Mart Crowley’s 1968 play “The Boys in the Band,” which debuted on Broadway last year, will be adapted as a movie for Netflix. The project is from Ryan Murphy, who produced the revival alongside David Stone, and it follows a group of gay men who convene in a New York City apartment for a friend’s birthday […]
Netflix has ordered a half-hour limited comedy series, still untitled, produced by and starring Mike Myers, in which he plays multiple characters. Six episodes have been ordered, and the executive producers are Myers, John Lyons and Jason Weinberg. No other specifics, including premiere date, were revealed by the digital streamer. Recently, Mike Myers appeared in […]
Netflix and Mark Millar have announced “Space Bandits,” a female led sci-fi story, described by Millar as a female “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” set in space with a massive and exciting cast of characters. Superstar Artist Matteo Scalera will illustrate the comic-book translation of this original Netflix property, published by Image Comics. The […]
Hulu has greenlit comedy “Shrill” for a second season, with an order for eight new episodes. The series is executive produced by Lorne Michaels, Elizabeth Banks, showrunner Ali Rushfield, Lindy West, Andrew Singer of Broadway Video, Max Handelman of Brownstone Productions, and Aidy Bryant. Dannah Shinder of Brownstone Productions will serve as a producer. Season one of […]
HBO has issued a season renewal to drama “Hanna,” which debuted globally March 29 in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Based on Joe Wright’s 2011 film of the same name, “Hanna’s” eight-episode first season was written by David Farr (“The Night Manager”), who co-wrote the original feature. It was produced by NBCUniversal International Studios, Working Title Television and […]
Netflix has greenlit a half-hour animated comedy called “Q-Force,” which follows handsome secret agent and his team of fellow LGBTQ super spies. The series is produced by Universal Television in association with Hazy Mills, Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment, and it comes from Sean Hayes (“Will & Grace”), Mike Schur and Gabe Liedman (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”). The logline: […]
Netflix has greenlit dramedy “After Life” for a second season, with an order for six new episodes in 2020. The series centers around Tony (Ricky Gervais), who seemingly had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish […]
