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EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Frei is joining season 2 of Hulu’s Dollface as a recurring guest star in the role of Alison J., Deadline has learned. Dollface follows Jules (Kat Dennings), a young woman who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically…

Hulu has given a formal pilot green light to Career Opportunities In Murder & Mayhem (working title), a drama headlined by Emmy and Tony winner Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) and Violett Beane (God Friended Me). Also set as series regulars in the ABC Signature-produced pilot are Lauren Patten (Jagged Little Pill) Hugo Diego…

LisaGay Hamilton (To Kill a Mockingbird), Michaela Watkins (Werewolves Within), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (NOS4A2), Kevin Sussman (The Big Bang Theory), Sam Straley (Hala) and Shaun J. Brown are set for recurring roles opposite Amanda Seyfried in The Dropout, Hulu’s limited series about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes…

Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez are set to continue their podcast-inspired crime-solving ways after Hulu renewed Only Murders in the Building for a second season. It comes after the streamer said that the show was the most-watched Hulu Original comedy on premiere day and its most-watched comedy across all…

EXCLUSIVE: Jacinta, a feature documentary about intergenerational trauma and addiction, has had an impressive festival run at such events as Doc NYC, AFI Fest and IDFA. The film, directed by Jessica Earnshaw, is now heading to Hulu. The streamer has picked up the feature doc, which comes from ABC News and Impact…

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Pimentel (Orange Is the New Black) is set as a lead opposite Aubrey Plaza, Ramón Rodríguez and Wanda De Jesús in Olga Dies Dreaming, Hulu's one-hour drama pilot based on the novel by Xochitl Gonzalez. The pilot for Olga Dies Dreaming, written by Gonzalez and to be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon…

In a not-terribly-shocking development, Disney is raising prices at Hulu, following other increases in recent months at ESPN+ and Disney+. Effective October 8, the basic, ad-supported version of Hulu will go from $5.99 a month to $6.99, while the ad-free tier rises a dollar to $12.99. The changes, conveyed to…

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu's The Girl From Plainville has rounded out its directors for the upcoming limited series, starring Elle Fanning, Colton Ryan, Chloë Sevigny and Norbert Leo Butz. Series co-creator Liz Hannah (The Post, Mindhunters), Zetna Fuentes (The Nevers, Ray Donovan) and Pippa Bianco (Share, Euphoria) will join…

EXCLUSIVE: Following its premiere on Hulu this past weekend, 20th Century’s Vacation Friends has become the most the most watched original film in its opening weekend on the streamer to date. Deadline has also exclusively learned that writer-director Clay Tarver will return to write and direct Honeymoon Friends, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Wanda De Jesús (Illegal Tender) is set as a lead opposite Aubrey Plaza and Ramón Rodríguez in Olga Dies Dreaming, Hulu's one-hour drama pilot based on the novel by Xochitl Gonzalez. The pilot for Olga Dies Dreaming, written by Gonzalez and to be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, tells the story of a…

Disney has shifted streaming programming from Hotstar U.S. to ESPN+ and Hulu, notably Indian Premier League cricket matches, Bollywood film and TV titles and Hotstar specials. As part of the programming realignment, existing streaming service Hotstar U.S. will disappear, likely by late-2022, the company said. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Turner & Hooch star Josh Peck and American Gods alumna Ashley Reyes have been cast in recurring roles on How I Met Your Father, Hulu's straight-to-series spinoff to long-running CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother. In How I Met Your Father, written by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, in the near future…