Latest in Series Orders

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios is finalizing deals for Criminal, a TV adaptation of Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips’ bestselling crime comic book series, sources tell Deadline. Details are scarce, but the project — written by Brubaker, who serves as executive producer and showrunner — is described as…

Cheers to this one. Dan Aykroyd will tend bar for — or, rather, host — A History of the World in Six Glasses, a six-part comedic docuseries coming to Fox Nation early next year. The show also features fellow Saturday Night Live alums Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, and Kevin Nealon along with Cheers stalwart Geor…

Warner Bros. Discovery's Kathleen Finch broke a lot of science producers' hearts in Austin, Texas last week when she said that Science Channel was "not very high on our priority list". Related Story 'MILF Manor', 'Power Slap', Restructure, Tax Write-Offs & More: Kathleen Finch Gets Candid…

Sylvester Stallone is expanding his footprint at Paramount+. The streamer has picked up The Family Stallone, a new docuseries featuring the star of Tulsa King, along with his real-life wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone and their daughters Sophia, Sistine and Scarlet. The eight-part series will premiere…

EXCLUSIVE: Animation studio Snipple Originals has won a mega Sky Kids order for a pre-school singalong show. The Singalings will air on the new Sky Kids linear channel later this year and is one of the first shows to emerge from the original content arm of Snipple Animation. The show, which…

HBO has handed a series order to a comedy documentary series about Jerrod Carmichael's life. Carmichael will executive produce as part of his overall deal with HBO. Per the network, the series will center on Carmichael's personal life, following him through encounters with friends, family, and…

Lollapalooza, the music festival created by Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell, will be the subject of a three-part docuseries on Paramount+. The streamer has ordered Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza to be directed by Michael John Warren, director of HBO's Spring Awakening and Nicki Minaj doc My Time…

In the midst of their third month as newly appointed DC co-Bosses, James Gunn and Peter Safran finally revealed their plans for an inter-connective universe for the comic book giant spanning largely film and TV in a strategy unlike the Warner Bros. brand has ever had before. Entitled Chapter One…

EXCLUSIVE: The truth is out there – and it’s headed to History in the UK and AMC Network's European channels. The pair are among buyers of Alien Files: Reopened, an eight-part doc series from Top Secret UFO Projects Declassified maker Big Media about extra-terrestrial encounters and UFO…

eOne Making TV Adaptation Of Janice Hallet’s ‘The Twyford Code’ eOne is prepping an adaptation of Janice Hallett’s The Twyford Code – the first fruits of the studio’s deal with BAFTA-winning writer-director Paul Andrew Williams. The book is written via automatic transcriptions of recordings made by a…

EXCLUSIVE: Roku is ramping up its adventure series slate. The streamer has ordered three new series to launch later this year – Fight to Survive, hosted by American Ninja Warrior's Akbar Gbajabiamila, Reptile Royalty, featuring the Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley, California, and UFO Cowboys following…

Disney+ has handed a second season order to Extraordinary – the superhero series from up-and-coming writer Emma Moran and Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle – two days prior to first season launch. The news was announced at the Extraordinary launch last night in London by Disney VP Scripted Content…