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Shook, a hip-hop dance focused original short-form series starring singer/actress/dancer Sofia Wylie, will debut next month, the Disney Channel announced today. Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass serve as executive producers through their DBP Donut banner. The series will be available on Disney Channel’s YouTube page. “It’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a first trailer for Knightfall and Gunpowder star Tom Cullen’s feature directorial debut Pink Wall, which will gets its world premiere at SXSX on March 9. Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany and Tranparent‘s Jay Duplass lead the UK romance-drama which follows the defining moments of a six year…

EXCLUSIVE: Jay Duplass has signed with management company Odenkirk-Provissiero Entertainment to rep him for acting. Duplass, along with brother Mark prolific on the producing side (see their big Netflix movie deal, for example), has been busy in front of the camera as well. In addition to nearing production on the…

Director Lynn Shelton is always a welcome presence on the indie scene, with pint-size hits like Humpday, Touchy Feely, Your Sister’s Sister and others that usually turn up at the likes of Sundance and SXSW before landing a modest distribution deal. It has been four years since her last and — until her latest — best…

The Deadline Studio is making its premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, opening its doors to the most riveting and groundbreaking talent at the 25th edition of the fest, running March 9-17, in Austin, Texas. Actors, directors and producers – from film and television – stopping by the Deadline Studio for portraits and…

As anyone who has seen the film will tell you, few directorial debuts match the level of ambition of Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell’s blockbuster indie, Prospect. Starring Jay Duplass, Sophie Thatcher and Narcos star Pedro Pascal, and based on the directors’ short of the same name, the sci-fi feature is as grand as it…

Seeing their romantic drama bow at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival before moving onto the broader festival circuit, Outside In stars Edie Falco and Jay Duplass were on hand at Deadline’s SXSW Studio yesterday to discuss their collaboration. From director Lynn Shelton, Outside In centers on an ex-con…

Netflix and filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass have signed a worldwide rights deal that will see the brothers’ next four movies stream exclusively on the streaming service. The first film in the deal is a comedic drama starring Ray Romano and Mark Duplass. The deal comes after the parties signed an exclusive worldwide…

“Congrats on your release – maybe now I can get my wife back.” And with that we meet Outside In‘s Chris, a 38-year-old man (played by Jay Duplass) just released from prison thanks to the tireless advocacy of his former high school teacher Carol (Edie Falco). The guy offering congratulations (watch the trailer above)…

After three busy years working on the small screen, directing episodes of New Girl, Fresh Off The Boat, Casual and GLOW among many others, Lynn Shelton returned to TIFF with her first feature since 2014's Laggies, which starred Keira Knightley as an underachieving twentysomething coming to terms with her life and…

HBO has picked up a second season of Jay and Mark Duplass’ anthology series Room 104. The series, which premiered July 28, is set in a single room of a typical American chain motel that tells a different story of the assorted characters who pass through it in each episode, ranging from comedy to drama to horror. "Jay…

“In this era of peak television, there’s so much sh** to watch and we feel so much pressure to watch things,” explained Room 104 co-creator and EP Mark Duplass, “We want Room 104 to be your casual dating experience.” Essentially, the Duplass brothers sought to make a series where you don’t necessarily have to be…