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Evan Peters was supposed to be cast in The White Lotus season 2!

EXCLUSIVE: Charlotte Le Bon (Falcon Lake) has joined Season 3 of HBO‘s The White Lotus in a role that is being recast. She is replacing Francesca Corney, who had been originally tapped for the part, sources close to production tell Deadline. HBO would not comment but we hear that the producers felt they needed someone who played older. Details regarding the character are being kept under wraps.

William Earl administrator The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards are taking place on Sunday at the traditional Santa Monica beach tent location, with Aidy Bryant set to host. “Past Lives,” “May December” and “American Fiction” are leading the pack of nominees with five nods each.

Following months of rumors that Lisa Manobal of BLACKPINK fame was set to make her acting debut, it was revealed on Monday that she’s joining the cast of HBO‘s The White Lotus for Season 3, the studio confirms. The series will begin production in and around Koh Samui, Phuket, and Bangkok in February and will follow a new group of guests at another White Lotus property.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The White Lotus” Season 3 has added another five actors to its cast. Walton Goggins (“Justified,” “The Shield”), Sarah Catherine Hook (“First Kill,” “Impeachment: American Crime Story”), Sam Nivola (“Maestro,” “White Noise”), Patrick Schwarzenegger (“Gen V,” “The Staircase”), and Aimee Lou Wood (“Sex Education,” “Living”) have all joined the third season of the hit HBO series. They join previously announced new cast members Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, and Tayme Thapthimthong as well as Miloš Biković, Christian Friedel, Morgana O’Reilly, Lek Patravadi, and Shalini Peiris.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The White Lotus” Season 3 at HBO has added five new cast members, Variety has learned. Miloš Biković (“Serf,” “South Wind”), Christian Friedel (“Zone of Interest,” “Babylon Berlin”), Morgana O’Reilly (“Mean Mums,” “Housebound”), Lek Patravadi (“In Family We Trust,” “Nang Nuan”), and Shalini Peiris (“The Ark,” “The Danny & Mick Show”) have all joined the highly-anticipated new season of the series. They join previously announced new cast members Leslie Bibb, Dom Hetrakul, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Monaghan, Parker Posey, and Tayme Thapthimthong.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Neon has acquired North American rights to “Immaculate,” a religious thriller starring Sydney Sweeney. Sweeney, the star of “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” also produced the film with Black Bear and Middle Child Pictures. Neon is planning a theatrical release on a yet-to-be-determined date.

Neon has snapped up U.S. rights to Immaculate, a new horror film produced by and starring Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You), for release in theaters on a date not yet disclosed.

EXCLUSIVE: It’s been a year of evolution for the European Film Market and its TV track Berlinale Series. Management is changing at sister festival Berlinale, with Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian exiting amid worries about finances, and the number of films screened reducing.

Paris Hilton‘s life is soon to grace our screens, as her memoir is set to be adapted into a television series by A24.READ MORE: Paris Hilton says she “pretended” to vote for Donald Trump in 2016Paris: The Memoir, which came out in March this year and was an instant New York Times bestseller, provided details of her childhood and journey into stardom, and gave a more intimate look at the 42-year-old media personality.Hilton revealed in her book, “The character I played was my steel-plated army. People loved her.

Paris Hilton‘s memoir “Paris: The Memoir” is getting the TV series treatment!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Paris Hilton‘s life story could soon be coming to TV. Variety has confirmed that Hilton’s recent book, “Paris: The Memoir,” has been optioned by A24 with plans to adapt it for the small screen. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the deal for the book is said to be in the six figure range.

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that A24 has taken the rights to Paris Hilton‘s memoir for a TV series adaptation. The deal, we hear, is said to be in the six figures.

EXCLUSIVE: Max Hollman, a rising star drama executive at HBO, has left the premium cable network to join Middle Child Pictures, the film and TV company launched recently by David Bernad (The White Lotus, Jury Duty). Hollman will continue to work with HBO as he sets off to run television for Middle Child Pictures as Producer/Executive through a first-look TV deal the company has signed with HBO and A24.

EXCLUSIVE: A day after Amazon Freevee’s Jury Duty made Emmy history as the first AVOD show to land major nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, the documentary-style half-hour is extending its stay on Amazon’s main platform, Prime Video.

It was a big win for the underdog on Wednesday as Freevee’s Jury Duty was nominated for four Emmy Awards including Outstanding Comedy Series, Supporting Actor for James Marsden, Writing for Mekki Leeper and Casting for Susie Farris.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large America’s most famous juror is hitting the courtrooms to feed a few more Southern California citizens doing their civic duty. Ronald Gladden, the unsuspecting real-life star of Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty,” will join some of the show’s cast members to had out tacos this week near various Los Angeles County courthouses. This week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, “Jury Duty” will be handing out free tacos to jurors (and well, whomever shows up at the truck) in Beverly Hills, Studio City and Venice. The taco truck Emmy FYC stunt is inspired by a scene in the show’s first episode, “Voir Dire,” when James Marsden buys tacos for the jurors “in lieu of selfies.”

Charna Flam After a decade-long friendship, comedy producers David Bernad and Todd Schulman finally put together their hidden-camera comedy expertise to make Amazon Freevee’s viral success “Jury Duty.” The executive producers of the overnight hit mockumentary combined their talents for the improvised-scripted sitcom. Bernad and Schulman began with the idea to hone in on sitcom genre tropes and create a story about an isolated individual amongst a cast of actors as they served on a sequestered jury. The two have had successful stints with unconventional comedy subgenres, most recently within the improvised-scripted sphere.

