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Creator, author and SiriusXM host Tinx (real name: Christina Najjar) has been tapped to host the revival of reality competition series “The Circle” as it premieres next month on Hulu. “The Circle” previously aired for seven seasons on Netflix, where it was hosted by comedian Michelle Buteau. As the series moves to Hulu (and Hulu […]
Cord-cutting “Housewives” fans, rejoice: “The Golden Life” has found a streaming partner. The E! series — which follows “The Real Housewives of New York City” alumni Kelly Bensimon, Countess Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer as they head down to Florida — will launch on Hulu in November thanks to a […]
Ryan Murphy's popular musical comedy-drama is set to return on Hulu and Disney+ after a decade away.
To quote Finn Hudson, “The show must go all over the place, or something.” He was right: “Glee” is back. Disney+ and Hulu have greenlit a reboot of Ryan Murphy’s famous (and infamous) musical dramedy series. “Glee” premiered on Fox in 2009 concluded in 2015 after six seasons of following a group of show choir […]
It’s a shame Hulu shared only half the first season of the streamer’s new comedy-mystery series “Phony” with critics in advance, because so much depends on how the show resolves its central source of suspense. The premise is what one character calls a “reverse cuckoo situation,” or at least a potential one: When Sonny (Sam […]
“Durango,” Eliza Clarke’s Hulu drama pilot starring Cooper Hoffman and Kathryn Newton, has been picked up to series. In addition, Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding and Abbey Lee have joined the cast. The logline for the series reads, “Mikey (Hoffman) is a ski bum townie chasing a buzz. Bunny (Newton) is a homeschooled runaway working as […]
Mark Duplass has been added to the cast of Hulu’s limited series “Victoria,” joining previously announced stars Li Jun Li and Diane Lane. The San Francisco-set drama is described as an “erotic thriller” that follows a con woman who finds herself in the elite world of venture capital and a “dark web of power, luxury […]
The 'influence' and business, which will soon premiere the eighth season of the 'reality' family 'The Kardashians, will be one of the actresses of a dramatic fiction in which he will play a girlfriend murdered during his maiden party
Kieran Culkin had a lot of fun playing the Devil on “Family Guy” — so much fun, in fact, that he would like to play the show’s Devil for the foreseeable future. “He was really game, wanted to have fun with it and at the end insisted that if we go back to the Devil […]
Hulu is developing a series version of the 2020 movie “The Kid Detective,” Variety has learned exclusively. Evan Morgan, who wrote and directed the film, is attached as an executive producer on the project. Alex Berger will write and executive produce. Rachel Kaplan of Abescon Entertainment will also executive produce, with Jonathan Bronfman and Will […]
Oasis’ highly anticipated documentary “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” which charts the reunion of brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher as they perform together again for the first time in 15 years, has set its Disney+ and Hulu premiere date. The documentary will bow exclusively on the platforms Oct. 9. The streamers will also host new […]
Sam Worthington and Sofia Carson are executive producing and attached to star in “The Parsifal Mosaic,” a drama series based on Robert Ludlum’s 1982 spy novel in development at Hulu. The small screen adaptation hails from Legendary Entertainment and writer Wes Tooke, who served as showrunner on USA Network’s “Colony” and worked on Amazon’s “Jean-Claude […]
Diane Lane has joined the upcoming Hulu-Onyx Collective limited series “Victoria,” Variety has learned. The erotic thriller, which was announced last week with a series order, will star Li Jun Li as Maxine Tao, who is described as “a brilliant con artist who finds herself in a dark web of power, luxury and the crosshairs […]
The streamflation trend continues: Disney is once again asking Disney+ and Hulu subscribers to pay even more for the streaming service. Disney+ Premium and Hulu Premium, the plans without ads, are both increasing from $18.99 to $21.49/month, up 13%. The pricing strategy is clearly aimed at pushing consumers toward bundles: The Disney+/Hulu Premium bundle is […]
Though Taylor Frankie Paul had just set her return to “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” she says she has decided to step away from the Hulu reality show after the latest development in her months-long legal scandal with the fathers of her children. In a post on Instagram on Monday, Paul wrote that her […]
Olivia Benson has been keeping New York safe for nearly three decades — and Hulu has enough “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” to keep viewers occupied for nearly as long. Ahead of the procedural’s Season 28 premiere on Oct. 8, all 27 previously aired seasons of Dick Wolf’s long-running NBC drama are currently available […]
