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EXCLUSIVE: There is a disturbance in the Force. On the same day it became public that Star Wars projects from Kevin Feige and Patty Jenkins are now dormant, Lucasfilm has been hit with a breach of contract lawsuit over the upcoming The Acolyte. Related Story Taika Waititi In Talks…

EXCLUSIVE: Evan Reilly, who most recently served as showrunner for three seasons on HBO's Dwayne Johnson series Ballers, has signed with APA. Reilly is currently working on an undisclosed pilot in development at Amazon. He has also recently written an episode of Syfy's Happy! and before Ballers, was a co-executive…

Brad William Henke (Orange is the New Black) has landed a key role on season 2 of the Spectrum Original anthology series Manhunt: Lone Wolf from Lionsgate Television. Season 2, Manhunt: Lone Wolf, will chronicle one of the largest and most complex manhunts on U.S. soil — the search for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics…

HBO’s sports comedy Ballers starring Dwayne Johnson will end after its fifth season, which kicks off Sunday on HBO. Johnson announced the news in a thank-you post to fans on Instagram. “My heart 🖤 is full of gratitude to all of you for rockin' with us every season,” Johnson wrote. Read his full post below. Created by…

It’s back to school for the kids and for the small screen this week, with some big lessons, big ambitions and big exits on the programming curriculum. To continue the metaphor, the first test will be to figure out what show you have to watch this week. The only way to score that A is to watch my review above to…

HBO received a blessing of sorts from the TV Gods this past weekend with the premiere of megachurch comedy The Righteous Gemstones and the second episode of the second season of Succession. Coming in almost the same as the series high of the August 11 Season 2 debut, the Brian Cox-led global media moguls drama snared…

Perpetual Grace, LTD‘s Damon Herriman has booked a key recurring role on Amazon’s Underground Railroad, Barry Jenkins' adaptation of Colson Whitehead's bestselling novel. The story centers on young Cora, a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast…

HBO has renewed comedy series Ballers for a fifth season and Insecure for a fourth season. The renewals follow the August 12 season premieres for both series. Created by Stephen Levinson, (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire), Ballers explores the glamorous and often cutthroat world of pro football through a group of past and…

Different in many ways, Ballers and Insecure are back for their fourth and third seasons, respectively, this Sunday on HBO, and Dwayne Johnson’s and Issa Rae’s series are both on top of their considerable games. With strong support from Rob Corddry and Yvonne Orji, the new cycles of the once fumbling Ballers and…

HBO has booked summer return dates for two of its comedy series. The premium net said today that Season 4 of the Dwayne Johnson’s Ballers will bow at 10 PM Sunday, August 12, followed at 10:30 by the third-season debut of Issa Rae’s Insecure. Check out the new Ballers trailer below. Ballers looks at the lives of…

Former American football running back — he was briefly with the then-St. Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent—John David Washington is breaking out on the big screen in a major way this year. The co-star of HBO's Ballers had two movies at Sundance and will be seen in Fox Searchlight's upcoming crime-drama Old Man and…

Parenthood alum Joy Bryant is joining the upcoming fourth season of HBO's Ballers in a recurring role. Bryant will play a successful public defender who is a single mom to a hotshot rising football star in high school. Created by Stephen Levinson (Boardwalk Empire), Dwayne Johnson-starring Ballers looks at the…