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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about The Madness.

Netflix’s latest hit thriller series is The Madness, starring Colman Domingo, but who was tying to frame Muncie? Read on to find out.All eight episodes of the limited series premiered on the streaming service on Thursday (November 28), with episodes ranging from 45 to 60 minutes in length.Domingo stars as Muncie Daniels, a media pundit who attempts to clear his name after he stumbles upon a murder in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. Ensuing events lead Daniels to reconnect with his estranged family and engage with the values he used to hold.The show also stars Marsha Stephanie Blake, who was Emmy-nominated for When They See Us, as well as Gabrielle Graham (On The Basis Of Sex) and John Ortiz (American Fiction, Silver Linings Playbook).The Madness has been created by the renowned playwright Stephen Belber, who is known for the stage shows Tape, The Laramie Project and Match.Colman was nominated for an Oscar last year for his lead role in the biopic Rustin, about the civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and also starred in Zola, The Color Purple, If Beale Street Could Talk and as Ali in Euphoria.The final episode opens with Domingo’s Muncie as one of the prime suspects in the killings of several characters, including Mark Simon and Laura Jennings.

In his latest series, Colman Domingo plays a very public figure on the run for a crime he didn’t commit.

Colman Domingo is on the run after being framed for murder in the first look at The Madness.

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Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief EST N8, a recently-established finance, production and rights sales company, has added a Hong Kong remake of classic film “Tape” and the LGBT comedy-drama “ASOG” to its bulging sales slate at the AFCM market that accompanies the Busan Intenational Film Festival. “Tape” tells the story of three best friends who, following an event at a graduation party that transforms their lives, reunite 15 years later where a case of blackmail forces them to confront a terrible secret from their past. The original film starred Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard and played at the Sundance, Toronto and Rotterdam festivals.In the Cantonese-language remake directed by Bizhan Tong, Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan, and Adam Pak play the contemporary characters while Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung portray the characters’ younger versions. The script is written by Stephen Belber, Tong, Lee and Bonnie Lo, and is an adaptation of Belber’s own scripts from both the original film and stage play. The writers and director have significantly modernized the script to reflect advances in technology. Producers on the film include Tong, Lee and Belber.

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EXCLUSIVE: Marsha Stephanie Blake(When They See Us), Gabrielle Graham (Twenties), John Ortiz (Promised Land) and Tamsin Topolski (Slow Horses) have been cast opposite Colman Domingo in Netflix’s The Madness limited series. The conspiracy thriller hails from Chernin Entertainment via its first-look deal with Netflix, creator and co-showrunner Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project) and co-showrunner VJ Boyd (Justified, S.W.A.T.)

They’re back. RLJE Films presents Stephen King reboot Children of The Corn by Kurt Wimmer on 500+ screens. A remake of the 1984 classic kid-slasher-horror film about children possessed by a demonic spirit in a dying cornfield, with bloody, rampaging results.

Netflix has given a series order to The Madness, a conspiracy thriller starring Emmy winner Colman Domingo. The eight-episode limited series hails from Chernin Entertainment via its first-look deal with Netflix, creator and co-showrunner Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project) and co-showrunner VJ Boyd (Justified, S.W.A.T.)

Hong Kong actors Selena Lee, Kenny Kwan and Adam Pak have been cast in the Asian remake of Richard Linklater’s Tape, scheduled to start shooting in Hong Kong in September.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSelena Lee, Kenny Kwan, and Adam Pak lead the cast of “Tape,” a Cantonese-language remake of the Richard Linklater drama film that debuted in 2001. The new film is to be directed by Bizhan Tong (“Forensic Psychologist,” “The Audition”) with cameras set to roll next month in Hong Kong.“Tape” tells the story of 3 best friends who, following an event at a graduation party that transforms their lives, reunite 15 years later where a case of blackmail forces them to confront a terrible secret from their past.The original film starred Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Robert Sean Leonard and played at the Sundance, Toronto and Rotterdam festivals.In Tong’s remake, Kwan, Lee, and Pak play the contemporary characters while Mason Fung, Summer Chan, and Angus Yeung portray their younger versions.

Cary Elwes (Mission: Impossible 7), Corey Stoll (Billions), Michiel Huisman (The Flight Attendant) and Alfonso Herrera (Ozark) have joined the cast of Zack Snyder’s Netflix film Rebel Moon, Deadline can confirm. The quartet will star alongside previously announced cast members including Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Doona Bae, Ray Fisher, Rupert Friend and Stuart Martin.