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CBS Studios is developing a Dutch dramedy inspired by Mano Bouzamour's novel Bestseller Boy. The local-language series is in the works for Dutch broadcaster Avrotros via NPO. Bestseller Boy is the studio's latest international development following Israeli drama District Y, the police drama from the team behind Fauda…

House of Cards standout Michael Kelly is back in the political realm as Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Tony-winner Jennifer Ehle is set to play Patrice Comey in the CBS Studios event miniseries based on former FBI Director James Comey’s bestselling book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. They join…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS Digital, a division whose effects work has appeared in shows ranging from Netflix’s G.L.O.W. and Orange in the New Black to NBC’s This is Us and CBS’ Hawaii 5-0 and All Rise, has rebranded as CBS VFX. Along with the new name and logo, the unit is also unveiling new capabilities and plans to move from…

Acclaimed novelist Walter Mosley revealed today that he decided to leave Star Trek: Discovery after his use of a racial epithet in the writers room of the CBS All Access series resulted in Human Resources telling him that "I could not use that word except in a script." "My answer to H.R. was to resign and move on,"…

Two groups that claim the CBS update of MacGyver entitles them to payments based on a deal dating from the original series are suing. The plaintiffs are Hanzer Holdings and Arlita Inc. — both of which are described as “successors in interest” to Major Talent Agency, the packaging agent for the original 1985-92 MacGyver…

A stunt double for Alex O’Loughlin’s Steve McGarrett character on Hawaii Five-O is suing CBS Corp., CBS Studios and a number of production companies over an on-set accident in which he was hit by a car. Among the allegations is that a key stunt “personnel who had safety responsibilities” was under the influence of…

Set phasers to “peace.” After more than a year of legal combat over the proposed Star Trek fan film Axanar, a settlement has been reached between the filmmakers, Alec Peters and his Axanar Productions, Inc., and Paramount and CBS Studios. In the settlement, both Axanar Productions and Peters have agreed to acknowledge…

A federal judge in Los Angeles has given Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios the green light to boldly go where no lawyer has gone before – before a jury to stop production of a Star Trek fan film. The legal drama started a year ago when CBS and Paramount filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the producers of…

Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios have filed a copyright-infringement suit against the producers of Axanar, which bills itself as a "ground-breaking independent Star Trek film." The suit, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, seeks monetary damages and an injunction restraining the producers from…

EXCLUSIVE: On the eve of the Mipcom TV market which kicks off in Cannes next weekend, Dean Devlin's Electric Entertainment has closed a key deal for its 10-episode drama The Librarians. France Télévisions has acquired the free TV, VOD, DTO and home video rights in France. The series starts airing in the U.S. on TNT on…

Shine International has taken on international distribution for ITV's Code Of A Killer and Channel 5's Rome: The World's First Superpower. The former, produced by World Productions, tells the true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting in the 1980s and its first use by detective David Baker (played by…

Paul Raff, whose credits include more than five years writing for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, is suing the late-night host, The Arsenio Hall Show exec producer John Ferriter and CBS Studios over what he claims were broken promises for him to take a key job on the syndicated talker. In a suit filed Monday in Los Angeles…