Starz Developing ‘Outlander’ Prequel Series With Showrunner Matthew B. Roberts To Write & EP

Channel change. Sam Elliott admitted that he isn’t the ideal audience for the Yellowstone franchise — even after starring in its prequel 1883.

Netflix is expanding its preschool programming with five new animated series and specials inspired by beloved Dr. Seuss books, including One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; The Sneetches; Horton Hears A Who!; Wacky Wednesday and Thidwick The Big-Hearted Moose.

Outlander fans have said they are able to trace their family trees back to fictional Highlander Jamie Fraser.

Manori Ravindran International EditorCanada’s Incendo and Los Angeles-based Nicely Entertainment have struck a development and production partnership beginning with the scripted limited series, “The Christmas Checklist.”The four-episode series will be available in the marketplace for the 2022 holiday season.Written by Lisa Hepner (“A Christmas Wish in Hudson,” “Christmas Lovers Anonymous”), “The Christmas Checklist” is a holiday-themed limited TV series targeted for release in December 2022. Incendo and Nicely Entertainment will develop and produce the series with Incendo responsible for distribution in English and French Canada, and Nicely Entertainment overseeing the U.S.

Russian film and TV organization Roskino has been banned from next month’s Series Mania and Millennium Media exec Yariv Lerner has issued a call to help Ukrainian film professionals, as the media world continues to react to the conflict.

Outlander is expanding!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAn “Outlander” prequel series is in development at Starz, Variety has learned exclusively.According to sources, “Outlander” executive producer and showrunner Matthew B. Roberts is attached to write and executive produce the prequel. A writers’ room is currently being assembled with an eye to begin work in the coming weeks.Exact plot details for what the prequel would focus on are being kept under wraps.

returns for its sixth season on Sunday, March 6, and while it may be a welcome return for devoted followers of the Starz series — adapted from Diana Gabaldon's book series of the same name — there's plenty of drama and some dark times ahead for the Fraser clan. Season 6 will find Claire and Jamie Fraser (series stars Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan) on the brink of the American Revolution, but before they can sort their loyalties to crown and country, they must deal with the problems at the homefront.Looming this season are the aftermath of Claire's brutal kidnapping and assault by Lionel Brown and his men — as well as Marsali's eventual murder of Lionel himself — the arrival of Tom Christie and his family to Fraser's Ridge and the unknown threats posed by the revelation of other time travelers within the family's circle. And put it all together in a COVID-restricted season.«I'm so proud of our cast and crew,» executive producer Maril Davis told ET's Will Marfuggi during the show's season 6 virtual junket. «They did such an amazing job, but it's important to do it.

Chris Linn, former President of truTV, and Marissa Ronca, who was Head of Original Programming & Development at the WarnerMedia cable network, have struck a development deal with Fox-owned Bento Box Entertainment.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ is rounding out its supporting cast for the upcoming Grease prequel series Rise of the Pink Ladies, adding Charlotte Kavanagh (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist), Josette Halpert (The Other Kingdom), Nicholas McDonough, Maximo Weber Salas and Alexis Sides. Production is underway in Vancouver.

Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is excited about HBO’s upcoming prequel series House Of The Dragon, as revealed with a blog post on Thursday.

EXCLUSIVE: Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Westbrook Studios has acquired worldwide rights to Japanese series We Can’t Work Together and is developing an English-language remake of the project in partnership with Japanese company Akimoto Project as part of their strategic alliance.

There is a Sexy Beast prequel series happening after all.

The Dutton Family is a booming business for Paramount, writer/director Taylor Sheridan and the Kevin Costner-led “Yellowstone” franchise has already spun off with the hit prequel “1883” taking more of a direct western leaning and is looking to move forward with the next incarnation. This Montana-set series explores the last real frontier as business interests and nature collide.

ViacomCBS is further expanding its Dora The Explorer universe. Paramount+ has given a series order to a new Dora the Explorer CG-animated preschool series, produced by Nickelodeon Animation. Additionally, the first-ever live-action Dora the Explorer series, inspired by the tone of Paramount Pictures’ 2019 film Dora and the Lost City of Gold, is shifting its demo target to tweens. The details were revealed Tuesday by Brian Robbins, Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids & Family for Paramount+, during ViacomCBS’ Investors Day Event.

Taylor Sheridan's universe is getting bigger.Paramount+ has formally greenlit , a new prequel series following the success of , it was announced Tuesday during ViacomCBS' Investor Day. Additionally, the streaming service has plans for «more» , but came short of announcing a formal season 2 pickup., according to the official synopsis, will follow «a new generation of Duttons during the time of Western expansion, Prohibition and the Great Depression.»“The incredible storytelling and stellar performances behind have fueled phenomenal new records for Paramount+,” said Tanya Giles, chief programming officer at ViacomCBS Streaming, in a statement. “Promoting the series through linear sampling on the Paramount Network during their latest record-breaking season of further enabled us to introduce Sheridan’s loyal audience to this fantastic new series.

Sam Heughan's alcohol brand Sassenach Select Spirits has taken home another award, but this time for his new Tequila.