HBO Strikes Overall Deal With Salli Richardson-Whitfield; Actor-Turned-Director To Helm Eps Of ‘The Gilded Age’ & Adam McKay’s Lakers Drama

Two months after the launch of NBCUniversal's Peacock, the streaming service will be accessible on Roku devices. Roku announced a distribution deal that will bring the new streamer to Roku users in a few weeks and that will also keep NBCU's TV everywhere apps on the platform.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHugh Davidson has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Animation.Under the deal, Davidson will develop, write, and produce animated projects for WBA across all platforms.

Peter White Television EditorHugh Davidson, who has worked on shows including Mike Tyson Mysteries, Robot Chicken and Nobodies, has closed an overall deal with Warner Bros Animation and scored a presentation order at HBO Max.Davidson, showrunner of the animated show featuring the famous boxer that recently ended on Adult Swim, is working on Keeping Up with the Joneses for the streamer.The show, which has received a presentation order, follows an aging matriarch scrambles to keep up appearances

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorProduction on HBO’s “The Gilded Age” shut down three days before it was slated to begin back in March, and actor Cynthia Nixon has finally had her first fitting as the industry begins to ramp back up.She was picked up at her New York City apartment by a Teamster driver.  “I showed him my green screen saying I had passed my [daily COVID] questionnaire,” Nixon said on Thursday’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big Ticket.”

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBlack-ish star and Mixed-ish creator Tracee Ellis Ross is expanding her relationship with ABC Signature, producer of the hit ABC comedy series, with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Ross’ production company, Joy Mill Entertainment, will be based at the studio and produce content across all platforms.“I love sharing stories and using storytelling as a way to connect and celebrate humanity,” said Ross.

Manori Ravindran International EditorVice Distribution, the fledgling distribution arm of the youth-skewing media brand, has struck a content deal with Hulu.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Bashir Salahuddin and Diallo Riddle, creators of Sherman’s Showcase and South Side, have closed an overall deal with Warner Bros TV.The pair have signed a multi-year deal with the studio and have ambitions to create, develop and produce TV projects in a wide range of genres from animation to superhero series.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rodney Barnes, the television writer and comic book author whose credits including Hulu’s Wu Tang: An American Saga and Marvel’s Runaways, has signed an overall deal with HBO.Deadline understands that the deal is for two years.This comes as Barnes is working with the premium cabler as a writer and executive producer on its upcoming untitled Lakers drama. He is working on the series, which stars John C.

Sony Music has tapped director Adam McKay, actor David Tennant and several other personalities for podcasts as it looks to build out its audio offerings. The record label revealed Wednesday during the IAB Podcast Upfronts that it plans to release nearly 40 new shows this year.

Peter White Television EditorSuccession exec producer and Vice director Adam McKay is to host and produce Death At The Wing, a narrative podcast series about a series of tragic deaths of basketball players in the 1980s and 1990s.This comes as he moves aggressively into the podcast space following a joint venture deal between his Hyperobject Industries and Three Uncanny Four Productions, the podcast company from Adam Davidson, Laura Mayer, and Sony Music Entertainment.Speaking at the IAB podcast

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: After playing Magic Johnson for Adam McKay in his upcoming HBO Los Angeles Lakers series, Rob Morgan is now ready to join McKay’s next feature film as the veteran actor is set to join Jennifer Lawrence in Netflix’s Don’t Look Up.

Peter White Television EditorViacomCBS is expanding its podcast business with a three year deal with iHeartMedia.The deal will include the return of Yo! MTV Raps, the seminal hip hop series, as a podcast and the extension of shows from the team behind The Daily Show.Trevor Noah’s Comedy Central show will produce additional original podcasts from the likes of its correspondents.

After breaking out on popular Hulu series Normal People, Daisy Edgar-Jones has been tapped to star in the filmFresh. The Legendary project will be the feature directorial debut of Mimi Cave, a music video veteran who has worked withVance Joy, Danny Brown and Tune-Yards, among others.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerDaisy Edgar-Jones, one of the stars on Hulu’s breakout drama, Normal People, has signed on as the lead in the Legendary social thriller Fresh, from screenwriter Lauryn Kahn and first time feature director Mimi Cave.Details about the film’s storyline are being kept under wraps.Legendary acquired the project earlier this year with Hyperobject Industries’ Adam McKay and Kevin Messick attached to produce.

Dave McNary Film Reporter“Normal People” star Daisy Edgar-Jones has signed on for the lead role in Legendary’s social thriller “Fresh.”The project is based on Lauryn Kahn’s script with Mimi Cave directing. Legendary, which announced the Edgar-Jones casting on Tuesday, is keeping the film’s storyline under wraps.

Peter White Television EditorPeter Saji, the co-creator of Mixed-ish and longtime Black-ish writer, is staying in the Disney family.He has just signed another multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature, the new name for what was known as ABC Studios.Saji signed his last overall deal with the company in 2017 and since has co-created the spin-off, which tells the story of Rainbow Johnson’s childhood growing up in a mixed-race family and was renewed for a second season.He has been with the studio

their decision to step away from their royal duties, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have revealed their next project.Markle, 39, and Harry, 35, have signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, The New York Times revealed on Wednesday, September 2.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterAfter helping successfully relaunch Universal’s The Fast & Furious franchise for the studio, Justin Lin and his Perfect Storm Entertainment banner are making the studio their official home. Lin has signed a very lucrative multi-year overall production deals for film and TV with Universal Pictures and Universal Studio Group.

Robin Thede is putting down roots. The Emmy-nominated creator of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show has signed an exclusive multiple-year overall deal with Warner Bros.