Robert and Michelle King Sign With UTA

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” has been canceled at Showtime. The final episode of the show’s first and only season aired on June 28.“Showtime has decided not to move forward with another season of ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,'” Showtime said in a statement.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSusan Lewis is joining ABC Signature as senior vice president and head of drama development.Lewis will officially join the studio on Aug. 31 and will report to Tracy Underwood.

Vivienne Chow The Hong Kong International Film Festival named Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s “The Cloud in Her Room” and “This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection” by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese as winners of its Firebird Young Cinema competitions, despite the event having been canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.The festival was initially postponed from its usual spring slot to summer due to the coronavirus, and was eventually canceled.

Carole Baskin apparently isn’t in it for the money.

Better Together campaign is now working on behalf of the Hong Kong government to boost its international image.Rob Shorthouse, who is said to have come up with the term "Project Fear" to describe the pro-Union campaign ahead of the 2014 independence referendum, will join an international team tasked with restoring the city's reputation as a global business hub.Hong Kong has been rocked by mass protests in recent years as residents fight to preserve historic liberties in the face of tough

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has ordered a documentary feature based on the life and career of civil rights attorney Ben Crump, Variety has learned.The yet-to-be-titled documentary will be directed and produced by Nadia Hallgren, who recently received two Emmy nominations for her work on Netflix’s Michelle Obama documentary “Becoming.” Kenya Barris will produce via Khalabo Ink Society, while Roger Ross Williams will produce under his One Story Up Productions banner.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefLeading online B2B licensing platform RightsTrade has been selected to provide the technological backbone for the upcoming FilMart in Hong Kong. Turning such a large and busy fair into a virtual market has been a long time coming.The film and TV market, a flagship event for the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, had been expected to operate as a face-to-face event in its usual slot in late March.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMartin Scorsese and his Sikelia Productions banner have signed a first-look film and television deal with Apple.The acclaimed director is currently working with the streamer on the film “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which will directed by Scorsese and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSara Bareilles has been cast in a lead role of the upcoming Tina Fey-Robert Carlock produced Peacock comedy series “Girls5eva.”In the series, when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot.Bareilles will star as Dawn, a former member of Girls5eva, who is now a bit restless in life managing her family’s small Italian restaurant in Queens.

Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been arrested over alleged foreign collusion, under provisions of the controversial new national security law. Lai, the founder of Hong Kong's leading newspaper Apple Daily and the media company Next Digital, was detained Monday morning according to a report in Apple Daily.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterJimmy Lai, the influential Hong Kong businessman who runs the listed media company Next Digital and the tabloid-style paper Apple Daily, has become one of the most high-profile arrests under the controversial new security law imposed by China.Lai’s newspaper offices were also raided by more than 200 police officers, according to the BBC, with several other arrests taking place, citing “suspicion of collusion with foreign forces”.Lai is a UK citizen.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterElle Fanning is attached to star in the Universal Content Productions (UCP) series based on the real-life case of Michelle Carter, which has landed at Hulu, Variety has learned.Titled “The Girl From Plainville,” Fanning will star as Carter, who was infamously convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 after texting her boyfriend encouragement to commit suicide three years prior.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has given a straight-to-series order to a drama that hails from Adam Perlman as well as Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey production company.The Downeys and Amanda Burrell will executive produce on behalf of Team Downey, with Robert also potentially playing a supporting role.

The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King have signed with UTA for representation in all areas. The Kings will bring their production company, King Size Productions, headed by Liz Glotzer, to the agency as well.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVProlific TV creators/showrunners Michelle and Robert King have signed with UTA for representation. UTA will rep the Kings and their production banner, King Size Productions, helmed by Liz Glotzer.The Kings are changing agencies after well over a decade at Paradigm.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Hunters” has been renewed for a second season at Amazon, Variety has learned.The series was created by David Weil, who also serves as executive producer and co-showrunner along with Nikki Toscano. Jordan Peele also executive produces along with Win Rosenfeld under their Monkeypaw Productions banner.

While haters keep slamming her, Kylie Jenner is getting all the love that she can dream of from her diehard fans who have been by her side since forever. People were really excited to see Kylie being featured in Vogue Hong Kong.