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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star and Hacks standout Kaitlin Olson has been tapped as the lead of ABC character-based procedural drama pilot based on TF1's popular detective series HPI (High Intellectual Potential), from top TV and film writer Drew Goddard and ABC Signature, where Goddard and his…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+’s prequel series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies has added Justin Tranter, Jamal Sims and Alethea Jones to the mix. The series hails from writer from Annabel Oakes. The series will feature new original music, written and executive produced by Tranter, a Grammy-award nominated songwriter and…

André Benjamin, aka André 3000 from hip-hop duo Outkast, has joined the cast of Dispatches from Elsewhere, AMC's 10-episode anthology series created by and starring Jason Segel. Also, Alethea Jones has signed on to executive produce and direct several episodes of the series, which begins production this week in…

Alethea Jones (Fun Mom Dinner) is set to direct all 10 episodes of Queen America, the upcoming Facebook Watch series starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. Created, written, and executive produced by Meaghan Oppenheimer, the dark comedy is set in Tulsa, OK. It revolves around Vicki Ellis (Zeta-Jones), the most renowned (and…

EXCLUSIVE: As the fight for parity and 50/50 representation wages on, Deadline is continuing to take a deep dive into how the major studios are stacking up when it comes to how many female directors are being hired. Sony is in the spotlight this week. As of right now, the studio’s 2018 film release slate does not…

Anne Hathaway is talking about stepping into the role of Barbie for Sony Pictures, though the studio said “it is premature.” That comes even as its known that Alethea Jones also has been circling to direct after a nod from Hathaway. Hathaway had been in the mix shortly after Amy Schumer left the project in March. The…