The premium-cable network has given the go-ahead to pilots for four projects, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which will vie to join "The L Word," "Huff" and two new shows, "The Cell" and "Brotherhood," in the channel's drama lineup.
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Although the subject matter varies widely, one common theme seems to be flawed characters -- sometimes deeply so -- at the center of each show.
Four of the pilots, including two dramas, "The Cell," about an Islamic sleeper terrorist cell in the U.S., "Brotherhood," about two brothers, a politician and a mobster, have since been ordered to series.
Once again, Showtime is casting a wide net with its pilot pickups.
In his first batch of pilot orders last May, Showtime entertainment president Robert Greenblatt picked up three dramas and three comedies featuring wide-ranging and often unconventional themes and settings.
Soon, with the group planning assassinations, robberies, and bombings, he is forced to face the hatred in his own beliefs and find a way to stop the terrorists.
There are a thousand stories in the land of Narnia and the first is comes to life in theaters this winter.
William Baldwin (Virus), Peter Gallagher (American Beauty) and Kelly Lynch star in this gripping look at the savage underworld of white-supremacy groups in America.
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Mikael was the lead in the Showtime movie BROTHERHOOD starring William Baldwin and had a principal role in the feature film FUTURESPORT starring Wesley Snipes and Vanessa Williams.
Peter Williams has a recurring role as Apophis on STARGATE SG-1 and on DAVINCI'S INQUEST in addition to being a series regular on all season of NEON RIDER.
Greg Evigan is perhaps best known for his characters in the television series MY TWO DADS and B.J. He completed four 2-hour television movies based on William Shatner's futuristic science fiction novels TEKWARS, and went on to star in 18 additional one-hour episodes.
Andre Braugher portrays Asa Philip Randolph in "10,000 Black Men Named George." He was also executive producer for the Showtime movie.
Starring Andre Braugher as socialist labor leader Asa Philip Randolph, the film shows the links between the creation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the later rise of the civil rights movement.
Furthermore, because it was one of the more prestigious jobs a black man could hold at the time, people who otherwise could have been trained as doctors or lawyers were "essentially funneled toward this one industry."
Varian Fry, Miriam Davenport Ebel, Mary Jayne Gold, Charles Fawcett, Leon Ball and righteous American vice consul Hiram Bingham, Jr., were Americans who joined with others in the U.S. and in Marseille, France, to further brotherhood from sea to shining sea...
Varian's War, 2001 Showtime movie, which purported to be about Varian Fry
Varian Fry's close aide who died September 13, 1999, at the age of 84
