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HBO and Jon Stewart have scrapped plans for a short-form animation venture that was designed to provide topical segments to various HBO platforms. (Variety)
Amazon Studios has put in development Cleopatra, a drama series about the famous Egyptian queen from the Black Sails trio of co-creators/executive producers Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine and executive producer Dan Shotz. (Deadline)
Screenwriter Andy Bellin will adapt the military action movie Drone Warrior for Michael Bay and Paramount. The biopic will center on former U.S. Army Delta Force fighter and drone warfare expert Brett Velicovich. (Variety)
Netflix has opted not to proceed with a second season of Baz Luhrmann’s ambitious musical drama The Get Down. The decision comes after the second six-episode part of Season 1 was released last month. (Deadline)
Ellen DeGeneres will appear in a brand new stand up special for Netflix. The new special will mark her first since 2000, when she appeared in Ellen DeGeneres: The Beginning for HBO. (Variety)
NBC and Universal TV have tapped Covert Affairs creators Matt Corman and Chris Ord as executive producers and co-showrunners of the new drama series The Brave. (Deadline)
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