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David E. Kelley & Norcross Productions Launch Live Migrations Nature Series

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David E. Kelley is heading into nature, teaming with Norcross Productions to launch Live Migrations, a global live nature series that connects audiences with the world’s great animal migrations.

The series kicks off today, Wednesday, August 18, with its inaugural production, The Great Sockeye Migration, a live, multi-camera journey into the heart of the world’s greatest wild salmon run in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

The livestream, which you can view at livemigrations.com and YouTube.com, will allow audiences worldwide to witness the sockeyes’ extraordinary return from the Pacific Ocean to the rivers and streams where they were born, according to the series’ official description. “With extended, unhurried views and the natural sounds of the landscape, The Great Sockeye Migration offers a radically different kind of television: one that invites viewers to pause, observe and experience a major natural event as it unfolds in real time.”

The inaugural livestream is set in the Bristol Bay watershed, home to the most abundant wild sockeye salmon runs remaining on Earth. The production will follow the salmon through a landscape that has sustained Alaska Native peoples and communities for generations, and allows the story to unfold at the pace of the animals themselves, per the description.

Each livestream will combine real-time observation with educational and cultural context, helping viewers understand the animals, ecosystems and human communities connected to these journeys.

Live Migrations allows you to slow down and connect with nature and this extraordinary species,” said Kelley. “If people could only sit by a river and feel the salmon… watching a live migration is the next best thing.”

Future Live Migrations productions are planned around the journeys of sandhill cranes, whales, wildebeest and monarch butterflies.

“Live Migrations grew out of a simple idea: What if television, a medium built to capture our attention, could also return it?” said Live Migrations creator and Norcross Productions founder Tucker Malarkey. “These animals are undertaking ancient, perilous journeys all around us. By slowing down and watching together, we begin to understand what is at stake—and why these migrations must endure.”

Live Migrations also acknowledges that it is filming on the ancestral and living lands and waters of the Alaska Native peoples of Bristol Bay, and “offers its deep respect to their communities, cultures and enduring traditions, and its gratitude for their stewardship of this extraordinary place and its wild salmon across generations.”

“We are not the owners of these stories,” Malarkey said. “We are their temporary stewards. Our hope is to create a place where people can return—to watch the migrations happening now and feel connected to the living world in real time.”

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Catherine Zeta-Jones-Led ‘Kill Jackie’ Sets AMC+ Release Date

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AMC+ has slotted Friday, October 2 for the premiere of Kill Jackie, its upcoming revenge thriller series starring and executive produced by Catherine Zeta-Jones. The streamer also released new key art, which you can see below.

Kill Jackie is based on Sunday Times bestselling author Nick Harkaway’s (writing as Aidan Truhen) novel The Price You Pay. Zeta-Jones stars as Jackie Price, who has been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years – travelling the world, selling fine art and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international drug smuggler. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers that The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old instincts and embarks on a wild, dangerous game plan: to take down The Demons one by one before they kill her. However, she soon realizes her own demons are much more terrifying than the ruthless killers on her trail…and her buried secrets lead her closer to home, with surprising consequences.

Cast also includes Daniel Ings (A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The Gentlemen), Sidse Babett Knudsen (Prime TargetBorgen), Óscar Jaenada (Rambo VCantinflas), Hattie Hook (Of An AgeTen Pound Poms), Darci Shaw (A Thousand BlowsThis City is Ours), Raff Law (Masters of The AirTriton), Enzo Cilenti (Black MirrorThe Crown), Christine Adams (HijackMalice), Julian Rhind-Tutt (BritanniaNapoleon), Karlis Arnolds Avots (Soviet JeansLovable), Set Sjöstrand (The Wheel of TimeValhalla), Tadashi Ito (Society of the SnowThe Platform 2), Sebastian Armesto (Gangs of LondonA Small Light), Julian Barratt (The Mighty BooshThe Great), Gavin Spokes (House of The DragonSlow Horses), Jonathan Cake (And Just Like ThatCamping), Bamshad Abedi-Amin (A Town Called MaliceThe Last Kingdom), Bill Paterson (FleabagCriminal Justice) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy).

New episodes will drop weekly.

