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EXCLUSIVE: Filming will get underway next month in Budapest, Hungary, on anticipated prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood (working title) from HBO Max and Legendary Television. This means movie sequel Dune: Part Two and prequel series Dune: The Sisterhood will both be in production at the same time in…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Television is developing a true-crime drama series about the relationship between novelist Norman Mailer and killer Jack Henry Abbott, with Boyd Holbrook set to star. Narcos star Holbrook will play convicted murderer Abbott in Executioner, which comes from Warrior writer Anthony Tambakis and Minama…

Always Be My Maybe star and Baby Cobra comedian Ali Wong will join Amazon’s Paper Girls series, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel, from Amazon Studios, Legendary TV and Plan B. She will join series leads Sofia Rosinksy, Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet and Fina Strazza. Stephany Folsom and…

EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Rosinsky (Fast Layne), Camryn Jones (Cherish the Day), Riley Lai Nelet (Altered Carbon) and Fina Strazza (A Christmas Melody) are set as the four leads in Amazon’s Paper Girls series, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's graphic novel, from Amazon Studios, Legendary TV and Plan B. Paper Girls…

International best-selling author Ken Follett has yet another book adaptation in the works as Legendary TV and Range Media Partners optioned The Evening and the Morning, the latest work in his Kingsbridge saga, for series development. Range and Legendary will co-finance the project. Published in September 2020, The Eve…

Legendary Television has signed a two-year overall deal with comics creators Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction's Milkfed Criminal Masterminds. Under the pact, Legendary will adapt several of their award-winning, creator-owned comics, as well as produce exclusive, original projects developed by the duo for…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear on good authority that Spanish screenwriter Javier Gullón has sold his sci-fi stories First and Satellite respectively to Kroll & Co. and Legendary TV. Gullón will adapt both projects. First, which we understand is being developed as a feature project, is a youth driven sci-fi thriller about…

In a competitive situation, Hulu has landed Postal, a TV series adaptation of the Top Cow comics, from Matt Tolmach Productions and Legendary TV. The project, now in development, is being written by The Walking Dead co-executive producer Seth Hoffman. Based on the Postal comic series by Matt Hawkins (Think Tank) and…

EXCLUSIVE: After revisiting John F. Kennedy’s assassination in the miniseries 11.22.63, Hulu is examining another tragic event in recent U.S. history. I’ve learned that the streaming network is finalizing a deal for a 10-episode straight-to-series order to The Looming Tower, a drama based on Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer…

After helping establish a second independent television studio, veteran TV business executive Richard Frankie is moving on. Frankie, who has served as head of business affairs at Legendary Television and Digital Media since 2013, will be succeeded by NBCUniversal VP Business Affairs Jennifer Wong Grazier. I hear…

TBS has quietly greenlighted and cast the leads of an untitled comedy pilot from writer Matt Fogel (Bob: The Musical) and writer-director Todd Strauss-Schulson (The Final Girls). Adam Shapiro (Steve Jobs, Sense8) and Jack Carpenter (The Good Wife, Reckless) have been tapped as the leads in the project, produced by…

In a competitive situation, I hear Hulu has landed Myst, a drama series based on the classic 1990s video game, with a script-to-series commitment. The project hails from Legendary Television, The Amazing Spider-Man and Sinister Six producer Matt Tolmach and Divergent writer Evan Daugherty. Written by…