Lining up their serial slate on Netflix with a raft of titles this week, the streaming service announced a trio of projects up for the taking. The I-Land is especially one of them with actresses Kate Bosworth and Natalie Martinez, and actor Alex Pettyfer cast for roles.
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — AT&T AUDIENCE Network® has picked up a 3rd season of the hit show “KINGDOM.” This follows a successful 2nd season of the critically acclaimed drama series.
The family drama Kingdom is set against the gritty world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) in Venice, California. Season two finds Alvey’s (Frank Grillo) improved fortunes have led to a bigger gym, but also a bigger appetite for risk. Ryan “The Destroyer” Wheeler (Matt Lauria) defends his title, while Jay (Jonathan Tucker) finds a new obsession. Lisa (Kiele Sanchez) focuses on managing Alicia (Natalie Martinez), an impulsive but skilled female fighter. Nate’s (Nick Jonas) determination to get back in the cage causes rifts with his family. And Christina (Joanna Going) gets a taste of sober life while carrying the burden of her sons’ struggles—with victory comes agony and a price.
With one of the biggest and more prominent ingredients in television being the application of martial arts fight sequences, it’s without argument that the upcoming television series, Warrior, would have been a hit for NBC if they snagged it for series. Unfortunately they missed their chance several months ago and the show was without a network, leaving the show’s producers at Universal TV with the hopes of finding a new home for the series, and now they have.
Deadline reports Fox is now picking it up and starting from scratch with an entirely new script which focuses on a broken heroine’s vigilant fight for justice with the help of a mystical martial arts master. Actress Natalie Martinez was last cast to lead the show with Will Yun Lee and Holt McCallany among others upon filming the pilot earlier this year, so further updates are pending on what changes and doesn’t for the cast. Fox, however has brought the same team back on board to fully realize the show’s potential, including Traveler creator Phillip Noyce directing, executive producer David DiGilio and scribes Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald.
Expect things to happen for Warrior in 2016 as we close the year out!
Scripted by producer Stephen Cornwell and co-writer Oliver Butcher, the new film is said to take its inspired tone from classic crime thrillers like Point Blank and The French Connection. Boseman, who is also executive producing, stars as Jacob King, who, upon arriving from South Africa to L.A. prior to learning of his sister’s death a day later, has just six days left, $400 dollars in his pocket, and the help of his late sister’s neighbor, Trish (Martinez) to find the people responsible for his sister’s death. Actress Teresa Palmer and actors Luke Evans and Alfred Molina also star.
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