Co-created by Conor Keane, Tom Butterworth (Gangs of London), Peter Lawson (John Wick) and Damon Thomas (Killing Eve), Kill Jackie is co-produced by Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures. Lawson and Jose Agustin Valdes executive produce for Steel Springs Pictures, along with Butterworth, Damon Thomas, Zeta-Jones with Rebecca Dundon, Dante Di Loreto and Jeffrey Levine. Damon Thomas is lead director with writer and showrunner Butterworth. Keane co-wrote the TV adaptation and is associate producer. Nick Harkaway serves as executive consultant.

Kill Jackie will be available exclusively on AMC+ in the U.S. on October 2.

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‘Bad Monkey’ Season 2 Return Date Set At Apple With First Look Photos

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Vince Vaughn’s Andrew Yancy will return in Bad Monkey Season 2, which debuts December 2 on Apple TV.

Based on Carl Hiaasen’s New York Times bestselling novel and enduring cult favorite, the 10-episode sophomore season will revolve around an all-new original story, making its global debut on Apple TV Dec. 2 with its first episode followed by one new episode every Wednesday through February 3, 2027.

After Yancy witnesses the murder of Florida’s finest fixer, an ambitious state attorney teams him up with a strait-laced forensic accountant to solve the crime. Eager to regain his detective’s badge, Yancy finds himself embroiled in a turf war between rival criminal organizations as he navigates a variety of Florida oddballs, including an erudite mob boss, his unhinged son, and a hard-edged young woman who needs Yancy’s protection.

Meanwhile, Yancy contends with his aging father; unresolved romantic tension with Dr. Rosa Campensino (Natalie Martinez), who launches her own investigation into a mysterious rash; and a bombastic animal relocation specialist whose business threatens the local environment. 

Season 2 is led by returning stars Vaughn, Natalie Martinez, Charlotte Lawrence and John Ortiz alongside new additions John Malkovich, Yvonne Strahovski, Zavior Phillips. Nate Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Brent Morin, Joey Avery, Dax Shepard, Sam Jaeger, Margarita Levieva, Peter Billingsley and June Diane Raphael are guest stars. Keyla Monterroso Mejia (The Studio) and Mo Amer (Mo) have been tapped for recurring roles.

Produced by Warner Bros. Television, “Bad Monkey” is developed by executive producer and showrunner Bill Lawrence through his Doozer Productions and its overall deal with WBTV. Jeff Ingold, Matt Tarses, Vaughn, Liza Katzer, Adam Sztykiel, Chris Downey, and Carl Hiaasen are also executive producers.

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Club Kid Trailer: Jordan Firstman Plays Unexpected Dad

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Jordan Firstman plays a washed-up party promoter who unexpectedly becomes a father to the son he never knew he had in the official trailer for Club Kid, his directorial debut that premiered in Cannes before being picked up by A24.

Firstman is Peter, who after a decade on the dance floors of New York City, has to turn his whirlwind partying life around when has to suddenly start caring for a 10-year-old boy, played by Reggie Absolom, who is the outcome of a messy threesome he had a decade earlier.

Peter proves as messy as a father, even as he shows a humanity and an increasingly heartfelt rapport with his newfound son. “I’m going to figure it out. I’m not going to let anything happen,” he tells a tearful Absolom at one point in the trailer, as challenges abound.

Firstman wrote and directed Club Kid in his feature debut and stars alongside Cara Delevingne and Diego Calva. The film premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section to rave reviews and a lengthy standing ovation before buyers quickly started circling and A24 emerged with the worldwide rights.

The ensemble cast includes Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Colleen Camp, Vicki Pepperdine, Nigil Whyte, Eldar Isgandarov, Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny and Alaska Riley.

Alex Coco (Anora) and Galen Core (Lurker) produced Club Kid, alongside Topic Studios’ Ryan Heller (A Real Pain, Splitsville) and Michael Bloom. Topic Studios also financed the film with Stay Gold as co-financier. Firstman also serves as an executive producer alongside Ian Stratford, Charles Croft and Jasmine Daghighian for Topic, Olmo Schnabel and Daniela Taplin for Stay Gold.

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