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The Washington Post's report on The Afghanistan Papers, which tells the secret history of the war in the country, is set to be turned into a documentary series and a scripted drama after Amblin Television acquired the rights. The television division of Steven Spielberg's production company has closed a deal with the…

Mozart in the Jungle star Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, who starred in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, have joined Amazon Studios and Amblin Television’s four-hour miniseries based on the epic saga of Hernan Cortes. The WME-represented pair will executive produce the series, currently known as the Untitled Cortés an…

USA Network has added a raft of series regulars to its UCP and Amblin Television drama Brave New World including When They See Us' Kylie Bunbury and Killjoys' Hannah John-Kamen. The series, which is based on the Aldous Huxley novel, has also added Origin's Sen Mitsuji, The Originals' Joseph Morgan and Killing Eve's Nin…

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television is walking away from CBS’ popular legal drama Bull in the wake of the sexual harassment allegations against star Michael Weatherly. A rep for Amblin confirmed to Deadline that Steven Spielberg, Amblin Television, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey are no longer attached to…

Amblin Television has optioned the rights to Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic Rashomon to turn into a dramatic mystery thriller series. The plan it to make each 10-episode season focus on a singular event told from multiple points of view. The differing characters’ perspectives will allow the audience to come away with…

EXCLUSIVE: As accusations of sexual harassment and sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein and others began flooding Hollywood early this year, CBS’ then-CEO Les Moonves stepped in to settle claims against one of the network’s biggest stars. Moonves was deeply and directly involved in the $9.5 million payout that CBS…

In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Atlas Entertainment and Amblin Television have acquired rights to Astrid Holleeder's Dutch memoir, Judas, to develop as a television series. Judas is the unbelievable but true story which follows Holleeder's life as the youngest sister to Willem "Wim" Holleeder, the…

Blumhouse Television and Amblin Television have partnered to jointly option the rights to Annie Jacobsen’s upcoming book Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations Into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis to develop as a TV series. Phenomena traces the U.S. government's long-hidden…

Minority Report, the hot drama project from Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Godzilla writer Max Borenstein, has landed at Fox with a big put pilot commitment. The series, based on the 2002 movie directed by Spielberg, hails from 20th Century Fox TV and Paramount TV, whose feature siblings produced the Tom…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development The Money Pit, a comedy series based on the 1986 feature starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. Amblin Television, the TV division of Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, which produced the movie with Universal Pictures, is producing the potential series with Universal Television…

With head-spinning volume of broadcast development every year, it is inevitable that some projects fall through the cracks or don’t realize their full potential. It is encouraging that the networks appear more and more willing to give shows another chance. Several new series this coming season, including ABC’s The Gold…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development Every Other Saturday, a single-camera comedy from British writer Neil Forsyth, Jon Pollack (Go On, 30 Rock), Amblin Television and Universal TV. It revolves around a good-hearted yet multiply flawed father trying to win over his son after a divorce, despite only having custody…