‘MacGruber’ Series Ordered at Peacock, Will Forte Reprising Main Role

Phil Lord and Chris Miller have teamed up with actors-turned-writers Natalie Morales and Cyrina Fiallo for a Miami-set comedy. Universal has picked up an untitled project pitch from Morales and Fiallo, who will now write the screenplay and executive produce.

Baseball’s Mets and Marlins are standing in solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters.

Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King.”The series, ordered without a pilot episode, will be based on the Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said Tuesday.It's planned for release across three corporate siblings: the NBC broadcast network, cable’s USA channel and the recently launched Peacock streaming service, NBC Universal said.McKinnon also will be an executiver producer for the show with the working title of “Joe Exotic,” Maldonado-Passage's nickname.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA live-action “Resident Evil” series has been picked up at Netflix.The streamer has given an eight episode order to the one-hour series, which is based on the Capcom video game franchise of the same name. Constantin Films, which produced the six-film franchise based on the games, will serve as the studio behind the series.

This is just far, far too young…

Jordan Moreau Riley Gale, the lead singer of the metal band Power Trip, has died at 34, his family announced on Tuesday evening.“It is with the greatest of sadness we must announce that our lead singer and brother Riley Gale passed away last night,” this family shared on the band’s Twitter account. No cause of death was given.“Riley was a friend, a brother, a son.

Here’s some news you may not have been expecting: Ben Affleck is officially returning as Batman in the DC Universe!

Ben Affleck is set to don the Batman suit one final time.

Also Read: Fall TV 2020: All the Premiere Dates for New and Returning Shows - So Far (Photos)She continued: “There are so many remarkably talented people whose voices are being heard right now, but there are many more who have different experiences and remarkable stories that still need to be told in the genre.

Page Six said today that Jennifer Lopez and her man, A-Rod, just bought a $40 million house in Star Island near Miami Beach. The house comes with 10 bedrooms and 10 and-a-half bathrooms.

A “Clueless” series reboot is on the way.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVPeacock has ordered an eight-episode adaptation of “One of Us is Lying,” the streamer announced Wednesday.The new series, which is based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name by Karen M.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSara Bareilles will lead the cast of Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s Girls5eva original series for NBCU’s Peacock. Bareilles’ casting was announced today during Peacock’s CTAM virtual press tour.Written by Meredith Scardino, in Girls5eva, when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock continues to build up its original comedy slate with a straight-to-series series order to MacGruber, starring and co-written by Will Forte.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe action comedy, which stems from Forte’s recurringMacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live, was part of Peacock’s inaugural development slate.

Bryan Cranston would clear his schedule to reprise his role as Walter White on Better Call Saul if show creator Vince Gilligan came knocking on his door.“I would be in it if Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, who are co-executive producers on it, wanted me to be in it,” the actor, 64, told Collider on Thursday, August 6. “I would do it in a second.

Also Read: Amazon Prime Video Tops Streaming Services in New Subscribers for Q2, Disney+ and ESPN+ Fall BackHere’s Amazon’s description for how the competition will work:“At stake is a life-changing monetary prize for the winning duo ($500,000) and the animal charity of their choice ($250,000).

Will Thorne Staff WriterLindsey Vonn is trading her Olympic medals for dog leashes.The famous athlete, and her dog Lucy, are teaming up with Amazon for a canine competition series. Titled “The Pack,” the Vonn-hosted unscripted series will celebrate the bond between dogs and their human companions, and is set to premiere later this year.The series consists of an epic, cross-continental adventure featuring twelve teams of dogs and their humans.