TVLine Items: Gary Coleman Docu Trailer, Judy Greer Joins Owen Wilson Series and More
Gary Coleman’s life and death are getting the documentary treatment in Peacock’s Gary, premiering Thursday, Aug. 29.
The 90-minute program “sheds a new light on the star’s life and explores the controversy surrounding his tragic death at the age of 42,” reads the official description. “Viewers will get insight into Coleman’s lifelong illness and depression, his financial troubles, tumultuous marriage, and his heartbreaking demise.”
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The documentary features exclusive interviews with Coleman’s Diff’rent Strokes co-star Todd Bridges, former managers, his estranged parents and his ex-wife.
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* Judy Greer (Reboot) will play the ex-wife of Owen Wilson’s character in Apple TV+’s-untitled golf comedy series, replacing Jamie Neumann in the role, our sister site Deadline reports.
* Netflix and Toho Studios have partnered for a live-action series remake of the 1960 Japanese sci-fi film The Human Vapor, per The Hollywood Reporter.
* Netflix has released a trailer for the new movie Uglies, starring Joey King (The Kissing Booth), Chase Stokes (Outer Banks), Keith Powers (#RealityHigh), Brianne Tju (Scream) and Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black). Due out Friday, Sept. 13, the film is set in a “futuristic world that imposes a cosmetic surgery at 16,” according to the official logline.
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