‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Series at Disney Plus Casts Maya Erskine

Joe Otterson TV ReporterYaya DaCosta has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming Fox drama series “Our Kind of People,” Variety has learned.

Ewan McGregor is set to make his debut as legendary fashion designer Halston in Netflix’s limited series of the same name.

Ryan Murphy’s new series is already stirring some controversy.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAMC and AMC Plus have given a formal series order to the series “Moonhaven” from Peter Ocko.News of the order comes after it was reported that AMC had opened a writers’ room for the show under their script-to-series model. The series is expected to debut next year.“Moonhaven” is focused on a utopian colony on the Moon that may hold the keys to preserving life on Earth, which has become increasingly perilous.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKiefer Sutherland is getting back to his espionage roots in a new drama series at Paramount Plus.The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at the streamer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDemi Lovato will find out if the truth is out there in a new limited unscripted series about UFOs that has been ordered at Peacock.In “Unidentified with Demi Lovato,” the music superstar and actress, her skeptical best friend Matthew, and her sister Dallas attempt to uncover the truth about the UFO phenomena.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has released a first look at Lily James and Sebastian Stan as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee in the limited series “Pam and Tommy.”The series takes on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Along with Stan and James, the series also stars Seth Rogen, Nick Offerman, Taylor Schilling, Andrew Dice Clay, Pepi Sonuga, Spencer Granese, and Mozhan Marnò.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMj Rodriguez will star opposite Maya Rudolph in an upcoming Apple comedy series that hails from Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, Variety has learned.The series was ordered at Apple in March. It follows Molly (Rudolph), a woman whose seemingly perfect life is upended after her husband leaves her with nothing but 87 billion dollars.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox has ordered the drama series “The Cleaning Lady” for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.The one-hour show was originally ordered to pilot last year, but production was delayed by the pandemic. Elodie Young stars as Thony, a whip-smart doctor who comes to the U.S.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterColton Ryan has signed on to star opposite Elle Fanning in the upcoming Hulu drama series “The Girl From Plainville,” Variety has learned.Fanning as Michelle Carter and is inspired by the true story of her controversial “texting-suicide” case.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterDiscovery Plus is venturing into scripted development, with the streamer acquiring the TV rights to the book “Girls with Bright Futures by Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman,” Variety has learned exclusively.The move to develop the series, which is in the very early stages, is significant given that Discovery Plus is largely made up of original unscripted programming and library content from channels like HGTV, TLC, Discovery Channel, and Food Network among others.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFinn Wittrock has been cast in a lead role of the upcoming “Green Lantern” series at HBO Max, Variety has learned.Wittrock will star as Guy Gardner, who is described as a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered in the comics, an embodiment of 1980s hyper-patriotism. And yet, Guy is somehow likable.

Ewan McGregor has defended his casting as gay fashion designer Halston in a new Netflix series. The Trainspotting star will star in Halston as the titular influential designer best known for designing the pillbox hat worn by Jackie Kennedy at her husband’s inauguration.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJulie Ann Emery has been cast in Apple’s upcoming Hurricane Katrina series, “Five Days at Memorial.”The series is based on the Sheri Fink novel of the same name. It chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Walker” Season 2 at The CW has upped Odette Annable to series regular status.Annable currently recurs on the series as Geri, an old friend of Walker (Jared Padalecki) and his late wife.

Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff series saying it will feel “so much more real” than the franchise’s prequels.The actor, who last portrayed the legendary jedi in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), will reprise his role in the Disney+ show, which currently has no release date.Speaking about the prequels in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he criticised George Lucas for making them too CGI based.“He [Lucas] wanted more and more control over what we see in the

Ewan McGregor is dishing about his upcoming series.

It’s been more than 15 years since George Lucas released “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” the final film in his Prequel Trilogy and the most recent feature to showcase Ewan McGregor in a major role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. But soon enough, Disney+ is going to change that by giving McGregor his own event series, aptly titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which will take place years after ‘Sith,’ and the actor is more excited about this project than he was working with Lucas on the films.

Ewan McGregor is looking back at his career and what lies ahead in a new in-depth cover story for The Hollywood Reporter.