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EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Asger Hussain is joining Lee Daniels Entertainment as SVP of Television, overseeing all aspects of development and production. Hussain is taking over for Marc Velez who is departing the position. Award-winning Danish producer Hussain’s arrival at the studio reps a reteaming with…

Lee Daniels Entertainment is partnering with Represent by Original Media Ventures (OMV), an inclusive community of diverse storytellers, to launch a new diversity-focused creative workshop which will take place September 25-28 on Los Angeles. The career workshop gives aspiring creatives from underrepresented…

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Daniels has picked a new President for the TV arm of his production company and to run his Inclusion Fund. Moving up from Head of Development for Lee Daniels Entertainment, to boss of Lee Daniels Television, Marc Velez will now run point on all new smalls screen projects for the Oscar nominee's shingle…

Lee Daniels Entertainment has optioned Sam Greenlee’s spy novel The Spook Who Sat By The Door to develop as a series based on the book and the 1970s cult classic blakxpoitation film of the same name, with Fox 21 Television Studios. A search is out for a writer. Based on the book, the potential series looks at the…

Fox has put in development two more drama projects from Lee Daniels, co-creator/executive producer of the netwpork’s Empire and Star. They are: Victory with writer Julian Breece (Hulu's The First), which has received a put pilot commitment, and East of Hope with Outsiders creator Peter Mattei, which has a script…