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HBO has renewed Barry for a fourth season, it was revealed on Thursday. Production will begin in Los Angeles in June, with series star Bill Hader directing all eight episodes. Hader co-created Barry alongside Alec Berg. Season 3 of the acclaimed series is airing weekly on HBO and HBO Max, with the finale set for June…

Bill Hader is seeking out redemption in the Barry Season 3 teaser trailer, which came out Wednesday ahead of HBO show’s April 24 premiere at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The Emmy-winning comedy’s  long-awaited return will focus on Barry (Hader) as he’s trying to untangle himself from his career as a contract killer to follow his…

HBO‘s Emmy-winning dark comedy Barry will premiere its long-awaited third season on April 24 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Season 3 was delayed due to Covid-19. In the eight-episode new season, Barry (Bill Hader) is desperate to leave his violent past behind in favor of his newfound passion. But things will get messy as he…

HBO Max on Wednesday unwrapped a sneak peek sizzle real to highlight its programming in 2022, with anticipated titles in the mix including the Game of Thrones prequel series House of Dragon and returning series like Season 4 of Westworld, Season 2 of The Flight Attendant, and new incarnations of the long-away Barry, Th…

On Saturday, Bill Hader appeared virtually at the USC Comedy Festival, to accept the 2021 Oakie Masters of Comedy Award. Named after Jack and Victoria Horne Oakie, the award recognized the actor and comedian for his exceptional achievements in film and television comedy. “The coolest thing about this award is, when I…

Succession and Barry were two of the high-profile HBO shows that were hardest hit by the global pandemic back last March. The drama and the comedy, which become two of the WarnerMedia cable network's most acclaimed series, were both in pre-production on their third seasons when Covid first hit. However, given the…

It’s the jarring thought many face each year on Emmy nominations day as shows receive their just plaudits in the noms: what happened to that great show I was just watching? The one everyone’s talking about right now. Why isn’t it nominated? It’s easy to forget that Emmy’s eligibility window comes to a close on May 31…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Parasite studio CJ Entertainment and Anonymous Content are teaming for a feature adaptation of Choe Sang-Hun’s inspiring April 2019 New York Times inspiring story “Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers,” about grandmothers who returned to…

UPDATE with additional guests The casts of Young Sheldon, Desperate Housewives, Jessie and Barry will reunite for this week’s livestream episodes of Stars in the House, the series hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley to raise donations for The Actors Fund’s COVID-19 efforts. Among the stars taking part are, among…

When the divisions of WarnerMedia Entertainment, including HBO, on March 13 shut down production on all series, there were two high-profile HBO shows in early pre-production, Succession and Barry, whose status remained under evaluation. Two weeks later, with no relief in sight for the escalating coronavirus pandemic…

The WGA Awards boosted a pair of movie screenplays into Oscar frontrunner status on Saturday night, handing its marquee Original Screenplay award to Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won for Neon’s Parasite, and its Adapted Screenplay award to Taika Wiatiti for Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit. Both of the winning scripts are…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-showrunner Liz Sarnoff has signed an overall deal with HBO. Under the pact, Sarnoff, who had served as writer/consulting producer on the first two seasons of HBO’s dark comedy series Barry, will become an executive producer on Bill Hader’s Emmy-nominated series, starting with its upcoming third…