Daniel Pyne (Fracture, Alcatraz), an executive producer of the Emmy-nominated Amazon Original Series Bosch, is adding showrunner to his job description, taking over day to day duties from Eric Overmyer who will remain an EP on Bosch while assuming showrunner duties on The Man in the High Castle.
Joining Bosch as an EP is John Mankiewicz (House of Cards, House), a frequent collaborator of Pyne.
Among Pyne’s film credits are The Manchurian Candidate, Pacific Heights, Sum of All Fears, and Fracture. He made his directorial debut with the indie cult film Where’s Marlowe?, which he co-wrote with Mankiewicz. Together, they also created and produced The Street, a syndicated police procedural starring Stanley Tucci, and The Marshal. Pyne’s television work includes Alcatraz and Miami Vice, on which he and Mankiewicz first worked together. Pyne’s new novel, Catalina Eddy, will be released in March.
Mankiewicz is a screen and television writer who has served as an EP on House of Cards for the last four seasons. His credits include Miami Vice, Tales From The Crypt and The Mentalist. As a journalist, he has written for Rolling Stone, Esquire and, most recently The New Yorker. His screenplay adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates’ novella Rape: A Love Story, starring Nicolas Cage, will be released in 2017.
Based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novels, Bosch is currently in production on season three, and recently announced a fourth season pickup. The hour-long series stars Titus Welliver (Lost) as Detective Harry Bosch, Jamie Hector (The Wire) as Jerry Edgar, Amy Aquino (Being Human) as Lt. Grace Billets, Madison Lintz (The Walking Dead) as Maddie Bosch and Lance Reddick (The Wire) as Deputy Chief Irvin Irving.
Bosch was developed for television by Overmyer (Treme, The Wire, Homicide: Life on the Streets) and is executive produced by Overmyer, Henrik Bastin (The 100 Code, American Odyssey, The Comedians) from Fabrik Entertainment, Pieter Jan Brugge (Heat, The Insider, The Clearing), Pyne, Mankiewicz and Connelly. Welliver also serves as producer.
Sean “Diddy” Combs seeks bail, citing changed circumstances and new evidence
Sean "Diddy" Combs filed a new request for bail on Friday, saying changed circumstances, along with new evidence, mean the hip-hop mogul should be allowed to prepare for a May trial from outside jail.
Lawyers for Combs filed the request in Manhattan federal court, where his previous requests for bail have been rejected by two judges since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
He has been awaiting a May 5 trial at a federal detention facility in Brooklyn.
In their new court filing, lawyers for Combs say they are proposing a "far more robust" bail package that would subject the entertainer to strict around-the-clock security monitoring and near-total restrictions on his ability to contact anyone but his lawyers. But the amount of money they attach to the package remains $50 million, as they proposed before.
They also cite new evidence that they say "makes clear that the government's case is thin." That evidence, the lawyers said, refutes the government's claim that a March 2016 video showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend occurred during a coerced "freak off," a sexually driven event described in the indictment against Combs.
They wrote that the encounter was instead "a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship" between Combs and his then-girlfriend.
The lawyers argued that the jail conditions Combs is experiencing at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn violate his constitutional... Read More