ABC has handed its first new drama series pickup to one of its buzziest pilots, Untitled Cobie Smulders (fka Stumptown), a graphic novels adaptation headlined by the Avengers co-star. It is ABC’s second series order overall, joining the black-ish spinoff mixed-ish. Both project hails from ABC Studios. Hinting at their…

Avengers co-star Cobie Smulders is returning to network television while staying in the world of comic book adaptations as the lead of Stumptown, ABC’s drama pilot  from writer Jason Richman, Ruben Fleischer and ABC Studios. Written by Richman, Stumptown is inspired by the graphic novels published by Oni Press. It…

Friends From College won’t be back for another semester. Show co-creator Nicholas Stoller took to Twitter to announce that the Netflix comedy won’t be returning for your bingeing pleasure. “Friends from College will not be returning for a third season,” Stoller wrote. “Thanks to everyone who watched it. Happy…

UPDATE, 9:40 AM:  Netflix has slotted Friday, July 14 for the premiere of its anticipated new comedy series Friends From College and dropped the first teaser. You can watch it above. PREVIOUS, May 8: Netflix has released the first images of Friends From College, its comedy series from Neighbors franchisee Nick Stoller…

Primarily known for his work as an actor on The Blacklist and 90210, Ryan Eggold just premiered his feature directorial debut, the romantic comedy Literally, Right Before Aaron, at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. Equal parts beautiful, bitter and profoundly sad, the film tells the story of Adam and Allison, in the…

Deadline is holding its Tribeca Film Festival portrait and video interview studio at the festival hub in NYC, opening its doors to this year’s most riveting and groundbreaking filmmakers. Guests stopping by the Deadline Studio on Day 5 included Milo Ventimiglia (Devil’s Gate), Cobie Smulders & Justin Long (Literally, R…

Netflix has set the cast of Friends from College, a new 8-episode comedy series from Nick Stoller (Neighbors) and Francesca Delbanco. Key & Peele star Keegan-Michael Key is returning to primetime, toplining the series, which also has cast How I Met Your Mother alumna Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (Ma…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures has closed a world rights deal in the vicinity of $2.5 million for The Intervention, the dramatic comedy that marks the directorial debut of Clea DuVall. The ensemble stars Melanie Lynskey, Cobie Smulders, Alia Shawkat, DuVall, Natasha Lyonne, Vincent Piazza, Ben Schwartz and Jason…

French filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledo scored big in 2012 with their drama The Intouchables, which managed Hollywood-proportion numbers at the international box office and even totaled well over $10M in the U.S. Their latest film, Samba, resonates as a personal story about a hot-button topic in many…

Parenthood alumna Erika Christensen and How I Met Your Mother alum Cobie Smulders are among the latest additions to HBO Films’ upcoming movie Confirmation, toplined by Kerry Washington. Also cast in the project, directed by Rick Famuyiwa, are Grace Gummer, Dylan Baker (The Good Wife) and Law & Order veteran Peter…

How I Met Your Mother star Cobie Smulders is plotting a return to comedy series as a creator. Andrew Barnsley and Vernon Wells’ Toronto-based Project 10 has inked development deals with Canada’s Bell Media for comedy series from Smulders and Paul Campbell to star, as well as Darcy Michael and Carl Johann, and is…

The Film Arcade has acquired U.S. rights to Unexpected, the debut pic from writer-director Kris Swanberg that played in the U.S. Dramatic competition section at the Sundance Film Festival. The Film Arcade is eyeing a summer release for the drama starring Cobie Smulders and Gail Bean about the unlikely friendship that…