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Fremantle’s Fiction Valley Ties With ‘Dirty Lines’ Creator Pieter Bart Korthuis Fremantle label Fiction Valley has struck a three-year deal with Netflix’s Dirty Lines creator and showrunner Pieter Bart Korthuis.  The agreement will see Fiction Valley, which is run by Annemike van Vliet, develop and produce a slate of scripted drama series from Korthuis, one of Holland’s leading

EXCLUSIVE: Silver Tree (The Flight Attendant, You) is set to direct and executive produce on the upcoming Paramount+ series Fatal Attraction. The project is a reimagination of the classic 1980s psychosexual thriller film in which the two central characters were played by Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she

Kay Mellor, the writer of British dramas such as The Syndicate and Band of Gold, has passed away aged 71. Her production company, Rollem Productions, released a statement confirming the news, saying: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the untimely and sudden passing of our beloved friend, mentor and colleague Kay Mellor on Sunday 15 May

There’s a moment about a minute into the first trailer for FX’s new series The Old Man when we see a literal montage of greatest hits from Jeff Bridges’ ex-CIA operative, Dan Chase: He gives one man a combination Spock pinch/Akido move, slams another man’s head into a desk while firing a gun at an

‘Trump In Tweets’ Producer Wonderhood Bolsters Senior Team Trump in Tweets producer Wonderhood Studios has bolstered its senior leadership team with the signing of The Apprentice indie Naked’s Head of Production and promotion of a Head of Factual and Head of Development. Fremantle-backed Naked’s Lianne Hickey will oversee production in the newly-created role, for the indie

Cinderella star Camila Cabello is joining The Voice. The pop star, known for hits such as Don’t Go Yet, is joining the 22nd season of the NBC reality competition series. She join Blake Shelton, John Legend and Gwen Stefani on the panel, although Kelly Clarkson will not be part of the new lineup. Clarkson has

Baby Yoda (Kyle Mooney) returned to SNL‘s Weekend Update tonight to promote Disney+’s series Obi-Wan Kenobi and his own “spiritual” awakening. “What’s up, Baby Yoda?…You’ve got a new vibe,” anchor Michael Che asked him at the start of the segment. “Life is all good Michael, real good,” said Baby Yoda. “Of course, Season 3 of

EXCLUSIVE: TV pilots’ role is to serve as a prototype for a series. Sometimes, networks make changes to that prototype when they proceed to mass production with a series order, which unfortunately affects talent. Two of ABC’s newly picked-up series, The Rookie‘s Feds spinoff, headlined by Niecy Nash, and the Gina Rodriguez-starring comedy Not Dead

Upfronts 2022: What Is Still In Consideration At Fox – Deadline You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content May 13, 2022 9:15pm Fox, one of the two broadcast networks presenting on the first day of the upfronts Monday, was the last to make cancellation decisions this week, axing

EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Kovacs has been upped at Iron Ocean Productions. Kovacs, who was previously director of development at the production company set up by Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple, has been named head of development. It comes as Candy, the company’s Hulu true-crime limited series, which stars Biel as ax murderer Candy Montgomery and Melanie

When the dust settled after a frantic day today, the CW was left with 11 original scripted series — new and returning — on tap for next season. That is down from from 19 (including Stargirl whose future is unclear) picked up for the 2021-22 season last year. While there is contraction across the board

ABC’s Kay Oyegun drama pilot has found its five therapists. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Never Have I Ever), Johnny Simmons (Girlboss), Rachel Hilson (Winning Time), Demetrius Grosse (Fear the Walking Dead) and Rahnuma Panthaky (NCIS: Los Angeles ) are set as leads opposite previously announced Marsha Stephanie Blake. The untitled hourlong project comes from 20th Television and

Sky CEO Dana Strong has talked up the pay-TV giant’s relationship with the Public Service Broadcasters (PSB) as having “never been stronger,” revealing that 30% of BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5’s content is watched on the platform. Speaking at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference, Strong said she is “extraordinarily respectful”

Ad-supported TV’s fascination with TV movies continues: now E! is getting into the game. The channel announced today it will add six new original scripted romantic comedy movies to its current “pop culture-centric” lineup. The movies will premiere early next year and promise to feature “inclusive feel-good stories and characters that are reflective of today’s

ITV delivered another strong quarter in the early part of this year, taking total revenue past the £1BN ($1.2BN) mark as ITV Studios’ contribution rose by 23%, and the network said it is still on track for late 2022 launch of ITVX. Overall revenues grew like for-like from £856M to just over £1BN, including a

