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a bit more on the switch for toast of London to the bbc from channel 4

Actor and writer Matt Berry is going to Hollywood, and moving to the BBC, with “Toast of Tinseltown,” the fourth season of the sitcom that won him a BAFTA for best male comedy performance.

“Toast of London,” written by Arthur Mathews and Berry, played for three seasons from 2013 through 2015 on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 and IFC in the U.S. The new, six-part season will air on BBC One and iPlayer. It will see Berry reprising the role of Steven Toast, an eccentric and arrogant actor determined to win the recognition he mistakenly believes he deserves, as he moves to Hollywood and attempts to become a movie star.

The new season will feature a mix of new and returning cast members and is set to be filmed later this year. It is produced by All3Media’s Objective Fiction, in association with Wiip.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/matt-berry-toast-bbc-hollywood-1234904787/

Agent Coulson

Redwall

Netflix Takes Rights To ‘Redwall’ Books & Plots Animated Films, TV Series Based On Brian Jacques’ Stories

Netflix has snapped up the rights to Brian Jacques’ entire series of Redwall books and is plotting an animated feature film and TV series based on the animal adventure franchise.

Netflix inked a deal with Penguin Random House Children for the rights to the books, which have sold 30 million copies worldwide and chronicle the adventures of the heroic animals that inhabit the forest haven of Redwall Abbey.

It is the first time that the film rights to the entire series of books have been held by one company and Netflix has already set to work adapting the stories, signing up Patrick McHale to write a feature. McHale created Cartoon Network’s Over the Garden Wall and is working on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.

Netflix is also plotting a TV series based on the character of Martin the Warrior, a wise and ferocious mouse who co-founded Redwall Abbey along with Abbess Germaine.

“Brian often travelled the globe to tell his Redwall stories to young audiences, more often than not at their schools,” said Alan Ingram, representative of The Redwall Abbey Company, which owns Jacques’ intellectual property after he died in 2011.

“Brian would have been very happy to see that Netflix shares his joy and desire to bring his stories to life as a new universe of films, series and potentially much more for audiences of all ages to enjoy.”

https://deadline.com/2021/02/netflix-redwall-brian-jacques-1234691020/

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Red Bird Lane

Psychological Thriller Pilot Not Going Forward At HBO Max

HBO Max has opted not to proceed with Red Bird Lane, its drama pilot starring Susan Sarandon.

Red Bird Lane, written by Sara Gran and directed by David Slade, is a psychological thriller that follows eight strangers who arrive at an isolated house, all for different reasons. Upon their mysterious and coincidental arrival, the strangers realize that something sinister and terrifying awaits them.

https://deadline.com/2021/02/red-bird-lane-pilot-dead-not-going-forward-hbo-max-susan-sarandon-1234691003/

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Clone High & Velma

‘Clone High’ Reboot, Mindy Kaling ‘Scooby Doo’ Spinoff Velma & Pete Davidson Mars Comedy Set At HBO Max As Streamer Ramps Up Adult Animation

HBO Max is doubling down on adult animation and has ordered three series and set a bustling development slate.

The streamer has handed a two-season order to Clone High, the reboot of the classic MTV series with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence, and ordered Velma with Mindy Kaling set as lead voice star and exec producer and Fired On Mars from Pete Davidson.

These projects are the latest to be ordered by HBO Max, which also has Harley Quinn, The Prince, Santa Inc., 10 Year Old Tom and The Boondocks. Last month, it also introduced a new landing page for animation.

Clone High, a reboot of the 2002 series set at a high school for clones of historical figures, comes from MTV Entertainment Studios. Lord and Miller are set as executive producers and writers, Lawrence is executive producer with Erica Rivinoja, who wrote on the original Clone High, named as showrunner.

Lord and Miller began their careers with writing, directing and executive producing Clone High, whose concept the duo first developed while at Dartmouth College in the 1990s, alongside Lawrence in 2002.

Velma tells the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang. Voiced and exec produced by Kaling, Charlie Grandy, Howard Klein and Sam Register also serve as executive producers. It comes from Warner Bros. Animation.

https://deadline.com/2021/02/clone-high-reboot-mindy-kaling-scooby-doo-spinoff-velma-pete-davidson-mars-comedy-hbo-max-adult-animation-1234690967/

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HBO Scraps Mike Judge Comedy Shows ‘Qualityland,’ ‘A5’

HBO has decided to drop two Mike Judge comedy shows that the premium cable network ordered from the “Silicon Valley” co-creator and showrunner in 2019, Variety has confirmed.

The shows were ordered as part of a two-year overall deal that encompassed all forms of television except for animation. The decision comes as Judge has been overseeing the reimagining of “Beavis and Butt-Head” for Comedy Central as part of an animation deal with the ViacomCBS network. The cancelation also arrives as HBO programming president Casey Bloys is refocusing on reviewing programming for both HBO and HBOMax.

