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EXCLUSIVE: Sam Richardson, best known for his role as Richard Splett on HBO’s Emmy-winning series, Veep, has boarded the Skydance Media and Paramount sci-fi thriller, which is currently titled Ghost Draft (working title). Chris McKay is directing the pic which stars Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski. J.K. Simmons and…

Where in the world is Conan Without Borders going next? Conan O’Brien is taking his roadshow to Ghana for his eleventh primetime special in four years. The show taped last night for airing September 17 on TBS. Watch O’Brien announce the trip — joined by Veep‘s Sam Richardson, who is “half-Ghanian — in the video…

EXCLUSIVE: Pitch Perfect alum Brittany Snow and Veep actor Sam Richardson have been tapped to lead the cast of Bailey and Darla, an indie film which is being directed by first-time helmer Nico Raineau. Raineau co-wrote the screenplay with Lauren Schacher. Snow will also produce the project alongside Yale Productions'…

There will be no third season for Detroiters. Co-creator and star Sam Richardson revealed Comedy Central’s cancellation of the sitcom on Twitter, but suggested it would be shopped and could get picked up elsewhere. “Sadly, @Detroiters won't be picked up for a season 3 at Comedy Central,” Richardson wrote. “I want to…

YouTube is rounding out cast for its new comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson. Keith David (The Princess and the Frog), Moonlighting alums Curtis Armstrong and Allyce Beasley, Danielle Schneider (The Hotwives of Las Vegas), Neil Casey (Silicon Valley), Sabrina Revel…

YouTube has greenlighted a 10-episode comedy series toplined by Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Detroiters star Sam Richardson, with Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live) as a key recurring guest star. The untitled series, set for a 2019 premiere on YouTube Red, reunites a number of key auspices behind ABC’s comedy…

Sam Richardson (Veep) and Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live) round out the cast of Office Christmas Party, the ensemble holiday comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller and Kate McKinnon. When a CEO tries to close her hard-partying brother's branch, he and his Chief Technical Officer…

Celia Imrie has been set to co-star in Year By The Sea, the adaptation of Joan Anderson's bestselling memoir that stars Karen Allen as the author hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children. The story centers on Joan’s retreat to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free. That’s where…

Comedy Central is heading to Motor City with a pilot order to Detroiters, a comedy executive produced by Saturday Night Live alum Jason Sudeikis and SNL honcho Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video. Detroiters stars cast member-turned-SNL writer Tim Robinson and Sam Richardson (Veep), Detroit natives who performed together…

After appearing in four episodes of Veep‘s third season, Sam Richardson is joining the cast of HBO’s D.C. comedy as a regular for Season 4. Richardson was introduced in the third-season premiere as VP Selina Meyer’s handler during her book tour in Iowa. He will continue to serve as one of her aides. Second City alum…