EXCLUSIVE: The rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) is to be explored in a new docuseries for Vice TV.
10.04.2024 - 16:17 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: In recent years, comedian Tom Segura has taken to both his podcasts and the press to tease a pilot that he self-financed, produced and sold. And now, he’s revealed Netflix as the destination for the project, a six-episode dark comedy series that he’ll star in and produce.
This is just Segura’s latest deal with the streamer, which has previously put out each of his five chart-topping comedy specials. The untitled series, for which he also serves as narrator, will see him take the viewer through a series of vignettes in each episode. The twisted comedic sensibility of his stand-up is the core DNA of this series, where every story will unfold in a in a hilariously disturbing way only he could imagine.
Segura wrote and fully produced the pilot, with Rami Hachache — the director of his Netflix specials Ball Hog and Mostly Stories — serving as its director. Jeremy Konner, whose credits include Drunk History, Another Period and Waffles & Mochi, will serve as head writer, with Segura and Ryan Hall to produce through YMH Studios. Production kicks off later this year, with the show to premiere in 2025.
Currently on his “Come Together” world tour, Segura most recently entered talks to star as Bob Zmuda and Tony Clifton, the longtime collaborator and comedic persona of avant-garde comic Andy Kaufman, in Dirty Rotten Bastard, a new film to be directed by Ryan McNeely and Josh Martin, aka The Director Brothers. Seeing his most recent special, Sledgehammer, debut at #1 on Netflix last summer, the comic has also previously been seen in films like STX’s horror thriller Countdown, Instant Family opposite Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, indie comedy The Opening Act and the crime drama Flinch, and on shows like Workaholics and
EXCLUSIVE: The rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) is to be explored in a new docuseries for Vice TV.
just in time for the 2024 Met Gala—but this time, she's not waiting for her dark roots to grow in naturally.The debuted her new, icy blonde hair at a totally different gala in Los Angeles on April 27, just over a week before her biggest event of the year. But one doesn't simply change their hair on a whim before the Met Gala, so it's likely the dye job will go well with her upcoming look.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Leanne Morgan is set to star in a multi-cam comedy series at Netflix that boasts Chuck Lorre as one of its co-creators, Variety has learned. Morgan co-created the series with Lorre and Susan McMartin. Netflix has given the untitled show a 16-episode order, while also commissioning two more stand up specials from Morgan.
Leanne Morgan‘s current tour is called Just Getting Started, and the 58-year-old comedian is living up to that with a comedy series and two more specials at Netflix. The streamer has given a 16-episode order to an untitled multi-cam series, headlined by Morgan in her TV acting debut and executive produced by top comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre (The Kominsky Method, Bookie). Additionally, Netflix has picked up two more stand-up specials from Morgan following the success of her 2023 debut, Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman.
The new Netflix limited series Baby Reindeer is the biggest new phenomenon on the streaming service and fans are trying to figure out the real story.
EXCLUSIVE: The comedy duo of Mimi Davila (Problemista) and Laura Di Lorenzo (Selena: The Series)—who perform as The Chonga Girls— are set to write, star and co-executive produce an eponymous multi-camera comedy series in development at CBS Studios, Deadline has learned exclusively.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Steve Carell is set to star opposite Tina Fey in the upcoming Netflix comedy series “The Four Seasons,” Variety has learned. The series is based on the 1981 film of the same name that was directed by and starred Alan Alda with Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou also among the cast members. The series was first announced in January with an eight-episode order and is slated to begin production later this year.
Steve Carell (The Morning Show) has been tapped to star opposite Tina Fey in The Four Seasons, the Netflix comedy series based on the 1981 Universal film of the same name, which she’s co-created with former 30 Rock colleagues Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield.
Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are still hard at work on their upcoming project.
EXCLUSIVE: The ancient Scottish town of St Andrews was hit with a heavy bout of Spidey fever this past weekend as the third annual Sands International Film Festival opened, pulling in an eclectic set of films, filmmakers, and speakers alongside one popular guest of honor.
Kim Kardashian and Emma Roberts are teaming up again!
Tom Holland and his brother Harry Holland were pictured arriving at the opening night of the Sands: International Film Festival of St Andrews. The Scottish film festival is set to take place over three days.
Toss a coin to your witcher. Netflix has officially renewed its fantasy drama series “The Witcher” for seasons four and five, which will be its final two.
Good Times is back in a new way.
Annika Pham “I am a mother of young kids but, boy, I hope I’m a very different kind of mother than Eva,” says Danish star Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (“Borgen,” “Pitch Perfect 2”) about her character in the Danish psychological drama “Dark Horse,” showcased this week in Canneseries’ official competition. The story about a mother-daughter toxic relationship, set against the backdrop of addiction, turns on 17-year-old Anna and her mother Eva who move back to Eva’s small provincial Danish town from Shanghai.
Katcy Stephan Peter Dager has landed a lead role opposite Owen Wilson in AppleTV+’s new comedy series from Jason Keller. The comedy stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After he gets fired from his job at an Indiana sporting goods store and his wife walks out on him, Pryce hedges his bets entirely on a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom, who will be played by Dager.
Matt Rife landed an exciting deal with Netflix after the success of his 2023 Natural Selection special.
With an eye to star, Ethan Hawke has boarded a series adaptation of Angie Kim‘s New York Times bestseller Happiness Falls as an executive producer.
Podcasters who investigate murders have already turned into a giant hit for Hulu with Steve Martin and Martin Short’s “Only Murders In The Building.” Well, Netflix can play that game too, albeit slightly differently in the new Irish comedic thriller series, “Bodkin.” READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2024 The series stars Siobhán Cullen (Dove), Robyn Cara (Emmy), Chris Walley (Sean O’Shea), David Wilmot (Seamus), and Will Forte (Gilbert).
Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have released their sixth mini-album ‘minisode 3: Tomorrow’, alongside a music video for its lead single ‘Deja Vu’.‘minisode 3: Tomorrow’ was released today (April 1) at 6pm KST. The accompanying music video for ‘Deja Vu’ features the five members of TXT caught in different, trippy dimensions, yet still connected through their relationships with each other.“I remember the answer I finally found / My future is you / Say my name, I’ll hug you, as promised on the first day / Like deja vu, you’re like deja vu,” they belt on the song’s affecting chorus.‘minisode 3: Tomorrow’ is the third installation in the boyband’s ongoing ‘minisode’ series of mini-albums.