The first project, formerly a co-production between HBO and Lionsgate, is titled “Qualityland.” It is based on the novel of the same name by Marc Uwe-King and is about “the story of humanity’s struggle against the tyranny of convenience. But funny,” the official description for the series states. Judge and Josh Lieb were slated to serve as writers and executive producers, with Michael Rotenberg of 3 Arts Entertainment also executive producing.



The second show that was scrapped, a limited comedy series entitled “A5,” is centered on a bioengineer who discovers the gene that makes a person an a-hole and attempts to discover the reason behind the existence of a-holes, and whether or not there’s a cure for this unpleasant affliction. Judge and Etan Cohen co-wrote the series and were set to executive produce with Rotenberg also executive producing.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/hbo-mike-judge-qualityland-a5-1234905257/

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The Essex Serpent

Claire Danes Sets First Post-Homeland Role in Apple TV+'s The Essex Serpent

Carrie Mathison’s spying days may be over, but Claire Danes isn’t done with TV just yet.

The Emmy-winning Homeland alum has signed on to star in the Apple TV+ period drama The Essex Serpent, the streamer announced on Wednesday. Based on the bestselling novel by Sarah Perry and set in Victorian England, the series centers on Cora (Danes), a widow recovering from an abusive marriage who moves from London to the small village of Aldwinter and becomes “intrigued by a local superstition that a mythical creature known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the area.”

Anna Symon (Mrs. Wilson) will serve as lead writer on the project, with Clio Bernard (Dark River) as director. Danes replaces Keira Knightley in the lead role; Knightley was originally announced as the star when Apple ordered it to series in August, but later had to drop out of the project for family reasons due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Danes already has a prolific TV career under her belt: She first broke out as teen Angela Chase on the short-lived ABC drama My So-Called Life, earning a Golden Globe and an Emmy nomination in 1995. She went on to star in the HBO original movie Temple Grandin in 2010, earning a Globe and an Emmy for her portrayal of the autistic title character, before taking on the role of CIA spy Carrie Mathison on the Showtime drama Homeland the following year. Danes won two Emmys and was nominated for three more for Homeland; this marks the first role for Danes since Homeland wrapped up its eight-season run last year.

https://tvline.com/2021/02/10/claire-danes-the-essex-serpent-recast-keira-knightley-apple/

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Redwall

Netflix Takes Rights To ‘Redwall’ Books & Plots Animated Films, TV Series Based On Brian Jacques’ Stories



https://deadline.com/2021/02/netflix-redwall-brian-jacques-1234691020/

I thought that deal was made early last year?

Have I been seeing the future again?

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The upcoming “The Last of Us” series adaptation at HBO has cast Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey in the role of Ellie, Variety has confirmed.

Neil Druckmann, a writer and creative director for “The Last of Us” video game and a co-creator of the series, confirmed the news about Pascal on Twitter, writing: “Aaaaand there’s the other half. Stoked to have Pedro aboard our show!”


Pascal has seen great success as the star of Disney Plus’ “The Mandalorian.” He also recently appeared alongside Gal Gadot and Kristen Wiig as the villainous Maxwell Lord in “Wonder Woman 1984.”

Ramsey is best known for her role as Lyanna Mormont in fellow HBO series “Game of Thrones.” The character Ellie is a 14-year old orphan who has never known anything but a ravaged planet. In the show, she struggles to balance her instinct for anger and defiance with her need for connection and belonging as well as the newfound reality that she may be the key to saving the world.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/the-last-of-us-hbo-series-cast-bella-ramsey-ellie-1234905508/

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‘True Lies’ Series Adaptation Gets CBS Pilot Order

Like the film of the same, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy. She is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage.

This is the second attempt to adapt “True Lies” into a series. Fox previously gave a series version of the project a put pilot commitment back in 2017. The “True Lies” film was released in 1994 and starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik, Eliza Dushku, and Grant Heslov. It was a box office success, grossing over $378 million worldwide.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/true-lies-series-adaptation-cbs-pilot-1234905581/

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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss to Develop Richard Powers Novel ‘The Overstory’ as Netflix Series

“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are developing a series adaptation of the Richard Powers novel “The Overstory” at Netflix, Variety has learned.

Richard Robbins, whose past TV credits include “12 Monkeys” and “Good Girls Revolt,” wrote the pilot script and serves as executive producer. Benioff and Weiss will executive produce under their sizable Netflix overall deal. Hugh Jackman will also executive produce along with Bernie Caulfield of Benioff and Weiss’s Bighead Littlehead production banner. Powers is set to serve as co-executive producer.

