After a six-year break from acting and hints that he might even give acting up altogether, the Game of Thrones star has joined the cast of Out of Her Mind. The BBC comedy from comedian Sara Pascoe will explore what it takes to survive heartbreak and familial dysfunction. 

“‘Out Of Her Mind’ is a direct expression of my mind. We’ve turned my brain into a theme-park, and everyone’s invited,” said Pascoe. “The cast is INCREDIBLE and I can’t wait for people to see what we’ve made.”

On board are Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as executive producers. The series will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the Killing Eve star has been cast in a new dramedy titled The Chair at Netflix.

In The Chair, Oh will play the head of an English department at a major university. Jay Duplass is also attached to star in an unspecified role.

The six-episode half-hour series hails from Amanda Peet, who’s primarily known for her work in front of the camera. The Chair marks Peet’s first go at creating a series. She’ll also executive produce with Game of Thrones creators Dan Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Peet and Annie Julia Wyman co-wrote the pilot for The Chair.

Sandra Oh is most known for her role as Dr. Christina Yang in Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy and Eve Polastri in Killing Eve, for which she became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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The Big Little Lies executive producer’s first project for Disney+ is a high school basketball series called Big Shots. 

Based on an original idea from Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Single Parents), the series follows a temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school. 

Set to portray the coach is John Stamos, who’s best known for his role as Uncle Jesse on Full House and Netflix’s continuation, Fuller House. 

Big Shots has received a 10-episode, straight-to-series order with Bill D’Elia is set to direct the pilot.

Kelley’s credits include hit shows such as Ally McBeal, The Practice, Chicago Hope and Boston Legal. 

Disney+ is set to launch November 12.

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The new drama pilot for HBO’s forthcoming streaming service was co-created by Riverdale scribes Tessa Leigh Williams and James DeWille. The three will also serve as executive producers. Aguirre-Sacasa will serve as showrunner.

The new show titled The Shelley Society is described as a gothic horror and teen romance hybrid that follows a young Mary Shelley and a band of her fellow Romantics as they battle supernatural threats. 

The show is Aguirre-Sacasa’s first project under his overall deal with WBTV.

HBO Max is expected to launch in the spring of 2020, however, there’s no official launch date yet. 

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The new project is inspired by Moore’s musical childhood and her experiences during the late 1990s teen music phenomenon.

Multiple outlets report that currently titled 90’s Popstar will be produced by Marc Webb from a script penned by Amanda Lasher. Moore is set to executive produce alongside Aptaker and Berger alongside Adam Londy, Regina Lee and Webb. 

The drama revolves around a family from a small town in Florida who must adapt to their extraordinary new reality when their teenage daughter goes from aspiring singer to pop superstar practically overnight.

Moore was born in Florida and grew up in Orlando. Her musical career kicked off in 1999 with the release of her first single “Candy” from her debut studio album So Real. Moore released six studio albums and is currently working on her first album in 10 years. 

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The creepy and quite cryptic teasers are a small taste before Apple TV+ will officially present a first look at Shyamalan’s forthcoming psychological thriller. Apple announced today that the full reveal will take place during a special event planned for the New York Comic-Con next month. 

According to Deadline, the event will include exclusive first-look footage as well as a discussion with the director, cast and creative team.

Servant follows a “Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.” 

“I’ve been very quiet about what I have been working on with Apple TV+ but it has been one of the most incredible creative experiences,” Shyamalan wrote on Twitter. “We’re so excited to show it to you.”

A Night with M. Night Introducing Servant on Apple TV+ is set for Thursday, October 3.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the comedian and the 1980s music icon have joined forces and are set to star in a new comedy series for Netflix. 

Lynch confirmed the news to reporters after her win at the Creative Arts Emmys. 

“We’re our age, I’m almost 60, she’s 65, and we’re looking for our next act without having had husbands or children,” Lynch reportedly said Sunday to press. “There will be two other folks in it who haven’t been cast yet. It’s kind of a Golden Girls for today.”

While that’s all she divulged, this isn’t the first time the project has been teased. In July, The Ellen Show creator, Carol Leifer shared on social media that she would be collaborating with Lynch and Lauper on the half-hour project. She wrote, “A writer’s dream to work with these two legends. Can’t wait to see where we land….”

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Variety reports that Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s adaptation of the novel Americanah has been given a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, the premium cabler’s forthcoming streaming service. HBO Max has given the limited series a 10-episode order. 

The adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel will be written and showrun by Gurira. Nyong’o will star and both will executive produce.

