EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is not proceeding with its planned limited series about Sammy Davis Jr., starring Elijah Kelley as the Candy Man, from Lee Daniels and 20th Television. I hear 20th Television will ...

Lee Daniels‘ long-gestating Sammy Davis Jr. biographical series has been ordered at Hulu, with Elijah Kelley set to play the lead role. The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at ...

By Lesley Goldberg Television Editor, West Coast Hulu is teaming with Lee Daniels to tell the story of Sammy Davis Jr. The Disney-backed streamer has picked up an eight-episode limited series ...

Following years of legal disputes and drama, a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic is finally set to hit ... of biopic plans that never came to fruition. Lee Daniels was reportedly attached to direct one ...

“My agent, Esther Newberg, told him that he should read my Sammy Davis Jr. book,” Haygood said. “Lee took a flight cross-country for six hours, read a lot of the book on that flight and by ...

The Life of Sammy Davis, Jr. by Wil Haygood as source material. Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father, Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will MastinTrio, which toured nationally. After ...

On May 10, 2016, director Sam Pollard interviewed Billy Crystal about his admiration for and working relationship with Sammy Davis, Jr., who he would ... Dionne Warwick, Lee Grant, Sidney Lumet ...

On August 3, 2015, Jerry Lewis sat down for a conversation about his path to becoming a comedian and how his and Sammy Davis, Jr.'s careers ... Dionne Warwick, Lee Grant, Sidney Lumet, Betty ...

First up, this is Sammy Davis, Jr. and arranger Marty Paich in 1961 with the Charles Strouse and Lee Adams song “A Lot Of Livin’ To Do,” on Afterglow MUSIC - SAMMY DAVIS, JR., "A LOT OF ...

Hulu is producing an eight-part series about legendary crooner Sammy Davis Jr., and Elijah Kelley is set ... executive produced by Lee Daniels, will explore the pioneering entertainer’s life ...