‘Alien’ Series From Noah Hawley in the Works at FX, Ridley Scott in Talks to Executive Produce

Viewers are getting ready to say goodbye to Alex Trebek.

"Jeopardy!" executive producer Mike Richards opened up about Alex Trebek’s final days of filming the show as well as who the late host wanted for his replacement.  Richards joined the game show in 2020 shortly after his predecessor, Harry Friedman, retired. As a result, he presided over one of its most tumultuous and historic years amid both the coronavirus pandemic and Trebek’s battle with pancreatic cancer.The longtime host died in November.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterJennifer Lopez is teaming with Netflix to mount a film adaptation of the bestselling book “The Cipher.”Lopez will executive produce and star in the feature vehicle, written by Isabella Maldonado. Lopez will play FBI agent Nina Guerrera, who finds herself drawn into a serial killer’s case after he strategically posts complex codes and riddles online.

EXCLUSIVE: IMDb TV, Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service, is developing Bright Young Things, a half-hour drama series from Spinning Out creator Samantha Stratton. Amazon Studios produces in association with Westbrook Studios, the production division of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s media company.

EXCLUSIVE: A wop bop a loo bop a wop bam boom! Rolling Stone is teaming with Bungalow Media + Entertainment to develop Little Richard: I Am Everything. The documentary, which will be directed by Lisa Cortes (All In: The Fight For Democracy) and executive produced by Dee Rees (Mudbound), will spotlight the trailblazing, one-of-a-kind rock ‘n roll icon who shaped the world of music.

Joe Biden’s team announced new details for its plans for the presidential inauguration, which the president-elect already indicated would bear some similarities to the nearly all-virtual Democratic National Convention, reimagined because of Covid-19.

Ark II – the actor will also serve as executive producer on the upcoming game.The game’s developer, Studio Wildcard, revealed in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that the Fast And Furious actor has joined the studio as its president of creative convergence. Aside from Ark II, Diesel will also serve as executive producer on Ark: The Animated Series.The announcement follows the debut of Ark II at The Game Awards last week.

DC Comics is showing fans a first look at a new Batman project that puts a whole new spin on the iconic character, with the Caped Crusader a person of colour for the first time ever.

Naman Ramachandran “The Lunchbox” producer Guneet Monga has boarded “Jallikattu,” India’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category, as executive producer, in time to shepherd its 2021 Oscars campaign.Monga was an executive producer on “Period. End of Sentence,” which won best documentary short subject at the 2019 Oscars.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBenicio Del Toro has joined the feature film “Reptile” as star and executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively.The Black Label Media project will also mark the feature directorial debut of Grant Singer, the prolific music video director whose collaborators include The Weeknd and Taylor Swift.Del Toro will play Nichols, a hardened New England detective unflinching in his pursuit of a case where nothing is as it seems, one that begins to dismantle the

Alien universe is in development, FX has confirmed.Announced at Disney’s Industry Day yesterday (December 10), FX boss John Landgraf said Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley would helm the new TV project for the network.The series has been described as the first story in the Alien franchise to be set on Earth, and promises to “blend the timeless horror of the original 1979 movie and the non-stop action of the 1986 James Cameron-directed second,” according to Deadline.Conversations had been

Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) is developing an Alien series for FX."We are moving quickly to bring audiences the first television series based on one of the greatest science fiction horror classics ever made," Landgraf said during the presentation. "Alien will be helmed by Fargo and Legion's Noah Hawley stepping into the creator executive producer chair, working alongside Sir Ridley Scott, set not too far into our future.

The Alien franchise is finally getting fresh blood. It was announced today during the Disney Investor Day event that Fargo’s Noah Hawley will officially get to make his long-gestating Alien series at FX on Hulu and producer Ridley Scott is along for the ride.

FX Boss John Landgraf made official what has been out there for some time: The cable network is moving quickly to make a series based on the hit 20th Century Fox movie series Alien with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley stepping into the creator and EP chair with the network in advance talks with the franchise’s helmer Ridley Scott to join as EP. Landgraf announced the news about the Alien series today during Disney Investor Day.

Emma Stone is returning to TV!  Showtime announced on Thursday that it's ordered, a half-hour comedy from A24 starring Stone and Nathan Fielder, both of whom are also signed on to executive produce.The network describes as «a genre-bending scripted comedy that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.»In addition to Stone and Fielder, will be executive produced by the

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing Hope Café, a multi-camera comedy from Mayim Bialik and her Sad Clown Production, Damon Wayans J. and his Two Shakes Entertainment as well as Warner Bros. Television where Sad Clown is based.

Jeremy Irons has joined Lady Gaga in Gucci, which Ridley Scott is directing for MGM. The fashion-focused true-crime drama, basedon the book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, will focus on the murder of fashion trailblazer Maurizio Gucci, withGaga playing Patrizia Reggiani, Gucci’s ex-wife who was convicted of orchestrating his death after discovering he had an affair.