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EXCLUSIVE: Charles Melton has landed the coveted lead in May December opposite Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore in the next film by director Todd Haynes.

Amazon has secured rights to an untitled wedding comedy from writer-director Nick Stoller (Bros), which will star Will Ferrell (Barbie) and Reese Witherspoon (The Morning Show), Deadline can confirm.

Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, Noah Galvin, Amy Sedaris, Alan S. Kim, Patti Harrison, Owen Thiele, Jimmy Tatro, Ayo Edebiri, Caroline Aaron and Nathan Lee Graham will star in the musical comedy Theater Camp, marking the directorial debut of Gordon and Nick Lieberman.

Ben Platt, Molly Gordon and Amy Sedaris have signed up to lead the cast of “Theater Camp,” a feature adaptation of Nick Lieberman’s 2020 short film of the same name.“Booksmart” and “Shiva Baby” star Gordon will make her directorial debut alongside Lieberman, who has helmed a number of video shorts and music videos for Platt, the award-winning star of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Gordon, Lieberman, Platt and co-star Noah Galvin (“Booksmart”), who wrote the short film together, will write the screenplay. The foursome will partner with composer Mark Sonnenblick (“Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile”) on original music.Set in upstate New York, the film revolves around the eccentric staff of a rundown theater camp that threatens to fall apart when its beloved founder falls into a coma right before the start of the summer session.

Liz Feldman is about to deliver her second comedy to Netflix: The streamer has greenlit her new dark comedy No Good Deed.

“‘No Good Deed’ was inspired by my many late nights during the early pandemic maniacally searching Zillow listings for a way out of my house,” Feldman said in a statement. “I’m endlessly grateful to Netflix for being such a supportive creative home and for continuing to allow me to turn my crippling anxiety into entertainment.”The upcoming series is part of Feldman’s overall deal with Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Dead to Me” Season 3 is coming to Netflix this fall, the streamer has announced.No official premiere date for the new season has been set, but it was previously announced that the third season of the dark comedy starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini will be the show’s last.It was also announced that “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman has landed a new series order at Netflix for the comedy series “No Good Deed.” The news comes on the third anniversary of the series premiere of “Dead to Me” — May 3, 2019.“No Good Deed” is described as a half hour dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.

The deals keep coming at the 2022 Virtual Sundance Film Festival. MUBI closed the docu Free Chol Soo Lee, including North America, and Warner Bros is negotiating a near $7 million WW rights deal for the Tig Notaro/Stephanie Allynne film Am I Ok? to place the film on HBO Max. The Lauren Pomerantz-scripted film stars Dakota Johnson, Sonoya Mizuno, Jermaine Fowler, Molly Gordon, June Diane Raphael, and Sean Hayes.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterMany life-defining friendships likely have a moment when the two parties look at one another and say, “This should be a movie.” It so happens that writer Lauren Pomerantz and producer Jessica Elbaum, best friends since 2004, had the skill set to make that happen.The sisterly bond shared by the women is the basis for “Am I OK?,” one of the most anticipated titles premiering at this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival. The indie stars Dakota Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno, surrogates for Pomerantz and Elbaum respectively, and is directed by work and life partners Stephanie Allynne and Tig Notaro.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive situation, 20th Century Studios has acquired the rights to an untitled Sister comedy from Gloria Sanchez with Awkwafina and Sandra Oh starring. Jessica Yu is directing with Jen D’Angelo, who recently penned Hocus Pocus 2, writing the script. Gloria Sanchez founders Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum will produce along with Itay Reiss and Maggie Haskins from Artists First. Gloria Sanchez’s Alex Brown will exec produce.

20th Century Studios has signed a three-year first-look deal with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum’s Gloria Sanchez Productions for feature length movies in the theatrical and streaming space.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterGloria Sanchez Productions, the prolific film unit from producers Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell, has signed a first-look film deal with 20th Century Studios.The creative team behind “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” “Booksmart,” and “Hustlers” will offer the iconic Walt Disney label first right of refusal on projects meant for both theatrical release and streaming debuts.“We are thrilled to be working with Jessica, Will, and the rest of the team at Gloria

Bridesmaids creators Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo are set to work together once again on an upcoming Disney project.The new film, described in reports as a musical comedy, will tackle the story of Cinderella’s notorious stepsisters.Wiig and Mumolo will write the screenplay for the film, which Deadline say “reimagines the classic fairytale from the perspective of the two siblings who didn’t get their happily ever after.”Also involved in the new project are Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum as

Also Read: 11 New Fall TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers, From 'Supermarket Sweep' to 'Weakest Link' (Photos)Ramras, Davidson and Dorf will serve as co-showrunners on the limited series. Additional executive producers include Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Brittney Segal for Gloria Sanchez Productions and Bell.

Also Read: 'Dead to Me' Season 2 Trailer: Jen and Judy Get a Crash Course in Dead Body Disposal (Video)Along with Applegate and Cardellini, “Dead to Me” stars James Marsden and Diana Maria Riva. Feldman executive produces the show, with additional executive producers including Jessica Elbaum and Will Ferrell for Gloria Sanchez Prods., Christie Smith, Applegate and Adam McKay.

By Amanda N'Duka