Apple is rounding out its ensemble cast for its upcoming true-crime limited series Manhunt, about the Lincoln assassination. Brandon Flynn (13 Reasons Why), Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six), Hamish Linklater (Midnight Mass), Damian O’Hare (Perry Mason), Patton Oswalt (Gaslit) and Lili Taylor (Outer Range) join previously announced leads Tobias

RTS London Unveils Lineup & Warner Bros Discovery’s Priya Dogra As Chair Priya Dogra, the big winner in the recent Warner Bros Discovery international reshuffle, will chair this year’s Royal Television Society (RTS) London Convention entitled The Fight For Attention, with bosses of all the major channels addressing the event. The day of talks and

Netflix has announced a June 10 premiere date for A Tribute To Bob Saget, a celebration of the comedian and actor’s life in comedy with his friends and family. The date was unveiled as part of the Netflix Is A Joke festival. The event was filmed at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood following Saget’s

It only feels like yesterday that the hapless Tom Wambsgans stabbed his wife and brothers-in-law in the back in the epic conclusion to Succession season three but series four has already nearly wrapped, according to creator Jesse Armstrong. The highly-anticipated latest series could air as soon as next year and Armstrong told a group of

Some of the UK’s biggest stars and creators issued passionate defences of Channel 4 at tonight’s BAFTA TV Awards in the wake of the UK government’s decision to privatize it. Big names, from 12 Years A Slave creator Steve McQueen to Studio Lambert founder Stephen Lambert and comedy presenter Mo Gilligan, used their BAFTA victory speeches to

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion that threatens to overturn Roe v. Wade loomed large over Saturday Night Live, from the cold open to the Weekend Update to the curtain call. As they walked out to take a bow, the episode’s host, Benedict Cumberbatch, and several Saturday Night Live cast members wore white

We are 10 days away from the start of the traditional upfront week and a day into the new series pickup window, which kicked off yesterday with NBC’s order to the Quantum Leap pilot. Getting intel on broadcast pilots is harder than ever as that marketplace has contracted over the last five years but here

Hollywood’s unions have reached an agreement with management’s AMPTP on revised Covid-19 protocols. In a statement, the unions said that the new agreement “creates a more flexible set of protocols for areas of the United States and Canada with low Covid hospital admissions, while maintaining core elements to keep sets safe. The unions — SAG-AFTRA,

Netflix has ordered a third season of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. Co-created by SNL alum and Detroiters star Robinson and SNL producer Zach Kanin, the sketch comedy series pokes fun at some of the most bizarre and mundane situations in life. Written by Robinson and Zanin, each episode in the series

Netflix’s Cobra Kai Season 5 will be released on September 9, it was revealed in the action-packed teaser trailer above. The video sees the story pick up after the events of the Season 4 finale where Tory Nichols (Peyton List) emerged as the champion of the All Valley Tournament earning a major win for her

EXCLUSIVE: Julio Peña (Through My Window) has signed with Anonymous Content for management. Peña is a rising Spanish actor who most recently starred opposite Clara Galle in Netflix’s Spanish-language teen romance Through My Window (A través de mi ventana), based on Wattpad’s YA novel of the same name by Ariana Godoy. The film released on

Warning: the following piece contains spoilers about the season one finale of Disney+/Marvel’s Moon Knight As Disney+/Marvel series wrap their first seasons, typically there’s some form of news of either a spin-off series or season 2 being firmed up, i.e. Loki made it known immediately we’d be getting a season 2 in its final S1 episode,

A Netflix shareholder has sued the streamer for violating securities law after slowing subscriber growth led to a sharp decline in the company’s stock price. The suit, filed U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California by Imperium Irrevocable Trust, seeks class action status “on behalf of all others similarly situated” who lost money

Just after midnight Pacific Time Disney+ posted a promise to Star Wars fans for May the Fourth, or “Star Wars Day.” Above a video snippet of Ewan McGregor as the titular character it read simply, “New trailer today. #ObiWanKenobi” New trailer today. #ObiWanKenobi pic.twitter.com/TJc78IBifI — Obi-Wan Kenobi (@obiwankenobi) May 4, 2022 Some had speculated that

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Asger Hussain is joining Lee Daniels Entertainment as SVP of Television, overseeing all aspects of development and production. Hussain is taking over for Marc Velez who is departing the position. Award-winning Danish producer Hussain’s arrival at the studio reps a reteaming with Daniels: The two previously worked together on the