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EXCLUSIVE: Hulu has handed a pilot order to History of a Pleasure Seeker, a one-hour musical drama based on Richard Mason’s novel of the same name. Mason is adapting his book himself with Bridgerton director Julie Anne Robinson helming the pilot and exec producing. Written and executive produced by Mason, History of a…

Netflix has given a formal 10-episode series order to Partner Track, an adaptation of Helen Wan's 2013 novel. Arden Cho has been tapped as the lead of the series, created by Georgia Lee (The Expanse). Bradley Gibson (Powerbook III: Ghost), Alexandra Turshen (Ray Donovan), Nolan Gerard Funk (The Flight Attendant), Domin…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Doctor Who star David Tennant is set to headline Hide, a drama series in development at Peacock. Tennant is attached to star and executive produce alongside his wife, actor Georgia Tennant. The project is written/executive produced by WGA Award-nominated showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (A…

EXCLUSIVE: Julie Anne Robinson, fresh off an Emmy nomination for directing Bridgerton, has optioned Vanessa Riley’s recently released novel Island Queen to develop for television via her UK-based Longboat Pictures production company, with Bridgerton star Adjoa Andoh attached to executive produce. Island Queen is based…

White men have long dominated the Directing For a Drama Series Emmy category. Female and Black helmers did not land first nominations until three decades after the category’s 1955 inception (Thomas Carter in 1984, Karen Arthur in 1985) This year, for the first time ever, the majority of drama directing nominations…

With its mix of Jane Austen meets Gossip Girl with 35 Shades of Grey, as described by Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, Netflix’s Shondaland series has taken pop culture by storm since its Dec. 25 debut. Redefining the period drama and romance genres and breaking conventions on race while making global stars out of Page…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Eden, a mystery drama written/executive produced by The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, a Latinx family drama written/exec produced by Valentina Garza and a chef comedy written by Jimmy O. Yang & Jeremy Yadegari, with Aseem Batra supervising. The three projects hail from Julie Anne R…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Level, a drama from writer Sean Finegan (Reset), Julie Anne Robinson's CannyLads Productions and Universal TV where CannyLads is based. Written by Finegan, the idea for Level was sparked by his experience with investing and startups. The series revolves around Charlie Hunt, who…

Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, the UK-based drama producer co-founded by BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. The financial details of the deal and the size of the Sky stake were not disclosed. It represents the…

EXCLUISVE: Julie Anne Robinson has set up five projects —  three dramas — through her CannyLads production company. They include hourlong Snap at Fox, from Whiskey Cavalier creator David Hemingson; Love And… at NBC, from Greek creator Sean Smith; and The Bunker at NBC, from graphic novelist and writer Joshua Hale Fialk…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has assembled the entire Bridgerton clan in Shondaland's Netflix series based on Julia Quinn's bestselling series of novels which stars Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page. Luke Thompson (Dunkirk), Goodbye Christopher Robin star Will Tilston, Florence Hunt (Cursed) and Ruby Stokes (Da Vinci's Demons)…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson is staying put at Universal Television, renewing her first-look deal with the studio for two more years. Under the pact, Robinson will develop and executive produce through her CannyLads scripted and will direct projects for all platforms. At…