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EXCLUSIVE: Four-time Emmy winner Michael Learned is joining Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the limited series about the serial killer co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan that was greenlighted by Netflix last fall. She joins a cast that is further ramping up, with Murphy regular Evan Peters now aboard as Dahme…

EXCLUSIVE: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, a limited series co-created by longtime collaborators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, has been greenlighted by Netflix, with Richard Jenkins co-starring, Carl Franklin (Mindhunter, The Leftovers) directing and Janet Mock (Pose, Hollywood) writing and directing. Production is…

Playing a role in Netflix limited series Hollywood has not only been "truly, one of the happiest jobs” ever for Holland Taylor, and the source of her well-deserved eighth Emmy nomination, but she also found herself personally very moved by the series' revisionist history. In Ryan Murphy and co-creator Ian Brennan's…

When Nicole Avant, producer of documentary film The Black Godfather, set out to make a film centered around her father, music industry legend Clarence Avant, her intention was to highlight the need for opportunity for all, and the importance of coming together as a country to make that happen. Speaking during speaking…

We’re getting the first look at Hollywood, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s seven-episode limited series ahead of its May 1 premiere on Netflix. Co-created by Murphy and Ian Brennan, Hollywood follows a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in the titular town, post-World War II, as they try to make it at any cost…

Ryan Murphy said today he has received a straight-to-series order from Netflix for Hollywood, which he co-created with frequent collaborator Ian Brennan and calls “a love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown.” View this post on Instagram "Hollywood" — my new Netflix show…

EXCLUSIVE: In a very competitive situation, Netflix has landed The Politician, a new hourlong comedy series from longtime collaborators Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy, I have learned. The project, starring Tony winner Ben Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), with Oscar winners Barbra Streisand and Gwyneth Paltrow in…

NBC is developing Danni Lowinski, a half-hour comedy based on the 2010 German TV series. It’s from Glee and Scream Queens co-creator Ian Brennan, Tariq Jalil’s Intrigue Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, where Brennan is under an overall deal. Written by Brennan, Danni Lowinski follows a working-class woman who is…

In one of the more intriguing team-ups this development season, Glee and Scream Queens co-creator Ian Brennan has partnered with Juno scribe Diablo Cody for a comedy series produced by America’s Got Talent star Simon Cowell. In American Idol alum Cowell’s return to Fox, the project has landed at the network with a put…

After 20th TV chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman’s uproarious Modern Family-flavored holiday video card last year written and directed by Steve Levitan, it was natural for the duo to turn to the studio’s other monster hit, Fox’s Glee, for greeting card inspiration next. Here is this year’s video, written by Glee…

As Sunday’s Emmy Awards telecast approaches, the Writers Guild of America West last night hosted its annual “Sublime Primetime 2010”. It was a panel discussion with Emmy-nominated TV writer-producers including Carlton Cuse (Lost), Rolin Jones (Friday Night Lights), Mindy Kaling (The Office), Robert King and Michelle Ki…