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Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Reacher” has snagged an early Season 2 renewal at Amazon.The action thriller series debuted on the streamer just three days ago, on Feb. 4. It is based on the Jack Reacher novel series by Lee Child.

Joshua Alston Know this about Jack Reacher: He’s an awfully tall drink of brackish water.No more than 10 minutes go by in “Reacher,” Prime Video’s series adaptation of Lee Child’s durable book franchise, without someone mentioning the eponymous character’s intimidating stature. Reacher, played here by Alan Ritchson (“Titans”), is described at various points as a “giant,” “Frankenstein’s monster,” and, without irony, as “250 pounds of frontier justice.” When characters aren’t conjuring turns of phrase to describe Reacher’s size, the camera is employing forced perspective techniques to render him even larger than the 6 feet 5 inches established in Child’s canon.The emphasis on Reacher’s physique is a good-faith gesture to fans of Child’s 26-and-counting novels, some of whom bristled at the pair of Reacher films featuring Tom Cruise as a featherweight version of the legendary bruiser.

It wasn’t too long ago that television was a place without pretension. It was a place to go for serialized, no-frills storytelling and you’d never hear it compared to what you’d see in the cinema.

announced last summer and co-starring Monica Barbaro (“Top Gun: Maverick,” “Chicago P.D.”) — has been picked up for eight hour-long episodes by Netflix, the streamer announced Wednesday.Created by Nick Santora (“Jack Reacher”), the show follows a dad and offspring, played by Schwarzenegger and Barbaro, who are somehow unaware that they have both been covert CIA operatives for years.

Arnold Schwarzenegger will take on his first regular TV role for an untitled spy adventure series at Netflix, the streamer announced Wednesday.Schwarzenneger is attached to executive produce and star in the eight-episode series opposite “Top Gun: Maverick” actress Monica Barbaro.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Arnold Schwarzenegger is making his grand entrance into television with an untitled global espionage adventure project ordered to series by Netflix. The streamer announced today that the spy series, hailing from Skydance Television and Nick Santora (“Scorpion”) will star the Austrian-American and “The Good Cop’s” Monica Barbaro.Per the logline, the show centers on a father and a daughter who learn that they’ve been secretly working as CIA Operatives for years.

EXCLUSIVE: Bruce McGill (Rizzoli & Isles), Maria Sten (Swamp Thing) and Hugh Thompson (Chapelwaite) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.

EXCLUSIVE: iZombie alum Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald (Scream) and Chris Webster (The Most Dangerous Game) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Jack Reacher, based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.

Lisa Kennedy The customary, adrenaline-juiced montage of football prep and clash comes fast, furious and surprisingly early in the football melodrama “Safety,” streaming on Disney Plus starting Dec. 11.

The Apprentice replacement — Schwarzenegger has never had a major recurring role on a series until now.Variety described the show as “a global spy adventure with a father and daughter at the centre of the story”.Schwarzenegger would take on the main role, with Top Gun: Maverick and The Good Cop actor Monica Barbaro as his daughter.Nick Santora created the show with Skydance TV as part of his overall deal with the company, which also includes his role as showrunner on the upcoming Jack Reacher

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe planned spy series starring Arnold Schwarzenegger has been set up at Netflix for development, Variety has confirmed.The series, which hails from Nick Santora and Skydance Television, is described as a global spy adventure with a father and daughter at the center of the story. Monica Barbaro is attached to play Schwarzenegger’s daughter in the show.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Skydance TV’s hourlong series starring and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed at Netflix, I have learned.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick) has been cast as the co-lead alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in a global spy adventure series, which is in the works at Skydance Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCreated by Nick Santora, the series has a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter (Barbaro) at the center of the story.Barbaro was approached for the series on the heels of her starring turn as Phoenix, the sole female

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAmazon Studios, Skydance TV and Paramount TV Studios have found their Jack Reacher.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is heading to TV for the first time ever. Well, the first time since he hosted “Celebrity Apprentice,” but that was a dark time that we’re going to pretend never happened.

Arnold Schwarzenegger always said "I'll Be Back" and he's keeping his word. The action star and former governor of California has signed on to star and executive-produce an hourlong TV series from Scorpion creator Nick Santora,  Deadline reports.

EXCLUSIVE: Skydance Television is developing an original hourlong series headlined and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger in his first major foray into scripted television, I have learned.Created by “Scorpion” creator Nick Santora, the series is said to be a global spy adventure with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter at the center of the story.Skydance is expected to take out the project to streamers shortly.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Skydance Television is developing an original hourlong series headlined and executive produced by Arnold Schwarzenegger In his first major foray into scripted television, I have learned.Created by Scorpion creator Nick Santora, the series is said to be a global spy adventure with a father (Schwarzenegger) and daughter at the center of the story.Skydance is expected to take out the project to streamers shortly.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic“I didn’t know it would work until I met with Quibi,” Most Dangerous Game writer-showrunner Nick Santora said about being approached to work on a project for the new upstart media service that offers entertainment on your phone — in some cases feature-length films delivered in up to 15 or so short doses.Santora is Emmy nominated for his first Quibi effort in the Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category for the update of the classic

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineOn Most Dangerous Game, Christoph Waltz embarked on his first American project made for the small screen, earning his first Emmy nomination for the series, which had initially sparked some skepticism on his part.Created by Scott Elder, Josh Harmon and Nick Santora, based on a classic short story by Richard Connell, the action-thriller centers on Dodge (Liam Hemsworth), a Detroit everyman up to his eyeballs in debt, who is looking to secure the financial

Peter White Television EditorThree months after launch, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form service Quibi is entering its first awards season.As the nascent platform, which is still finding its feet with subscribers, kicks off its debut FYC campaign, Deadline has assembled a virtual roundtable of creators and stars to explore how it lured Hollywood A-listers to the second screen, what they really thought of it when they first heard about it, the creative process, the importance of

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Most Dangerous Game, the action thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz, has been renewed for a second season at Quibi and is also set to be packaged into a standalone feature film.The series, one of the short-form service’s most-high profile titles, follows Dodge Tynes (Hemsworth), who is desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life and accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he’s the

By Denise Petski

After months—so many months—of announcements touting shows featuring some of Hollywood's biggest stars, your first look at a scripted Quibi show is here and it's none other than Most Dangerous Game starring the one and only Liam Hemsworth.

A new series inspired by author Lee Child’s hit Jack Reacher books has been greenlit by Amazon bosses.

A new series inspired by author Lee Child’s hit Jack Reacher books has been greenlit by Amazon bosses.

By Nellie Andreeva