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EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has preemptively acquired North American rights to The Personal History of David Copperfield, the Armando Iannucci-directed drama that makes its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 5, to be followed by its European premiere as the opening film of…

House and The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie is to play a British politician in a four-part drama for the BBC. The actor will star in Roadkill, written by Collaterel's David Hare and produced by National Treasure and Kiri producer The Forge. The thriller is about self-made, forceful and charismatic politician Peter…

House and The Night Manager star Hugh Laurie is to be feted at the Edinburgh TV Festival in August. The British actor will receive Edinburgh TV Festival's Outstanding Achievement Award at the event will attend an In Conversation With… event. He joins the likes of the Years and Years creator Russell T Davies, Gentleman…

As Armando Iannucci’s Veep is airing its final season on HBO, the premium cable network has picked up a new series from the British creator. HBO has given a series order to Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods and Nikki Amuka-Bird. Created, written and executive produced…

After lengthy negotiations, Hugh Laurie has formally closed a deal to star in HBO’s comedy pilot Avenue 5 (tentative title), from Veep creator Armando Iannucci. Created, written and executive produced by Iannucci, Avenue 5 is set in the future, mostly in space. Laurie will play the lead Ryan Clark, the charming and…

EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Laurie, coming off a two-season starring turn on Hulu’s Chance, is reuniting with the streaming platform for a co-starring role in Catch-22, Hulu's high-profile limited series co-starring and directed by George Clooney. Written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller novel, Ca…

Parks and Recreation alum Paul Schneider has signed on as a series regular opposite Hugh Laurie in the second season of Hulu's drama series Chance. The psychological thriller based on Kem Nunn's novel focuses on Dr. Eldon Chance (Laurie), a San Francisco-based forensic neuropsychiatrist who reluctantly gets sucked…

Following a misleading report in a British trade this week, questions have arisen as to the status of a second season of BBC/AMC hit event series The Night Manager. The partners, along with producer The Ink Factory, have sought to quell the hullabaloo that story caused, and are clearly stating that nothing is set. In…

Vice Media has inked a slew of international mobile deals and is planning a vast rollout in the Asia Pacific region, its founder and CEO Shane Smith announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Wednesday. The new slate of partnerships includes original production, licensing, direct-to-consumer offerings and…

EXCLUSIVE: After sitting out 2016, INTV, the television and media conference that's organized by Israel's Keshet Media Group, is gearing up for a March rendez-vous in Jerusalem. Among the senior U.S. executives who’ll be in town to discuss challenges and changes facing the industry are CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zuck…

Twelve days before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, Meryl Streep gave what would have been the best political speech of the White House race cycle, except it was delivered exactly two months after Trump was elected, as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden…

UPDATE with video: Stephen Colbert wasted no time on his latest live post-debate Late Show, addressing the jaw-dropping moment of the final presidential debate when moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump if he will accept the results of the election on November 8. Trump had responded: "I will tell you at the time." The…