‘Ghostwriter’ Producer Mark Blutman Developing TV Adaptation Of Stacy Padula’s YA Drama Series ‘Gripped’

EXCLUSIVE:  Adam McKay’s HBO L.A. Lakers drama series is rounding out its cast. Mike Epps (The Upshaws), Carina Conti (The Last Tycoon), Max E. Williams (Dreamland) and Mariama Diallo (Random Acts of Flyness) will recur in the series based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Jack Huston is set as a male lead in Expats, Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming drama series based on Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel The Expatriates, from Lee, director-showrunner Lulu Wang, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari’s Blossom Films and Amazon Studios.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJack Huston has been cast in the upcoming Amazon series “Expats,” the adaptation of Janice Y.K. Lee’s novel “The ExpatriatesSet against the fabric of Hong Kong, “Expats” is the story of an international community whose lives are bound together forever after a sudden family tragedy.Huston will play David Starr, who has long lived in the shadow of his impressive wife Hilary.

Facebook post by her longtime friend and producer Marcia Izaguirre. Gillen was 66.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s survival drama series Breathe, which stars In The Heights’ Melissa Barrera, is adding to its creative team.

EXCLUSIVE: Filming is underway on ambitious European drama series The Net, about corruption and conspiracies in the world of international soccer.

Emmy-winning actor Joe Morton (Scandal) is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut and LaToya Luckett in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star).

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Joe Morton has been cast in Lee Daniels and Karin Gist’ series “Our Kind of People,” a drama headed to Fox on Tuesday nights this fall. The Emmy winner joins previously announced cast members Yaya DaCosta (“Chicago Med”), Morris Chestnut (“The Resident”), LeToya Luckett and newcomer Alana Bright.

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Khloe Kardashian is debating a big move.

EXCLUSIVE: Empire alumna Rhyon Nicole Brown is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, LaToya Luckett and Alana Bright in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star).

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Ann Collins (Clickbate) is set as the female lead opposite Luke Evans and Michael Huisman in Apple’s Echo 3 action-thriller drama series from Oscar winner Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) and Keshet Studios.

Ronin and Californication star Natascha McElhone is to headline a period drama set on the Italian Riviera, which has pre-sold to ITV/BritBox (UK), Sky Italia (Italy), and Foxtel (Australia). Titled Hotel Portofino, PBS Distribution has taken North American rights.

EXCLUSIVE: We can reveal Friends star Lisa Kudrow as the first name for Disney+’s musical comedy Better Nate Than Ever, which is being produced by La La Land, Mary Poppins Returns and Cruella super-producer Marc Platt.

What happens when you get married and you leave behind the wild life you lived in your younger years in favor of raising a family and having the white picket fence, suburban lifestyle? Well, in “Sex/Life,” it leads to a lot of fantasizing.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO has rounded out cast to The Time Traveler’s Wife,, adding 14 to the upcoming drama series based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger.

Actress and singer-songwriter LeToya Luckett is set as a lead opposite Yaya DaCosta and Morris Chestnut in Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist (Star, Mixed-ish) and executive producer Lee Daniels (Empire, Star).

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.

Henry “Nacho” Laun was a star of the reality TV show “Wahlburgers” and a longtime friend of Mark and Donnie Wahlberg.Laun became friends with the Wahlbergs as they were growing up in Boston. According to his bio for “Wahlburgers,” they met when Mark Wahlberg picked a fight with Laun, which became the beginning of a lifelong friendship.