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Prepare for more unhappy couples after SundanceTV renewed its short-form series State of the Union for a second season.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) has ruled that Julia Kogan be formally recognized as joint author of the film “Florence Foster Jenkins.”Directed by Stephen Frears and starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant, the 2016 film told the story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite not having the best singing voice.

The award-winning team behind 2013's Philomena — Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope — are reuniting for another comedy-drama based on a true story, The Lost King, which will make its debut at the virtual American Film Market. Like Philomena, which landed four Oscar nominations, Frears will direct from a script co-written by Coogan and Pope, with Coogan set to co-star.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: Christine Langan, the CEO of Steve Coogan’s film and TV production company Baby Cow, has stepped down after four years to launch her own production venture.Deadline can reveal that the former BBC Films chief has set up Bonnie Productions, through which she will continue to develop film and TV projects.During her time at Baby Cow, she oversaw features including Stan and Ollie and The Lost King, the Stephen Frears-directed project announced on Friday.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Pathé has boarded world sales ahead of the AFM on UK comedy-drama The Lost King, inspired by the remarkable 2012 true story of finding Brit monarch King Richard III’s remains under a Leicester car park.Steve Coogan has co-written the script with his Stan & Ollie and Philomena collaborator Jeff Pope.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Maggie Kiley (Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, Riverdale) is set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes of Peacock’s limited series Dr. Death, starring Jamie Dornan, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater.

Chinese streaming platform Huanxi Premium has acquired exclusive local online rights to Stephen Frears' hit U.K. limited seriesQuiz.

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineIn Hulu’s female-driven reboot of High Fidelity, costume designer Sarah Laux found the opportunity to tackle her first TV series, honing trendy, vintage looks for a set of music-loving Brooklynites.Based on a beloved novel by Nick Hornby—which Stephen Frears previously adapted into a classic film—the series centers on Rob Brooks (Zoë Kravitz), a music-obsessed native of Brooklyn Heights, who runs a record store, while struggling with a series of failed

Hulu’s updated version of the 2000 John Cusack-led, Stephen Frears-helmed, Nick Hornby-authored classic “High Fidelity” is the type of show that can — unironically — play the perfect song for every moment. And the team brought in to oversee that very delicate process was Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe and Alison Rosenfeld.

To rewatch High Fidelity, the 2000 John Cusack vehicle about a music snob in denial about just how badly his most recent breakup has shaken him, is to realize we've never left it behind.

By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski