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EXCLUSIVE:  Producers Charlie Matthau and Michael Zoumas have secred the rights to Alyson Noël’s upcoming 2022 Simon & Shuster novel, Field Guide to the Supernatural Universe. The book is best described as a cross between Stranger Things and Rick and Morty. Set in Glimmerville, a small town known for its incessant fog…

Having already been celebrated as Netflix’s all-time biggest series, Squid Game has claimed its first official No. 1 title on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming chart. The dystopian Korean thriller, which Netflix this week said has been seen by an astounding 142 million households, more than doubled the No. 2 title for…

EXCLUSIVE: Don't expect juggling or magicians on Conan O'Brien's upcoming HBO Max "variety" series. The comedian, who exited the late-night space with the end of TBS' Conan in June, has lifted the lid on his streaming plans on the opening episode of season three of the Inside Conan podcast. The audio series, which is…

EXCLUSIVE: In a development that makes for as hot a package as you’ll find at the Virtual American Film Market, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor will join Kate Winslet in Lee, the Ellen Kuras-directed film about the wartime experiences of Lee Miller. Miller traded a glamorous career as…

Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. — the special purpose acquisition company that last night announced plans to merge with a planned Donald Trump social media network — surged Thursday in heavy volume as retail traders piled on. The stock, traded on the Nasdaq GM is changing hands at over $50, nearly quadruple…

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jeffery (The CW’s Charmed), Emmy nominee Jane Adams (Hacks), Jake Weber (Those Who Wish Me Dead) and Balthazar Getty (Twin Peaks) will star in Year of the Fox, the latest feature from award-winning director Megan Griffiths (Lucky Them, Eden, The Off Hours), which has wrapped production in the state of…

Mythic Quest is set to level up at Apple TV+. The workplace comedy, created and starring Rob McElhenney, has been renewed by the streaming platform and is set to return for Seasons 3 and 4. The comedy, also created by Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, centers on Ian Grimm (McElhenney), the owner and creative director of a…

EXCLUSIVE: ITV America and Blumhouse Television are teaming on a U.S. reboot of long-running British format I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Here – with the horror cranked up. Deadline understands that the two companies are currently pitching Celebrity Castle, a reimagined version of the format to non-scripted buyers. The…

The good news keeps coming this week for Netflix’s surprise mega hit Squid Game. After the streamer on Tuesday announced that the Korean drama had shattered viewing records with “mind-boggling” 142 million households sampling it to date, the show also entered the awards circuit today with its first major…

Ghosts will continue to haunt CBS after the network handed out a full season order to the single camera comedy. The remake of the BBC comedy is the first new fall comedy to get a back order and comes after CBS handed out similar full season orders to NCIS: Hawai'i and FBI International. Similar to its dramas, the…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple Studios’ Raymond and Ray has added Maribel Verdú and Oscar nominee Sophie Okonedo to the cast alongside Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke. The pic is now filming in Virginia. The Rodrigo García-directed movie follows half-brothers Raymond (McGregor) and Ray (Hawke) who have lived in the shadow of a…

Enes Kanter and the NBA’s Boston Celtics opened ESPN’s regular-season schedule with a dramatic, double-overtime game won by the New York Knicks. But social media posts by Kanter before the game wound up being much more consequential. The player’s advocacy for Tibet and against the Chinese government and “brutal…