A series about reliving your death over and over again has the making for a great comedy but it also runs the risk of, as the premise suggests, repetitive. But the Netflix comedy Russian Doll steps up to the challenge with co-creators, executive producers and writers Leslye Headland, Amy Poehler and Natasha Lyonne…

EXCLUSIVE: Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne have tapped veteran independent producer Danielle Renfrew Behrens as president of their Animal Pictures production banner. In her new role, Renfrew Behrens will oversee development and production of Animal's slate of original series, in addition to feature and documentary…

Set to the tune of “Crimson and Clover”, the new trailer for the Netflix comedy Russian Doll starts over not once, not twice, but three times… and it makes sense considering the main character relives death on an endless loop. Created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland, Russian Doll, which debuts Feb…

Netflix is getting ready to party with a Russian. The streamer has set a February 1 premiere date and released first-look photos for Russian Doll, its comedy series starring Natasha Lyonne. Created by Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland, Russian Doll follows a young woman named Nadia (Lyonne) on her journey as the…

Maya Rudolph and Natasha Lyonne have signed a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios. Under the pact, the Emmy-nominated duo will create original series for the studio via their new Animal Pictures shingle for Amazon Prime Video. "Maya and Natasha are proven talents in front of and behind the camera, and we…

Give the people what they want! Adult Swim has handed a series order to Ballmastrz 9009, a 15-minute toon that originally was piloted in 2015. It will premiere at midnight April 8, with back-to-back new episodes air on Sundays. Created by Christy Karacas (Suerjail) and produced by Titmouse, Ballmastrz 9009 is set in…

Netflix has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to an untitled comedy (fka Russian Doll) from Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, Sleeping with Other People) and Amy Poehler, with Lyonne attached to star. Co-created and executive produced by Lyonne, Poehler and Headland, the comedy follows a…

Will Arnett is set to topline Show Dogs, the live-action family comedy being co-produced and co-financed by Open Road Films and Riverstone Pictures. Raja Gosnell is directing a script by Max Botkin and Marc Hyman. The pic, which just started shooting at Pinewood Studios Wales, will co-star Natasha Lyonne and feature…

Exclusive: IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to the body horror film Antibirth from writer-director Danny Perez. Starring Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, and Mark Webber, the story follows trailer dweller Lou (Lyonne) and her best friend Sadie (Sevigny). Spending their nights in pot and booze-fueled…

Antibirth writer-director and Sundance alum Danny Perez and his two stars, Natasha Lyonne and Chloe Sevigny, stopped by the DeadlineNow Sundance studio to promote their much-discussed midnight section title. With gorgeously bizarre visual style, the film dives into a fascinating community of trailer dwellers and…

The graphic novel I Kill Giants is coming to the big screen, with Chris Columbus producing. Anders Walter, who won an Oscar last year for the live-action short Helium, will make his feature directing debut, and Joe Kelly — who penned the graphic novel about a young misfit girl battling real and imagined monsters in…

How do the ladies at the Litchfield Prison celebrate their holidays? Why by singing bawdy parodies of Christmas tunes, in this case “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) of Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black leads a creaky chorus of “On my first day at Litchfield, my bunk mate gave to me….&#8221…