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Joe Otterson TV ReporterJeff Daniels is set to play the lead role in the upcoming Netflix drama series “A Man in Full,” Variety has learned.The series is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name. Variety exclusively reported the show had received a straight-to-series order at the streamer in November 2021. The show hails from David E. Kelley with Regina King onboard to direct and executive produce.In the series, Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy.

EXCLUSIVE: Christian Slater is the latest big name to join FX’s limited series Fleishman Is In Trouble.

NEW YORK -- P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and “Gonzo” journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive brand of conservative and libertarian commentary, has died at age 74.O'Rourke died Tuesday morning, according to Grove Atlantic Inc. Books publisher and president Morgan Entrekin.

Alvin Deutsch, the attorney who represented singer Peggy Lee in her landmark victory over Walt Disney Productions and more recently tangled with Broadway producer Scott Rudin and the estate of author Harper Lee over rights to a stage production of To Kill A Mockingbird, died Oct. 6 at his home in New York City. He was 89.

EXCLUSIVE: Lorraine Bracco (The Sopranos), Nora Zehetner (Grey’s Anatomy), Julian Lerner (The Wonder Years) Abby James Witherspoon (Secret Headquarters) and Noah Cottrell (Punky Brewster) have joined the cast of Boys of Summer, the family adventure film from actor-director David Henrie (This Is the Year, Wizards of Waverly Place) that is now in production in North Carolina.

Regina King and David E. Kelley are adapting Tom Wolfe’s novel A Man in Full for Netflix.

Regina King and David E. Kelley have set an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s “A Man in Full” at Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina King and David E. Kelley are teaming to adapt the Tom Wolfe novel “A Man in Full” as a Netflix limited series, Variety has learned exclusively.The drama project has received a straight-to-series order at the streamer, with Netflix ordering six one-hour episodes.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“Mosquito Coast” producer Veritas Entertainment Group is shopping TV adaptations of two high-profile novels — Tom Wolfe’s “I Am Charlotte Simmons” and John Irving’s “The Hotel New Hampshire” — among other projects in the works from the boutique outfit that specializes in adaptations of books and other existing IP.“13 Reasons Why” writer Thomas Higgins is on board to adapt “Charlotte Simmons” with “13 Reasons” showrunner  Brian Yorkey and Paramount TV.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The Right Stuff,” Nat Geo’s adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book of the same name, just didn’t have the, well, right stuff for Disney Plus. The series is not moving forward at the Disney streaming service, but Warner Bros.

Ever since his father handed him a copy of Tom Wolfe’s seminal book “The Right Stuff,” Patrick J. Adams has been in love with the idea of going to space.

First Man and, there is a wealth of movies and TV series orbiting around the U.S. space program.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticEven if you haven’t seen the 1983 film or read Tom Wolfe’s 1979 book of the same name, chances are you’ve already seen something exactly like “The Right Stuff.” In its retelling of the true story of “The Mercury 7” (i.e. the intrepid group of American astronauts vying to be the country’s first space travelers), this TV version of “The Right Stuff” never met a space story cliché it didn’t embrace with open arms.

Tom Wolfe’s bestseller and the 1983 big-screen movie (starring Ed Harris as Glenn).“I was lucky in that I was very familiar with the source material,” says Adams, 39, who filmed “The Right Stuff” premiere while wrapping up “Suits” on USA. “I think, in a lot of ways, [‘The Right Stuff’] was the first book I consciously fell in love with.

the movie or even read the best-selling book by Tom Wolfe. But now the iconic story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury Seven, is coming to TV. Disney+ announced Thursday that the eight-episode The Right Stuff will debut on the streaming service on Friday, Oct.

Strap in for the adventure of a lifetime.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVUPDATED, 7:15 AM: Disney+ has set an October premiere date for National Geographic Channel’s The Right Stuff. The period drama, starring Patrick J.

Comin-Con @ Home is giving fans the first inside look at Leonardo DiCaprio’s television adaption of “The Right Stuff”.

Patrick J. Adams’ return to TV is now set for Disney+. His new series, which revisits the early days of the space race, is moving from the National Geographic channel to the streaming platform and is now slated for a fall debut.

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By Nellie Andreeva