‘Upshaws’ Creator Regina Hicks to Develop Comedy Series for Netflix With the Obamas’ Higher Ground

When you see the name Jean-Pierre Jeunet attached to a film, you know that the feature isn’t going to…normal. The filmmaker has made a name for himself creating beautiful films that don’t always play by the typical rules and conventions.

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Netflix is ensuring that 2021 ends on a positive note with the return of one of our favourite shows: Queer Eye.

Class of ’07, which will see the return of actresses Caitlin Stasey, Emily Browning and Megan Smart to local screens.WATCH BELOW: Delta Goodrem on NeighboursThe three actresses, two of whom have worked in the Australian soapie scene, will be based in New South Wales while taking part in Class of ’07.Megan and Caitlin shared the news on social media this morning.“I am pumped to be a part of this crazy good, estrogen fueled, female-friendship love story.

EXCLUSIVE: Search Party writer Sabrina Jalees has landed a single-camera comedy, set in New York City, at Peacock.

Cobra Kai new season is only a few weeks from its release date on Netflix and karate fans are getting excited after being treated to a new trailer.

The Upshaws co-creator Regina Hicks is expanding her relationship with Netflix with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer. For her first project, Hicks is developing an untitled comedy series with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina Hicks has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.Hicks is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Netflix multi-cam comedy “The Upshaws” starring Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. The show debuted in May and was renewed for a second season in June.Under her deal, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and projects for Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChris O’Dowd is set to star in the upcoming Apple comedy series “The Big Door Prize,” Variety has learned exclusively.The series 10-episode series is based on the M.O. Walsh novel of the same name.

Quinta Brunson brings the mockumentary back to school with her upcoming ABC comedy Abbott Elementary. During the show’s panel at ABC’s Winter TCA press conference on Thursday, Brunson opened up on how she thinks comedy will help audiences earn a better understanding of the public school system and the devoted instructors who work to keep it together.

Cara Delevingne has joined the cast of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building for Season 2 in a series regular role.

Bridget Everett is a stand-up comedian who really broke out and proved her acting chops in the 2017 indie hit, “Patti Cake$.” Since then, she’s had a steady stream of roles in features and TV series, including the HBO comedy series, “Camping.” Now, she returns to HBO in the upcoming series, “Somebody Somewhere.” READ MORE: ‘Cinema Toast’ Is An Odd, Absurd Pandemic-Era Diversion [Review] Like any good teaser, the new clip from “Somebody Somewhere” is less of a trailer for the series and more of a

Lulu Wang is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Riz Ahmed is one of the most versatile and interesting actors and producers around.

K.J. Yossman “Belfast” actor Máiréad Tyers has been cast as the lead in a new original Disney Plus comedy series, “Extraordinary.”The U.K.-based series, which is in production in London, follows Jen (Tyers) as she struggles to find her feet in a world where everyone has a superpower – except her.“‘Extraordinary’ follows Jen, a young, painfully self-aware woman who lives in a world where everyone has a superpower… except her,” reads the synopsis.

Spy City creator William Boyd is penning a $20M series about the tragic life of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico and his wife Charlotte of Belgium for Herbert Kloiber and Constantin Film’s High End Productions.

Naman Ramachandran Prithviraj Sukumaran, one of the top stars of India’s Malayalam-language film industry, will direct and play the lead of an as-yet-untitled series on Rajan Pillai, popularly known as the “Biscuit Baron.”The Hindi-language streaming series will be produced by Yoodlee Films, the film production arm of Indian music giant Saregama, which has acquired the rights to the story from Pillai’s wife Nina.Born in Kerala, India, in 1947, Pillai was based in Singapore by the mid-1970s,

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRiz Ahmed’s Left Handed Films and Lulu Wang’s Local Time are partnering to develop the comedy series “The Son of Good Fortune” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively.Based on the novel of the same name by Lysley Tenorio, the series is about an undocumented Filipino teenager in the Bay area navigating a tumultuous relationship with his former B-movie action star mother, falling in love for the first time, and working out how to pay back a massive debt before his whole

A rocky road. Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin first confirmed their relationship in January 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic — and it’s been messy ever since.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorMunich-based sales agency Global Screen has sold crime drama “Dark Woods” to streaming service Walter Presents for the U.K., where it’ll be shown on Channel 4’s All 4 platform, and across the Nordic Region, via C More.The drama, which was produced by ConradFilm and Bavaria Fiction on behalf of NDR and ARD Degeto for Das Erste, was the most-watched show on ARD’s catch-up service in Germany this year, and was the German TV Award winner.Julia Weber,