Alex Gansa: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: In his return to Fox, Emmy winner Michael Chiklis is set to headline the premiere episode of the network’s straight-to-series crime anthology drama, Accused, executive-produced by Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and David Shore. Fellow Emmy winner Michael Cuesta (Homeland) has been tapped to direct the premiere, reuniting with Homeland executive producers Gordon and Gansa.

EXCLUSIVE: Last week, Deadline broke the news that Starzplay, the international streaming service from Starz, is partnering with Sony Pictures Television for what will be one of its most ambitious originals to date.

EXCLUSIVE: Starzplay, the international streaming service from Starz that is now in close to 60 countries, is joining forces with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) on a premium scripted series about the life and reign of Spain’s controversial former king Juan Carlos I.

Fox has given a straight-to-series order to anthology drama Accused, based on the International Emmy-winning British series. The project comes from key creative auspices behind Fox’s two biggest drama series of the last two decades, 24 executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and House creator/executive producer David Shore. Sony Pictures TV, where Gordon & Gansa as well as Shore are under overall deals, will co-produce with Fox Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox has given a straight-to-series orders to a drama series that hails from David Shore, Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, Variety has learned.The series, titled “Accused,” is based on the BBC series of the same name that aired from 2010-2012. The Fox version is slated to debut during the 2022-2023 broadcast season.“We take great pride in Fox’s legacy of bold risk taking and inventive storytelling,” said Charlie Collier, CEO of Fox Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime may have found its next Homeland. The network is tying up a preemptive deal to acquire and turn the Nathan Englander Israeli-Palestine conflict novel Dinner At The Center Of The Earth into a series that Homeland architects Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa will write and run as Executive Producers. Deal is being made through Sony Pictures Television Studios, where Gordon & Gansa made a four-year overall deal last year. Showtime isn’t commenting, but Deadline hears the commitment is for a pilot that will be written by Gordon & Gansa, who steered Homeland through eight solid seasons. The hope is for this to be the next major series for the duo.

Ellise Shafer editorAfter a screening of the “Homeland” series finale, the show’s cast and developers joined a special edition of the Variety Streaming Room presented by the United Service Organizations, including a Q&A session with service members.Star and executive producer Claire Danes, producer and co-star Mandy Patinkin, executive producer and director Lesli Linka Glatter and developers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa talked with Variety‘s Cynthia Littleton about deciding the fate of Carrie Mathison and Saul Berenson’s relationship, played by Danes and Patinkin.Show developer Alex Gansa didn’t have a solid plan of how the eight-season series would end until 72 hours before they filmed the final episode, but he found an unusual

The creator of Homeland has teased fans with a possibility of a ninth season after the show's epic finale left fans desperate for more. Homeland season eight concluded at the end of last month and was definitely left open-ended, meaning there could be room for more episodes of the political thriller in the future.

HOMELAND showrunner Alex Gansa revealed that he was forced to cut a heart-wrenching reunion between CIA agent Carrie Mathison and her daughter Franny from the last ever episode. The long-running CIA drama ended after eight seasons on Sunday and managed to drop some huge bombshells along the way.

'After eight seasons and 95 episodes, Showtime's flagship drama Homeland finally came to a close last night, with co-creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa giving it a fitting ending that was sure to satisfy fans.The riveting episode was titled "Prisoners Of War" which immediately felt as though things were about to go full circle, given that it is the same title of the Israeli series that inspired the Emmy winning show to begin with.It arguably gave viewers exactly what they wanted – focusing primarily on Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin's characters once again going head-to-head, closing off a season that has been hailed as one of the best yet.WARNING: Below are spoilers for the finale episode of Homeland Head-to-head: Saul Berenson (Mandy

The final season of Homeland is making its way to our screens and with throwback scenes of a much younger Mandy Patinkin, it wasn’t always this way.

In the final season of Showtime's Homeland, original star Mandy Patinkin is seen in flashback scenes.Initially, the show's creators thought about using digital technology to make Patinkin, 67, appear younger in the sequences set in 1986 East Berlin.''Executive producer Alex Gansa told TVLine, however, that the dilemma was resolved when it was pointed out that Boy Meets World star Ben Savage has an uncanny resemblance to Patinkin. Resemblance: In the final season of Showtime's Homeland, original star Mandy Patinkin, left, is seen in flashback scenes.

By Cynthia Littleton

By Cynthia Littleton

There was a familiar face on screen last week when the penultimate episode of Homeland aired – Ben Savage.

Ben Savage recently appeared on two major television shows and it wasn’t a coincidence.

By Cynthia Littleton

Variety Staff Follow Us on Twitter“Homeland” stars and executive producers Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon and Lesli Linka Glatter will participate in an exclusive Q&A and series finale screening of “Homeland” on July 10 at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticOften prophetically ahead of real-life realpolitik, Showtime’s Homeland came to a very insurgent end earlier this year after eight seasons. The series’ conclusion was both unconventional and satisfying, Emmy winner Claire Danes said during Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event.“There was something subversive for us on ending with Carrie smiling,” the actor who portrayed brilliant but troubled former CIA officer Carrie Mathison on the show executive produced by Alex Gansa, who joined Danes on the panel.