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EXCLUSIVE: Irish indie feature Extra Ordinary, a horror comedy about a ghost-busting duo, premiered in 2019 at SXSW to rave reviews. It is now being adapted as a half-hour comedy series for TBS. The Turner-owned cable network has put the project into development with Animal Pictures, the production company run by Maya…

Dwayne Johnson has just unveiled the voice-over cast for the upcoming animated DC movie DC League of Super-Pets. The list includes Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, John Krasinski, Diego Luna and Natasha Lyonne. None of their roles were disclosed, except that Hart will be the voice of Ace. Back…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Peacock has landed Poker Face, a mystery drama starring Russian Doll‘s Natasha Lyonne from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television, with a 10-episode straight-to-series order. This marks the first TV series for Knives Out and Start Wars filmmaker Johnson who is the…

EXCLUSIVE: Colony and House of Cards actress Carolyn Michelle Smith has joined the Russian Doll cast for a recurring role in the Netflix series’ sophomore season. The Juilliard alum recently recurred on Ava DuVernay’s Cherish The Day. Her credits also include Codes of Conduct, Five Times A Day, Sunny Daze, Luke Cage, T…

Maya Rudolph, who won an Emmy for playing Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, said she felt anxious watching Harris debate Vice President Mike Pence, knowing it would be fodder for this week’s show. Then along came the fly. “I don’t think it was until the fly landed on his head that I kind of took a breath and sort…

Best-selling author and comedian Sarah Cooper, known for her breakout online video lip-sync impressions of President Donald Trump, has set her first comedy special at Netflix. Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine is slated to premiere globally on the streaming giant this fall. The variety special will feature vignettes…

Fox's animated comedy Bless The Harts is adding a number of guest stars to its second season. Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal and Natasha Lyonne are joining the series ahead of its September 27 return. Schaal, who voices Louise in Bob's Burgers, joins alongside her husband Rich Blomquist, who voices Daniel in Bless The Harts…

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that Lee Daniels is set to go into production next month in Montreal on The United States vs. Billie Holiday, a project he will direct and produce about the legendary jazz singer. The pic follows Holiday (played by multi Grammy and NAACP nominee singer-songwriter Andra Day) during her…

On July 16, Netflix's Russian Doll pulled off a somewhat magical feat, garnering 13 Emmy nominations and breaking in as a contender for Outstanding Comedy Series with its first season, after gaining a following as a word-of-mouth hit. Given the otherworldly nature of the series, these results were all too…

Natasha Lyonne is set to direct an episode of Comedy Central’s as-yet-untitled Awkwafina project. This immediately follows Lyonne’s stint helming an episode of Hulu’s High Fidelity reboot series. She will also direct an episode of Shrill, the streamer’s Aidy Bryant-starrer. “I was directing High Fidelity mostly in…

A three-time Emmy nominee with a 33-year screen career, Natasha Lyonne has wanted to employ her talents behind the scenes for as long as she can remember, finally doing so with her Netflix hit Russian Doll. Today, the series earned 13 Emmy nominations in its first go-round, demonstrating to the actress beyond the…

When production designer Michael Bricker was approached for Russian Doll, he had only "a very contained set of knowledge" about the series with which to craft his pitch. Reading over the pilot script without others to go on, Bricker had "no sense of what was going to happen over the course of the season," recognizing…