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It’s brother versus brother in the upcoming midseason premiere of Vikings. History’s epic drama catapulted into Comic-Con today with a new trailer for the second half of Season Five, and the announcement of the return date of Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 9 PM ET/PT. The crowd in Ballroom 20 went wild as they were treated to…

Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst has launched his own independent production company and has struck a first-look deal with MGM. Hirst also has also set up his first project, a remake of Robert De Niro's 1998 spy thriller Ronin. Hirst has established Green Pavilion Entertainment with longtime producing…

A+E Studios has inked a development deal with another top showrunner behind a signature A+E Networks scripted series, Vikings creator Michael Hirst. Under the multi-year first-look pact, Hirst will develop new drama projects for the A+E portfolio of networks, including A&E, Lifetime and History, as well as outside…

EXCLUSIVE: The team that brought to the small screen the story of King Henry VIII is taking on another English royalty, this time in the world of rock & roll. I have learned that NBC is in early stages of development of an eight-episode event series about the Beatles that would tell the story of the greatest band of…