Limited-Series Showrunners Discuss ‘Centering Voices Left on the Margins’ at Variety’s ‘A Night in the Writers’ Room’

Also Read: Luke Evans Cast in Hulu Limited Series 'Nine Perfect Strangers'The show is expected to premiere on Hulu in 2021.David E. Kelley will co-write and serve as co-showrunner on the series alongside “Edge of Tomorrow” screenwriter John Henry Butterworth.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Samara Weaving (Hollywood) is set as a lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Hulu’s tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book, from David E.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVUSA Network will not be going forward with Evel, its high-profile limited series starring This Is Us‘ Milo Ventimiglia as the larger-than-life ’70s daredevil Evel Knievel.The limited series was to film during Ventimiglia’s hiatus from This Is Us.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterUSA Network is no longer moving ahead with the limited series about Evel Knievel starring Milo Ventimiglia, Variety has confirmed.It was announced last September that Ventimiglia, who stars on the hit NBC drama “This Is Us,” was to play the famous daredevil. However, the coronavirus pandemic shut down the series on March 13, right before production was to begin.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVA little over a month before Naya Rivera lost her life in lake Piru, Starz announced a new season of Step Up, a series inspired by the popular dance movie franchise, which marked the Glee alumna’s return to television in a major role.A successor to Step Up: High Water, which had aired on YouTube for two seasons, the new installment, from creator and executive producer Holly Sorensen, was to be anchored by the characters played on the original series by Ne-Yo

Michelle Williams and Oscar Isaac will lead the cast of an upcoming HBO limited series, Scenes From a Marriage.

It’s interesting the talk of, “is it a series or is it a film?” that dominates film culture when a great filmmaker does something in the realm of television. David Lynch is really seen as a forerunner in the film-to-TV transition because of “Twin Peaks,” the ’90s version, and the more recent Showtime return, but Ingmar Bergman was already out there in the 1970s.

Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten With voting for this year’s Emmy nominations coming into the final stretch, today’s episode of our Deadline weekly podcast, TV Talk , once again dives into a handicap of some key races, in this case for Best Limited Series  and Best Movie Made For Television.  Among top contenders in the uber-crowded Limited Series race are so many top quality productions that TV Critic Dominic Patten has his own list , and Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond

Joe Otterson TV ReporterOscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are attached to star in an HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes From a Marriage,” Variety has learned.Bergman’s version aired on Swedish television in 1973, consisting of six episodes. Bergman directed the series with Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson starring.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO has given a green light to Scenes From a Marriage, a limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic series, starring and executive produced by Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams, from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Endeavor Content.Written and directed by Levi, the series adaptation re-examines the show’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a

Lena Horne will be the focus of a new limited series at Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime is developing a limited series about entertainment icon and activist Lena Horne.The series is currently titled “Blackbird: Lena Horne and America,” named for Horne’s favorite poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Jenny Lumet, Horne’s granddaughter, will co-write the first few episodes of the series with Alex Kurtzman, with both also executive producing.The series will span 60 years of Horne’s life, from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16,

Peter White Television EditorThe life of entertainer and activist Lena Horne is to be turned into a limited series by Showtime with Alex Kurtzman and her granddaughter Jenny Lumet.The ViacomCBS-backed cable network is developing Blackbird: Lena Horne and America and will tell her story from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16, through World War II and stardom of the MGM years, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement and her triumphant return to Broadway.It will explore her relationships

New mum Lucy Mecklenburgh looked stunning and summery as she stepped out for a spot of shopping in London this week.The former TOWIE star looked gorgeous as she headed out in a yellow floral embroidered dress on Monday, which she paired with flat pointed-toe jewelled shoes. Lucy, who welcomed her first child Roman into the world with Ryan Thomas earlier this year, beamed for the cameras as she wore her dark brunette locks wavy and accessorised with sunglasses on her head.

Elisabeth Moss is ready to trade in her handmaid's bonnet for an ax.

Jake Kanter, Peter White, Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: Billions’ Damian Lewis and The Affair alum Dominic West are in negotiations to headline and executive produce a limited series adaptation of bestselling Cold War espionage thriller A Spy Among Friends for Spectrum Originals and UK streamer BritBox.The six-episode A Spy Among Friends, based on Ben Macintyre’s book, comes from former Homeland executive producer Alexander Cary, Sony Pictures Television and ITV Studios.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorUCP is adding another true crime series to its slate with Candy (working title) a limited event series based on the true story of Texas killer Candy Montgomery and her victim, Betty Gore, starring and executive produced by The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss, from The Act co-creator Nick Antosca and writer Robin Veith (Mad Men, The Act).

Joe Otterson TV ReporterUniversal Content Productions (UCP) is continuing its push into the true crime space with a new limited series starring Elisabeth Moss.Moss has signed on to star in a series titled “Candy” for the studio, based on the true story of Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore.

Television Academy members have officially received their ballots for the 2020 Primetime and Creative Arts Emmys. And after months of Emmy campaigning sort of turned into a more traditional phase one campaign than expected (FYC outdoor advertising has popped up all over LA, more zoom Q&As than anyone could possibly watch), the nomination game is finally in the home stretch.