supernatural). Filming is set to begin this fall on eight one-hour episodes.

The Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Mizuno will play Miranda, a savvy and potentially dangerous businesswoman who Cassie meets in Bangkok.

Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) directs and executive produces the first two episodes.

Mizuno will next be seen as the lead of Alex Garland’s FX series Devs. She recently appeared in Warner Bros’ Crazy Rich Asians and Netflix’s Maniac. She is repped by WME, Silver Lining Entertainment, Troika, and Goodman, Schenkman & Brecheen.

https://deadline.com/2019/09/the-fl...o-star-kaley-cuoco-hbo-max-series-1202748213/

 

[WilliamR]

Rosie Perez Joins Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max Series ‘The Flight Attendant’

Rosie Perez is set for a key series regular role alongside Kaley Cuoco in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Cuoco.

The Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Perez will play Megan, Cassie’s (Cuoco) friend and perfectionist flight team lead, who is bad at keeping other people’s secrets but great at keeping her own.
The ensemble cast also includes Michiel Huisman (Alex), Sonoya Mizuno (Miranda) and Colin Woodell (Buckley).

Produced by Cuoco’s Yes, Norman and Berlanti Productions, the upcoming eight-episode Warner Horizon Scripted Television series is based on the novel by New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian, adapted by Steve Yockey.

Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel directs and executive produces the first two episodes.

Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated Perez will next be seen opposite Margot Robbie in Warner Bros’ Birds of Prey and The Last Thing He Wanted, opposite Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck, for Netflix. She’s repped by Innovative Artists, Silver Lining Entertainment and Meyer & Downs.

https://deadline.com/2019/10/rosie-...e-flight-attendant-series-regular-1202764865/

 

[replayrob]

The Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Sounds interesting and I'll watch especially because I'm very curious to see if KC can pull of a serious role (and she's still very nice to look at ).


As always... thanks for the heads-up William!

 

[WilliamR]

Sounds interesting and I'll watch especially because I'm very curious to see if KC can pull of a serious role (and she's still very nice to look at ).


As always... thanks for the heads-up William!

No problem my friend, glad to help!

 

[Don S]

Looks interesting. I'll be checking this out, thanks!

 

[WilliamR]

‘The Flight Attendant’: Merle Dandridge Joins Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max Series

EXCLUSIVE: Greenleaf star Merle Dandridge is set as a series regular opposite Kaley Cuoco in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Cuoco.

The Flight Attendant is a terrifying story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Dandridge will play Kim, a no-nonsense lead FBI agent who ends up revisiting some of her own mistakes while investigating all of Cassie’s.

Produced by Cuoco’s Yes, Norman and Berlanti Productions, the upcoming eight-episode Warner Horizon Scripted Television series is based on the novel by New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian, adapted by Steve Yockey.

Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel directs and executive produces the first two episodes.

Dandridge stars as Grace Greenleaf in the hit drama series Greenleaf, which is currently airing its fourth season on OWN. Her previous notable TV credits include starring roles on FX’s Sons of Anarchy, CW’s Starcrossed and NBC’s The Night Shift and she most recently recurred on CBS’ Murphy Brown revival.

Tonight, Dandridge takes the stage with other Broadway legends to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Disney on Broadway benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Dandridge began her career on Broadway, including performances in Disney’s Aida and Tarzan, along with Spamalot, Rent and Jesus Christ Superstar,and she originated a principle role in the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Once on This Island. She’s repped by SDB Partners & Cornerstone Talent Agency.

https://deadline.com/2019/11/the-fl...dridge-kaley-cuoco-hbo-max-series-1202775355/

 

[NewAger]

Kaley Cuoco as a flight attendant... I might have dreamed that once, or twice.

The show's premise sounds worthwhile.

 

[Joe The Dragon]

Will this be on the main hbo channels as well?
Direct HBO VOD?

 

[WilliamR]

The Flight Attendant’: Griffin Matthews Joins Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max series


EXCLUSIVE: Griffin Matthews (Dear White People) is set as a series regular in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco.


The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco) is a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. Sonoya Mizuno, Michiel Huisman, Colin Woodell, Zosia Mamet, Merle Dandridge also star.


Matthews will play Shane Evans, Cassie’s flight attendant “work friend” and fellow nightlife compatriot. Their friendship is put to the test when Cassie’s life begins to unravel.


The dark comedic thriller is based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel directs and executive produces the first two episodes.


