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Amblin TV is teaming with Scholastic Entertainment and Marlee Matlin's Solo One Productions to co-develop and co-produce a limited series based on the Scholastic middle-grade memoir, Signs of Survival: A Memoir of the Holocaust by Renee Hartman and Joshua M. Greene. Released in January, Signs of Survival tells the…

The Mars documentary attacks! Amazon Studios, Film 45, Amblin Television and Tripod Media are co-producing Good Night Oppy, a feature about the Mars exploration rover Opportunity. Ryan White (Assassins) directs the pic, which is in production and tells the inspirational true story of the veteran interstellar vehicle…

An animated series based on the Gremlins film franchise is in development at WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service, Deadline has learned. The potential series would be a prequel and follow Mr. Wing, the Chinese grandfather played in the films by Keye Luke, as a young man as he goes on adventures with the friendly…

Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV has optioned the rights to Elaine Weiss’ critically praised book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, to develop for television, with Hillary Clinton attached to executive produce, Deadline has confirmed. The book, published in March by Penguin Random House, chronicles the…

Showtime has given a 10-episode series order to Halo (working title), an hourlong live-action scripted drama based on the award-winning Xbox video game franchise, from Awake creator Kyle Killen, Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television. Killen serves as writer…

Yakko, Wakko and Dot are coming back. A rebooted version of the Peabody and Emmy-winning cartoon Animaniacs has gotten a two-season straight-to-series order at Hulu, with original series EP Steven Spielberg returning as executive producer, for premiere in 2020. Co-produced by Amblin TV and Warner Bros. Animation, the…

Resourcefulness paid off for Amblin TV and ABC Studios, with the pilot presentation starring Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons & Justine Simmons, which they self-financed, leading to a 10-episode, straight-to-series order at Netflix. The multi-camera sitcom, created by Jeremy Bronson, creator of new ABC comedy series The Mayor…

Fifteen years after Roswell ended its three-season run on the WB and UPN, the two networks’ successor, the CW, is resurrecting the cult sci-fi title. The CW has put in development Roswell, an hourlong reimagining of the 1999 series. Like the original, the new version is based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda…

Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to an untitled horror drama series from genre filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Hush), Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and Paramount TV. The project is a modern re-imagining of Shirley Jackson’s classic 1959 novel, The Haunting of Hill House…

One of the biggest multi-camera sales this past development season was a family comedy toplined and produced by reality stars Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons & Justine Simmons, which ABC landed in October in a very competitive situation with a put pilot commitment plus a big penalty. The multi-camera/hybrid project did not…

NBC has given a pilot order to Reverie, a drama from the Extant team of creator Mickey Fisher and Amblin TV. Like Extant, Reverie originated as a spec. Penned by Fisher, it is described as a grounded and dramatic thriller about a former detective specializing in human behavior who is brought in when the launch of an…

EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation with multiple networks pursuing, ABC has landed a multi-camera family comedy toplined and produced by reality stars Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons & Justine Simmons. The project, which has received a put pilot commitment with a big penalty, hails from ABC Studios and Amblin…