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Get Shorty star Ray Romano has been tapped as a male lead opposite Cristin Milioti in HBO Max’s Made for Love, a half-hour series adaptation based on Alissa Nutting's tragicomic novel, from Patrick Somerville and Paramount TV. S.J. Clarkson is directing and executive producing. Made for Love is described as a dark…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is nearing the big deal of the Toronto Film Festival, acquiring for a sum nearing $20 million world rights to Bad Education, the Cory Finley-directed fact-based dark comedy that stars Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney as supervisors in the Roslyn, Long Island, school district who masterminded the largest…

“I got to work with the Wolverine,” Ray Romano told Deadline at TIFF of his latest film Bad Education. “It was fun. He tap-dances, by the way. He was in the trailer next to me, and I would hear.” Romano is, of course, talking about Hugh Jackman. Based on true events, Bad Education follows the story of Long Island…

In Paddleton, the first of four pictures to emerge from his Netflix deal, Mark Duplass presents a simple story with colorful, idiosyncratic characters, once again demonstrating a singular ability to craft a wholly involving feature out of improv, an outline and little more. Directed by Alex Lehmann (Blue Jay), the…

The surprised look on audience faces at Manhattan’s Comedy Cellar when unannounced guest Ray Romano strides onto the stage says it all: Ray’s back! And he’s not Louis C.K.! They can be forgiven their shock: Romano hasn’t done a stand-up special in 23 years, and here he is doing not one but two gigs for his Feb. 5 Netfl…

Epix has picked up a seven-episode third season of original series Get Shorty for premiere in 2019. The episode order is down from the 10-episode orders from seasons 1 and 2. The dark comedy is one of Epix’s three original three scripted series, along with Berlin Station and Graves, and comes from the now-sole owner…

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Romano is set to star with Hugh Jackman and Allison Janey in Bad Education, the movie based on a true story from I Think We're Alone Now screenwriter Mike Makowsky and Thoroughbreds director Cory Finley. Finley is directing the pic, from Automatik’s Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Sight…

Film producer screens some footage and solicits feedback. “It’s — not good,” is the first response. “Well, we’re all in agreement on that pretty much,” is the reply as said producer plunges his face into his hands. Here’s the first trailer for Season 2 of Get Shorty, Epix’s dark comedy based on Elmore Leonard’s novel…

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Romano is returning to his standup roots with an hourlong comedy special on Netflix. While Romano started off as a comedian before segueing to acting with his own sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS, this actually will be his first standalone comedy special. It will feature new material, with the…

Netflix and filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass have signed a worldwide rights deal that will see the brothers’ next four movies stream exclusively on the streaming service. The first film in the deal is a comedic drama starring Ray Romano and Mark Duplass. The deal comes after the parties signed an exclusive worldwide…

Approaching The Big Sick—a dramatic comedy based on the life experiences of writers Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon—Oscar winner Holly Hunter was happy to return to the comedy realm, and found herself compelled by an “openness” about the entire endeavor. In the film, Hunter plays Gordon’s real-life mother, who is…

Jimmy Kimmel Live threw its host a celebrity-strewn surprise party to celebrate his 50th birthday. “Hello I'm George Clooney. Join us now or the next four and a half hours, as we take a look behind the beard: 50, Fierce & Fabulous,” Clooney contributed. Among the revelations in the “cautionary tale,” Clooney said…