Alfre Woodard Joins Apple Drama Series ‘Last Frontier’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lisa Rinna is set for a guest starring role on the NBC series “Lopez vs. Lopez,” Variety has learned exclusively. Rinna will appear in the series as a client of George’s (George Lopez) moving company who subsequently becomes his love interest.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Maggie Kiley is attached to direct and executive produce the NBC drama pilot “Grosse Pointe Garden Society,” Variety has learned exclusively. The pilot was ordered at NBC in February. It hails from writers and executive producers Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs.

EXCLUSIVE: Karolina Wydra (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has landed a lead role opposite Rhea Seehorn in the upcoming Apple TV+ series from Breaking Bad creator and Better Call Saul co-creator Vince Gilligan, Deadline has learned. The untitled project, described as a blended, grounded genre drama, has a two-season straight-to-series order.

We’re getting the first look at André Holland as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton in Apple’s upcoming limited series The Big Cigar (See photo above). The six-episode limited drama series is set to premiere globally May 17 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through June 14, on Apple TV+.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix has ordered the limited series “Untamed” with Erica Bana attached to star, Variety has learned exclusively. The six-episode series hails from writers Mark L. Smith and his daughter, Elle Smith.

Colin Farrell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste are stepping out to promote their new Apple TV+ series!

EXCLUSIVE: After eight and a half years as SVP Drama Series at HBO, Nora Skinner is gong to Netflix where she will be VP in the streamer’s drama series team. Based at Netflix’s Los Angeles headquarters, Skinner, a former film producer and executive, will start at the end of May, reporting to Jinny Howe, Netflix’s VP of Drama Series.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Muhammad Ali will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024, Variety has learned exclusively. Ali will be inducted during the Hall of Fame ceremony taking place on April 5 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He will be inducted by his widow, Lonnie Ali.

The premise of Apple TV+’s “Loot,” featuring multi-Emmy Award-winning star Maya Rudolph, was pretty simple. After divorcing her husband of 20 years, Molly Novak (Rudolph) became filthy rich and must figure out what to do with her $87 billion settlement.

Katcy Stephan Ming-Na Wen has joined the cast of Sony’s new “Karate Kid” film. Previously announced cast members include “American Born Chinese” star Ben Wang in the titular role, plus Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio, who will reprise their characters from previous entries in the franchise. Joshua Jackson and Sadie Stanley will also star.

The Serpent Queen season two is on the way!

Colin Farrell is returning to television in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Sugar and the first trailer has been released!

EXCLUSIVE: One Night Stand actor Matthew Sauvé will star in a limited series about his experiences with addiction.

We hope you’re prepared for a neverending tsunami of limited series heading your way over the next three months. And no, we’re not kidding.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Lena Dunham‘s Netflix comedy series “Too Much” has filled out its cast with a star-studded lineup, Variety has learned exclusively. Joining previously announced series leads Megan Stalter and Will Sharpe will be: Richard E. Grant (“Saltburn”), Stephen Fry (“The Dropout”), Janicza Bravo (“Sharp Stick”), Michael Zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs.

Apple TV+ is continuing its foray into acclaimed Sci-Fi adaptations. The streamer already has multiple seasons of “Foundation” and “Silo” in production and now is set to bring William Gibson’s “Neuromancer” to the small screen.

Apple TV+ has greenlit the new science fiction series Neuromancer, a 10-episode drama based on William Gibson’s debut novel of the same name.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Bethenny Frankel has joined the cast of the upcoming Lifetime original movie “Danger in the Dorm,” Variety has learned exclusively. The role will mark Frankel’s first-ever appearance in a Lifetime film. She will star alongside Clara Alexandrova in the movie, which is inspired by the story of the same name by true crime novelist Ann Rule.

EXCLUSIVE: James Badge Dale is set for a major recurring role in Apple TV+limited series The Savant, starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain. Nnamdi Asomugha also stars in the eight-episode series from writer/executive producer/showrunner Melissa James Gibson, Fifth Season and Anonymous Content.

Jaden Thompson Dermot Mulroney and Evan Jonigkeit have been cast as series regulars in the upcoming drama series “The Hunting Wives” at Starz. They will play the respective husbands of previously announced co-leads Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow.