Oz: HBO prison series reunion set for ATX Festival
April 22, 2021 by:
Oz reunion is planned for the 2021 ATX Television Festival.
This year s
Oz reunion was supposed to happen last year, but the Covid-19 pandemic threw that idea into solitary until now. The event will look back on the HBO prison drama with creator/executive producer Tom Fontana, director/actor Terry Kinney and cast members Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters, Harold Perrineau, and Kirk Acevedo. More guests are expected to be added to the list at a later date.
Oz ran on HBO for 56 episodes across six seasons from 1997 to 2003. Oz was a nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a level 4 maximum security state prison where scores of criminal inhabitants were kept. The series chronicled their daily activities, as well as the lives of those sworn to keep the prisoners in line. The series starred Ernie Hudson (
“ZIWE,” the upcoming Showtime late-night variety show from comedian, writer and internet personality
Ziwe. There also will be an in-depth look at Small Axe, Amazon Prime Video s anthology series from filmmaker
Steve McQueen. He ll be joined by Miss Juneteenth director
Channing Godfrey Peoples for a conversation.
Also announced on Thursday:
• A screening and Q&A for Fox s new animated series, “HouseBroken”; the panel will include co-creator/actor/executive producer Clea DuVall (“Veep”), executive producer/actor Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”), actors Nat Faxon (“Friends From College”) and Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and co-creators/executive producers Gabrielle Allan (“Veep”) and Jennifer Crittenden (“Veep”).
• A reunion for comedy
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Mindy Kaling Joins Cast of Disney+ Original Series Monsters at Work
Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (
Late Night) has joined the cast of Disney+’s highly anticipated animated series
Monsters At Work. Kaling will voice the role of Val Little, an enthusiastic member of the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (aka “MIFT”). Additionally, Bonnie Hunt will reprise her role as Ms. Flint, who was formerly in charge of training new Scarers at Monsters, Inc., but will now manage the department responsible for recruiting and training the funniest monsters to become Jokesters.
Monsters At Work will begin streaming Friday, July 2, exclusively on Disney+.
Disney+ is bringing
Monsters Inc. back in a new way with the sequel series
Monsters at Work. After being in development for a couple years, we finally have word that the series will arrive this July. But that’s not all, because Disney+ has also released a look at some new monsters from the series, and a new cast member reporting for duty.
Monsters at Work picks up the day after
Monsters Inc. started harvesting the laughter of children instead of scaring them and using their screams to power Monstropolis.
Billy Crystal and
Mindy Kaling (
The Office) as a new character. Find out who she’s playing and get a glimpse at some of the new characters below.