Adam McKay News

Below is the list of titles new to Hulu this week.

From September 14 to October 13, 2018, SpeakEasy Stage Company will proudly present the New England premiere of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning play BETWEEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY.  

Follow the saga of a fictional, American media family whose wealth and power are matched only by their dysfunctional dynamic in HBO®'s newest provocative and bitingly funny drama, Succession?: The Complete First Season, available now via Digital Download and coming to Blu-ray and DVD on November 6.  

Hulu today announced their Fall 2018 programming slate. Newly announced premieres include 'Light as a Feather' (October 12) and the return of 'Marvel's Runaways' (December 21).

FX Picks Up New Limited Series DEVS

Linda Cardellini returns to Netflix in Dead to Me, which co-stars Christina Applegate. According to Deadline, the show is a half-hour dark comedy series from writer Liz Feldman, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gloria Sanchez Prods. and CBS TV Studios. Cardellini will also produce the series.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced the selection of four Honorees who will receive the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements, and a special Honors distinction for a work of art and its co-creators. Recipients to be honored at the 41st annual national celebration of the arts are: singer and actress Cher, composer and pianist Philip Glass, Country music entertainer Reba McEntire, and jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter. This year, the co-creators of Hamilton-writer and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, and music director Alex Lacamoire-will receive a unique Kennedy Center Honors as trailblazing creators of a transformative work that defies category.

Christina Applegate will star in upcoming Netflix dark comedy series Dead To Me. Applegate will take on the role of Jen, a poised and put together woman with a dark sense of humor and an anger problem that she doesn't necessarily want to deal with, Jen has been struggling to keep it together in the months since her husband was killed in a hit and run.

Freeform announced today that principal photography began yesterday on the 'Motherland' (working title) pilot, a one-hour drama from executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. The pilot, created by Eliot Laurence ('Claws'), has started in Vancouver, Canada. Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, 'Motherland' (working title) follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment at Fort Salem.

Will Ferrell To Star In And Co-Write EUROVISION For Netflix

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning comedian, Paul Mecurio, announces his new Off-Broadway show: PERMISSION TO SPEAK WITH PAUL MECURIO. With over a decade of television appearances including his own comedy special, his longtime association with Stephen Colbert through multiple stand-up appearances on and as being the opening act for The Late Show, and headlining comedy shows throughout the U.S. and Europe, Mecurio is prepared for this next great challenge. PERMISSION TO SPEAK WITH PAUL MECURIO will play at the Jerry Orbach Theater at NY's Theater Center (1627 Broadway, New York), with previews beginning Monday, July 16, 2018 and opening night scheduled for Monday, July 23, 2018.

Following the show's recent premiere, HBO has renewed the drama series SUCCESSION for a second season, it was announced today by Casey Bloys, president, HBO Programming.

VIDEO: Check Out The Promo For All New SUCCESSION On HBO

Drama Series SUCCESSION Debuts 6/3 Exclusively on HBO

Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes back Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) Touring Company at The Colonial Theatre today, May 26 at 8pm. Tickets are $25.

The Roy family – Logan Roy and his four children – controls one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. The HBO drama series SUCCESSION, which kicks off its ten-episode season SUNDAY, JUNE 3(10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), tracks their lives as they contemplate what the future will hold for them once their aging father begins to step back from the company.

Hail to the Chief! Netflix announced a new film starring Jennifer Aniston as President of the United States and Tig Notaro as The First Lady. The political comedy is being written by Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne, based on their original pitch.

Turner's truTV continues to bolster its growing roster of wholly-owned, original comedies as the network today unveiled its 2018-19 programming slate ahead of next week's 2018 Turner Upfront event at Madison Square Garden. The cable network, which since 2014 has transformed into a premium destination for a wide range of distinct, creator-driven scripted, unscripted and hybrid series, announced the greenlight of Tacoma FD (working title), a new scripted series from Super Troopers' Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme about a fire department in the wettest city in America. Also joining the slate are two new pilots - a comedic medical advice show created by Ken Jeong and an animated project from Jo Koy, which are currently in development. The network has also expanded its portfolio of existing original series, with new seasons of ADAM RUINS EVERYTHING and Hack My Life, along with an additional episode order for freshman series Laff Mobb's Laff Tracks.