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EXCLUSIVE: Following the news that production was suspended on the Searchlight film Being Mortal, sources tell Deadline the suspension had to do with a complaint made against star Bill Murray for inappropriate behavior. It is unknown at this time what Murray’s involvement in the project will be going forward as the…

EXCLUSIVE: After halting production for the past three days, Searchlight Pictures has suspended production on their adaptation of Being Mortal, the directing debut of Aziz Ansari starring Ansari, Bill Murray and Seth Rogen, Deadline has learned. A letter is going out to cast and crew tonight informing them of the…

EXCLUSIVE: In what is turning into a cast of comedic hall-of-famers, sources tell Deadline that Seth Rogen is set to join Bill Murray in Aziz Ansari's feature directorial debut Being Mortal. Ansari is also on board to co-star from a script he wrote. He is also producing with Youree Henley. Taylor Friedman and Cameron…

Aziz Ansari (Master of None, Parks and Recreation) is making his feature directorial debut with an untitled dramedy for Searchlight, based on the 2014 non-fiction book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by surgeon Atul Gawande, in which he’ll star alongside Oscar nominee Bill Murray (The French…

Netflix today unveiled Aziz Ansari: Nightclub Comedian, a new stand-up special from the comedian of the same name, which premieres globally on January 25. Nightclub Comedian is Ansari’s fourth special for Netflix on the heels of Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive (2013), Aziz Ansari: Live at Madison Square Garden (2015) and Azi…

As Axel Foley would say: “Okay, everybody's ready here, okay.” Everybody is here to the tune of almost $15.8 million for Netflix and Paramount's Beverly Hills Cop 4 with Eddie Murphy and producer Jerry Bruckheimer to be specific. That's the amount the long-awaited sequel will be getting in tax credits from California…

A long-rumored Season 3 of Netflix’s Master of None finally came to fruition this year, with Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang’s comedy series returning to the streamer in May. It had been four years since Season 2, which followed the series’ Season 1 debut in 2015 that won writing Emmys for Ansari and co-star Lena…

When Lena Waithe and Naomi Ackie signed on to star in Master of None Season 3, they each experienced a different kind of pressure, based on their past experiences. The most daunting aspect of the shoot, for Waithe, was the fact that she was thrust fully into the spotlight for the first time. Prior to Season 3, titled M…

When Aziz Ansari decided to bring Master of None back for a third season, his goal was to completely reinvent the series, breaking new creative ground. "I really wanted to get rid of all of the things that were…like safety nets or crutches," he explains, "to see how we could make something interesting by stripping…

It’s been a minute since audiences were treated to a new season of Netflix’s Emmy-winning Master of None created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang. Netflix said last month that it will finally debut a third season of the comedy May 23 — though it may not be something fans of the series would expect. In fact, it might go…

We’re getting the first look at footage of the long-awaited Season 3 of Aziz Ansari’s Emmy-winning series Master Of None. Netflix unveiled the trailer Monday, along with a May 23 premiere date for the Universal TV-produced series. The new season focuses on Lena Waithe’s character Denise and her relationship with her…

The long-rumored third season of Aziz Ansari’s Netflix comedy series Master of None is set to debut next month. It was announced Wednesday on the @NetflixQueue twitter account that the third season will bow on the streamer in May. In Master of None, produced by Universal Television, Ansari plays Dev, a…