'The Brothers Lionheart' series based on Astrid Lindgren’s classic is in development at Apple TV from Thomas Vinterberg, Simon Stephens and Media Res.
Read MoreApple is getting in early for another season of The Morning Show. The drama series, which stars Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, has been renewed for Season 5. It comes ahead of Season 4 of the series, which launches tomorrow (Wednesday, September 17).
Read MoreA sought after drama project from The Loudest Voice co-creator Alex Metcalf has landed at HBO for development. Titled Baby Queen, it is based on the upcoming debut novel of the same name by southern crime fiction writer Ty Landers.
Read MoreSony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken global on Peacock’s The Miniature Wife starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen. STP will sell the show produced by Media Res outside the United States.
Read MoreHulu is developing an original crime drama series from Eliza Clark with Media Res producing, Variety has learned. Titled “Durango,” the official description of the series states: “‘Durango’ is the story of two Gen Z nobodies, Bunny and Mikey, one a down-and-out waitress, the other a washed up ski-bum, whose lives are placed in peril after they impulsively grab a pile of money from Mikey’s ex (fake) wife, and her current (real) Russian gangster lover…”
Read MoreIn a very competitive situation, Apple TV+ has landed The Dealer, a Media Res drama starring Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Oscar nominee Adam Driver, with a straight-to-series order.
Read MoreThe Severance executive producer and director is set to star in a dramedy called The Band for HBO. The project, from Search Party co-creators Sarah Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, is in development at the premium cabler. Media Res, the studio behind The Morning Show and Pachinko at Apple TV+, is co-producing The Band with HBO.
Read MoreJeremy Allen White is attached to star in and executive produce a Netflix limited series adaptation of the André Aciman novel “Enigma Variations,” Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Amanda Kate Shulman is attached to serve as writer, executive producer, and showrunner on “Enigma Variations,” with Oliver Hermanus set to direct and executive produce. Aciman will executive produce along with White, with Media Res producing.
Read MoreSuperbad filmmaker Greg Mottola has been tapped to direct the first two episodes of Peacock comedy series The Miniature Wife, from Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res (The Morning Show, Pachinko). Mottola also will serve as executive producer on the series.
Read MoreNetflix is getting further into the tech world with Scott Z. Burns and Scott Galloway‘s Thumblite. After a bidding war, the streamer has landed Media Res‘ corporate thriller package starring Rosamund Pike with a straight-to-series order.
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