Gina Atwater to Adapt YA Fantasy Novel ‘Raybearer’ for Netflix Under New Overall Deal

Saturday Night Live star and Shrill co-creator/star Aidy Bryant has closed an overall deal with Universal Television.

Selome Hailu editorAidy Bryant, best known for starring in “Saturday Night Live, has signed an overall deal with Universal Television to develop and produce projects for the studio.Bryant is currently in her tenth season at “SNL.” Most recently, she co-created, wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in “Shrill,” the three season Hulu comedy based on Lindy West’s essay collection of the same name.

EXCLUSIVE: Game Theory Films has acquired Canadian rights to the Canadian Tibetan-language drama Tenzin. Co-directed by Michael LeBlanc and Joshua Reichmann, the film will have its world premiere at this year’s Tallinn Black Nights Festival next month.

Selome Hailu editorWriter, director and showrunner Kenny Smith has signed an overall deal with Universal Television to develop and produce projects across various platforms.Smith recently joined Kenan Thompson’s NBC and UTV sitcom “Kenan” as co-showrunner after completing an overall deal with ABC earlier this year.

Kenny Smith is moving from Disney to NBCUniversal.

Squid Game drew 111 million viewers in its first month on the platform, per internal Netflix estimates, becoming the biggest launch in the streaming giant’s history.

Walmart has just opened what it says is the largest online destination for Netflix merchandise, a home for goods tied to Squid Game, The Witcher, Stranger Things and many other titles.

Gwen Stefani's boys enjoyed a day out with their dad, Gavin Rossdale, in Los Angeles recently and the Bush rocker proudly shared photos from their trip to the LA Dodgers stadium. While the father-of-three celebrated his children with several images on Instagram, there was one which truly turned heads MORE: Gavin Rossdale raises questions with sweet photo of sons he shares with Gwen Stefani Gavin posted a snapshot of their youngest son, Apollo, seven, and the resemblance to his famous mother was

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers have shared their rendition of Cat Power’s ‘Metal Heart’ from their upcoming covers album ‘Imposter’.

EXCLUSIVE: Susie Abromeit (Jessica Jones) is expanding her relationship with GAC Family with a new overall deal. Under the pact, Abromeit will star in four original films on the cable channel and host GAC Family Original Movie Nights. In addition to the deal, Abromeit will star in the previously announced holiday movie Much Ado About Christmas, which is set to premiere October 30 as part of GAC Family’s “Great American Christmas” franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: Phil Augusta Jackson, creator and executive producer of NBC’s Grand Crew, has signed an overall deal with Universal Television, the studio behind the upcoming single-camera comedy series. This marks the first overall pact for Jackson, a writer, actor, director and musician from Philadelphia, who will develop and produce broadcast, cable and streaming projects for Universal TV, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeCould “Squid Game” beat the most challenging TV contest of them all? The Korean-language survival drama, which has quickly become one of the most-watched Netflix series of all time, is indeed eligible for Primetime Emmy consideration, the Television Academy confirmed to Variety.According to an Academy spokesperson, because “Squid Game” was produced under guidance from Netflix, which is an American company, and it was always intended to be distributed in

Selome Hailu editorDebra Moore Muñoz, a co-executive producer and writer on FX’s “Mayans M.C.,” has signed an overall deal with FX Productions. She will develop new content for FX through her company, Apogee Films, Inc.Muñoz is a first-generation Mexican-American who was born and raised in Los Angeles.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix has moved fast to roll out official merchandise for “Squid Game,” in a bid to capitalize on the unexpected success of the Korean survival thriller.The streamer’s merch for “Squid Game” (at this link) includes T-shirts with the show’s logo and key images from the series ($34.95), a shirt that lets you pick a custom player number ($39.95), and a customizable hoodie that lets you pick a square, triangle or circle icon — which represent the three different

Since February of this year, five documentaries have been released surrounding the fraught legal battles concerning Britney Spears and the #FreeBritney movement. BBC, CNN, Hulu, and now Netflix have all joined in on the latest media craze surrounding the pop star’s battle to free herself from a conservatorship that was placed on her over a decade ago.

During a Q&A at the International TV Academy this past spring, Netflix’s Head of Global TV Bela Bajaria was asked whether a non-English language series could one day top the list of the streamer’s most watched programs. She sounded confident that it could happen. That milestone may now be within reach as the new Korean drama Squid Game is taking Netflix by storm, raking in viewership globally at a rate that may surpass current record holder Bridgerton.

Netflix may have another hit on its hands. The streaming service’s new Korean-language series “Squid Game” is slated to be the company’s “biggest” show of all time.Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos explained during the annual Code Conference Monday that “Squid Game” will “definitely” be the streamer’s biggest non-English series.

EXCLUSIVE: Paradise Hills director Alice Waddington is set to board Netflix’s adaptation of Dept. H, which is based on the popular comic book series. The Maze Runner scribe T.S. Nowlin will adapt the script. Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Paul Schwake of Dark Horse Entertainment will produce.