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UPDATED, writethru: A fire that broke out late last night at Warner Bros’ historic Leavesden studios just outside London and took 15 hours to extinguish has damaged the the set of HBO’s Avenue 5, the space comedy from Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Emergency services put out the sizable fire this morning UK time. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Himesh Patel has been cast opposite Hugh Laurie in Armando Iannucci's HBO space comedy Avenue 5. Created by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is a space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future when the solar system is everyone's oyster. With Hugh Laurie as the Captain, nothing can go wrong. Patel will play Jordan…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of tonight's Veep series finale. Plus this article contains language inappropriate for almost anyone, but that’s Veep, isn’t it?  Game of Thrones doesn't end until next week, but tonight's series finale of Veep showed a very different way to snare another type of Iron…

As Armando Iannucci’s Veep is airing its final season on HBO, the premium cable network has picked up a new series from the British creator. HBO has given a series order to Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods and Nikki Amuka-Bird. Created, written and executive produced…

Deception and Being Human alum Lenora Crichlow has been cast opposite Hugh Laurie, Zach Woods, Suzy Nakamura, Rebecca Front, Josh Gad and Nikki Amuka-Bird in Armando Iannucci's HBO space comedy pilot Avenue 5. Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, the tentatively titled project is set in the future…

Silicon Valley star Zach Woods is set for a lead role opposite Hugh Laurie, Suzy Nakamura and Rebecca Front in Armando Iannucci's HBO space comedy pilot Avenue 5. Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space. Woods will play Matt Spencer, head of Customer…

Armando Iannucci has recruited a star of one of his previous series, The Thick Of It‘s Rebecca Front, for a lead role opposite Hugh Laurie in Iannucci’s HBO space comedy pilot Avenue 5.  Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space. Laurie plays the lead Ryan…

Lord of the Rings' Andy Serkis and Veep creator Armando Iannucci and director Chris Addison are among the hundreds of thousands of protestors at an anti-Brexit march in London today. The pair have been joined by the likes of Dragon's Den star Deborah Meaden and TV chef Delia Chef at the event in the British capital…

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood has responded bigly to Armando Iannucci's White House feature pitch. Deadline understands that eight studios have shown interest in making a movie based on The Death of Stalin director and Veep creator's Twitter musings. I hear that Iannucci has already received one "big offer" this morning for…

The Death of Stalin director Armando Iannucci has revealed that Hollywood is "interested" in his Dave-style comedy pitch about Donald Trump being removed from the White House. The Thick of It creator pitched the idea on Twitter and it seems to have snowballed with stars including Veep's Julia Louis-Dreyfus getting on…

Former Dr. Ken star Suzy Nakamura has been cast in a lead role opposite Hugh Laurie in HBO's comedy pilot Avenue 5 (tentative title), from Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space. Nakamura will play Iris Kimura, right-hand to…

After lengthy negotiations, Hugh Laurie has formally closed a deal to star in HBO’s comedy pilot Avenue 5 (tentative title), from Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space. Laurie will play the lead Ryan Clark, the charming and…