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EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Television has acquired the rights to the novel Friends Like These, the new thriller from New York Times Bestselling author Kimberly McCreight, and will developing as a series.  McCreight will also adapt the script with Amblin's co-Presidents of Television Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey exec…

Hulu has given an early Season 3 renewal to Animaniacs, ahead of its season 2 launch later this year. Hulu has ordered a 10-episode third season of the popular animated series from Steven Spielberg, Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation. The renewal was announced during Hulu’s presentation at the TCA press…

Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a character created by author Walter Mosley, is getting another shot on television after Amblin Television signed up to develop a series. The production company has closed a deal to adapt Mosley's stories – Rawlins has appeared in 15 novels and short stories – with The Americans and Amazing Stor…

Babs, Buster Bunny and the rest of the Acme Acres gang are back and headed to college. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have handed a two-season, straight-to-series order for Tiny Toons Looniversity from Warner Bros. Animation, Amblin Television and returning executive producer Steven Spielberg. Tiny Toons Looniversity is…

The CW has put in development The Woman’s Hour, a seasonal anthology drama series based on Elaine Weiss' critically praised book The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, from former Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amblin Television and Warner Bros…

HBO Max has boarded a television drama inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic Rashomon. The series, which is in development at the streamer, is being written by Billy Ray (Captain Phillips) and Virgil Williams (Mudbound) and produced by Amblin Television. The project has been in the works for about two years after…

Embrace of the Serpent director Ciro Guerra is vehemently denying the sexual harassment and assault allegations made against him this week. Seven women are claiming the Oscar-nominated filmmaker harassed them and an eighth is asserting that Guerra attacked her, according to an article published on June 24 in the…

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…