The novel was originally published in 2018 and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of a world alongside ours that is vast, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. A handful of disparate people learn how to see that world and are drawn into its unfolding catastrophe.

“The Overstory” is the latest series announcement for Benioff and Weiss since they signed their Netflix deal in 2019. They are also writers and executive producers on the Netflix series adaptation of the sci-fi book trilogy “The Three-Body Problem” alongside fellow writer and executive producer Alexander Woo. Rian Johnson also serves as executive producer along with Brad Pitt and Rosamund Pike among many others.

Benioff and Weiss are also executive producers on the half-hour dramedy “The Chair” starring Sandra Oh from showrunner and executive producer Amanda Peet. That show recently announced much of its main cast, which will include Jay Duplass, Bob Balaban, David Morse, and Nana Mensah alongside Oh.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/david-benioff-db-weiss-the-overstory-netflix-1234905521/

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GameStop Docuseries in the Works at Netflix

The project from Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan is the second about the stock saga at the streamer.
Netflix is going all in on the GameStop stock saga.

The streamer is in production on a docuseries from Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan (HBO's I'll Be Gone in the Dark) and their Story Syndicate company. The series will have what it bills as exclusive access to members of r/WallStreetBets, the Reddit forum that helped push the video game retailer's stock to dizzying heights in January.


https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/gamestop-docuseries-in-production-netflix

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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Tooning Out The News’ Renewed For Season 2 At Paramount plus

EoinMcLovin

NBC has announced that Brooklyn Nine-Nine will wrap its death-defying run with Season 8, which has been pushed to the 2021-22 TV season. The farewell season will consist of just 10 episodes, which will mark the series’ shortest season to date.

https://tvline.com/2021/02/11/brooklyn-nine-nine-ending-season-8-delayed-nbc/

ixoy

EoinMcLovin wrote: »

NBC has announced that Brooklyn Nine-Nine will wrap its death-defying run with Season 8, which has been pushed to the 2021-22 TV season. The farewell season will consist of just 10 episodes, which will mark the series’ shortest season to date.

https://tvline.com/2021/02/11/brooklyn-nine-nine-ending-season-8-delayed-nbc/

Aw, that's a shame. I've still been very much enjoying it.

peteeeed

'Clue’ Animated Series in the Works at Fox

An animated series based on the classic board game “Clue” is in development at Fox, Variety has learned.

Fox Entertainment has partnered with Hasbro’s content studio eOne and Bento Box Entertainment on the series, with the three companies co-producing and Bento Box providing the animation. No writers or producers are currently attached to the project.

“‘Colonel Mustard…In the Conservatory…With the lead pipe.’ By just hearing these colorful phrases alone, you immediately know what they mean — leaving no mystery as to why ‘Clue’ is one of the most beloved board games-turned-IP of all time. We couldn’t be more excited to develop it as an animated series along with eOne and Bento Box,” said Michael Thorn, president of entertainment for Fox Entertainment.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/clue-animated-series-fox-1234906447/

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Sydney Sweeney and Halsey’s ‘The Players Table’ Series in the Works at HBO Max

“The Players Table” TV series starring Halsey and Sydney Sweeney has landed at HBO Max, with the project currently in the development stage at the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service, TheWrap has learned.

Based on Jessica Goodman’s novel “They Wish They Were Us,” the potential series, which would mark Halsey’s TV debut, is a co-production between HBO Max and Endeavor Content.

Here’s the logline for “The Players Table”: The truth may as well be arbitrary in a world where no one says what they mean. In the affluent town of Gold Coast, Long Island — a community sustained by lies, complicity, and absolute moral decay — two young women (Sweeney and Halsey) come of age as they unravel the mystery of a classmates’ murder. But in order to understand what happened to their friend, they must first confront what’s happened to them.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sydney-sweeney-halsey-players-table-201317036.html?

Some amount of crap being made by these streaming sites.

Agent Coulson

CSI: Vegas

Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria & Mel Rodriguez Join CBS Sequel

I hear William Petersen and Jorja Fox are finalizing their deals to star in CSI: Vegas, which serves as a sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, reprising their roles as Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle, respectively. While billed as an event series, I hear CSI: Vegas, from writer Jason Tracey (Elementary), CBS Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer TV, could become an ongoing series running for multiple seasons.

With CSI: Vegas, the most watched drama series of the 21st century, CSI, opens a new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where it all began. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

https://deadline.com/2021/02/csi-vegas-paula-newsome-matt-lauria-mel-rodriguez-cast-cbs-sequel-william-petersen-jorja-fox-reboot-1234692773/

JP Liz V1

I was sure Matt Lauria was in CSI LV, as an FBI agent who maybe was killed

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MTV’s ‘The Real World’ Franchise Being Revived at Paramount Plus

ViacomCBS is reviving “The Real World” for streaming service Paramount Plus. The venerable reality TV franchise will be part of the March 4 launch of the service, which is effectively a rebrand of existing streamer CBS All Access.

