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In Michael Showalter's The Idea of You, based on the novel by Robinne Lee, Amazon MGM Studios brings to the screen a narrative that tantalizes with the prospect of exploring the complexities of love, age disparity and the pursuit of happiness in the digital…

Paramount+’s long-in-the-works crime drama series Happy Face is headed to production with Emmy-nominated and Tony-winning actor Annaleigh Ashford (Welcome to Chippendales, Impeachment: American Crime Story) set as the lead. Michael Showalter (The Dropout, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) has been tapped to…

ABC is in negotiations with Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) to headline Motherland, a comedy pilot based on the British series. Karan Soni (Deadpool franchise) has been tapped for a lead in the project, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman Television, Paul…

Nicholas Galitzine (Purple Hearts) has been tapped to star alongside Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway in Prime Video’s film The Idea of You, based on Robinne Lee’s bestselling contemporary love story of the same name, which goes into production in October. The film from Emmy-nominated director Michael Showalter (The…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s Prime Video has set The Big Sick and The Eyes of Tammy Faye director Michael Showalter to helm and Anne Hathaway to star in The Idea of You, based on the Robinne Lee novel. Cathy Schulman will produce the film via her Welle Entertainment label alongside I'll Have Another's Gabrielle Union and Kian…

Michael Showalter is an actor, comedian, producer, director and writer. He has done it all in a career that has taken him from being a major figure in the comedy troupe The State to a writer-actor in the cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, its sequel and prequel on Netflix, plus the 2005 comedy breakout The…

The Dropout directors Michael Showalter and Francesca Gregorini zeroed in on a number of small details to help Amanda Seyfried prepare for her role as disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes in the Hulu miniseries. Before the cameras rolled, the two sat down with Seyfried to discuss blocking and how they planned…

Focus Features has set a limited theatrical release for Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on December 2, 2022. The film, directed by Michael Showalter from a screenplay by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage based on Michael Ausiello's best-selling memoir, will expand domestically…

"Having spent the last few years writing shows like Veep and Succession, I have kind of found a little niche for myself of writing for irredeemably awful people and I really enjoy that," exclaims The Shrink Next Door scribe Georgia Pritchett. "And I enjoy kind of trying to find compassion for people who perhaps on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate bought a whopper of a spec package in Wayland. In competition, Lionsgate took the spec script by Simon Kinberg off the table with a progress to production commitment to make the movie. Jessica Chastain will produce, and her The Eyes of Tammy Faye helmer Michael Showalter will direct. Production is…

Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) is expanding his relationship with HBO Max. Showalter and Jordana Mollick’s Semi-Formal Productions has signed a two-year first look deal with the WarnerMedia streaming platform. Showalter was previously based at Annapurna TV. Search Party co-creator Showalter is currently executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) is set to direct multiple episodes of Hulu's limited drama series The Dropout based on ABC News/ABC Radio's podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes. Showalter also will executive produce the series, from Elizabeth Meriwether, Disney Television Studios' 20th…