Amazon Scraps ‘The Banker’s Wife’ Series Due to COVID-19 Production Hurdles

EXCLUSIVE: Lyne Renée (Motherland: Fort Salem) is set for a recurring role in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot. The 10-episode series comes from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios.

There’s something about the summer that is just right for steamy teen mysteries. This means it’s the perfect time for Amazon Prime Video’s latest foray into YA television, “Panic.” Based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Oliver, who also developed the show, “Panic” is set in the small town of Carp, Texas.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories.

K.J. Yossman “Ragdoll,” the new AMC-Alibi thriller starring Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars”), has started production in London, Variety has learned.Hale plays DC Lake Edmunds, a new recruit at the London Metropolitan Police, who is tasked with investigating a murderer known as the “Ragdoll Killer”.

Even with the most recent watershed moments of Minari, Sound of Metal and Crazy Rich Asians, finding a place in Hollywood remains a challenge for Asian American and Pacific Islander creatives and talent.

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is returning to National Geographic with an all-new season dubbed.

In the depths of the winter coronavirus surge, along came a show that brought a much needed respite and a lot more. Debuting on Christmas Day, the Regency-era Bridgerton, the first Shondaland series for Netflix, provided escapism with its vibrant mix of Jane Austen-meets-Gossip Girl while also redefining the period drama and romance genres with its contemporary storytelling and multi-racial casting.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios will not be proceeding with The Banker’s Wife. The project, based on the bestselling novel by Cristina Algerwhich, had received an eight-episode straight-to-series order in summer 2019.

 Set in the mythic mid-American landscape in the year of 1890, “The English” follows Cornelia Locke (Blunt), an Englishwoman who arrives into the new and wild landscape of the West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.  Upon meeting Eli Whipp (Spencer), an ex-cavalry scout and member of the Pawnee Nation by birth, they join together and discover a shared history that must be defeated at all costs, if either of them is to survive.“The English” is written

The search to discover America’s hidden treasure is back on.

Fox has handed a series order to The Cleaning Lady, its adaptation of the Argentinean drama starring Daredevil and The Defenders alum Elodie Yung.

EXCLUSIVE: Ken Jeong is set to star in a half-hour dramedy about life failures that is in the works at Amazon with Daniel Dae Kim producing.

Stephanie Prange As the COVID-19 pandemic spread over the past year, many viewers escaped a grim reality with reality TV. Despite shutdowns and challenges, NBCUniversal continued to serve up meals with “Top Chef,” offer glimpses into the lives of “The Real Housewives” and make dreams come true on many shows, such as “The Voice,” “American Ninja Warrior” and “America’s Got Talent,” all in service to fans.

Joy Ganes is joining Tracy Oliver’s shingle, Tracy Yvonne Productions, after serving as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at BBC Studios.  She produced the 2019 Sundance Selection and 2020 Spirit Award-nominated feature Prematureas well as the 2020 SXSW Selection feature I’ll Meet You There. Prior to that, Ganes started her career at Fox Searchlight in the Acquisitions department.