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Hulu is bidding farewell to another one of its Marvel properties. M.O.D.O.K., the streamer’s adult animated show from Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, has been canceled after one season. Oswalt also voiced the title role — a supervillain struggling to balance his company and family. Other actors who lent their voice to…

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey has signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television, the studio behind the hit ABC comedy series. Under the pact, McLendon-Covey will develop for the studio across all platforms. The pact was made in conjunction with McLendon-Covey recently signing a new…

The Goldbergs, which recently hit the 200-episode mark, will keep going as ABC has renewed the family comedy for a 10th season. With the pickup, the series from creator Adam F. Goldberg and Sony Pictures TV joins an exclusive club of live-action broadcast comedies that have gone to double-digit runs. It is the…

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs‘ Wendi McLendon-Covey is set to star opposite Peyton Elizabeth Lee in Prom Pact, Disney+’s teen rom-com movie. Milo Manheim also stars in the Original Movie from director Anya Adams (Ginny & Georgia) and Disney Branded Television. In the teen romantic comedy, it's the height of prom season…

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey has closed a new deal to return to the popular ABC family comedy, from Sony Pictures TV. The network is yet to make a renewal decision but, with McLendon-Covey on board, a pickup appears likely. Securing key onscreen talent is a crucial step for long-running series as…

The Goldbergs‘ star Wendi McLendon-Covey is speaking out for the first time on social media on last year’s exit of Jeff Garlin, who abruptly left the show following multiple misconduct allegations and HR investigations. Since his departure, there has been some online criticism about how the show has handled filming…

As Deadline reported last month, amid the Jeff Garlin drama — which culminated with the actor’s exit from The Goldbergs following HR investigations — and as the show marked its 200th episode, the veteran ABC comedy series also received an order for four additional episodes, bringing its ninth season to 22…

When George Segal died in March, Wendi McLendon-Covey and her collaborators on ABC comedy series The Goldbergs were put in a difficult situation—unable to pay tribute to him in Season 8, given they were days away from wrapping production. The series’ EP and star promises, though, that in Season 9, the beloved actor…

EXCLUSIVE: Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ciara Renée, Lusia Strus, and Stephen Root have signed on to star in Paint, an indie film from director Brit McAdams. Sam Maydew of Silver Lining Entertainment is producing the project, which is currently shooting in upstate New York. McAdams also penned…

Rom-coms depend heavily on the on-screen chemistry between their leads, and when you throw in a time-machine scenario, those actors really have to be on their game to give it half a chance at credibility. Fortunately for the modest but completely engaging new film Long Weekend, writer-director Steve Basilone got Finn…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has secured the North American distribution rights to Blush, the drama written and directed by Debra Eisenstadt. Formally titled Imaginary Order, the pic, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, will get a day-and-date release on April 10. Bridesmaids and The Goldbergs standout…

EXCLUSIVE: Wendi McLendon-Covey and Damon Wayans Jr. are set to join Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo for the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. The film was co-written Wiig and Mumolo, who will also star in the pic which follows titular best friends Barb (Mumolo) and Star (Wiig), who leave their small…