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Johnny Flynn has been cast opposite Andrew Scott in the upcoming Showtime series based on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels. In Ripley, Andrew Scott plays Tom Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, and Johnny Flynn plays Dickie Greenleaf.

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Billy Eichner has joined the cast of FX's American Crime Story: Impeachment, where he’ll play Matt Drudge, the founder of the Drudge Report.

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Krista Vernoff is set to work on another show at ABC. The Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 showrunner is the writer and executive producer on a new pilot which has been ordered at ABC, inspired by the life of famous legal clerk Erin Brockovich.

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The Mystery Science Theater 3000 revival has been canceled by Netflix after two seasons. The eight-episode Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return launched on the streaming service in 2017 and its second season, MST3K: The Gauntlet, debuted with six episodes in 2018.

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Andy Samberg has lined up comedy competition format Biggest Little Cook-Off for Quibi. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star is to host and exec produce the format, which will see two top chefs battle to create the most mouth-watering meals in a single bite of food.

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Disney Channel's popular animated series The Proud Family is making a comeback. Jo Marie Payton, who voiced Suga Mama in the series which aired for three seasons from 2001-2005, confirmed that a revival is in the works at upcoming streaming service Disney+.

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Tootie, Natalie, Blair and Jo are together again for the holidays. Lifetime rolled out the trailer for You Light Up My Christmas, an upcoming movie that features The Facts of Life's core four — Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Lisa Whelchel and Nancy McKeon — back in action. The film premieres Sunday, Dec. 1 at 8/7c.

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Godfrey Gao, the Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor, has died at the age of 35 after collapsing on the set of a reality TV program.

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Joe Jonas, who is one third of the Jonas Brothers, is set to host and executive produce a travel series titled Cup of Joe, inspired by his Instagram account.

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Dom Bird will head up a new unscripted division for MGM in the U.K. Bird is a former head of formats for Channel 4 and creative director at the BBC. The new unit at MGM will handle development of formats locally as well as working up original ideas on the ground.

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Grey’s Anatomy is getting a new Thursday-night shift. ABC has unveiled its midseason schedule and the big news is that Shonda Rhimes’ enduring medical drama is moving from 8 pm back to its signature 9 pm perch beginning in late January.

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John Mulaney will give fans the gift of a new Netflix special this Christmas with John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch, a children’s variety show.

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Netflix has ordered the series Maid, inspired by Stephan Land's New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, from writer Molly Smith Metzler.

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Netflix has gotten the rights to make Beverly Hills Cop 4, the long anticipated Beverly Hills Cop sequel once again teaming with Eddie Murphy, who will return as iconic Detroit detective Axel Foley.

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Taika Waititi's next movie Next Goal Wins for Fox Searchlight has added to its cast Oscar Kightley, David Fane, Beulah Koale, Lehi Falepapalangi, Semu Filip, Uli Latukefu, and Rachel House. Searchlight has global rights to the pic, which is their second with Waititi following this fall’s Jojo Rabbit.

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Mark Wahlberg is in final talks to star opposite Tom Holland in Sony Pictures’ and PlayStation Productions’ Uncharted, about an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Travis Knight is set to direct.

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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has promoted Ariel Dumas to head writer alongside Jay Katsir.

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Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman’s independent studio, T-Street, has landed producers Kiri Hart, Stephen Feder and Ben LeClair, who will spearhead upcoming films at the company.

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The Beverly Hills, 90210 reunion is officially over. Fox has confirmed that its brief return to the 90210 via the six-episode summer event series BH90210 is canceled.

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MGM has gotten domestic and select international rights on Cash Truck, the Miramax action thriller from Guy Ritchie that will star Jason Statham. The film will be released via MGM’s joint venture UA Releasing domestically. MGM has also acquired distribution rights for Latin America, Scandinavia, Philippines and Hong Kong.

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Apple TV+ has given a series order to drama Severance, starring Adam Scott and directed by Ben Stiller.

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Kristen Bell is officially returning as the voice of Gossip Girl in the sequel series coming to the new Warner streaming service.

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Andrew Garfield will star in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tick, Tick… Boom! for Netflix.

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Epix has renewed Pennyworth for a 10-episode second season. Season 2 of the DC and Warner Horizon Television drama will begin production in Jan. 2020, with the goal of premiering later that year.

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Adam McKay is producing an untitled limited series about Jeffrey Epstein for HBO. The project, based on Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown’s upcoming book about Epstein.

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David E. Kelley and John Stamos are teaming for a dramedy series set in the world of girls high school basketball for Disney Plus. Titled Big Shots, the one-hour series follows a temperamental college basketball coach (Stamos) who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.

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Jeffrey Wright will play Commissioner Gordon in The Batman, director Matt Reeves announced Wednesday.

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NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke predicts that things are going to get even more intense among the media and tech giants launching streaming platforms before the marketplace inevitably settles down.

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HBO Max continues to add to its programming lineup ahead of its launch next spring with four projects from fellow WarnerMedia company CNN.

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Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring will take over for Carlton Cuse on the third season of Amazon’s Jack Ryan series. Cuse, who has helmed the adaptation through its first two seasons, stepped away to focus on his upcoming Netflix series Locke & Key.

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Amanda Seyfried is set to join Netflix’s Mank, David Fincher’s latest pic revolving around Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz, with Gary Oldman tapped to play the titular role.

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Neil Patrick Harris is the latest addition to the ensemble cast for the upcoming fourth installment of the Matrix franchise. He joins Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, who will be reprising their roles in the film.

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The planned Disney Plus series centered on Rogue One character Cassian Andor is bringing in the film’s co-writer, Tony Gilroy.

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A new musical based on the 1993 Robin Williams classic, Mrs. Doubtfire, will premiere on Broadway in the spring of 2020.

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Brian Koppelman and David Levien are developing a limited series about ridesharing company Uber for Showtime. The "Billions" creators and showrunners will serve as writers and executive producers on the series, which will be based on Mike Isaac’s book "Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber." Isaac will serve as co-executive producer on the project, which will be produced by Showtime.