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EXCLUSIVE: Nitya Mehra (Baar Baar Dekho) and Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) are teaming with Reel FX Originals on Diya—a new animated feature in the vein of its 2014 20th Century Fox title, The Book of Life. Mehra will direct the new film, with Nayyar serving as executive producer. Directed by Jorge R. Gutiérrez…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Hans Canosa’s film, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, from international sales agent Mister Smith Entertainment. Currently in post-production, the film is slated for release in theaters this fall. The dramedy is based on Gabrielle Zevin’s bestseller…

Kunal Nayyar, Lucy Hale and Christina Hendricks are set to star in The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel by Gabrielle Zevin. Hans Canosa will direct from Zevin's adaptation of her own novel and David Garrett's Mister Smith Entertainment will be shopping the project to…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Adam Sandler movie Spaceman continues to expand its crew with the addition of Golden Globe nominee Paul Dano and 6x SAG nominee Kunal Nayyar to the cast. The duo also join 2x Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan in the movie; Dano having directed the actress in its 2018 feature directorial debut…

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington and The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar are among the cast of the second season of Netflix's police interrogation drama Criminal. The second season of the English-language version of the drama – there are French, Spanish and German versions – also includes Catastrophe co-creator and…

EXCLUSIVE: With Asian Pacific American Heritage Month kicking off on May 1, Disney Junior will debut three new episodes and a new short-form interstitial series of Mira, Royal Detective with one of the episodes featuring the voices of Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) and Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek). Mira, Royal Det…

For his second feature film, Ethiopian director Zeresenay "Zee" Mehari came to TIFF with Sweetness in the Belly, an adaptation of Canadian author Camilla Gibb’s award-winning novel of the same name. Moving backwards and forwards from Ethiopia during the final years of Haile Selassie’s reign to England in the early…

After 12 seasons of stellar comedy fission, The Big Bang Theory is counting down the days to its final fade-out from the CBS primetime lineup. The perennial sitcom hit will close out its historic run Thursday with its final two episodes, “The Change Constant” and “The Stockholm Syndrome,” which will air back-to-back…

The Big Bang Theory is a few of episodes away from its series finale, but don't expect a big explosion to bring finality to the beloved characters on the CBS comedy. Director Mark Cedrowski teased what fans of the long-running hit CBS sitcom can expect during a panel Sunday at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys. "I…

During the Big Bang Theory writers’ room panel at San Diego Comic-Con, stars Kumal Nayyar and Mayim Bialik surprised fans in Ballroom 20 to talk about the forthcoming season. At the end of season 11, we all saw Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Bialik) tie the knot and it was revealed by show producer and writer Steve Hol…

The streets will be alive with the sound of music April 23 when James Corden’s third Carpool Karaoke primetime special welcomes Christina Aguilera (in the car) and Allison Janney, Anna Faris, Kunal Nayyar and Iain Armitage (in the street). The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special will feature at least two…

ITV and Carnival Film have unwrapped details about the Christmas episode of Downton Abbey, which rejoins the family in the early autumn of 1924. A pair of guest stars are joining the regular cast: Alun Armstrong will play Stowell, the Sinderbys' butler and Jane Lapotaire is the much talked-about Princess Irina, wife…