Earlier this month it was revealed that Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) is to play Count Olaf for the upcoming Lemony Snicket TV adaptation A Series of Unfortunate Events, and now Netflix has announced that it has found two of its Baudelaire children. Malina Weissman, who plays the young Kara Zor-El in […]
ABC developing Watergate event series
ABC and Entertainment One are developing an event series entitled Watergate, which will take place in the Nixon White House during the 1970s scandal; written by Jon Maas (The Last Debate), the project will use John Dean’s The Nixon Defense: What He Knew And When He Knew It and Alden Duer Cohen’s The Women of Watergate […]
Miley Cyrus and Elaine May to star in Woody Allen’s Amazon series
Last year it was revealed that Woody Allen has signed a deal with Amazing to create a TV series for the streaming service, and now Deadline has details on the first casting. The site reports that Allen will star alongside Miley Cyrus and Elaine May, the latter of whom worked with Allen on the 2000 […]
“Contemporary” Nancy Drew TV series gets pilot order from CBS
CBS has placed a pilot order for Drew, which is being described as a contemporary take on the iconic teen sleuth Nancy Drew from the long-running children’s book series. As per Entertainment Weekly, the logline for Drew reads: “Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes […]
David Simon’s porn drama The Deuce gets a series order from HBO
HBO has given a series pickup to The Deuce, a new drama from David Simon (The Wire), George Pelecanos (Treme) and Richard Price (The Color of Money), which is set to star James Franco (The Interview) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight). The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry […]
Netflix orders sci-fi series Altered Carbon from Laeta Kalogridis
Netflix has picked up the sci-fi drama Altered Carbon, which is based upon Richard Morgan’s 2002 cyberpunk novel of the same name and will be written and executive produced by Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Terminator Genisys). Altered Carbon “is set in the 25th century when the human mind has been digitized and the soul itself is […]
Room actor Jacob Tremblay to play young Will Forte on The Last Man on Earth
9-year-old Jacob Tremblay, who was recently awarded with the Best Young Actor/Actress award at the Critics Choice Awards for his performance in Room, has signed on to guest star on Fox’s critically acclaimed comedy The Last Man on Earth. The breakout actor will play a young version of Will Forte’s Phil Tandy Miller for one […]
Scream Queens renewed for a second season
Despite struggling in the ratings, Fox has announced that it has renewed the slasher comedy series Scream Queens for a second season. “It’s going to take place in a hospital and explore some of the most interesting medical fascinomas,” states Fox CEO Gary Newman. “This is something Ryan Murphy loves and had a lot of […]
X-Men series Hellfire won’t go to pilot this season
It looks like X-Men fans will have a little longer to wait before the arrival of Fox and Marvel’s Hellfire TV series, with the project being pushed back after losing showrunners Evan Katz (24: Live Another Day) and Manny Coto (24), who have both departed in order to focus on Fox’s 24 spinoff 24: Legacy. “It’s unlikely it […]
Power Rangers Dino Super Charge to premiere this month, next season titled Power Rangers Ninja Steel
Saban Brands and Nickelodeon have announced that Power Rangers Dino Super Charge, the 23rd season of the iconic, long-standing franchise, will premiere on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 12 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S, as well as revealing that the 24th season – which gets underway next year – will be titled Power Rangers Ninja […]