Matthews recurs D-Unite on the Netflix comedy Dear White People, whose third season bowed in August and has a fourth and final season set for 2020. Repped by Abrams Artists Agency and the Katz Company, his TV credits also include Ballers, Law & Order: SVU, The Carrie Diaries, Doll & Em and Cashmere Mafia.

https://deadline.com/2019/11/the-fl...-kaley-cuoco-hbo-max-drama-series-1202781506/

 

[WilliamR]

‘The Flight Attendant’: Bebe Neuwirth Set To Recur In HBO Max Series

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy and two-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth is set as a recurring opposite Zosia Mamet in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco.

The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. A flight attendant (Cuoco) wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened.

Neuwirth will play Diana Carlisle, a senior partner at the law firm where Annie (Mamet) works. Graceful and hard like polished marble, she’s a real mentor to Annie.

Cast also includes Sonoya Mizuno, Michiel Huisman, Rosie Perez, Colin Woodell, T.R. Knight, Griffin Matthews, Merle Dandridge and Nolan Funk.

The dark comedic thriller is based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel directs and executive produces the first two episodes.

Neuwirth won two Emmys for playing Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on the TV sitcom Cheers, and was nominated for Emmys for her work on the Cheers spin-off Frasier and again for her portrayal of Dorothy Parker in the TV movie Dash and Lilly. She has had guest arcs in The Good Wife, Blue Bloods and Bored to Death. Neuwirth won Tonys for her work in Broadway’s Sweet Charity and Chicago. She recently starred as Nadine Tolliver in CBS’ Madam Secretary.

https://deadline.com/2020/02/the-fl...-recur-hbo-max-series-kaley-cuoco-1202864596/

 

[WilliamR]

‘The Flight Attendant’: Michelle Gomez Joins Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max Series In Recasting
By Denise Petski

EXCLUSIVE: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s Michelle Gomez has been cast as a series regular in a recasting in HBO Max’s thriller series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco.

The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco) is a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. Michiel Huisman, Colin Woodell, Zosia Mamet, Merle Dandridge and Griffin Matthews also star.

Gomez plays Miranda, a hardened, savvy businesswoman with anger-management issues who Cassie meets in Bangkok. She replaces Sonoya Mizuno who was initially cast in the role. The storyline was reworked and the character took on a different creative direction, leading to the recasting.

Production was underway on The Flight Attendant when the coronavirus pandemic shut down virtually all TV and film production in mid-March. Gomez was shooting prior to the shutdown, but the casting never was announced. The series is eyeing a return to production in late August.

The dark comedic thriller is based on the novel by New York Times best-selling author Chris Bohjalian. Greg Berlanti, Cuoco, Sarah Schechter, Steve Yockey, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are executive producers. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Susanna Fogel directs and executive produces the first two episodes.

Gomez currently can be seen as Mary Wardwell/Madam Satan on Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is heading into its fourth and final season on Netflix. She’s also known for her role as Missy (aka The Master), the longtime nemesis of the Time Lord on the BBC America series Doctor Who. Gomez is repped by Industry Entertainment, Independent Talent Group in the UK and Viewpoint.

‘The Flight Attendant’: Michelle Gomez Joins Kaley Cuoco’s HBO Max Series In Recasting

EXCLUSIVE: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Michelle Gomez has been cast as a series regular in a recasting in HBO Max’s thriller series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced …

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‘The Flight Attendant’ EPs Outline Return To Production With COVID Protocols, Tease Fall Launch On HBO Max & Season 2 Of Kaley Cuoco-Starring Limited Series
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‘The Flight Attendant’ EPs Outline Return To Production With COVID Protocols, Tease Fall Launch On HBO Max & Season 2 Of Kaley Cuoco-Starring Limited Series

The Flight Attendant HBO Max limited series, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco, was just a couple of days into shooting Episode 6 of its eight-episode order when in early March it shut…

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[WilliamR]

ABC’s ‘For Life’ & HBO Max’s ‘The Flight Attendant’ Start Production In New York

By Nellie Andreeva

New York is officially back in the TV production business. Cameras have started rolling ABC’s drama series For Life, starring Nicholas Pinnock, and HBO Max’s limited series The Flight Attendant, headlined and exec produced by Kaley Cuoco.

For Life, from Sony Pictures Television, is believed to be the first series to return to production in New York; it started shooting its second season August 26. Executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson posted an image of Pinnock wearing a mask on the set Saturday. (You can see it below.)

The Flight Attendant, from Warner Bros TV, resumed filming today. Star/executive producer Cuoco shared the news on Instagram next to images of her and her co-star Michiel Huisman, both wearing masks. (You can check them out below the post.)

New York allowed for film and TV production op get going again last month when the city entered Phase 4 of its reopening. At the time, Anne del Castillo, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, called August production restarts in the city “a safe bet.”

