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Joel McHale and Thomas Lennon have joined the cast of Treat Street, a Halloween-set family adventure film that will be the directorial debut of Stimson Snead. The pic, produced by North By Northwest, will shoot next spring in Spokane, WA. The plot centers on a group of kids out trick-or-treating who run into the most…

Today's raucous Vulture Festival LA panel featuring the team behind NBC's meta-comedy Community (2009-2015) was billed as a reunion but the event did not really answer the real "reunion" question — that is, whether the cast and creatives will ever reunite to make a Community movie. Show creator Dan Harmon and…

Joel McHale, The Handmaid's Tale actress Amanda Brugel, and Robert Maillet (Sherlock Holmes, Pacific Rim) have been added to the cast of Becky, an action-thriller which is being helmed by Bushwick directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. Kevin James was previously announced as the villain of the film while Lulu…

Actor and comedian Joel McHale is set to host Card Sharks, slated to air this summer on the ABC Television Network. "I'm very excited to be hosting 'Card Sharks,'" said McHale. "Game winners can win tens of thousands of dollars and in an updated twist – losers will be fed to a pen of adult Tiger Sharks." The Card Shark…

Are you ready to “werk”? The 11th season of the Emmy award-winning RuPaul’s Drag Race is ready to drag and death drop you into a new season with a slay-worthy cast of 15 queens and a roster of fabulous guest judges including Miley Cyrus, Gina Rodriguez, Wanda Sykes, Adam Rippon, Lena Waithe, Troye Sivan and more. To…

Some new residents are heading to the neighborhood. Community alum Joel McHale, Maggie Lawson (Psych), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us) and Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings) are joining Season 2 of Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet in guest-starring roles. McHale and Lawson will play Chris and Christa, married realtors in Santa…

“No publication was more consequential to changing culture in the world as much as National Lampoon,” said director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together) of the subject of his latest film, A Futile and Stupid Gesture. “Until the advent of Deadline.” And with that flattering and obviously 100%…

Joel McHale will host new topical series The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale on Netflix, launching globally on Sunday, February 18. McHale announced the new project this morning via Twitter with a “first look” at his new “set.” (See below). In addition to hosting, his is executive producer, along with Bridesmaids…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and comedian Joel McHale has signed with UTA and Anonymous Content for representation. Previously with WME, McHale is perhaps best known for starring as Jeff Winger for six seasons on the NBC/Yahoo comedy Community and spent twelve seasons as the host of E!’s satirical series The Soup. Most recently…

After the shock cancellation of 2 Broke Girls last night, an expected one today: struggling freshman CBS sitcom The Great Indoors will not be returning for a second season. There was no hope for the comedy staring Joel McHale, which didn’t pass the test of two trial airings on Monday. The series, from CBS TV Studios…

Joel McHale was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live’s first primetime post-Bachelor premiere show. McHale was slated to talk about hosting the People’s Choice Awards on January 18. But first, the former The Soup star took down The Bachelor: Among his observations, McHale snarked of participants, “They pretend they want to…

Joel McHale is set to host the 2017 People’s Choice Awards next month. The Great Indoors star will emcee the ceremony on January 18 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, which CBS will air live in the East and delayed in the West. “The people have spoken, and they want Jimmy Kimmel to host the 2017 Oscars,&#8221…