‘Legacies’: Leo Howard Upped to Series Regular For Season 3 Of CW Drama Series

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Three Tables Productions has partnered with London’s Royal Opera House to create a scripted drama series that will chart the story of the institution’s continuing evolution over centuries.The first season will focus on the Royal Opera House’s recovery from its complete destruction in the Victorian era, when it was hit by a catastrophic fire, to become the renowned institution it is today.The as yet untitled drama will draw on accounts from the diaries of Frederick

Also Read: Alan Arkin Will Not Return for 3rd and Final Season of 'The Kominsky Method'As TheWrap reported in September, Alan Arkin is not returning for the show’s final season. Arkin played Norman Newlander, the friend and agent of Michael Douglas’ character during the first two seasons.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNBC has put in development a drama series based on the novel and movie Fried Green Tomatoes, with Reba McEntire attached to star, and Norman Lear executive producing, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Jennifer Cecil, the project is described as a modernization of the beloved novel and movie that explores the lives of descendants from the original work.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBET+ has picked up scripted comedy Ms. Pat from the Empire duo of co-creator/executive Lee Daniels and executive producer Brian Grazer with a 10-episode series order.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: CBS’ new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive has firmed up its regular cast and has set a number of recurring players.Young actress Izzy G, who played the co-lead AJ opposite RuPaul on the Netflix comedy series AJ and the Queen, has joined the main cast as a series regular opposite leads Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIQIYI’s drama series “The Bad Kids” has landed a slot on Japanese pay-TV platform Wowow, a first for a contemporary, mainland Chinese show. It is expected to play out from early 2021.Where many Chinese dramas run for between 40 and 80 episodes, “The Bad Kids” comprises 12 50-minute episodes, structred as a suspense series that tells the story of three youngsters in a small coastal town.

Will Thorne Staff WriterSteve Carell is officially returning to “The Morning Show.”Apple has confirmed that he will be back for the series’ upcoming second season, reprising the role of disgraced host Mitch Kessler. The streamer has also announced two additions to the cast in “Russian Doll” alumna Greta Lee and Ruairi O’Connor, whose recent credits include “The Spanish Princess.”Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and company will be back in production for season 2 on Oct.

Kaleem Aftab “Walking Dead” producer Gale Anne Hurd says that the Black Lives Matter movement rather than #MeToo has been the game changer for representation in film and television.In a far-ranging Canneseries online conversation about her career, she also discussed sexism she has faced, future plans for “The Walking Dead” with a new spin-off series and movie, and how she keeps returning to the theme of  “ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances who find the inner strength to

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDemore Barnes has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming 22nd season of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU.Barnes will continue in the role of Deputy Chief Christian Garland, a forthright, analytical and charismatic leader, eager to apply more contemporary principles to the NYPD while navigating its political minefields along with Capt. Benson (Mariska Hargitay).

The Showtime series Billions has been renewed for a sixth season and there is some exciting casting news to share!

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Patience in the upcoming third season of All American. Chelsea Tavares, who has recurred as the fan-favorite character since Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the CW drama.Tavares’ Patience is a student at South Crenshaw and ride or die girlfriend to Coop (Bre-z).

Peter White Television EditorBobby Axelrod and Chuck Rhoades will be going at it again for another year after Showtime renewed Billions for a sixth season.Corey Stoll, who guest starred as Mike Prince, a social impact pioneer who poses a threat to Damian Lewis’ Axe’s dominance, has been promoted to series regular for season six.The renewal comes as the financial thriller has not yet returned to production for its final five episodes of season five, which were interrupted by the COVID-19

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Ben Levin, who has recurred for the past two seasons on Legacies, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the CW drama series.Levin plays Jed, the Salvatore School’s werewolf Alpha, who must work to reassemble the pack and repair the damage done to his friendships in the wake of Malivore’s most devastating attack.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Audrey Corsa, who recurred on the first season of All Rise, has been promoted to series regular for the second season of the CBS courthouse drama.Corsa plays Samantha Powell, a young, ambitious law clerk in the DDA’s office bullpen.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Field, who has recurred as Rita Devereaux on NCIS: New Orleans for the past four seasons, has been promoted to series regular for CBS drama’s upcoming seventh season.After a successful career as an attorney with the Department of Justice, Field’s Rita returned to her hometown of New Orleans to pursue a relationship with Dwayne Pride, her one-time boyfriend, portrayed by her real-life husband, NCIS: Nee Orleans star Scott Bakula.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: There soon will be a new face in Riverdale.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterTwo drama series from “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail and Esmail Corp’s Chad Hamilton are in development with ABC.“Acts of Crime,” described only as a “unique spin on the crime procedural,” is written and directed by Esmail.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: You’re the Worst alum Chris Geere is set for a recurring role in the upcoming third season of ABC’s ensemble drama series A Million Little Things.Written by DJ Nash, A Million Little Things revolves around a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances.Geere will play Jamie, Maggie’s (Allison Miller) roommate in Oxford. Brash and funny.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jones (Marriage Story, The Incredible Jessica James), Sneaky Pete alum Giovanni Ribisi and Alexia Landeau (Day out of Days, 2 Days in Paris), who will expand her role as co-writer, round out the series regular cast of Netflix’s dramedy series On The Verge, from series creator Julie Delpy.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentSeven drama series play at the 2020 San Sebastian Film Festival, a historic record. Three series, Movistar Plus’ “Riot Police” and HBO Europe’s “Patria” and “We Are Who We Are,” screen in their entirety in San Sebastián’s Official Selection, another first.None of this seems a coincidence.