HBO Executive Nora Skinner Joins Netflix As VP Drama Series

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Alves (Yellowjackets) has landed a recurring role in Netflix‘s eight-episode comedy series No Good Deed from creator Liz Feldman (Dead to Me), Deadline has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy star Alex Landi has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic dramedy Mr. Plankton for Netflix. This will mark his debut in a Korean series. 

Pulse, Netflix‘s first original medical procedural, has rounded out its cast with five additional series regulars. Pennyworth star Jack Bannon, The Boys’ Jessie T. Usher, Chelsea Muirhead (Warrior), Daniela Nieves (Vampire Academy) and Jessy Yates (Law & Order: SVU) join previously cast Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell and Justina Machado in the drama series from first-time creator Zoe Robyn and veteran Carlton Cuse.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has ordered the limited series “The Beast in Me” with Claire Danes set to star, Variety has learned. The series hails from writer Gabe Rotter, with Howard Gordon attached to serve as showrunner. The series reunites Gordon and Danes, as they previously worked together on the hit Showtime series “Homeland.” Danes starred in the series, which Gordon co-created and executive produced.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter John Leguizamo has joined the cast of the upcoming Apple TV+ drama series “Firebug,” Variety has learned. In addition, Kari Skogland has boarded the series as director and executive producer. Leguizamo joins previously announced cast members Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett in the series.

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Buying Beverly Hills returns this weekend with plenty of mansions and more drama!

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios and Groenlandia are readying feature film director Sydney Sibilia’s first TV drama series. Someone Killed Spiderman – Accidentally Famous (working title) is for Sky Italia and is about a non-conformist teenager who becomes on half of successful musical duo 883.

“An hour of television can change everything” is the tagline of the new Netflix series “Scoop,” which dramatizes and is inspired by the true events surrounding the disastrous BBC Newsnight interview with British royal family member Prince Andrew. The streaming giant has released a new trailer for “Scoop,” and it showcases the tension/drama as the British media attempts to get to the bottom of allegations of Prince Andrew’s (now on the outs with Buckingham Palace) sexual assault of underage girls and his longtime connections/relationship to the late American criminal pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Netflix has shared the first teaser for Joy, the historical drama starring James Norton, Bill Nighy, and Thomasin McKenzie about the birth of IVF treatments. 

EXCLUSIVE: The Fall of the House of Usher standout Willa Fitzgerald and The Continental star Colin Woodell have been tapped as the leads of Pulse, Netflix‘s first original medical procedural. They join previously cast Justina Machado in the drama series from first-time creator Zoe Robyn who serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside veteran Carlton Cuse.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has ordered the limited series “Untamed” with Erica Bana attached to star, Variety has learned exclusively. The six-episode series hails from writers Mark L. Smith and his daughter, Elle Smith.

EXCLUSIVE: Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story), Uche Agada (Rise) and Dane DiLiegro (Prey, American Horror Stories) have joined Mindy Kaling‘s Netflix series, set in the world of pro basketball, in recurring roles.

The Serpent Queen season two is on the way!

EXCLUSIVE: One Night Stand actor Matthew Sauvé will star in a limited series about his experiences with addiction.

Aramide Tinubu Loosely based on the experiences of real-life porn sensation Rocco Siffredi, known as the “Italian Stallion,” Netflix’s “Supersex” isn’t actually very sexy at all. Instead, the seven-part series, created by Francesca Manieri, is a tale about family, masculinity and toxic bonds. While the show, which stars Alessandro Borghi in the lead role, has some interesting chapters, the surrealist elements — including some hallucinatory moments and the bizarre way some of the sex scenes are filmed — make it more than a biographical account.

Andrew Scott plays grifter Tom Ripley in the new Netflix limited series Ripley, which is set to premiere on April 4. The new trailer, which you can view in the video above, shows the extent that Ripley will go through to get the job done.

You blink - and it's March already. With spring just around the corner, it's a time to celebrate new beginnings - and, on our streaming services, a fresh batch of TV shows and films.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Kurt Sutter’s upcoming western drama series “The Abandons” at Netflix has added six new cast members, Variety has learned. Nick Robinson (“Maid,” “A Teacher”), Diana Silvers (“Booksmart,” “Space Force”), Lucas Till (“X-Men” film franchise, “MacGyver”), Lamar Johnson (“The Last of Us,” “Brother”), Aisling Franciosi (“The Nightingale,” “God’s Creatures”), and Natalia del Riego (“Hail Mary,” “Promised Land”) have all joined the series. They will star alongside previously announced star Lena Headey as well as Gillian Anderson.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Nick Offerman and Betty Gilpin have joined the upcoming Netflix historical drama series “Death by Lightning,” Variety has learned. The duo join previously announced series leads Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Shannon in the show, which will tell the story of U.S. President James Garfield (Shannon) and his assassination by Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen).