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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…

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…