Amanda Barclay Joins Netflix As Director Of Original Series, Comedy

Yin Chang is opening up about Asian representation on the original Gossip Girl series, and revealed that her character, Nelly Yuki, was actually rewritten to fit into a stereotype.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series at Netflix has found its four series leads.Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu have all joined the series. Cormier will star as Aang, with Kiawentiio set to play Katara.

“All I wanted to do was make a movie,” utters would-be film director Lisa Nova (Rosa Salazar) after things have escalated greatly late into Netflix’s new horror series “Brand New Cherry Flavor.” Created by Nick Antosca (“Channel Zero,” “The Act”) and Lenore Zion, and adapted from the novel of the same name by Todd Grimson, the show follows Lisa down a nightmarish spiral after she comes to Los Angeles with dreams of turning her experimental short film “Lucy’s Eye” into a feature.

The trailer for Netflix‘s new limited series Clickbait just debuted online, and it is as intense as it promises to be!

Catherine Zeta-Jones has found her next big role. The 51-year-old Oscar winner is set to play Morticia Addams, the matriarch of the famously spooky Addams family in a Netflix series, a rep for the Streamer confirmed to Fox News.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined Netflix's live-action series as Morticia Addams, the streamer announced Monday.Zeta-Jones will guest star in the upcoming series, joining series lead Jenna Ortega, who will play Wednesday Addams, and Luis Guzman, who guest stars as Gomez Addams.is a live-action, comedic coming-of-age tale that is described as a «sleuthing, supernaturally-infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams' years as a student at Nevermore Academy.»In the eight-episode series,

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Good Trouble” star Sherry Cola is joining the cast of Adele Lim’s upcoming R-rated comedy about a group of four friends traveling through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Cola will appear opposite Ashley Park (“Emily in Paris”) as one of the film’s leads.The film, which is being produced by Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures, marks Lim’s directorial debut.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHulu and the producers behind “The Handmaid’s Tale” are starting to hold discussions about the future of the show, as it prepares to return to production for Season 5.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHulu and the producers behind “The Handmaid’s Tale” are starting to hold discussions about the future of the show, as it prepares to return to production for Season 5.

Can a classic story still resonate with new audiences? Netflix is hoping lightning strikes again with “He’s All That.” The film, an update of the original ‘90s teen rom-com “She’s All That,” is intent on walking the fine line between nostalgia and modern trends. Social media phenom Addison Rae makes her feature debut in the role of Padgett Sawyer.

Hacks standout Poppy Liu has been tapped as a series regular opposite Rachel Weisz in Amazon’s Dead Ringers series, a reimagining with a gender swap of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film. The project, which received a straight-to-series order last year, hails from Weisz, Alice Birch, lead writer of Hulu’s acclaimed Normal People series, Annapurna Television and Morgan Creek Entertainment, the company behind the original movie.

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterJon Koa has joined CBS Entertainment in the role of executive vice president of comedy development, Variety has learned.Koa takes over the role from longtime CBS executive Julie Pernworth, who announced her departure from the company back in June. Koa joins CBS from Condé Nast Entertainment, where he was senior vice president of scripted television.

EXCLUSIVE: Florencia Lozano (Life After You) and Juan Pablo Espinosa (Half Brothers) are set for recurring roles opposite Melissa Barrera in Breathe, Netflix’s one-hour drama series from Blindspot creator Martin Gero and writer-executive producer Brendan Gall, and Warner Bros. Television.

Angelique Jackson AMC Networks’ sci-fi thriller series “Moonhaven,” from creator Peter Ocko (“Lodge 49,” “Black Sails”), has cast Amara Karan.Karan joins previously announced stars Emma McDonald, Dominic Monaghan, Kadeem Hardison and Ayelet Zurer.

Amanda Seyfried and Naveen Andrews are hard at work on their new show!

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMichael C. Hall — serial killer Dexter Morgan himself — has known since Showtime’s serial killer drama “Dexter” ended that a return to the character was a possibility.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime ABC Studios/ABC Signature development executive Lisa Lang McMullen is leaving Disney after 12 years for Netflix where she will serve as Director on the Drama Development team run by Jinny Howe.

EXCLUSIVE:  Caleb Foote, who previously was a recurring guest star on the Max Original series Made for Love, will be returning for season 2 as a series regular.

Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook has said that the band is “probably gone for good” amid the ongoing legal dispute with John Lydon.Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) is being sued by two of his former bandmates – Cook and guitarist Steve Jones – after refusing to license the group’s music for inclusion in Danny Boyle’s biopic series, Pistol.The Pistols’ original bassist Glen Matlock and the estate of late bassist Sid Vicious both support their music being featured in Boyle’s show.