Steve Carell To Star In & EP FX Limited Series ‘The Patient’ From ‘The Americans’ Duo

Familial problems meet a career on the brink of destruction in Netflix’s “True Story.” Kevin Hart leads the limited series in a role far from his normal comedic performances. Hart is not the first comedian to step into the dramatic realm but it’s a move that could catch audiences off guard.

UPDATE: The Comeback Girl, a limited series which was set to star Kathryn Hahn as late comic legend Joan Rivers, is not moving forward at Showtime, Deadline can confirm.

The Comeback Girl, a Showtime limited series set to star Kathryn Hahn as the late Joan Rivers, is no longer moving forward and has been scrapped completely.

Following “The Book of Boba Fett” and “The Mandalorian” season three, which just announced it had started production, the Lucasfilm series, “Ahsoka” is expected to be the next big “Star Wars” TV show to go into production. Announced by Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy last December, the new Disney+ show will follow Ahsoka Tano (first introduced in live-action during “The Mandalorian” season two as played by Rosario Dawson).

Veep alum Timothy Simons is set to star opposite Jessica Biel in Hulu’s original limited event series Candy, based on the true story of Candy Montgomery (Biel), who killed her friend Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey) with an ax.

Women of the Movement is set to make its ABC debut in the new year.

EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Tucker (Debris, Kingdom) is set as a lead opposite Michelle Monaghan in Echoes, Netflix’s psychological thriller limited series from 13 Reasons Why showrunner Brian Yorkey.

Michael O’Neill (Council of Dads, Clemency) and Celia Weston (Modern Family, Junebug) are set as leads opposite Michelle Monaghan in Echoes, Netflix’s psychological thriller limited series from 13 Reasons Why showrunner Brian Yorkey.

Emma Corrin will star in FX’s limited series, “Retreat,” TheWrap has learned.The project, from “The OA” creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, centers on an amateur sleuth as she attempts to solve a murder at a secluded retreat. Marling and Batmanglij will both direct.

Emma Corrin has booked her next role in The Retreat, opposite Brit Marling.

Steve Carell is returning to network television in a brand new series.

Actor Steve Carell has been the streaming TV guy of late, see Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” and the second season of Netflix’s “Space Force.” And on the horizon is yet another lead role in an upcoming series, this one skewing more in the thriller, allowing him to continue showcasing the dramatic chops of recent work.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSteve Carell is set to star in the limited series “The Patient” at FX, which hails from “The Americans” team Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg.FX has ordered ten half-hour episodes of the series. The show is described as a psychological thriller about psychotherapist Alexander Strauss (Carell), who finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.

Sterling K. Brown is headed to Hulu!

Rami Malek is dishing on the new James Bond movie!

A very famous actor could have replaced Steve Carell in his absence on The Office!

th-century adventures of George Washington (‘Wash’) Black – an 11-year-old boy on a Barbados sugar plantation who must flee after a shocking death threatens to upend his life.” Three-time Emmy winner and “This Is Us” star Brown will play the gregarious, larger-than-life Medwin Harris.

The Office writer, director and star B.J.

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