Samantha Morton to Star as Catherine de Medici in Starz Series ‘Serpent Queen’

Starz has put in development The Case of Cyntoia Brown, a limited drama series inspired by the story of Cyntoia Brown-Long, who served 15 years of a life sentence for killing a man when she was 16 years old.

While it was undoubtedly Charlotte Flair's night to shine, this week's Monday Night Raw kickstarted with some tag team action as The Viking Raiders took on Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander.

Starz has picked up to series horror comedy pilot Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino. The project, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, has received an eight-episode order. Lionsgate has joined Warner Bros. Television to co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Stellan Skarsgard is teasing two of his highly-anticipated projects in a new interview with The Daily Beast. The 69-year-old Swedish actor opens up about spending 80 hours in the makeup chair to play a villain in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune”, as well as what it’s like filming the “Rogue One” prequel series “Andor”.

Disney+ has found the star for Seth Grahame-Smith’s horror/comedy anthology series Just Beyond in Mckenna Grace and Lexi Underwood. The series is based on the bestselling BOOM! Studios graphic novel from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.

Netflix has signed its latest Hollywood A-lister as Benedict Cumberbatch is set to star in the upcoming series The 39 Steps.

Gerren Taylor, who was the star of BET’s Baldwin Hills has died. Taylor died Sunday morning, she was 30 years old.

It seems Netflix continues to be in the business of making new adaptations of books that were turned into classic thriller movies by Alfred Hitchcock. Last year saw the release of the disappointing new adaptation of “Rebecca,” and now, the streaming is developing a new adaptation of “The 39 Steps” as a limited series, with Benedict Cumberbatch starring.

EXCLUSIVE: Scandal alum Cornelius Smith Jr. has been tapped as a lead opposite Vera Farmiga and Adepero Oduye in Five Days at Memorial, Apple TV+’s limited series from John Ridley, Carlton Cuse and ABC Signature.

It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly 20 years since George Clooney made his directorial debut with the film, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.” The film, starring Sam Rockwell in a breakout role, is based on the memoir of the same name from “Gong Show” host Chuck Barris, who claimed that his game show duties were a cover for his real job as a CIA assassin in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterTom Holland is set to star in “The Crowded Room,” an anthology series from Akiva Goldsman that has been ordered at Apple.The first season of the series will be based on the biography “The Minds of Billy Milligan” by Daniel Keyes. It tells the story of Billy Milligan (Holland), the first person ever acquitted of a crime because of Multiple Personality Disorder (now known as Dissociative Identity Disorder).

Tom Holland is to tackle Multiple Personality Disorder in a new anthology series for Apple TV+.

Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comJodie Turner-Smith has exited Netflix’s “Witcher” prequel series, “The Witcher: Blood Origin,” due to a scheduling conflict.Turner-Smith was set to play a warrior named Éile, one of the leads in the six-episode limited series. Laurence O’Fuarain was also recently cast in a lead role.The character Éile, who has the voice of a goddess, will need to be recast.

Benedict Cumberbatch says he plans to call on Joe Biden to close Guantanamo Bay after studying the prison for his latest movie "The Mauritanian."  The actor produced the drama and portrays Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch.

Two-time Oscar-nominated Samantha Morton is set to star as the nefarious Catherine de Medici in the new Starz Original series The Serpent Queen.

Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara has swept all five major TV awards in one season.The actor becomes only the fourth person to prevail in all five major acting categories during a single TV awards season.The actor made history on Sunday (April 4) when she won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Comedy Actress for her performance as Moira Rose on Schitt’s Creek.O’Hara had already won the corresponding award at the Television Critics Association, together with an Emmy, a Golden Globe and a

Tahar Rahim is one of Hollywood’s biggest breakout stars of 2021. After first appearing in streaming shows like and, the 39-year-old French Algerian actor first has emerged as a leading man with opposite Jodie Foster and the true-crime drama, .In the latter, which is now streaming on Netflix, Rahim portrays the 1970s “Bikini Killer” and fraudster, Charles Sobhraj, who was responsible for murdering over a dozen of Western tourists along the Hippie Trail of Southeast Asia.

“Survivor” star Zeke Smith spoke to Andy Cohen about being outed as a transgender man during a 2017 episode of the show.