For Life is ahead of the game with its August Season 2 start of production, becoming one of the first ABC scripted series to begin filming its new season. The drama, from creator/exec producer Hank Steinberg and exec producer Jackson, spent the spring on the bubble before earning a Season 2 renewal in June for a midseason 2021 debut. With its timeliness in the era of Black Lives Matter and a growing social justice movement, the series could potentially be considered for fall, especially with the majority of ABC’s fall scripted shows yet to start production.

Sony TV has been at the forefront of the production restart, with a number of its broadcast series already filming including S.W.A.T. for CBS, which started shooting in Los Angeles on August 4; ABC’s The Goldbergs, which began filming August 24, also in Los Angeles; and For Life, which followed on August 26. Sony TV’s dramas The Good Doctor and The Blacklist also are close to starting production. (The studio’s Apple series For All Mankind has been shooting too.)

Inspired by the life of Isaac Wright Jr., who was wrongfully convicted but got his conviction overturned while in prison and became a licensed attorney, For Life follows Aaron Wallace (Pinnock) as he represents himself and his fellow inmates in court, while also exposing injustices and racial profiling in the American legal system as well as the flaws in the prison system. As Steinberg revealed in a Q&A with Deadline last month, Season 2 will reflect BLM and the protests following the death of George Floyd. It also will see Wallace leaving prison and trying to re-assimilate into his old life.

Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Dorian Missick and Tyla Harris star along with Mary Stuart Masterson, Boris McGiver and Timothy Busfield. Steinberg, Tillman, Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television production company and Wright Jr. executive produce alongside Robinson and Greenspan via Doug Robinson Productions and Russell Fine.

The Flight Attendant HBO Max limited series, starring and executive produced by Cuoco, was just a couple of days into shooting Episode 6 of its eight-episode order when in early March it shut down production due to the fast-spreading coronavirus.

“We are looking to get back up and running at the end of August,” The Flight Attendant executive producer/co-showrunner Steve Yockey said in early August during the show’s panel at CTAM’s virtual press tour. “We are all feeling very positive about it but of course the health and safety of our cast and crew are the top priority. But assuming everything goes to plan, you will be seeing The Flight Attendant on HBO Max this fall.”

The series had wrapped all planned international filming before the March shutdown so the remaining production is all New York-based.

The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night. Cassie (Cuoco) is a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man – and no idea what happened. Rosie Perez, Huisman, Zosia Mamet, Colin Woodell, Merle Dandridge and Griffin Matthews also star.

The dark comedic thriller, exec produced by Cuoco, Yockey, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin, is based on the novel by Chris Bohjalian.

Warner Bros TV’s Supernatural is filming its final two episodes in Vancouver, with several other studio series zeroing in on a production restart.

ABC’s ‘For Life’ & HBO Max’s ‘The Flight Attendant’ Start Production In New York

New York is officially back in the TV production business. Cameras have started rolling ABC’s drama series For Life, starring Nicholas Pinnock, and HBO Max’s limited series The Flight A…

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‘The Flight Attendant’: Yasha Jackson To Recur On HBO Max Series

‘The Flight Attendant’: Yasha Jackson To Recur On HBO Max Series

Yasha Jackson (Manifest) is set for a recurring role on HBO Max’s thriller series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco. The Flight Attendant is a story of how an ent…

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Kaley Cuoco's Flight Attendant Gets HBO Max Launch Date

Kaley Cuoco's Flight Attendant Gets HBO Max Launch Date, Perilous Poster

The Flight Attendant is getting ready for takeoff. HBO Max announced on Monday that the Kaley Cuoco-led series will premiere on

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HBO Max announced on Monday that the Kaley Cuoco-led series will premiere on Thursday, Nov. 26 (aka Thanksgiving Day), with the first three episodes of its eight-episode freshman run.

 

[WilliamR]

Weird poster in that article.

 

[blade005]

Weird poster in that article.

They hinted at it being a bit 'different'. Guess we will find out next month. Wonder if this will be a quick burn series with a 3-episode drop on premiere day of an 8-episode season? Or, maybe it will be a one-episode release after that.

 

[WilliamR]

They hinted at it being a bit 'different'. Guess we will find out next month. Wonder if this will be a quick burn series with a 3-episode drop on premiere day of an 8-episode season? Or, maybe it will be a one-episode release after that.

Really don't like that poster for some reason. I am looking forward to this. Hope it turns out to be good.

 

[WilliamR]

They hinted at it being a bit 'different'. Guess we will find out next month. Wonder if this will be a quick burn series with a 3-episode drop on premiere day of an 8-episode season? Or, maybe it will be a one-episode release after that.

Didn't Raised by Wolves do the same thing and drop 3 on launch day?