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EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. has greenlit the third Fantastic Beasts movie in the Harry Potter spinoff series with production starting spring 2020. While the regular cast is returning, we hear that comedian and actor Jessica Williams, who was featured briefly in part 2’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, will…

Jessica Williams (2 Dope Queens) will lead the cast of Hulu's limited romantic comedy series Four Weddings and a Funeral Set to co-star in the project, written and executive produced by The Mindy Project creator, executive producer and star Mindy Kaling and executive producer Matt Warburton, are Nikesh Patel (Indian Su…

HBO has ordered a second series of 2 Dope Queen specials featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson based on their hit comedy WNYC podcast. The four new hour-long specials are slated to premiere in 2019. The duo’s first series of specials debuted to critical acclaim last February. Tig Notaro directed the four…

When the podcast 2 Dope Queens with Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams debuted, it immediately became a hit on the iTunes charts as it put the spotlight on female comedians, comedians of color, and LGBT comedians in an effort to represent people from different backgrounds. Now it is making its way to HBO as four…

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson told TV critics Thursday that while their four 2 Dope Queens specials for HBO are based on their podcasts of same name, all the content is original to the specials. More accurately, Williams said they were “keeping it hot, fresh and sexy for HBO.” In August, HBO ordered four…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Showtime has landed a comedy series project from former The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams and indie filmmaker Jim Strouse, the duo behind The Incredible Jessica James, with Williams set to star. Williams and Strouse will write and executive produce the comedy, which…

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival is near its end and anointing winners tonight at its annual closing awards ceremony at the Basin Recreation Field House in Park City. Former Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams is emceeing, with juried and audience awards being handed out to films in the U.S. and World competition…

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Jim Strouse’s modern comedy, The Incredible Jessica James, ahead of its world premiere as the Closing Night film at Sundance. The pic will be branded as a Netflix original film and launch globally this year to Netflix viewers in 190 countries. Written and directed by Strouse…

Winter isn’t coming, it’s already here and so is one of the leads of Game of Thrones as jury member in the U.S. Dramatic category for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Joining Larry Wilmore, Mozart In The Jungle’s Gael García Bernal, AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga and others, GOT‘s Peter Dinklage was named as one…

Lakeith Stanfield has been tapped to join Jessica Williams, Chris O’Dowd, and Noël Wells in writer-director Jim Strouse's new film, which is now shooting in New York. In the comedy, former Daily Show correspondent Williams will play Jessica, an aspiring New York playwright trying hard to get over a recent break-up…

Thursday night was the final Daily Show appearance for Jessica Williams, and she got a nice video sendoff. Introduced by a fawning Trevor Noah — “You are the coolest, most awesome person” — the highlight reel covers her four-year career on the late-night stalwart. Her fellow Daily Show correspondents also turn up to…

The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams is exiting the late-night show. Comedy Central announced her move this morning on Twitter. The move comes after the Viacom-owned network signed the comedian to a development deal earlier this year, that included her headlining and producing a narrative pilot. The deal was…