Roberto Patino to Develop ‘Nocterra’ Series Under Netflix Overall Deal

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning writer-playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, creator of the acclaimed series David Makes Man, has teamed up with actor-producer Glenn Davis, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, to launch Chatham Grove, a production company which has inked an overall deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Padma Lakshmi reflected on a difficult time in her personal life when she was pregnant with her daughter, Krishna Thea. The "Top Chef" host, 51, recalled how she received tons of media attention and scrutiny about how she didn't immediately confirm the identity of her child's father.  On the podcast, Me Becoming Mom, Lakshmi said, "I was sort of between relationships without going into the specifics.

Cobra Kai new season is only a few weeks from its release date on Netflix and karate fans are getting excited after being treated to a new trailer.

Netflix has signed “The Upshaws” creator Regina Hicks to a multiyear overall deal that will include a new comedy series that Hicks will develop with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. The untitled comedy series in development will focus on the lives of four middle-aged Black women from Houston, Texas and explore how they navigate a world of affluence while also balancing the everyday scenarios of women of a certain age.Hicks will create, write and showrun the series.

The Upshaws co-creator Regina Hicks is expanding her relationship with Netflix with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and other projects for the streamer. For her first project, Hicks is developing an untitled comedy series with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground production company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina Hicks has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.Hicks is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Netflix multi-cam comedy “The Upshaws” starring Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. The show debuted in May and was renewed for a second season in June.Under her deal, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and projects for Netflix.

Selome Hailu editorHBO announced that director, writer and producer Craig Zobel has extended his overall deal for three additional years.Most recently, Zobel directed the 2021 HBO limited series “Mare of Eastown,” which stars Kate Winslet as a police detective in a Philadelphia suburb investigating the recent murder of one girl and year-long disappearance of another.

Prolific director, writer and producer Craig Zobel is continuing his relationship with HBO, extending his overall deal for an additional three years. He previously signed a two-year overall deal in January 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton has entered into an exclusive multi-year overall deal with Disney companies Marvel Studios and Hulu’s Onyx Collective. The filmmaker is already in development with Marvel Studios on a new MCU series for Disney+.

EXCLUSIVE: Yale Productions has signed producer Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures to an overall deal, Deadline has learned.

Selome Hailu editorLana Cho, a writer and producer whose credits include “I Know What You Did Last Summer” for Amazon Prime Video and the upcoming “American Seoul” for Hulu, has signed a multi-year overall deal at 20th Television.Cho will create her own comedies and dramas for all platforms while supervising series from other writers. As her first project, she will co-executive produce “American Born Chinese” for Disney Plus.

Writer-producer Lana Cho is expanding her relationship with 20th Television with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Cho will create her own content, as well as supervise other writers’ comedies and dramas, for all platforms.

Rupert Grint is taking on a big new role.

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has been set to star in Netflix’s anthology series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. He joins a cast that includes Essie Davis, Luke Roberts, Andrew Lincoln, F. Murray Abraham, Glynn Turman, Ben Barnes, Elpidia Carrillo, Hannah Galway, Crispin Glover, Demetrius Grosse, David Hewlett, Tim Blake Nelson, Sebastian Roché and Peter Weller.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterHalle Berry is staying in business with Netflix.Following the streaming release of her directorial debut “Bruised,” Berry has signed a multi-title deal with the service to produce and star in feature films.Netflix said “Bruised,” which debuted in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, rated as its top film in the United States this week. It was also the No.

Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan, “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” co-writing partners and Academy Award nominees, have signed an overall producing deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), the studio announced on Monday.“Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” the sequel to the 1984 iconic film, is directed and co-written by Jason Reitman, and executive produced and co-written by Gil Kenan.

Selome Hailu editorNetflix announced that Gabriel Basso and Luciane Buchanan have joined the cast of “The Night Agent,” Netflix’s upcoming political thriller adapted from Matthew Quirk’s novel of the same name.Basso will star as Peter Sutherland, a low-level FBI agent who works in the basement of the White House manning a rarely used emergency hotline for American spies.

DMZ creator Roberto Patino is moving to Netflix.

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican actress Maite Perroni has signed a multi-year overall deal with Pantaya—the Spanish-language streamer’s first-ever overall deal of its kind.