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“High Fidelity,” starring and executive produced by Zoë Kravitz, will not be getting a second season on Hulu. I hear the cast and production team of the series, a reimagining of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel and the 2000 John Cusack movie, were notified of the cancellation today. The decision was not easy and came after …
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Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel “Rodham,” which came out earlier this summer, invites readers into a parallel universe — one in which Hillary stuck with her maiden name and broke up with Bill because she couldn’t see a long-term future with him. The book starts in 1971 with a young Hillary full of promise; she makes waves …
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Christopher Meloni shows a completely different side of himself in “Maxxx,” Hulu’s six-episode comedy series created by star O-T Fagbenle. Meloni, 59, plays Don Wild, the flamboyant, coke-snorting, sex-fueled record exec who takes a second chance on Maxxx (Fagbenle), a washed-up boy-band singer attempting a precipitous comeback. Meloni and Fagbenle previously worked together on Hulu’s …
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O-T Fagbenle’s new series is a family affair. That’s because “Maxxx,” a six-episode comedy created by Fagbenle (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), co-stars and is co-executive-produced by his brother, Luti. “We made our first short when he was 8 and I was 12,” the London-born Fagbenle, 39, tells The Post. “But this was our maiden voyage in …
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It’s tricky to mine humor from the dark shroud of mental illness, but “In My Skin” takes a sensitive approach to the subject — and pulls it off with aplomb. The five-episode BBC series, premiering Thursday on Hulu, follows 16-year-old Bethan (Gabrielle Creevy), a Welsh high-schooler who’s best friends with Travis (James Wilbraham) and the …
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Hulu is developing “Rodham,” a provocative take on one of the most famous female American politicians of the past two decades, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The drama series, based on the book by Curtis Sittenfeld, comes from “The Affair’ co-creator Sarah Treem, Fox 21 Television Studios and studio-based the Littlefield Company. “Rodham” imagines an alternative history …
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Elisabeth Moss is launching a production company dramatically called Love & Squalor Pictures. She’s inked a first-look deal with Hulu and Fox, with former WME agent Lindsey McManus as the top exec. The first project will be called “Black Match,” in which Moss will star, and the series is described as a “psychosexual neo-noir thriller” …
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For 20-year-old Michael Cimino, Hulu’s “Love, Victor” is his breakout role. The Las Vegas-born actor isn’t really new to Hollywood — he’s done stray episodes of shows such as CBS’s “Training Day” in 2017 and short films including “Dog Days” in 2018. But “Love, Victor” marks his first time as a series regular and in …
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Hulu has removed three episodes of “Scrubs” which featured characters in blackface, following a request by the show’s creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios, sources have confirmed to Variety. The episodes in question are “My Fifteen Seconds” (season 3, episode 7), “My Jiggly Ball” (season 5, episode 4) and “My Chopped Liver” (season 5, episode 17). …
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Amazon Prime, Hulu and Comedy Central have all removed an episode of “Workaholics” which featured comedian Chris D’Elia playing the role of a child molester. Last week, multiple women accused D’Elia, 40, of trying to sexually engage with them and solicit nude photos while they were underage. Now, former fans are starting to recall the …