‘Billion Dollar Whale’ Series Adaptation in the Works From SK Global, Westward

Variety, which first reported the news Friday.Starring Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose and Freddy Rodriguez, “Six Feet Under” ran for five seasons on HBO from 2001-2005.

Following a worldwide casting search, newcomer Aria Mia Loberti has been tapped as the female lead in All The Light We Cannot See, a four-part limited series adaptation of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, from Shawn Levy and Steven Knight.

Henry Golding is set to star in a series adaptation of Dean Koontz’s thriller books Nameless.

Parks and Rec alum Nick Offerman has joined the cast of The Last Of Us, HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of the widely popular 2014 Playstation game of the same name. He will replace Con O’Neill, who exited the project due to a scheduling conflict, Deadline has confirmed. The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey and hails from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin and The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann.

Jordan Moreau A sequel to “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” is officially on the way with director Destin Daniel Cretton returning.

incited backlash for sporting what looked like a Parteiadler — a Nazi insignia depicting an eagle with outstretched wings above a swastika — on a pseudo-military-chic look, complete with the text “U.S.

K.J. Yossman Netflix is re-making David Nicholls weeper “One Day” as a series with a screenplay from Nicole Taylor (“The Nest”), working with Anna Jordan, Vinay Patel and Bijan Sheibani.The novel tells the story of Emma and Dexter, who meet at college and whose on/off relationship is told through the lens of the same day each subsequent year.A 2011 film adaptation of the novel starred Anne Hathaway in the lead role opposite Jim Sturgess.

.This is the second iconic Brando film to go the making-of route for TV. Paramount+ (which shares parent company ViacomCBS with CBS Studios) is doing a drama series about making “The Godfather.” Justin Chambers will play Brando on that one.“When José and Stampede approached me, I was instantly taken by the project and the chance to look closer at one of the biggest scandals of our industry’s history – despite it not being treated as such at the time,” Brühlmann said in a statement.

Naman Ramachandran The tumultuous events surrounding the making of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1973 film “Last Tango in Paris” will be the subject of a limited series to be co-directed by Lisa Brühlmann (“Killing Eve”) and José Padilha (“Narcos”).The series, titled “Tango,” is part of the international first-look agreement between CBS Studios and Stampede Ventures, an independent entertainment media company founded by former Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Prime Video’s series adaptation of Robert Jordan’s best-selling The Wheel Of Time fantasy novels has come out of the gate strong.

EXCLUSIVE: MPI Original Films has acquired film and TV rights to William Forstchen’s bestselling John Matherson Trilogy, consisting of the books One Second After, One Year After and The Final Day, for series development with Michael J. Straczynski attached to write the pilot. MPI will co-produce with Vince Gerardis’ Startling Inc. (Game of Thrones).

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIn the space of five years, TV veteran Sameer Nair has built Applause Entertainment into a powerhouse supplier of Indian content that is being hungrily consumed by the sub-continent’s streaming platforms. Built with the backing of the Aditya Birla conglomerate, Applause shows no interest in becoming a streamer or venturing into India’s still large broadcast TV market.

House Of Cards creator and showrunner Beau Willimon and his Westward producing partner Jordan Tappis have teamed with Crazy Rich Asians’ co-financier SK Global to develop a television series based on Tom Wright and Bradley Hope’s novel Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World. Tony Award-winning M. Butterfly playwright David Henry Hwang is attached to write the adaptation and executive produce.

DMZ creator Roberto Patino is moving to Netflix.

BBC on Monday that a “Blade Runner” TV series is being planned and the first season will span 10 episodes. “We [have already] written the pilot for ‘Blade Runner’ and the bible.

EXCLUSIVE: An adaptation of Caitlin Rother’s true-crime book Death On Ocean Boulevard: The Coronado Mansion, is in the works for the small screen. Untitled Entertainment has acquired the film/tv rights to the book, and the project is currently in early development as a scripted limited series. Rother will serve as executive producer alongside Untitled Entertainment. A writer is not yet attached.