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“Preacher”) to urban fantasy (Fox’s “Lucifer”) to voicing iconic characters (Dracula in the animated Netflix series “Castlevania”). On the big screen, he’s played a dwarf in Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” movie trilogy.

Almost exactly a year ago today, it was reported that “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail was teaming up with Julia Roberts, Sean Penn, Joel Edgerton, and Armie Hammer to create a new political thriller series, “Gaslit.” Well, we now have more information about the show, including the network that will debut it.

novel, premieres Feb. 14 on Starz (9:30 p.m.) and is both a period drama and a mystery. “I had never heard of the book,” said the show’s star Eve Hewson (“The Knick”). “But when I was auditioning, I was telling friends what I was going in for and a lot of them had read it and loved it.

“Outlander,” which premiered in 2014 and has aired for five seasons, with a sixth forthcoming.

who drowned at age 33 last July, in the Starz series “Step Up.”“I am so excited to join the ‘Step Up’ family,” said Milian (“The Oath”) in a statement. “I know I have massive shoes to fill.

The behind-the-scenes saga of “American Gods” has been almost more interesting than the show itself. After years of attempts to adapt Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel, it seemed to have a perfect fit in the visionary Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”), the co-showrunner of season one with Michael Green.

“Power Book II: Ghost” actor feels resentful that his character — US Attorney Cooper Saxe — has not landed a romantic connection this season.“A love interest would be really interesting and also open up a side of Cooper Saxe that I think will be fun to include in the ‘Power’ universe. But it may be seeing another side of Cooper Saxe that many may not want to see,” he told The Post.

anything he says. He keeps trying to trust her and tell what to do but she’s buried in her phone — a typical millennial.“She’s just half paying attention and wants to please [Cooper] …but ends up getting him in trouble,” he says.

The hit STARZ show “American Gods” will finally answer some of the surreal questions posed in the season 2 finale. The show is returning next month, continuing the saga based on Neil Gaiman’s international best-selling novel on the clash between gods and humans.

reported on Friday.“While performing a stunt on the set of ‘Heels’ this week, Stephen Amell sustained an injury to his back,” Starz said in a statement to The Post. “Following a medical evaluation, he is now resting and recovering at home in anticipation of his return to set.

Although the news initially broke last October, it now looks like gears are finally turning on the “Blindspotting” series spinoff, as it was officially greenlit at Starz. The film’s producers, writers, and stars Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs are returning to write and executive produce the series (per Variety).

Even though “The Girlfriend Experience” might not get the awards discussion and watercooler talk that some of the other drama series do, that doesn’t mean the STARZ original isn’t incredible. Produced by Steven Soderbergh, inspired by his film of the same name, “The Girlfriend Experience” has run for two seasons and been one of the most underrated dramas on TV during that time.

strip club in ‘The Sopranos’.  Oftentimes you had Tony sitting in the front, and women are in the back. All you see is their body or their legs and you don’t even see their faces.“So, because we are always entering our story from the perspective of the women, we really were walking in a woman’s high-heeled platform shoes though this world.”“P-Valley” is an ensemble drama set at Pynk, a strip club in the fictional town of Chucalissa, Miss.

Starz is developing “East Wing,” a half-hour comedy series starring “Will & Grace” alumna Debra Messing. It is created and written by Ali Wentworth (“Nightcap”), who will also appear in the series alongside Messing, and Liz Tuccillo (“Divorce”).

The crime drama “Hightown,” set in Cape Cod, combines three unlikely topics — the opioid epidemic, the LGBT community and some good old-fashioned murder.

Monica Raymund in Hightown — Photo: STARZ

Ser Anzoategui stars as Eddy in the Starz series “Vida.” Photo: Starz.

“Vida” is coming to an end with its upcoming third season, Starz announced Wednesday.

“Power Book III: Raising Kanan” at Starz continues to build out its cast with the addition of Lovie Simone, Variety has learned exclusively.

Starz is the latest entertainment company to pull out of the annual SXSW festival over coronavirus concerns, a source tells Variety, canceling its screening and activation for Cape Cod crime drama series “Hightown” and its featured session for “Power.”

Fans of “Power” just hit the jackpot, as Starz has officially ordered another three shows set within the world of the show. The news comes just hours ahead of the series finale of the mothership show.

Starz’s international streaming platform Starzplay has struck an output deal with parent company Lionsgate for split first pay streaming rights in the U.K. to Lionsgate’s recently released and upcoming feature films.

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has survived hustling on the streets, bullets, waning record sales, bankruptcy and a myriad of doubters in the entertainment industry. But when you ask the hip-hop superstar-turned-actor-turned-TV mogul the secret to his success, he sounds more like a Hollywood life coach than the lyrical bully who first shook up the rap world with his sneering 2003 gangsta rap classic “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.”

Carmi Zlotnik, Starz’s president of programming, is exiting the company after a decade with the premium cabler to “pursue new creative endeavors,” Variety has learned.

Starz is bouncing around ideas for “Power” prequels and sequels, said president and CEO Jeffrey Hirsch at the Television Critics Assn. winter press tour on Tuesday, also discussing the “John Wick” spinoff series “The Continental” and a “Weeds” reboot.

“Outlander” just might be on Starz until the year 2080. That’s if executive producer Maril Davis has her way.

As the show prepares to close its sixth and final season in February, Starz has announced Clifford “Method Man” Smith will be joining the “Power” prequel, “Power Book 2: Ghost,” starring opposite Mary J. Blige. The network also released a first look image of the rapper’s character in the upcoming series.