Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost has snagged quite an assignment for the 2024 Olympics. The Weekend Update anchor has been tapped to cover the surfing competition from Teahupo'o, Tahiti, part of French Polynesia, for NBCU. This will be the second-ever Olympic surfing competition after the sport debuted…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is rounding out the cast for Welcome To Derry (working title) its It prequel series starring and executive produced by Bill Skarsgård. Alixandra Fuchs (Hatfields & McCoys), Kimberly Guerrero (The English), Dorian Grey (Transplant, Star Trek: Discovery), Thomas Mitchell (Gangland Underco…

EXCLUSIVE: Sosie Bacon, most recently seen starring as Rose Cotter in Paramount/Temple Hill’s Smile, has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. Prior to Smile, Bacon starred in Jason Katims’ Amazon series As We See It and had a major role opposite Kate Winslet in HBO’s…

UPDATED: We’re seeing the first footage of Batman: Caped Crusader, the new series from Matt Reeves, JJ. Abrams and Warner Bros. Animation. We’re also hearing for the first time, the voice of Hamish Linklater as the Dark Knight himself. Per the official description, in the series, the corrupt…

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) has been tapped to star opposite Michael Fassbender in The Agency (fka The Department), George Clooney's remake of French political drama series The Bureau. The political thriller follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover…

Paramount+ has set a late summer debut date for Season 2 of Tulsa King, starring Sylvester Stallone. The series will premiere on Sunday, September 15 in the U.S. and Canada and across Paramount+ international markets beginning Monday, September 16. The streamer also unveiled a first-look teaser…

EXCLUSIVE: Kristy Woodson Harvey, the New York Times, USA Today and Publisher's Weekly bestselling author of eleven novels including The Summer of Songbirds and Under The Southern Sky, has signed with Rain for representation. Harvey’s most recent novel, A Happier Life, which just hit the market…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-showrunner Emily Whitesell (Siren) has been tapped to adapt Bless Your Heart, Lindy Ryan's debut novel for television in conjunction with Rain Productions and Boilermaker Entertainment.  Bless Your Heart is a horror-mystery novel set in a small Southeast Texas town where the dead…

Netflix has found its Baroque Works agents for the upcoming second season of the live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's best-selling manga — four villains who are key members of the criminal syndicate. David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer) is Mr. 3, Jazzara Jaslyn (Warrior) is Miss Valentine, Camrus…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is gearing up for its annual Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks special, which will air live on Thursday, July 4 from 8-10 pm ET/PT on the network and Peacock. It will be followed by an encore presentation at 10 pm ET/PT on NBC. Hosted by four-time Grammy-nominated country artist Mickey…

EXCLUSIVE: National Geographic is paying homage to Jaws, giving a green light to Jaws @ 50 (working title), a feature documentary to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel and the blockbuster film directed by Steven Spielberg. Nat Geo partnered with Spielberg’s Amblin…

EXCLUSIVE: Lilli Kay (Your Honor, Yellowstone) is set as a lead opposite Owen Wilson and Peter Dager in Apple TV+'s 10-episode comedy created, written by and executive produced by Jason Keller. The untitled comedy stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed…