TVLine Items: Renée Zellweger’s Max Series, Amazon Casts Muhammad Ali and More
Renée Zellweger has 12 Months to Live in her latest TV role.
The actress will star in and executive-produce an adaptation of James Patterson and Mike Lupica’s book, which is currently in development at Max under the name Jane Smith, our sister site Variety reports.
The series “centers on a brilliant, tough, and darkly funny defense attorney in the Hamptons,” reads the official description. “Up to this point, Jane (Zellwger) has only cared about winning; however, her world is completely turned upside down when, on the eve of the biggest case of her career, she is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. While the investigation becomes more dangerous and deeply personal, Jane refuses to let her death sentence stop her from solving this case.” Miki Johnson (Presumed Innocent, Ozark) will serve as showrunner.
Zellweger’s previous TV credits include Netflix’s What/If and the NBC miniseries The Thing About Pam.
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* Jaalen Best (All American: Homecoming) will play Muhammad Ali in Prime Video’s The Greatest, described as “the first authorized scripted series about the life of global icon, boxing champion, and humanitarian.” Ben Watkins (Cross, Hand of God) will serve as showrunner, with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society producing.
* The CW will broadcast the KCON LA 2024 main stage concert live on Sunday, July 28 at 8/7c (airing on a delay for the West Coast). This marks the first time a K-pop performance show will be broadcast live in primetime on national television in the United States.
* NFL coach and eight-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick has joined Inside the NFL for Season 2, premiering Friday, Aug. 30 at 9/8c on The CW.
* Edward Bluemel (My Lady Jane, Sex Education) will star opposite Mia McKenna-Bruce in Netflix’s Agatha Christie series The Seven Dials Mystery, our sister site Variety reports.
* The series Interior Chinatown, starring Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng and Chloe Bennet, will premiere with all 10 episodes on Tuesday, Nov. 19 on Hulu.
* Rick and Morty: The Anime, the English-language version, will premiere Thursday, Aug. 15 at midnight on Adult Swim, with the subtitled version in Japanese airing on August 17 at midnight on Adult Swim’s action/anime programming block, Toonami. Watch a trailer:
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