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EXCLUSIVE: Mackenzie Davis (Station Eleven, Speak No Evil) has joined the leading cast of the Untitled Newfoundland Project, from creator Jesse McKeown. Davis will star opposite Josh Hartnett, who also executive produces, in the limited series set in Newfoundland, Canada, where they will also…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Favreau’s new Disney+ series, Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, has set three of its leads: Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Skeleton Crew, Encanto), Mykal-Michelle Harris (Raven’s Home, Mixed-ish) and Ryder Allen (The Penguin, Palmer). From writer, producer and director Favreau for Walt Disney…

Natalia Ramirez is heading out of Port Charles. Deadline has confirmed that Eva LaRue is leaving General Hospital after her character is seen popping pills and throwing back booze in the June 30 episode. LaRue, who previously played neurologist Dr. Maria Santos Grey on All My Children from…

EXCLUSIVE: Rory Culkin (Black Mirror, Under the Banner of Heaven) has been cast in Apple and A+E Studios’ as-yet-untitled series based on the bestselling crime novels by Lars Kepler. He joins the previously announced series regular stars, Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz, Stephen Graham and Bill…

EXCLUSIVE: Viola Davis (Fences, The Woman King) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen, Aquaman) are set to star and produce in a reimagining of the 1987 MGM feature film House of Games, which is in development at Amazon MGM Studios. The actors will produce through their respective production banners…

UPDATED with latest: Emmy season is upon us, and film awards aren’t all that far behind — time to look at what’s ahead trophy show-wise. Here is a list of awards shows and nominations dates ahead as we move into Emmy season and look ahead to the Tonys, music awards and more. Check back often for…

EXCLUSIVE: Peacock’s upcoming mystery comedy series The 'Burbs has set Max Carver (Fade to Black, The Batman), Erica Dasher (Leopoldstadt, Jane By Design), Georgia Leva (Orphan Black: Echoes, You) and Kathleen Kenny (NCIS: Origins, Sex Lives of College Girls) in recurring roles. They join the…

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar and Emmy winner Kate Winslet has departed Hulu drama series The Spot, sources tell Deadline. Winslet was attached as star and executive producer to the project, from creator/executive producer Ed Solomon and A24, which, in a very competitive situation, landed at Hulu last August with…

Whoopi Goldberg was away from The View this week and vacationing in Italy, and now it looks like she might be spending more time there than usual: She announced today she’s landed a multi-episode role on Italian soap opera Un Posto Al Sole. In an Instagram video posted today, Goldberg, with a…

Fans haven’t seen the last of Alex Russo in Wizards Beyond Waverly Place. Selena Gomez will return to guest star in Season 2 of the Disney Channel sequel series, the star announced on social media Friday. “Just feels right…” she wrote in her post, which features her sitting on the iconic…

EXCLUSIVE: Mandell Maughan (Resident Alien) has landed a recurring role in Netflix’s just-announced Bert Kreischer comedy Free Bert, sources tell Deadline. Reps for Netflix declined to comment. Stand-up comedian Kreischer co-created, exec produces and stars as himself — shirtless comedian…

EXCLUSIVE: Sasha Frolova (The Empty Man), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead), Kimball Farley (The Righteous Gemstones) and Toby Poser (The Fall of the House of Usher) have joined Mia Vallet in Recluse, a horror-thriller marking the feature debut of writer-director Henry Chaisson (Antlers). Reclus…