NBCUniversal Scraps Multi-Platform Release Plans for ‘Joe Exotic’ Limited Series

Parker Posey is set to star alongside Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Juliette Binoche and Rosemarie DeWitt in The Staircase, HBO Max’s drama limited series adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichiel Huisman has been cast in one of the lead roles of the upcoming Apple action-thriller series “Echo 3,” Variety has learned.Huisman joins recently announced cast member Luke Evans. Set in South America, “Echo 3″ follows Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, who is the emotional center of a small American family.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe popular mobile game “Temple Run” could soon be coming to TV, with unscripted juggernaut A. Smith & Co.

EXCLUSIVE: Juliette Binoche is set to star alongside Toni Collette, Colin Firth and Rosemarie DeWitt in The Staircase, HBO Max’s drama limited series adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries.

Kathleen Turner has been tapped for a lead role opposite Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux and Domhnall Gleeson in The White House Plumbers, HBO’s five-part limited series that revisits one of the biggest political scandals in American history, Watergate.

Kumail Nanjiani will play Chippendales founder Somen “Steve ” Banerjee in an upcoming Hulu limited series called “Immigrant.” The show was announced Tuesday morning by Hulu and ABC chief Craig Erwich during Disney’s upfront press briefing.“Immigrant” is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKumail Nanjiani will play Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee in a limited series that has been ordered at Hulu, Variety has learned.The eight-episode series is titled “Immigrant.” It will tell the true story of Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

Tiger King star Joe Exotic has announced he's been diagnosed with prostate cancer and has begged for a pardon from the President of the United States, Joe Biden.The 58 year old, who is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence, took to his Twitter feed to share the news with his 57,900 followers as he explained he's set to undergo further tests to determine what stage the cancer is in.The Netflix star, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, wrote: "John Phillips has received my

Tiger King star Joe Exotic has revealed that he has prostate cancer, and has begged to be released from prison.Exotic is currently serving a 22-year prison sentence for animal abuse charges and a murder-for-hire plot against his rival Carole Baskin.Taking to Twitter, Exotic revealed his diagnosis and asked fans to help get the attention of US President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris.“John Phillips [Exotic’s lawyer] has received my medical records from FMC Fort Worth and my PSA count came back

Joe Biden on Friday put the kibosh on his predecessor's planned “National Garden of American Heroes" and revoked former President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at social media companies' moderation policies and branding American foreign aid.In an executive order of his own, Biden abolished the Trump-formed task force to create the new monument, which the former president proposed last year.

Joe Biden nixed one of Donald Trump’s plans for a lasting legacy: A National Garden Of American Heroes, filled with statues of historical figures, sports stars, entertainers, business figures, activists and inventors.

The Joe Exotic scripted series, starring Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell, is going to stream exclusively on Peacock.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Joe Exotic” series starring Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell will now air only on Peacock instead of on the streamer, NBC, and USA Network as originally planned.The show received the multi-platform series order last year. According to an individual with knowledge of the production, the move comes as the multi-platform order was made prior to Susan Rovner assuming her role as chairman of entertainment content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

HBO is rounding out the cast for its upcoming limited series The White House Plumbers. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina alumna Kiernan Shipka, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project), Yul Vazquez (The Outsider), David Krumholtz (The Deuce), Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) and Liam James (Psych) join Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson and Lena Headey in the five-part series that revisits one of the biggest political scandals in American history, Watergate.

inspired series.The stage and screen star is set to play the legendary Tiger King himself, Joe Exotic, in an upcoming limited series of the same name, which will roll out across NBCU’s scripted entertainment platforms, NBC, Peacock and USA.  «It's a thrill,» Mitchell told ET's Lauren Zima of taking on the role, «because Joe is the exact same age as me and lived in a lot of the same areas I lived in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas.

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Macneill and Clay Chapman, the duo behind SXSW horror film The Boy, have teamed up with Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films to develop a horror series at Amazon.

EXCLUSIVE: Rosemarie DeWitt is set to star alongside Toni Collette and Colin Firth in The Staircase, HBO Max’s drama limited series adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAmid a spate of anti-Asian hate crimes this past year, the story of Vincent Chin — the 27-year-old Chinese American brutally beaten and killed in 1982 by two former autoworkers, Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz, who blamed him for the economic downturn in Detroit — has become the focus of renewed interest for the entertainment industry.