The initial installment of the rebooted franchise will see the cast of the first season reunite for “The Real World Homecoming: New York.” The multi-episode reunion will be shot in the same loft where the series’ first season was filmed. Original housemates housemates Becky Blasband, Andre Comeau, Heather B. Gardner, Julie Gentry, Norman Korpi, Eric Nies and Kevin Powell will reunite for the project, which is being produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and Bunim/Murray.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mtv-the-real-world-paramount-plus-1234907284/

CastorTroy

https://tvline.com/2021/02/12/wonder-girl-series-not-moving-forward-cw-dc-comics/

Wonder Girl series not going ahead

EoinMcLovin

CastorTroy wrote: »

https://tvline.com/2021/02/12/wonder-girl-series-not-moving-forward-cw-dc-comics/

Wonder Girl series not going ahead

She has only just been introduced in the comics so it was clearly the wrong time for a show. At least with Naomi which I think is getting a pilot with The CW, she has been around for 2 years I think.

CastorTroy

Yeah Naomi had her introductory miniseries then was in some team books.
For Wonder Girl, they were jumping the gun. It doesn't help that there are 3 Wonders in the Future State comics that she was introduced in and has only appeared in a few issues so far.

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Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-Bridge Team Up for ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Project for New Regency, Amazon

Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be putting a new spin on “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” for New Regency & Amazon Prime Video. The project, co-created with Francesca Sloane, is due 2022.

Glover and Waller-Bridge, who co-starred in 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” made the announcement via social media, posting a video to Instagram Stories with details of the project.

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/donald-glover-phoebe-waller-bridge-mr-mrs-smith-1234907452/

fritzelly

Great to see so many novel series coming out...

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peteeeed wrote: »

Donald Glover, Phoebe Waller-Bridge Team Up for ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Project for New Regency, Amazon

Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge will be putting a new spin on “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” for New Regency & Amazon Prime Video. The project, co-created with Francesca Sloane, is due 2022.

Glover and Waller-Bridge, who co-starred in 2018’s “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” made the announcement via social media, posting a video to Instagram Stories with details of the project.

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/donald-glover-phoebe-waller-bridge-mr-mrs-smith-1234907452/

I'm already ready excited. I actually really like that movie, it's dumb but it's a lot of fun. I imagine Glover and WB's version will be much smarter but who knows.

ixoy

'Truth Seekers' has been cancelled by Amazon. I had intended to start this soon so not sure I'll bother now.

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'Fosse/Verdon' Writer, Director Reunite for 'Haunting of Alma Fielding' TV Adaptation

Charlotte Stoudt and Minkie Spiro will adapt Kate Summerscale's ghost novel, acquired for TV by 'Des' and 'White House Farm' banner New Pictures.
The Haunting of Alma Fielding, Kate Summerscale’s Baillie Gifford Prize-shortlisted novel, is to be adapted for television by New Pictures with writer Charlotte Stoudt (Fosse/Verdon) and director Minkie Spiro (The Plot Against America, Fosse/Verdon).

Stoudt and Spiro are currently working together on an eight-part psychological thriller, Pieces of Her: an adaptation of the New York Times bestseller for Netflix, starring Toni Collette. Stoudt’s previous writing work includes Fosse/Verdon, Homeland and House of Cards. Spiro has directed The Plot Against America, Fosse/Verdon and Dead to Me.

The Haunting of Alma Fielding is a true ghost story and an unconventional love story. In 1938, Alma Fielding, an ordinary young housewife, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Objects shatter, vanish, or take flight, assaulting Alma Fielding and her family. Reporters see it with their own eyes. It is impossible but it is happening. And Alma seems to be at the centre.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/haunting-of-alma-field-tv-adaptation

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Deutschland 83 creator Jörg Winger has landed one of the first German-language series for Disney+ international streamer Star.

Through his Fremantle-backed production company, Big Window Productions, Winger will make Sam – A Saxon for the service, telling the true story of East Germany’s first Black police officer, Samuel Meffire.

The eight-part series — one of 10 Disney+ European shows exclusively revealed by Deadline today — traces Meffire’s extraordinary life after he became a media sensation and a symbol of modern society in the post-reunification 1990s.

https://deadline.com/2021/02/deutschland-83-joerg-winger-disney-star-sam-a-saxon-1234694356/

some more on the european content here

https://entertainment.ie/tv/on-demand-news/disney-europe-star-originals-474778/

markc1184

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I was sure Matt Lauria was in CSI LV, as an FBI agent who maybe was killed

Pretty sure you are correct. He was in maybe 4 or 5 episodes.