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Peacock has handed Stephen Dunn's reboot of British drama Queer as Folk a series order. The project, which comes from UCP, was originally in development with Bravo back in 2018, before moving to the NBCU streamer in 2019, and has now been given a straight-to-series order. It is a reboot of Russell T. Davies' series…

George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards, based on the popular book series, is set up at a new home. The project, which had been in development at Hulu since 2018, has moved to Peacock with UCP producing. The Secret Circle creator Andrew Miller, who was previously attached to write and executive produce, is no longer involved…

Writer-producer Soo Hugh is getting into business with UCP. Hugh has signed a multi-year overall deal to develop, write and produce projects for the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. As part of the deal, Hugh will launch an incubator program with the mandate of helping new Asian voices create shows and…

Watergate drama Gaslit, which is based on Slate’s Slow Burn podcast, has landed at Starz, though it has lost a couple of names along the way. The network has greenlighted the UCP-produced series starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Joel Edgerton, who was set to star and direct, no longer is attached, and neither is…

ABC is moving forward with Sam Esmail's procedural Acts of Crime, handing the project a pilot pick-up. It marks the latest move in the network's second cycle development plan for the 2020/21 season and marks the Mr. Robot creator's first foray into broadcast television. Deadline understands that the pilot, which comes…

EXCLUSIVE: Acclaimed Miss Juneteenth writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples has signed a first-look deal with UCP to write, produce and direct projects for the studio. As part of the deal, Godfrey Peoples is developing a TV adaptation of her critically praised film Miss Juneteenth. "Channing is a filmmaker and…

UCP has put in development Super Freak (working title), a limited series based on the life of musician Rick James, from writer Randy McKinnon (Chambers) and Nick Antosca (The Act, Channel Zero). Ty James, daughter of the late Rick James, will executive produce the project. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group…

EXCLUSIVE: Elisabeth Moss is expanding her relationship with Hulu with her latest drama project. Deadline understands that the streamer has landed Candy (w/t), which comes from The Act writer and co-exec producer Robin Veith and exec produced by The Act co-creator Nick Antosca. We're hearing that a writers' room is…

EXCLUSIVE: Vida is over, but series creator Tanya Saracho now has a newly created production company and a former executive from Warner Bros content studio Stage 13 to help her run it. Christine Dávila has been hired as Head of Development and Production for Saracho's Ojalá Productions. The hire comes just over three…

Hulu's Head of Originals Beatrice Springborn is leaving the streamer after six years to become President of UCP. Springborn, who has shepherded series including The Handmaid's Tale and Normal People to screen, takes over from Dawn Olmstead, who is leaving to join Anonymous Content as CEO. The move means that Universal…

Dawn Olmstead is leaving UCP after six years to become chief executive officer of Anonymous Content. Olmstead, who was promoted to president of the Mr Robot and The Umbrella Academy producer in November 2018, when she was the only solo female head of a traditional TV studio overseeing both scripted and unscripted…

This is an attention-getter: Smokey and the Bandit is being remade for television by Halloween's David Gordon Green and Brian Sides. The pair are developing the adaptation of the 1977 Burt Reynolds movie with UCP and Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door. The movie, which was directed by stuntman Hal Needham, follows Reynolds'…