The Biggest Movies and TV Coming in September

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

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Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Stanley Sheff is a Los Angeles-based director, editor, and writer whose career spans network television, cult cinema, live theater, and experimental storytelling. He is the only filmmaker to have shared a co-directing credit with Orson Welles, having collaborated with him on The Orson Welles Show (1979) - Welles' final completed work.

Sheff began his career with his first feature film, Sinister Flesh (1976), a black-and-white horror spoof that received critical acclaim among horror and science fiction fans. He and writing partner Bob Greenberg sold their first screenplay, Revenge Of The Saucermen, to American-International Pictures, and later collaborated on Lobster Man from Mars (1989), a science-fiction comedy that Sheff directed. Starring Tony Curtis, Billy Barty, and Patrick Macnee, the film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and became a cult favorite.

Sheff went on to direct and edit major network and cable specials, including:

An NBC-TV special, TV - The Fabulous Fifties, featuring Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, Mary Martin, Michael Landon, and David Janssen

Hollywood Out-Takes (1978) with George Burns

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)

Chevy Chase & Friends (1978) starring Chevy Chase, a comedy special for HBO

Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985), an Emmy award winning show

Vincent Price: The Sinister Image (1987), a one-hour interview with Vincent Price that aired on the A&E Network as part of the Biography (1987) series

He also worked with Antenne 2 (French Television), directing and editing international documentaries, and later co-founded a video post-production company in Hollywood - where he began working exclusively with Welles on The Orson Welles Show, which featured Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, and The Muppets.

In addition to film and television, Sheff produced, directed, and performed a popular comedy radio show on KROQ-FM Los Angeles called The Young Marquis And Stanley. He also applied his talents to directing and performing for the stage, including:

The comedy improvisational group The Plush Life Players in The Plush Life, a live sitcom-style serial

A role as Professor Klystron in Queen Of Outer Space: The Musical

Dancing Cavalcade - Swing of the 1920s and 1930s, Vaudeville Comes Home, The Black Pirate Musical Spectacular, and Broadway Confidential for the Los Angeles Conservancy

These stage productions played to sold-out audiences of over two thousand at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles.

Sheff resides in Los Angeles, where he continues to write, produce, and direct new cinematic projects that integrate stylized storytelling with emerging technologies such as AI-driven visuals and virtual LED stage production.

As his alter ego Maxwell DeMille, Sheff has hosted and directed vintage-themed theatrical productions at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, drawing audiences of over 2,000.

His first feature, Sinister Flesh (1976), was a satirical black-and-white horror film that earned praise among genre and sci-fi fans for its homage to B-movie horror classics.

Stanley Sheff is the only filmmaker ever to share an uncredited co-directing credit with Orson Welles (under the pseudonym G.O. Spelvin), having collaborated, edited, and acted in The Orson Welles Show (1979), Welles&#39; final completed work.

Created and co-hosted the KROQ-FM cult comedy radio show The Young Marquis and Stanley, blending Golden Age Hollywood satire with surrealist humor. Although it aired Sunday at midnight, the show received massive amounts of fan mail.

Directed Lobster Man from Mars (1989) - a title suggested by Orson Welles - a sci-fi comedy homage that starred Tony Curtis and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. The film has since developed a cult following.

Edited Motown Returns to the Apollo (1985), a star-studded NBC television special that won an Emmy Award. The broadcast was edited in a single 57-hour session to meet an air date deadline.

A longtime advocate for merging classical filmmaking styles with modern technologies, Sheff is developing a true crime dramatic series set in the 1920s integrating AI-assisted workflows and virtual LED stage production.

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