“Through Americanah, Chimamanda brought the African female voice into mainstream consciousness in an unprecedented way,” Gurira said in a statement of the original novel. “It is intellectually incisive, indicting, yet full of humor, and riddled with humanity. She makes unheard voices familiar, universal and yet palpably specific. I am honored to bring her incredible novel to life on the screen. I’m thrilled to collaborate once again with Lupita who brings her astounding ability as a performer and producer shepherding this project, along with HBO Max’s unbridled enthusiasm to bring this groundbreaking narrative to the TV audience.”

The project has been in development since 2014. 

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Multiple outlets report that HBO Max has given the green light to a new prequel series to the beloved film. 

The series titled Rules of Magic will follow a similar plotline as the film. Set in 1960s New York City, the film will follow three siblings — Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens — as they struggle to come to terms with the discovery that they are descendants of witches. It is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels Rules of Magic and Practical Magic.

The Rules of Magic pilot order joins two more pilots ordered by the forthcoming streaming service — Generation and Red Bird Lane. Also coming to HBO Max are binge-worthy titles such as Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Pretty Little Liars. 

HBO Max is set to launch in spring 2020.

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The broadcaster has picked up the Austrian-set crime thriller, filmed on location in Vienna. 

Vienna Blood hails from Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson. It is based on the best-selling novels by Frank Tallis. It is produced by the UK’s Endor Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, and Austria’s MR Film.

Vienna Blood stars Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), and Juergen Maurer (Tatort). The series follows Max Liebermann (Beard) a “brilliant young English doctor, studying under psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. He meets Oskar Rheinhardt (Maurer), an Austrian detective and the pair go on to tackle some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases.”

Sue Deeks, the BBC’s head acquisitions, said: “Vienna Blood is a unique, ambitious and compelling crime drama, set in glorious Vienna during an extraordinary period in its history.”

“We are proud to have brought Frank Tallis’ outstanding novels to life in the historic and beautiful city of Vienna,” said Endor boss Hilary Bevan Jones. Oliver Auspitz and Andreas Kamm of MR Film added: “Vienna Blood is no longer just a best-selling novel, it’s now a TV drama with global appeal.”

Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Charlene McKenna (Ripper Street), Amelia Bullmore (Gentleman Jack), Jessica De Gouw (Dracula), and Luise Von Finckh also star.

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After a six-year break from acting and hints that he might even give acting up altogether, the Game of Thrones star has joined the cast of Out of Her Mind. The BBC comedy from comedian Sara Pascoe will explore what it takes to survive heartbreak and familial dysfunction. 

“‘Out Of Her Mind’ is a direct expression of my mind. We’ve turned my brain into a theme-park, and everyone’s invited,” said Pascoe. “The cast is INCREDIBLE and I can’t wait for people to see what we’ve made.”

On board are Simon Pegg and Nick Frost as executive producers. The series will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the Killing Eve star has been cast in a new dramedy titled The Chair at Netflix.

In The Chair, Oh will play the head of an English department at a major university. Jay Duplass is also attached to star in an unspecified role.

The six-episode half-hour series hails from Amanda Peet, who’s primarily known for her work in front of the camera. The Chair marks Peet’s first go at creating a series. She’ll also executive produce with Game of Thrones creators Dan Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Peet and Annie Julia Wyman co-wrote the pilot for The Chair.

Sandra Oh is most known for her role as Dr. Christina Yang in Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy and Eve Polastri in Killing Eve, for which she became the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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The Big Little Lies executive producer’s first project for Disney+ is a high school basketball series called Big Shots. 

Based on an original idea from Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, Single Parents), the series follows a temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school. 

Set to portray the coach is John Stamos, who’s best known for his role as Uncle Jesse on Full House and Netflix’s continuation, Fuller House. 

Big Shots has received a 10-episode, straight-to-series order with Bill D’Elia is set to direct the pilot.

Kelley’s credits include hit shows such as Ally McBeal, The Practice, Chicago Hope and Boston Legal. 

Disney+ is set to launch November 12.

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The new drama pilot for HBO’s forthcoming streaming service was co-created by Riverdale scribes Tessa Leigh Williams and James DeWille. The three will also serve as executive producers. Aguirre-Sacasa will serve as showrunner.

The new show titled The Shelley Society is described as a gothic horror and teen romance hybrid that follows a young Mary Shelley and a band of her fellow Romantics as they battle supernatural threats. 

The show is Aguirre-Sacasa’s first project under his overall deal with WBTV.

HBO Max is expected to launch in the spring of 2020, however, there’s no official launch date yet. 

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The new project is inspired by Moore’s musical childhood and her experiences during the late 1990s teen music phenomenon.

Multiple outlets report that currently titled 90’s Popstar will be produced by Marc Webb from a script penned by Amanda Lasher. Moore is set to executive produce alongside Aptaker and Berger alongside Adam Londy, Regina Lee and Webb. 

