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Could more Gilmore Girls be on the horizon? Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said the streaming giant is in “very preliminary” talks for another season. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Stephen Lang, best known as the villain in Avatar, South Korean singer-actress Jihae and relative newcomer Leila George have been cast in Mortal Engines, the Peter Jackson-produced adaptation of the YA book series by Philip Reeve. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Global streaming giant Netflix has boarded Kingdom, a period zombie thriller series by Kim Seong-hun, director of last year’s Korean hit movie Tunnel. The show will be Netflix’s second original series in South Korea. (Variety)
This Is Us co-executive producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger have closed a new overall deal with the studio behind the breakout NBC drama series, 20th Century Fox TV. (Deadline)
Suits star Patrick J. Adams and Pretty Little Liars’ Troian Bellisario are set to star in sci-fi drama Clara, a feature pic written and directed by newcomer Akash Sherman. (Deadline)
A story about re-incarnation has just been pre-emptively picked up by 20th Century Fox and Miracles From Heaven producer DeVon Franklin to develop as a feature film. (Deadline)
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