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Production Alert A new update has been logged for Upcoming Project. Production sources indicate movement regarding this title in the pre-production...
Here is the breakdown: The writers behind two of the most binge-able TV series are taking on Marvel’s most famous mutants. Jake Schreier, who...
Here is the breakdown: EXCLUSIVE: David Zayas (Dexter, Dexter: Resurrection) and Stephen Bishop (Moneyball, Being Mary Jane) have been cast in key...
Production update: EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Covell (The End of the Fing World, Kaos) is developing a series at Amazon MGM Studios based on Kate Moennig...
Industry intelligence: “Beef” creator Lee Sung Jin and “The Bear” writer/co-showrunner Joanna Calo are both reportedly...
Production update: Three years after the release of Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid,” Halle Bailey is looking back at the...
Here is the breakdown: Hallmark Media is adding to its executive ranks. The company has hired Marybeth Sprows as SVP Original Series and...
Production update: EXCLUSIVE: Roxy Sophie Sorkin will make her feature directorial debut with Hot Year, an indie coming-of-age revenge thriller she...
Production Alert A new update has been logged for...
The latest from the backlot: The Boy Who Lived is back – in a behind-the-scenes documentary of HBO’s upcoming adaptation of the “Harry Potter”...
Here is the breakdown: Kam Patterson played Professor Snape from “Harry Potter” during “Weekend Update” on “Saturday...
Production update: Though there have been some good guesses, no-one is quite sure what Matt Reeves’ “The Batman – Part II”...
Production update: Over six months ago, Netflix’s longtime head of North American scripted series Peter Friedlander was named head of global...
Here is the breakdown: Just over two years ago, word came that developer Naughty Dog, which had spent years developing a live service multiplayer...
Production update: 83-year-old filmmaker Martin Scorsese is currently in the midst of shooting the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-led...
Production update: SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the ending of “Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat,” now streaming...
Production Alert A new update has been logged for Outer Banks. Production sources indicate movement regarding this title in the pre-production...
The latest from the backlot: Matthew Shear’s “Fantasy Life” is, for all intents and purposes, his first real screenplay. “I had dabbled,” Shear...
Here is the breakdown: Hulu has opted not to pick up the comedy pilot “Group Chat,” Variety has learned. The show was inspired by La La...
The latest from the backlot: Jamie McShane, who most recently appeared in HBO’s crime series “Task,” has joined the cast of “Win of Die,” a...
Production Alert A new update has been logged for...
Production update: It’s now official that Aragorn is being recast for the Andy Serkis-directed “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for...
Production Alert A new update has been logged for The Hunt for Gollum.. Production sources indicate movement regarding this title in the...
Production update: An “Animorphs” TV series is in early development at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively. Bayan Wolcott is...
The latest from the backlot: Screenplay Films has greenlit a feature film adaptation of “Zona Merah,” the Indonesian horror series that...
Production Alert A new update has been logged for Upcoming Project. Production sources indicate movement regarding this title in the pre-production...
Production update: EXCLUSIVE: Colin Jost is branching out to scripted series. The Saturday Night Live veteran has teamed up with writer-producer...
Industry intelligence: There’s a casting shakeup at “The Pitt.” Variety has learned exclusively that Ayesha Harris, who plays...
Industry intelligence: Katie Conway has been promoted to executive producer of Robin Roberts’ development and production unit at ABC News...
Production update: The first artwork has been released from “Parasite,” “The Host” and “Mickey 17” filmmaker...