By Lynn Elber, Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --Two TV series based on big-screen hits will be part of Fox's new season.
"Lethal Weapon" starring Damon Wayans Sr. and "The Exorcist" with Geena Davis are set for its 2016-17 schedule, the network said Tuesday.
Wayans will play Roger Murtaugh, the part filled by Danny Glover in the 1987 "Lethal Weapon" and its sequels. Clayne Crawford stars as Martin Riggs, who was played by Mel Gibson in the buddy cop movies.
"The Exorcist" will revisit the 1973 movie's tale of a family coping with demonic possession. Besides the Oscar-winning Davis ("The Accidental Tourist," 1988) the cast includes Alfonso Herrera and Ben Daniels.
Fox's announcement jumped the gun on next week's annual new-season presentations to advertisers in New York City.
Two other dramas and two comedies were announced by the network, including:
— "APB," inspired by real events, dramatizes a billionaire's plan to modernize a troubled Chicago police precinct. Justin Kirk, Natalie Martinez and Ernie Hudson are among the stars.
— "Pitch," with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Ali Larter and Mark Consuelos, focuses on a talented pitcher (Kylie Bunbury) who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.
— "Making History," a comedy-adventure show about a trio of time-traveling friends from two different centuries, stars Adam Pally, Leighton Meester and Yassir Lester.
— "The Mick" is a sitcom starring Kaitlin Olson as Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy, a hustler who finds herself in charge of her sister's kids after their wealthy parents flee criminal charges.
Barbra Streisand approves multi-part documentary that will draw upon her archives
A year after telling her story in a 1,000-page memoir, Barbra Streisand has approved a multi-part documentary about her life — to be directed by fellow Oscar winner Frank Marshall.
The documentary, announced Thursday by Sony Music Vision, is currently untitled and does not have a release date. It will feature rarely seen video, photographs and audio recordings from Streisand's personal archives. Oscar-winning documentary maker Alex Gibney, whose many credits include films about Paul Simon and Steve Jobs, will serve as producer.
"For years I've been thinking about the best way to share the vast amount of content I've been safely storing in my vault," the 82-year-old Streisand said in a statement. "These films, photos and music masters — many never seen or heard by the public — hold some of my most cherished memories. I'm so pleased that producer Alex Gibney and director Frank Marshall have agreed to take this journey with me."
Marshall, who has directed documentaries about the Beach Boys and the Bee Gees and produced such classics as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Sixth Sense," said in a statement that the Streisand movie would "illustrate why she has become an enduring icon to a global audience of all generations."
Sony Music Vision is presenting and distributing the project in partnership with her longtime record label, Columbia Records.
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