John Stamos Backs Jeff Franklin in 'Fuller House' Suit; Katie Thurston on Why She Said Yes to 'The Bachelorette'; THR Drama Showrunner Roundtable

[View on web]( [New reader? Subscribe]( June 08, 2021 What's news: THR's Drama Showrunner Roundtable has just dropped with Barry Jenkins, Ethan Hawke, Misha Green, Katori Hall and Peter Morgan joining the discussion. Plus: Taraji P. Henson is playing the villainous Miss Hannigan in NBC's Annie musical and Rob Zombie is taking on The Munsters — Abid Rahman Drama Showrunner Roundtable ►"You have to feel sick in order to feel good." TV showrunners Barry Jenkins (Underground Railroad), Ethan Hawke (The Good Lord Bird), Misha Green (Lovecraft Country), Katori Hall (P-Valley) and Peter Morgan (The Crown) talk to THR's Lacey Rose on why the job can be like "jumping without a parachute" and telling stories that make executives nervous. [The roundtable.]( —Peter Morgan: "And I have a habit of writing about things that happen, real-life events, historical events, so I’ve got a 10-year rule — I need to wait 10 years before I have a clue what I think about it." —Misha Green: "With Lovecraft Country, we were being very ambitious. We were doing a lot. And it was this idea of reclaiming the genre space for people of color — that was the mandate that I set out with." —Ethan Hawke: "I've very rarely in my life loved a book as much as I loved [James McBride's The Good Lord Bird], and I just wanted to give it to everybody I knew for Christmas. And then I started realizing that the way to do that is to make it a show and really put it in everybody’s home." —Barry Jenkins: "And at first, because the world shut down and then the world, or at least this country, exploded [in racial justice protests], we thought, "Oh I wish I could go back and rewrite the show."" —Katori Hall: "It was even hard to get someone to say yes to developing [P-Valley]. The whole enterprise kind of makes people clutch their pearls a little, to this day." Quote of the Day "Being the Bachelorette is such a unique journey that not a lot of people understand" Katie Thurston on why she said "yes" to The Bacherlorette amid the chaos dogging the franchise during Chris Harrison's absence. [The interview.]( Stamos Backs Franklin in Fuller House Firing Suit ►Have mercy. Full House creator Jeff Franklin has brought some star power into his suit against Bryan Behar, who replaced him as showrunner of Fuller House. John Stamos submitted a declaration in support of his longtime showrunner and so did an expert who says Warner Bros.' "investigation" was really an "inherently unfair" climate survey. Franklin was ousted as Fuller House showrunner in February 2018 amid complaints about gender discrimination and other inappropriate behavior. [The story.]( —Hard knock life. Taraji P. Henson will star in NBC's Annie Live musical as Miss Hannigan, the cruel head of the orphanage. [The story.]( —No shirts and no pants. AMC's warnings to investors that they could lose their shirts in the giant theater chain’s latest stock sale and CEO Adam Aron appearing to have gone without pants during a recent webcast has failed to halt a steep rise in the company’s stock price. [The story.]( Crunching the Numbers 7,000 Hours NBCUniversal outlined its coverage plans for the Olympics, totaling some 7,000 hours of programming between two broadcast networks, six cable channels and multiple digital platforms. [The story.]( Munsters vs. Zombie ►Wait, what? Rob Zombie has confirmed his long-rumored resurrection of The Munsters is really happening. The film is from Universal via its 1440 Productions division, which means it’s likely going to Peacock instead of getting a theatrical release. [The story.]( —Blurred lines. THR's Scott Feinberg writes that the pandemic has blurred the already thin line between the the big and small screen, with movies that were meant for theaters landing on streaming, and Marvel hopping onto the small screen which will have implications this Emmy season. [The analysis.]( "I Don't Think I've Ever Watched an Episode" ►Deuparth gwaith yw ei ddechrau. Welsh actor Matthew Rhys reveals that he had only a basic knowledge of Perry Mason and chose not to watch the original series before stepping into the lead role on the HBO reboot. [The interview.]( —Pulled. Three days after Hold Still, Vincent was released, the star-studded podcast about the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin was disabled by its producers after activist Helen Zia, who represents the Chin estate, revealed that neither she nor Chin’s family had been contacted about the project. 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