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Some heavy hitters will be suiting up as contributors on NFL: The Grind, Epix announced today at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour. The weekly series from the premium cable net and NFL Films is being billed as offering fans the final word on the week in football. RELATED STORY: Epix Unveils Premiere…

Chris Brancato and Paul Eckstein’s new Epix series Godfather of Harlem tells the story of crime boss Bumpy Johnson (Forest Whitaker), a figure in the early 1960s who returned from a ten-year jail stint to find his neighborhood overrun by the Italian mob. One of the more intriguing true-life historical points played…

Epix has put in development two more series, Wicked, Kansas and Rocket Men. Epix is expected to make the announcement during its TCA session. Wicked, Kansas is a darkly comedic western from Oscar-nominated feature writer Ron Shelton (Tin Cup, Bull Durham) and Oscar-nominated feature producer Frank Marshall (Bourne Iden…

Korean-American rapper Jon Park (aka Dumbfoundead) is set to recur on Comedy Central’s upcoming scripted series Awkwafina. He will join the titular actor-rapper Awkwafina in the series which follows a twenty-something Nora living in Queens, striving for a larger than life existence while living with her father and…

Before Bruce Wayne was Batman, his British butler was James Bond. That’s the premise of Epix’s Pennyworth, the posh new production from the makers of Fox’s Gotham, executive producer/writer Bruno Heller and executive producer/director Danny Cannon. On Friday, the pair brought the show’s cast to Comic-Con in San Diego…

Starzplay has acquired a raft of international rights to Epix's Batman prequel Pennyworth. The digital platform has picked up rights for the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Austria and Latin America. The show, which airs in the U.S. later this month, follows Alfred Pennyworth (played by Jack…

Epix and Pennyworth are importing 1960s London to San Diego’s historic Gaslamp District. The premium network is promoting the July 28th series premiere of the Batman-related drama in a major way at Comic-Con International in San Diego with an elaborately appointed immersive experience that will take fans into the…

In a sign of changing times, both in terms of industry consolidation and shifting technology and release platforms, Hulu and FX are teaming up to take over streaming and linear rights to Lionsgate theatrical films starting in 2020. Details of the arrangement, which replaces a long-term pact with Epix, were confirmed…

It was probably a coincidence that Agnes Chu, SVP, content, for Disney+, was seated next to Craig Erwich, SVP content for Hulu, at today's panel titled "The Streamers: Meet the Buyers" at today's Produced By Conference 2019 at Warner Bros. in Burbank. Or maybe it was just alphabetical on a panel that continued down…

“Noir is a genre that Roger Ebert described as being about characters who are smart enough to hatch a plan but not smart enough to pull it off… we adhere to that essentially,” said Steve Conrad, executive producer and showrunner of Epix new noir thriller, Perpetual Grace, LTD. While the crime drama may contain…

ITV and Epix have released the first look at Julian Fellowes' latest period drama, Belgravia. Filming has kicked off for the six-part series from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films. The show will be shot in Victorian locations in London and the home counties, Edinburgh, Bath and Northumberland. It stars Alice…

EXCLUSIVE: The Happy Prince star Tom Wilkinson has been cast in Belgravia, Carnival Films' Julian Fellowes-penned British period drama for ITV and Epix. Deadline understands that Wilkinson, who was nominated for Oscars for his roles in Michael Clayton and In The Bedroom, will play Peregrine, Earl of Brockenhurst in…