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Private eye comedy Pigeon at Fox has booked Workaholics creator and star Anders Holm for the lead role. The series hails from The Office‘s scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky.

Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns has added Colin Firth to play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank. He joins previously cast Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Mortimer, and Ben Whishaw.

Legal drama Mrs. V. Mr. from Ridley Scott and David Zucker is in the works at CBS. Brett Mahoney, who is an executive producer on Macgyver and Code Black, is writing the pilot and will executive produce.

Insecure‘s creator and star Issa Rae has teamed up with Project Greenlight Digital Studios on comedic anthology series Minimum Wage. The new project comes through Rae’s ColorCreative.TV and Greenlight’s The New Normal writing contest which seeks to find underrepresented voices in media.

Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

The Path star Aaron Paul has joined Olga Kurylenko for Android. Niall Johnson is set to direct with a script he co-wrote with Matt O’Reilly.

It’s been a very hit-or-miss year for comedies, but as pop culture pushes itself for more diverse depictions of women, Joneses takes a step back into formulaic territory. It’s a fun hour and a half, but you can’t help but feel writer Michael LeSieur and director Greg Mottola were holding back.

Popular mobile game Candy Crush is headed to television with a straight-to-series order from CBS for a live-action game show. The project is created and executive produced by Matt Kunitz, whose credits include Wipeout, Fear Factor, and the upcoming Kicking & Screaming at Fox.

The Mark Gordon Company’s Molly’s Game is in talks with Kevin Costner for a role in the film. He would join previously cast Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, and Michael Cera in the film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.

Comedian Tracy Morgan’s new comedy has received a straight-to-series order at TBS of ten episodes. Key & Peele‘s Jordan Peele created and executive produces the series with John Carcieri.

Former Mistresses star Alyssa Milano has a new project in the works with The CW based off of her 2014 graphic novel Hacktivist. Covert Affairs creators and executive producers Matt Corman and Chris Ord will pen the pilot.

Sony Pictures’ Mulan has tapped director Alex Graves to bring the mythological Chinese heroine to the big screen. The project is one of two live-action version of Mulan, with Disney having their own adapted from their animated musical.

Royal Pains star Mark Feuerstein has RSVP’d for Wet Hot American County: Ten Years Later, the Netflix sequel series to the cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer. The first limited series, First Day of Camp, was a prequel to the original film.

Summer hit Stranger Things from Netflix is gearing up for season two as they add Sadie Sink and Dacre Montgomery to the cast. They are also promoting Joe Keery and Noah Schnapp to series regulars from recurring. The show stars Wynona Ryder, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, and breakout star Millie Bobby Brown.

Action-horror series Van Helsing has won itself a second season order from Syfy just four episodes into its freshman year. The new season is expected to begin production in early 2017.

Fantasy series the Dandelion Dynasty is getting a feature adaptation from DMG Entertainment who has picked up The Grace of Kings with plans in the works for a franchise. The series from Ken Liu is described as “silk punk,” or a blend of sci-fi and fantasy that also utilizes classical East Asian antiquity.

Saturday Night Live alum Chris Rock is headed back to television with two stand-up comedy specials at Netflix, with a big day at $20 million per special. The first taping will happen in 2017 with a world tour to follow.

John Grisham’s popular novel The Rainmaker is in the works at CBS with a put pilot commitment. The project hails from Michael Seitzman and Brett Mahoney, with Grisham executive producing. CBS TV Studios and ABC Studios are co-producing.

Oscar winner Mark Rylance and director Ciro Guerra are bringing Nobel Prize winner Waiting for the Barbarians to the big screen with producer Michael Fitzgerald. The book from J.M. Coetzee was published in 1980 and won numerous awards.

Disney has found their scribe for the live-action re-imagining of The Lion King with Jeff Nathanson. He will be teaming up with The Jungle Book director Jon Favreau to bring the fast-tracked production to life.

Rebels set out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star.

Trailer Park Boys creator Mike Clattenburg and Mike O’Neill have set new comedy Crawford at Comedy Central and Canada’s CBC. The 13 episode series would debut in late 2017.

Indie comedy F*cking People has booked Samira Wiley for a role. The film is written and directed by Theresa Bennett. The project reteams Wiley with Aya Cash. Wiley current guest stars on the FX comedy You’re the Worst starring Cash.

Lifetime’s flagship series UnReal has promoted executive producer Stacy Rukeyser to showrunner for season three. She takes over for Carol Barbee who ran the show for season two.

Hawaii Five-0 star Daniel Dae Kim is sticking with CBS as he teams up with Alexi Hawley and Ben Silverman to develop Exhibit A at the network. The series is a legal drama based on the South Korean series My Lawyer, Mr. Jo.

DC Comics series Krypton has added six series regular castmembers including Ian McElhinney, Elliot Cowan, Ann Ogbomo, Rasmus Hardiker, Wallis Day, and Aaron Pierre. They join previously cast Cameron Cuffe and Georgina Campbell.

Season 2, Episode 2 – Walter learns more about Cornelia and the dangerous mission she’s on in L.A, while also dealing with the appearance of an annoying new house guest. Elsewhere, a scared Jim prepares for the live taping of his colonoscopy, leading him to lean on Celia in a way she thinks she might not be ready for yet.

New York Comic Con received a big surprise this weekend when The Defenders team arrived on the scene with Sigourney Weaver, announcing the Alien star had been cast as the villain of the first season. Marvel-Netflix also revealed that Daredevil star Deborah Ann Woll would be joining the spinoff The Punisher series.

A group of high-school kids, who are infused with unique superpowers, harness their abilities in order to save the world.

The unconventional story of the iconic superhero Wonder Woman’s creation is getting the big screen treatment in Professor Marston & the Wonder Woman, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions scooping up the worldwide rights.