Lena Dunham & Working Title Gear Up To Shoot Medieval Comedy ‘Catherine, Called Birdy’ In UK

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA “Real Housewives of Miami” revival was among the programming announcements Peacock made on Wednesday as part of its Television Critics Association presentation.The original “RHOM” aired on Bravo from 2011-2013 for four seasons.

With Jeffrey Epstein's former lover Ghislaine Maxwell already the subject of several upcoming documentaries, powerhouse Brit producers Working Title have turned their attention to her notorious father. The company has optioned the TV rights toFall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell from John Preston —author of A Very English Scandal and The Dig (which was recently adapted for film by Netflix) —and published earlier this month by Viking, with plans to turn it into a limited series.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNeil Patrick Harris spent some of the pandemic filming “The Matrix 4” in Berlin. He tells me that he was surprised that writer-director Lana Wachowski’s shoot was so “intimate.”“It didn’t feel large because it felt like she was in her sweet spot, which was filming on the fly, filming using natural light,” the Emmy- and Tony-winner says on this week’s episode of the “Just for Variety” podcast.

Naman Ramachandran Working Title has optioned TV rights to bestselling author John Preston’s ( “A Very English Scandal,” “The Dig”) non-fiction book “Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell.”The book, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Books, earlier this month, charts British media mogul Robert Maxwell’s rise, fall and mysterious death.The project, being developed as a limited TV series, will be produced by Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner (pictured).

Working Title has optioned TV rights to author John Preston’s (A Very English Scandal, The Dig) new non-fiction book Fall: the Mystery of Robert Maxwell.

Lena Dunham was unaware of 'Genera+ion' using actual dead cats for a dissection scene. The 34-year-old star - an executive producer on the HBO Max show - has responded to backlash over an episode featuring a high school biology lesson which included actual animal cadavers.

Lena Dunham is issuing a response after some controversy surrounding a new series she’s executive producing for HBO Max.

Lena Dunham is speaking out following the uproar about one particular scene in HBO Max’s Genera+ion series.

Believe it or not, it’s been more than a decade since Lena Dunham broke out with her feature film, “Tiny Furniture.” And since then, she has yet to follow up with another feature film. However, that appears to be changing, as she begins casting the upcoming project, “Catherine, Called Birdy.” READ MORE: ‘Industry’: Young People Are Capital, But HBO’s Newest Gen-Z Wall Street Show Isn’t Indispensible [Review] According to dependable U.K.

Alissa Simon Film CriticNearly six years ago, “Rams,” a touching humanist drama from Iceland directed and written by Grímur Hákonarson, won hearts — and prizes — at the Cannes Film Festival. Now, in trots “Rams,” an Australian remake, directed by Jeremy Sims (“Last Cab to Darwin”).

Lena Dunham and Mandy Patinkin have a new movie in the works!

Ed Meza @edmezavarMandy Patinkin and Lena Dunham have joined German filmmaker Julia von Heinz’s next film, “Iron Box,” about a New York businesswoman who decides to take her aging father back to his native Poland, where she hopes to explore her Jewish roots.In an interview with Variety during last year’s Venice Film Festival following the premiere of her latest pic, “And Tomorrow the Entire World,” von Heinz said she planned to send Patinkin and Dunham the script and expressed hope that they

Game Of Thrones may be over, but fans have something special coming up! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the hit HBO show Game of Thrones is coming back as an animated show and is already in the works.

Generation (styled Genera+ion), a new series that premieres on HBO Max this spring, will fill the Rue-and-Jules shaped hole in your heart. Glamour has the exclusive first look at the half-hour series, which follows a group of high schoolers as they navigate their sexuality, relationships, and family. Naturally, social media’s toxic thread is woven through it all.