Gregory Alan Williams Directing Pair Of Pics
EXCLUSIVE: Baywatch: The American Dream and The Righteous Gemstones actor Gregory Alan Williams is to direct a pair of SAG feature films, one a family adventure and the other a thriller. Production has begun on Paw Paw and Dayja, which follows the tender story between a grandfather, played by Williams, and his Bigfoot-loving granddaughter (Aria Isabella May) set to the backdrop of Georgia’s wilderness. Also cast are Trazi Lashawn, Raven Danielle Baker, Kenisha Johnson, and Jay Peterson. Crazie has concurrently gone into production, billed as a high-stakes dark psychological thriller set in Atlanta. It follows a family’s turmoil as a teenage son falls prey to a dangerous obsession with an older woman. Cast includes Brenda Washington, Juvan Elisma, Wendell Lee Mitchell, Diesel Madkins, Nikia Gettridge and Alpha Trivette. Williams is writting, directing and executive-producing both films, alongside producers Richard Tavernaro, Dawson Williams, Sophia Beecham, and Karen M. Jones. They are co-productions between Williams’ Last Dance Creatives and Long Shot Productions. Williams, who recently wrapped filming on HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones Season 4, counts Reunion, Birdie and My Perfect Wedding among his previous directorial efforts. Acting creds include he Sopranos, The West Wing, Remember the Titans and Chicago Med.
Jordan Gray & Nick Frost Lead ITV Sitcom ‘Into Production ‘Transaction’
Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz, How To Train Your Dragon, Get Away) will star alongside comedian Jordan Gray in a six-part workplace sitcom. Gray is the creator of Transaction, which has gone into production some two years after it was first commissioned. Doon Mackichan (Two Doors Down, Good Omens), Thomas Gray (Peacock, A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder), and Francesca Mills (The Witcher, Boat Story). The series stars Gray as Live, a transgender egomaniac causing havoc in the strange world of the supermarket nightshift. Having been hired by Pellocks boss Simon (Frost) after he inadvertently offends the LGBTQ+ community with an ill-advised marketing campaign, Liv realises she is unsociable and sets about turning the store into her own personal playground. Big Talk is producing for streamer ITVX and ITV Studios will distribute. Executive producers are Kenton Allen, Lucy Robinson, Jordan Gray, and Nick Frost, and the producer is Lara Singer (Peacock), and Ollie Parsons (Breeders) is directing. Jordan Gray developed the series with Ben Worsfield. Jordan Gray is represented by Independent Talent Group, Frost by Independent Talent Group and Think Tank Management, Mackichan by Hamilton Hodell, Thomas Gray by Independent Talent Group and Mills by Hamilton Hodell.
‘Bosch‘ & More Sell For Seven.One
Seven.One Studios International has closed deals for Vienna Blood, Bosch, Departure and Plan B following MIPCOM. Canal+’s channel Polar+ and SBS have bought Seasons 1-3 of Bosch, and all seven seasons of the Titus Welliver cop drama the Samsung TV Plus, for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and the UK, and Kan in Israel. Season 4 of period drama Vienna Blood has gone to Mediawan Rights for French-speaking Europe, RTP in Portugal, Movistar in Spain, TV4 in Sweden and to Viasat World for its Epic Drama channel across CEE. Denmark’s DR bought Seasons 1-4. All three seasons of Canadian high octane drama Departure, starring Archie Panjabi, went to SBS in Australia and S1-2 to Blue TV in Switzerland. Season 3 went to RAI in Italy and Disney for the MENA region. Talpa TV in the Netherlands bought CBC psychological drama Plan B Seasons 1-2. The ABC in Australia was a buyer of comedy-drama Double Parked, which was made for Warner Bros Discovery in New Zealand and also sold TV Galicia. The Spanish network also took A Beginner’s Guide to Grief.
