He may not have sought nor did he accept a return to the White House, but Lyndon B. Johnson is coming back to Broadway: The Great Society, a companion play to Robert Schenkkan’s Tony-winning All The Way, will begin performances in September, with Brian Cox as the 36th President of the United States. Also in the cast…

British broadcaster ITV and a slew of European networks have signed up to the remake of classic British detective drama Van Der Valk. This comes after Deadline revealed in April that Safe and Mad Dogs actor Marc Warren will star in the reboot from The White Princess producer Company Pictures and All3Media International…

The Venice Film Festival has set Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth (La Verite) as its opening night screening. This is the first film the Palme d’Or-winning Shoplifters director has made abroad and boasts a powerhouse cast led by Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche and Ethan Hawke. The Truth will screen in competition and…

CSI and Arrow director Eagle Egilsson is to direct European supernatural drama series One Bad Apple for Scandinavian SVOD operator Nordic Entertainment Group. The series, which is produced by Germany's ZDF Enterprises and Tuvalu Entertainment, is written by Gavin and Rebecca Scott, whose credits include George Lucas' T…

EXCLUSIVE: HanWay Films has grown its sales team with the hire of former Protagonist and TF1 exec Marta Ravani who joins as director, HanWay Select. Ravani will oversee HanWay’s extensive library and upcoming slate of documentaries. The UK firm’s catalog includes classics from the likes of Bernardo Bertolucci, David…

ITV has increased its investment stake in Harlots producer Monumental Television. The company, via its production division ITV Studios, has increased its stake in the British production company from 26% to 51%, giving it a majority stake. The deal will see the indie, run by Alison Owen and Debra Hayward, become more…

EXCLUSIVE: Zac & Mia star Kian Lawley and My Dead Ex star Katherine C. Hughes are set to front Finnish comedy drama Perfect Commando for SVOD service Elisa Viihde. The U.S. teen stars, familiar to Awesomeness TV viewers, will feature alongside a cast of Finnish actors in the 10-part comedy. The English and…

UPDATE 00:57 AM PST July 18: According to local broadcaster NHK, and the BBC, at least 23 people are dead and dozens injured after a suspected arson attack on Thursday morning at animation studio Kyoto Animation in Kyoto, Japan. Local authorities have said that a man broke into the prolific studio and sprayed an…

Actor, writer and director Mario Van Peebles, known for New Jack City and Heartbreak Ridge, has signed with Buchwald. Van Peebles’s directorial credits inlude the Roots miniseries and episodes of Empire, Lost, and Sons of Anarchy. His acting resume lists feature films Ali, Panther, and Baadasssss!. His television…

Toward the end of tonight’s New Line ScareDiego session of It Chapter Two, the cast and director Andy Muschietti were asked by a fan in the crowd what other horror films they would remake next, and what titles they would refuse to touch. “I assume to the chagrin of Stephen King that we should not remake The Shining,&#8221…