The drama revolves around a family from a small town in Florida who must adapt to their extraordinary new reality when their teenage daughter goes from aspiring singer to pop superstar practically overnight.

Moore was born in Florida and grew up in Orlando. Her musical career kicked off in 1999 with the release of her first single “Candy” from her debut studio album So Real. Moore released six studio albums and is currently working on her first album in 10 years. 

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The creepy and quite cryptic teasers are a small taste before Apple TV+ will officially present a first look at Shyamalan’s forthcoming psychological thriller. Apple announced today that the full reveal will take place during a special event planned for the New York Comic-Con next month. 

According to Deadline, the event will include exclusive first-look footage as well as a discussion with the director, cast and creative team.

Servant follows a “Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.” 

“I’ve been very quiet about what I have been working on with Apple TV+ but it has been one of the most incredible creative experiences,” Shyamalan wrote on Twitter. “We’re so excited to show it to you.”

A Night with M. Night Introducing Servant on Apple TV+ is set for Thursday, October 3.

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Multiple outlets confirm that the comedian and the 1980s music icon have joined forces and are set to star in a new comedy series for Netflix. 

Lynch confirmed the news to reporters after her win at the Creative Arts Emmys. 

“We’re our age, I’m almost 60, she’s 65, and we’re looking for our next act without having had husbands or children,” Lynch reportedly said Sunday to press. “There will be two other folks in it who haven’t been cast yet. It’s kind of a Golden Girls for today.”

While that’s all she divulged, this isn’t the first time the project has been teased. In July, The Ellen Show creator, Carol Leifer shared on social media that she would be collaborating with Lynch and Lauper on the half-hour project. She wrote, “A writer’s dream to work with these two legends. Can’t wait to see where we land….”

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Variety reports that Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s adaptation of the novel Americanah has been given a straight-to-series order at HBO Max, the premium cabler’s forthcoming streaming service. HBO Max has given the limited series a 10-episode order. 

The adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel will be written and showrun by Gurira. Nyong’o will star and both will executive produce.

“Through Americanah, Chimamanda brought the African female voice into mainstream consciousness in an unprecedented way,” Gurira said in a statement of the original novel. “It is intellectually incisive, indicting, yet full of humor, and riddled with humanity. She makes unheard voices familiar, universal and yet palpably specific. I am honored to bring her incredible novel to life on the screen. I’m thrilled to collaborate once again with Lupita who brings her astounding ability as a performer and producer shepherding this project, along with HBO Max’s unbridled enthusiasm to bring this groundbreaking narrative to the TV audience.”

The project has been in development since 2014. 

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Multiple outlets report that HBO Max has given the green light to a new prequel series to the beloved film. 

The series titled Rules of Magic will follow a similar plotline as the film. Set in 1960s New York City, the film will follow three siblings — Franny, Jet, and Vincent Owens — as they struggle to come to terms with the discovery that they are descendants of witches. It is based on Alice Hoffman’s novels Rules of Magic and Practical Magic.

The Rules of Magic pilot order joins two more pilots ordered by the forthcoming streaming service — Generation and Red Bird Lane. Also coming to HBO Max are binge-worthy titles such as Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Pretty Little Liars. 

HBO Max is set to launch in spring 2020.

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The broadcaster has picked up the Austrian-set crime thriller, filmed on location in Vienna. 

Vienna Blood hails from Sherlock scribe Steve Thompson. It is based on the best-selling novels by Frank Tallis. It is produced by the UK’s Endor Productions, a Red Arrow Studios company, and Austria’s MR Film.

Vienna Blood stars Matthew Beard (The Imitation Game), and Juergen Maurer (Tatort). The series follows Max Liebermann (Beard) a “brilliant young English doctor, studying under psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. He meets Oskar Rheinhardt (Maurer), an Austrian detective and the pair go on to tackle some of Vienna’s most mysterious and deadly cases.”

Sue Deeks, the BBC’s head acquisitions, said: “Vienna Blood is a unique, ambitious and compelling crime drama, set in glorious Vienna during an extraordinary period in its history.”

“We are proud to have brought Frank Tallis’ outstanding novels to life in the historic and beautiful city of Vienna,” said Endor boss Hilary Bevan Jones. Oliver Auspitz and Andreas Kamm of MR Film added: “Vienna Blood is no longer just a best-selling novel, it’s now a TV drama with global appeal.”

Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Charlene McKenna (Ripper Street), Amelia Bullmore (Gentleman Jack), Jessica De Gouw (Dracula), and Luise Von Finckh also star.

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