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Taking on the English voice role for an original French language film isn't as simple as just dubbing it American-style, says Alia Shawkat. As the voice of Gabrielle in the Jérémy Clapin-directed animated feature I Lost My Body, Shawkat carefully considered the sensibility of the French language version from the…

Search Party star Alia Shawkat is set as a series regular opposite Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow in FX's drama pilot The Old Man, from Black Sails co-creators Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine. Written by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine, The Old Man, which is based on the novel written by Thomas Perry, centers on Dan…

Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt have recorded the English-language dub of I Lost My Body, the French animated film that won the top prize at Cannes Critics' Week this year. Netflix swooped on the project’s global rights, excluding China, Benelux, Turkey, and France, following its Cannes bow. The film will…

Having just launched earlier this year, Young Entertainment Activists (YEA) is already making waves in the industry when it comes to its advocacy. The non-profit organization is a huge network of more than 1000 entertainment professionals organizing young Hollywood to use their skills and resources for a local and…

The Key, a mysterious virtual reality journey from Lucid Dreams Productions' director Celine Tricart and producer Gloria Bradbury today announced they have enlisted actress Alia Shawkat to narrate the project. Shawkat is best known for her roles on Arrested Development and Search Party. Her voice will carry audience…

“I was really interested in the idea of what it’s like to be a woman now when there are many things that you want, it’s not clear, and how you justify and reconcile the different parts of yourself,” said Animals director Sophie Hyde who stopped by Deadline’s Sundance studio along with stars Holliday Grainger and Alia…

Top honors at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival have gone to Diane for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Smuggling Hendrix for Best International Narrative Feature, and Island of the Hungry Ghosts for Best Documentary Feature. On the acting side, Alia Shawkat won Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative…

The Deadline Studio at the Tribeca Film Festival is up and running for five talent-filled days at the NYC fest; including visits by John Legend (Jesus Christ Superstar), Jeffrey Wright (O.G.), Alia Shawkat (Duck Butter), and many more. Photographer Mark Mann is behind the lens for our series of photo sessions and…

Brooklyn-based Gimlet Media, the company behind hit podcasts such as Reply All, Homecoming, The Nod and StartUp, has set its spring slate with three new original series. They are Sandra, a scripted fiction series starring Kristen Wiig (SNL, Bridesmaids) and Alia Shawkat (Search Party, Arrested Development), simulated…

EXCLUSIVE: Amber Tamblyn’s directorial debut Paint It Black has been snapped up by Imagination Worldwide, which is taking all global rights. The pic, which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival and recently played the Palm Springs fest, is scheduled for an April release. Based on the cult novel by Janet Fitch, Pai…

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Poehler will host a premiere screening of indie drama Paint It Black at the Los Angeles Film Festival next month and moderate the Q&A with director/co-writer Amber Tamblyn and the cast afterward. The pic stars Janet McTeer and Alia Shawkat as women from different worlds who, after losing the man they…

TBS has given a series pickup to Search Party, a dark comedy about a group of four self-absorbed 20-somethings who come together when a former college acquaintance mysteriously disappears. It is part of the new wave of TBS originals designed to carry TBS’ announced brand makeover with a focus on “bold sensibility,&#8221…