Our Shows
MAID
STREAMING ON NETFLIX
Maid is an American drama limited series created for Netflix by Molly Smith Metzler. The series is inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive. Its story focuses on a young mother who escapes an abusive relationship, subsequently struggling to provide for her daughter…
Shameless
Airing on Showtime, streaming on Netflix
Oscar-nominated actor William H. Macy stars as Frank Gallagher, a single father of six who spends much of his free time drinking at bars. The Gallagher children -- led by oldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum), who takes on much of the child-rearing responsibility due to her mother's absence...
ANIMAL KINGDOM
AIRING ON TNT, STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, HULU (LIVE TV ADD-ON) & YOUTUBE TV
After a heroin overdose kills his mom, Joshua "J" Cody moves to Southern California to live with his freewheeling relatives. The family's matriarch is J's estranged grandmother, Janine "Smurf" Cody, from whom he's been shielded for years. J soon finds out the reason for the isolation…
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‘Shameless’ Series Finale: Showrunner John Wells On The Gallaghers’ Goodbye, Why (Spoiler) Never Showed Up & Spinoffs
“It’s been a great run. I’m going to miss everybody. Going to miss writing the show. Really thankful to Showtime for all of their support all these years when nobody else wanted to make the show when we started, and you know, just it’s been a great experience. I’ll miss it.” - John Wells.
Read the interview, enjoy the spoilers and insights in this intriguing article on Deadline.
John Wells visits the Team Deakins Podcast on Episode 75
Team Deakins has a great conversation with John Wells, a director, producer, and showrunner of such television as ER, West Wing, Third Watch, Southland, and Shameless. John spells out the responsibilities of the position of showrunner on television, and they get to ask all the questions for which they’ve always wanted to know the answer! Listen to the episode on popular providers or use the link below.
John Wells Inks 9-Figure Warner Bros. Deal, Sets Expansive 13-Show Slate
Under the pact (which runs through 2024), Wells will continue to develop original projects for multiple platforms, including premium and basic cable channels, on-demand and streaming outlets as well as broadcast networks. What's more, Wells has set a massive development slate with 13 projects as his John Wells Productions banner shifts from its "boutique" history of nurturing a small number of projects to more of a mini-studio…
“Writers have a collective moral responsibility for the emotional lives of our community. We do make a difference. We change people, their opinions. We inform our audience, not just nationally, but worldwide. We influence them with our own prejudices, hatreds, fears, fantasies. We inform them with our own humanity. They listen to us, they believe us, they accept what we say as truth.”
Our Films
The Company Men
When the GTX Corporation must cut jobs to improve the company's balance sheet during the 2010 recession, thousands of employees will take the hit, like Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck). Bobby learns the real life consequences of not having a job. Not only does he see a change to his family lifestyle, and the loss of his home, but also his feelings of self-worth.
August: Osage County
Violet Weston (Meryl Streep) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiancé), eldest daughter Barbara (with her separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August.
LOVE AND MERCY
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, Wilson (John Cusack), under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
