FX Orders Comedy Pilot ‘Belated’ From Peter Tolan

EastEnders appeared to show fan-favourite Sarah Platt from Coronation Street was in Albert Square during Monday's episode. A background star looked remarkably like the cobbles character and for a second it seemed the blonde Sarah, played by Tina O'Brien, had decided to hop on the train from Manchester for a trip down south.

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Hollywood actress Margot Robbie has revealed that she is a 'massive Harry Potter nerd' and even married an extra from the films. The Suicide Squad actress, who transformed into a Love Island star as she celebrated her 31st birthday, tied the knot to Tom Ackerley in a secret ceremony in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2016.

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Emiliano Granada Berlin-based Pluto Film has acquired international sales rights to Augusto Sandino’s “A Vanishing Fog” which world premieres mid-November at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, playing in main competition.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonah Platt (Being the Ricardos), Chrissie Fitt (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Will Peltz (13 Minutes) and Zach Reino (Brews Brothers) have joined Halston Sage, Christian Navarro and Gregg Sulkin in the cast of The List, the indie comedy from director Melissa Miller Costanzo.

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Biting the bullet! Olivia Plath wants to put the past behind her with her in-laws before she and husband Ethan Plath move from their Cairo, Georgia, home.

The cast has been confirmed for the brand new rom-com The Hating Game coming to Amazon Prime Video.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX has ordered a new comedy pilot from Peter Tolan, Variety has learned exclusively.Titled “Belated,” the half-hour project is about an unexpected intergenerational friendship between Owen, a recently out man in his 40s, and Clay, a 17-year-old trans teen, as Owen and his ex-wife and children attempt to find their new normal. Tolan will write, direct, and executive produce the pilot via The Cloudland Company.

EXCLUSIVE: Freeform has given a formal pilot order to What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding, a one-hour comedy based on Kristin Newman‘s (Only Murders in the Building) memoir, with Chelsea Frei (Dollface) set as the lead. Catherine Cohen (What We Do in The Shadows), Alice Hunter (Another Period) and Kosha Patel (Girlboss) also star in the pilot, written by Newman and to be directed by Becca Gleason (Summr ’03).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIMDb TV has greenlit the comedy series “Primo” from Shea Serrano and Michael Schur.The show was originally announced as being in development at the Amazon-owned streamer in May. The single-cam series is inspired by Serrano’s life growing up in San Antonio, TX.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterGeorge Lopez and his daughter Mayan Lopez are set to star in a multi-cam comedy that has been picked up to pilot at NBC.The series, titled “Lopez vs. Lopez,” originally received a put pilot order at the broadcaster in June.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBerlin-based sales outfit M-Appeal has acquired “No Looking Back,” a family drama with a darkly comic edge in which three generations of warring women face-off. The film world premiered at Kinotavr – Open Russian Film Festival in September and makes its international premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Intl.

Former Emmerdale actress Roxanne Pallett has been spotted out and about taking a stroll with her firefighter husband in New York City.The pregnant 38 year old star, who was recently spotted out pumpkin picking ahead of Halloween, looked fresh-faced as she stepped out in a warm oversized pink ombre jumper, pairing it with a pair of black leggings and Nike sliders.The brunette beauty was all smiles as she wore her glossy locks hanging loose alongside hubby Jason Carrion, 34.

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla ABC has picked up writer and executive producer Ajay Sahgal’s single-cam comedy “The Son in Law” to pilot. News about the show’s development was first announced in January.

Bill Pohlad (“Love & Mercy“) is set to write/direct “Dreamin’ Wild,” the pic is based on the true story of instrumental and vocal duo Donnie & Joe Emerson and their family dynamic over the years. This comes as music biopics have primarily centered on more popular acts that are better known to the public, and focusing on lesser-known musicians should allow the film to get under the shadow of the musicians themselves and let the movie become its own thing.