Rachel Weisz To Star In & Produce ‘Dead Ringers’ TV Series Reboot In Works At Amazon From ‘Normal People’ Scribe Alice Birch & Annapurna TV

Normal People leads the way ahead of tonight’s TV Choice Awards, which are taking place online for the first time due to coronavirus restrictions.

Amazon Studios have cast Titans star Alan Ritchson in the lead role of its upcoming Jack Reacher TV series.The new series is based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling series of books, which spawned two film adaptations starring Tom Cruise, 2012’s Jack Reacher and 2016’s Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.News of the new series was announced back in January, when Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios, revealed that the first season will be based on the 1997 book The Killing

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnna Faris is leaving the CBS multi-cam sitcom “Mom” ahead of the show’s upcoming eighth season.“The past seven years on ‘Mom’ have been some of the most fulfilling and rewarding of my career,” Faris said in a statement. “I’m so thankful to Chuck, the writers, and my amazing castmates for creating a truly wonderful work experience.

confirmed Friday via a heartbreaking Facebook post.

The Mandalorian will return to Disney+ for a second series on October 30, it has been confirmed.

Normal People actor Paul Mescal has said he felt “objectified” after the release of the show.Reflecting on the hit BBC Three series, in which the breakout star plays Sally Rooney’s character Connell Waldron opposite Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne Sheridan, Mescal said the newfound attention often felt overwhelming.“I felt objectified after Normal People,” Mescal told Elle magazine, who included the actor as part of their annual “movers and shakers” list alongside Edgar-Jones.“It’s to be

ELLE‘s list of top 50 movers and shakers for 2020 which celebrates new talent in the world of fashion, beauty, politics, culture and beyond.The list is compiled by a panel of special judges each year and 2020’s judges included ELLE’s Editor-in-Chief Farrah Storr, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, actress Gemma Chan and Ireland’s own Sinead Burke.Speaking about his new-found fame, Paul told Elle how he felt ‘objectified’ in the weeks the show went to air: ‘I felt objectified after Normal People.

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.

Normal People star Paul Mescal has landed his next film role.Mescal will appear alongside Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and more in The Lost Daughter, the directorial debut of Maggie Gyllenhaal.The new film will be based on Elena Ferrante’s 2006 book of the same name, and Mescal has now come on board for the movie, which also features Jessie Buckley, Peter Sarsgaard and more, as The Hollywood Reporter notes.The official synopsis for The Lost Daughter reads: “When her daughters leave home, Leda

Paul Mescal’s somewhat unusual 2020 — at least compared to most other people around the world — has been well documented. The young Irish actor went into the COVID-19 lockdown an emerging talent looking forward to his first significant on-screen debut and — thanks to one of the most talked about TV shows of the year — emerged the other side a bona fide star, not to mention a new Instagram obsession.

Daisy Edgar-Jones has said she would like to take on a role that is different to her breakout part as Marianne in Normal People so she can “keep learning”.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Canadian singer/actress Jordan Alexander has been cast as one of the leads in  HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersStart of production on the 10-episode series — from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios — was delayed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures TV has put in development National Enquirer: The Untold Story!, a limited series inspired by the 2019 feature documentary Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer, produced and directed by Mark Landsman.

The filmography of David Cronenberg is varied and, above all, strange. And that’s the reason why he’s such a cinephile favorite.

Rachel Weisz will be pulling double duty on the television adaption of Dead Ringers, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Also Read: 'Utopia' Trailer Finds John Cusack, Rainn Wilson on Different Sides of a Pandemic Conspiracy (Video)“Normal People” writer Alice Birch will pen the adaptation, which is being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Annapurna Television. Weisz and Birch will executive produce alongside Stacy O’Neil, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle and Ali Krug for Annapurna Television, as well as James G.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has given a straight-to-series order to an adaptation of David Cronenberg film “Dead Ringers” with Rachel Weisz attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned.In the original film, which debuted in 1988, Jeremy Irons played twin gynecologists who both begin a relationship with the same woman. In the series version, Weisz will play the double lead role of the Mantle twins.

Normal People‘s producers have revealed that they didn’t have to think too hard about casting Paul Mescal.The television adaptation of the beloved novel picked up four Emmy nominations, including one for Mescal for his portrayal of Connell and one for casting director Louise Kiely, who received a nod in Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie or Special.Speaking in a BBC Three featurette ‘How We Made Normal People‘, the show’s producer Catherine Magee revealed: “Connell was actually cast