Michael Showalter To Direct & Executive Produce ‘The Dropout’ Hulu Limited Series

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Wings of Fire” books by Tui T. Sutherland are being adapted into an animated series at Netflix with Ava DuVernay set to executive produce.The “Wings of Fire” books have sold more than 14 million copies around the world to date.

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off a four-season run on Netflix’s praised Atypical, Michael Rapaport is set to play a TV dad on another high-profile streaming comedy series. He will star in Amy Schumer’s Hulu series Life & Beth.

Michael Jordan is going to be inducting the late Kobe Bryant into the 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame announced Thursday that Jordan will be honoring the former Laker as he presents him for the next class of hall of famers. Bryant is among the nine honorees being inducted into the Hall of Fame on May 15.

Michael Corn, the top producer on ABC News’ Good Morning America, has departed the show in what was described as an abrupt exit.

EXCLUSIVE: Pepi Sonuga (9-1-1, Thriller) and Andrew Dice Clay (Blue Jasmine, A Star is Born) are set for recurring roles opposite Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen in Pam & Tommy, Hulu’s limited series based on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Nick Offerman also stars.

Arrested Development alum Michael Cera has been cast as a series regular opposite Amy Schumer in Hulu’s original comedy series Life & Beth (fka Love, Beth), created, directed, written, executive produced by and starring Schumer, from Endeavor Content.

Channing Tatum is executive producing the unscripted competition series which is headed to the streamer later this year. The series will take 10 men and transform them into Magic Mikes and a nationwide casting search is currently underway.«Ten men who have ‘lost their magic’ will come together in a competition series like no other.

EXCLUSIVE: OZY Media has tapped two executives and three executive producers to help expand OZY Studios’ development and production.

Nick Offerman has been tapped to co-star opposite Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen in Pam & Tommy, Hulu’s limited series based on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterColin Firth will play Michael Peterson in a series adaptation of “The Staircase,” which has been ordered to series at HBO Max.HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of the limited series, which is based on the docuseries of the same name and various books and reports on the Peterson case. Peterson was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen, in 2001.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNaveen Andrews has been cast alongside Amanda Seyfried in the Hulu drama series “The Dropout,” which will tell the story of Elizabeth Holmes.Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout, founded medical testing start-up Theranos. She was lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation.

Lost alum Naveen Andrews is set as a lead opposite Amanda Seyfried in Hulu’s limited drama series The Dropout, based on ABC News/ABC Radio’s podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos.

Amanda Seyfried has just locked in her next big role as Elizabeth Holmes, the former founder and CEO of Theranos, in the Hulu limited series . The actress replaces Kate McKinnon, who was originally cast in the true-crime drama.Adapted from the ABC Radio podcast about the rise and fall of Holmes and her Silicon Valley-based company, will chronicle the true story of an American businesswoman who managed to raise billions of dollars over false claims of developing a revolutionary blood test.

Kate McKinnon‘s replacement in the Hulu limited series The Dropout based on the rise and fall of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been revealed: Amanda Seyfried!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmanda Seyfried has signed on to play Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu series “The Dropout.”Seyfried takes over the role from Kate McKinnon, whose exit from the project was reported in February. The series tells the story of Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos.

It would appear that one actress dropping out of “The Dropout” has opened the door for an Oscar nominee to take her place. According to Variety, Amanda Seyfried is taking over for Kate McKinnon in the upcoming Hulu drama series, “The Dropout.” The series is inspired by the real-life business scandal involving Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech start-up Theranos.

Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried is set to star as Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s The Dropout. She replaces Kate McKinnon who in February exited the limited drama series based on ABC News/ABC Radio’s podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos.