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Manori Ravindran International EditorA new U.K. theater fund spearheaded by “1917” director Sam Mendes has been created with the support of Netflix, and the backing of Steven Spielberg and Armando Iannucci.Industry orgs Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre will set up the fund, which is supported by a £500,000 ($623,000) donation from Netflix.

Klaritza Rico Set 40 years into the future, series creator Armando Iannucci takes viewers into his reimagined world on the maiden voyage of “Avenue 5.” Although it will take another four decades before anyone can praise Iannucci on his predictions, the hilarious HBO comedy leaves fans wondering if flashy tracksuits, inadequate personnel and cheap billion dollar ships will be a part of everyone’s unforeseen future.Recently, “Avenue 5” stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy

Variety Streaming Room, presented by HBO, with the cast of "Avenue 5" will be held June 4

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Veep creator Armando Iannucci’s next film project will be a comedy set in the world of amateur sumo wrestling.

By Denise Petski

HBO is up for more space chaos.

Armando Iannucci was determined to make the most upbeat film of his career when he began adapting David Copperfield for the big screen.

"In past iterations, I haven't seen myself represented on that screen."

Avenue 5, HBO's new sci-fi workplace comedy set on a spaceship, hails from the brilliant mind of Armando Iannucci, who also created the network's Emmy-winning comedy Veep and before that the beloved British comedy The Thick of It.

By Peter White

Armando Iannucci’s new HBO comedy “Avenue 5” is setting out to depict what the world will look like in 40 years with the “evolution or deevolution, as it were, of entpreneurs,” series star Josh Gad said at the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for the show on Wednesday.

HBO's Avenue 5, created by Armando Iannucci, isn't just a departure from the world of political nonsense that made Veep, In the Loop, and The Thick of It the works that will go on Iannucci's tombstone, it's a departure from the world itself: Avenue 5 is a sci-fi comedy set in space.