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EXCLUSIVE: The Lena Dunham-produced HBO Max teen dramedy Generation has rounded out its robust cast with series regulars Justice Smith, Chloe East, Michael Johnston, Uly Schlesinger, Haley Sanchez, Nava Mau, Nathanya Alexander, Lukita Maxwell and Chase Sui Wonders. Sam Trammell joins the cast as a recurring…

Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope) is set as a lead in half-hour dramedy Generation, HBO Max’s pilot from 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, her father Daniel Barnz and executive producer Lena Dunham. Written by Zelda and Daniel Barnz, Generation is a dark yet playful half-hour dramedy that follows a group of high school students…

Just over a year after splitting with her longtime producing partner Jenni Konner, Lena Dunham has launched a new production company, Good Thing Going, which will be based at Dunham’s longtime home, HBO, where she is under an exclusive first-look deal. The  company is already working on a full slate of projects across…

Streamer HBO Max has set its pilot slate, handing out pilot orders to three projects — one-hour drama The Rules of Magic, from writer Melissa Rosenberg (Marvel’s Jessica Jones); half-hour dramedy Generation, from 17-year-old Zelda Barnz, her father Daniel Barnz and executive producer Lena Dunham; and hourlong YA drama…

John Carpenter is taking his Hollywood horror sensibilities to Gotham City, with DC Comics’ recent announcement that the director of The Thing, Halloween, and The Fog is co-writing a special 40-page Joker comic book. Carpenter isn’t the only Hollywood notable dabbling in the comic book world — far from it, in fact, he…

Lena Dunham is to direct and exec produce HBO's banking crisis drama Industry after the premium broadcaster handed the Bad Wolf-produced an eight-episode order. The series, which comes from new British writing talent Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, has been in development with the Warnermedia-backed network for a couple…

Luminary Media, a new entrant in the burgeoning podcast market, has announced its launch slate of 40-plus creators, including Hollywood names like Lena Dunham, Trevor Noah and Conan O'Brien's Team Coco. Once the company officially launches (sometime in the first half of 2019, it says), its streaming app will be…

"Tuesdays are for voting," Girls boss Lena Dunham declares in the latest election video from HBO in collaboration with Rock the Vote. (See the video above) In case you don’t know, today is the day that millions of Americans have an opportunity to conduct their constitutional duty. From coast-to-coast, millions get to…

Girls creator Lena Dunham has been brought on to adapt Melissa Fleming’s A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival, a real-life account of a young female Syrian refugee’s arduous journey in search of a better life. Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners and J.J. Abrams’s…

The Lenny Letter, the feminist website and newsletter created by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner in 2015, is, as was widely expected and reported this week, will shut down today, the co-creators confirm. The closure is addressed in an open letter posted on the site and credited to Dunham, Konner and editorial and…

Lena Dunham’s three-year-old newsletter-website The Lenny Letter could be shutting down as early as tomorrow, according to industry site Digiday, which reports that Lenny’s contributors have been notified of the closure. Dunham’s site began an ad partnership with Conde Nast last year. Deadline has reached out to both…

Watching Matthew Weiner's upcoming The Romanoffs and Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner's Camping, I couldn't get over the feeling I had seen these seriously flawed series before — and it was Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal back in 2002. Coming off the Oscar success of Traffic and the box office hit Ocean's Eleven…