CBS Picks Up ‘The Equalizer’ With Queen Latifah, Silence Of The Lambs Sequel ‘Clarice’ & Comedy ‘B Positive’
CBS has announced three pilot pickups for the new season… whenever that turns out to be! These include a remake of ‘The Equalizer’, with Queen Latifah in the lead role, Alex Kurtzman & Jenny Lumet’s ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ sequel ‘Clarice’ starring Rebecca Breeds, and Chuck Lorre/Marco Pennette comedy ‘B Positive‘ starring Thomas Middleditch (‘Silicon Valley’) and Annaleigh Ashford (‘Masters of Sex’).
‘Clarice’ comes from acclaimed executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet, and starring Rebecca Breeds (‘Pretty Little Liars’, ‘The Originals’) in the title role. The series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of brilliant and vulnerable FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, six months after the events of ‘The Silence of the Lambs’. Kal Penn, Nick Sandow, Michael Cudlitz, Lucca De Oliveira and Devyn A. Tyler also star.
Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet and Heather Kadin are executive producers for MGM Television and CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout. Aaron Baiers is a co-executive producer.
‘The Equalizer’ is a reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah (“Chicago,” “Bessie”) as an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. Chris Noth, Lorraine Toussaint, Tory Kittles, Liza Lapira and Laya DeLeon Hayes also star.
Andrew Marlowe, Terri Miller, Dana Owens (Queen Latifah), John Davis, John Fox, Debra Martin Chase, Richard Lindheim (co-creator of the original ‘Equalizer’ TV series that ran on CBS for four seasons), Shakim Compere and Liz Friedlander (pilot director) are executive producers for Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, i/a/w CBS Television Studios.
‘B Positive’ is from award-winning executive producer, writer and creator Chuck Lorre and Marco Pennette, and stars Thomas Middleditch (‘Silicon Valley’) and Annaleigh Ashford (‘Masters of Sex’). Middleditch plays a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives. Kether Donohue, Sara Rue and Kamryn Kunody also star.
Chuck Lorre and Marco Pennette are executive producers for Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. James Burrows directed the pilot.
These three will join the other 28 shows which CBS renewed. The network yesterday renewed dramas ‘All Rise’, ‘Blue Bloods’, ‘Bull’, ‘FBI’, ‘FBI: Most Wanted’, ‘MacGyver’, ‘Magnum P.I.’, ‘NCIS’, ‘NCIS: Los Angeles’, ‘NCIS: New Orleans’, ‘Seal Team’ and ‘S.W.A.T.’, along with comedies ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’, ‘The Neighborhood’ and ‘The Unicorn’, news shows ’60 Minutes’ and ’48 Hours’, and reality series ‘Undercover Boss’. They joined the previously renewed series ‘Evil’, ‘Mom’, ‘Young Sheldon’, ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Amazing Race’.
Of course, these shows would normal begin in the “Fall” season (that’s Autumn for us Brits), around September/October. However, with the pandemic keeping Hollywood shuttered for now, it is unclear when they will manage to film again. We’ll let you know when we get more information.