Mike White and his revolving cast of characters are heading to Thailand for the third season of The White Lotus, Deadline has confirmed.

Asia is looking like the most likely next destination for a White Lotus vacation.

could have looked a little different in season 2. Executive producer David Bernad revealed Dahmer star Evan Peters was originally set to play the character of Ethan Spiller, a role that eventually went to 's Will Sharpe. «That part was the last part we cast in the season, and originally it was supposed to be Evan Peters, but for whatever reason — scheduling or timing — it didn’t work out,” Bernad revealed recently at the Berlinale Series Market in Germany, according to Deadline.In the sophomore season of HBO's Emmy-winning series, tech entrepreneur and workaholic Ethan (Spiller) goes on a couples' vacation with his wife, Harper (Aubrey Plaza); and his college friend, Cameron (Theo James), and his wife, Daphne (Meghann Fahy).Even though Peters' casting didn't work out on , Bernad shared that a late-night online search seeking fresh faces led him to Sharpe.“We were really trying to figure how to cast that part so it didn’t feel like familiar casting,” he explained.

The White Lotus is almost certainly checking into an Asian hotel for its third season — and it’s been revealed Netflix’s Dahmer star Evan Peters nearly starred in the second run.

EXCLUSIVE: Simona Tabasco (The White Lotus) will star opposite Sydney Sweeney in the psychological horror film Immaculate from Black Bear Pictures. Details regarding Tabasco’s role are being kept under wraps.

Julia MacCary editor Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano and Giorgio Colangeli have joined Black Bear Pictures’ upcoming psychological horror film “Immaculate” with previously announced star and producer Sydney Sweeney. The film has begun its principal photography in Rome. The horror film depicts devoutly religious Cecilia (Sweeney) who receives an offer at an illustrious Italian convent. While seemingly picture-perfect, her new home in the Italian countryside holds some horrifying secrets. Morte’s credits include “Money Heist,” “Mirage,” “The Wheel of Time” and the upcoming series “Talkies.” Porcaroli has worked on projects such as “Perfect Strangers” “Baby,” “18 Presents” and the upcoming “Il Vangelo Secondo Maria.” Romano was featured in “The Hand of God,” “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer,” “Imma Tataranni – Deputy Prosecutor” and “Night Sun.” Colangeli’s credits include “Il Divo,” “Mindemic,” “Citizens of the World” and the upcoming “Castelrotto.” Sweeney’s acting work includes “Euphoria,” “The White Lotus” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Audiences have officially checked out of The White Lotus after the Season 2 finale aired Sunday night, but not before another record-high showing for the last episode.

The finale of The White Lotus is drawing near, and viewers appear eager to see how Season 2 is going to come to a close.

The White Lotus Season 2 is gaining popularity, with the latest episode managing to amass more same-day viewers than ever before.

It appears audiences are hungry for more of The White Lotus.

Recent double Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) is reteaming with The Voyeurs director for Immaculate, a new psychological horror that Mohan will direct for Black Bear Pictures.

“Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” actress Sydney Sweeney will star in the upcoming psychological horror film “Immaculate,” for Black Bear Pictures, the company announced on Friday.The film reunites Sweeney with director Michael Mohan (“The Voyeurs”), who will direct from a script by Andrew Lobel.Sweeney stars in the film as Cecilia, a woman of devout faith who is offered a fulfilling new role at an illustrious Italian convent. Her warm welcome to the picture-perfect Italian countryside is soon interrupted as it becomes clearer to Cecilia that her new home harbors some dark and horrifying secrets.Principal photography will commence in January 2023.Sweeney and Jonathan Davino will produce for Fifty-Fifty Films alongside David Bernad (“The Mule,” “The White Lotus”), who developed the project with Sweeney following their collaboration on “The White Lotus,” along with Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler producing for Black Bear.

The White Lotus creator Mike White is already thinking about the HBO show’s Season 3, even on the red carpet for Season 2.

HBO has set a Halloween Eve premiere date for the second installment of HBO’s Emmy-winning series The White Lotus, from Mike White. The seven-episode series debuts Sunday, October 30 at 9 PM ET/PT on HBO and will be available for streaming on HBO Max.

EXCLUSIVE: There have been whispers for months about a top-secret courtroom docu-style comedy series filming to run on Amazon Freevee. We can reveal that the project, starring James Marsden (Enchanted, Westworld), is now in post-production and headed to the screen.

second most nominated series of the 2021-22 TV season, took home the trophy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series during the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards. The surprise HBO hit beat out other major programs, including,, and.

Ellise Shafer The second installment of HBO’s “The White Lotus” has added Italian stars Beatrice Grannó, Sabrina Impacciatore and Simona Tabasco to its cast.As Variety exclusively revealed in January, the highly-anticipated Season 2 of Mike White’s social satire will take place at a luxurious resort in Sicily. Impacciatore will play Valentina, the manager of the White Lotus Sicily resort.

Good news for White Lotus fans — the second installment of Mike White’s dark comedy series will be one episode bigger than the first. The expanded second season will consist of seven episodes, HBO confirmed today as production has started at the San Domenico Palace, Taormina, A Four Seasons Hotel, as well as in and around Sicily.