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WHY HE MATTERS

The Hot Ones host, 33, is

making the jump from

YouTube to TV. TruTV

has ordered 20 episodes

of a game show based

on his hit digital series,

in which he interviews

celebrities while they

eat spicy chicken wings.

Hot Ones: The Game

Show, set to premiere in

early 2020, will be exec

produced and hosted by

Evans and will feature

teams competing in

pop-culture trivia while

eating hot wings.

Catastrophe’s Sharon
Horgan (WME, the U.K.’s
United, Nelson Davis) will
star in romantic dramedy
The Last Drop.

TELEVISION
Queen Latifah (UTA,
Flavor Unit, Eisenberg
Ta n c h u m) will star in CBS’
reboot of The Equalizer.

Grey’s Anatomy show-
runner Krista Vernoff
(Jackoway Austen) is
developing Erin Brockovich
drama series Rebel for ABC.

Adam McKay (WME, Ziffren
Brittenham) has signed a
five-year first-look deal with
HBO, starting with a Jeffrey
Epstein limited series.

HBO has ordered a
Game of Thrones prequel,
House of the Dragon,
straight to series. ... FX
has renewed Mayans M.C.
for a third season.

DIGITAL
Julia Garner (UTA,
Anonymous, Sloane Offer)

will star as con queen Anna

Delvey in Shonda Rhimes’

Netflix limited series

Inventing Anna, alongside

Anna Chlumsky, Katie

Lowes and Laverne Cox.

Mindy Kaling (CAA, 3

Arts, Ziffren Brittenham)

is exec producing and will

showrun College Girls, a

straight-to-series comedy

for HBO Max, which also is

developing comedies DC

Super Hero High and Rap

Sh*t with Elizabeth Banks

and Issa Rae, respectively.

Dave Franco (WME,

Anonymous, Felker

To c z e k) will star in the

Farrelly brothers’ Quibi

comedy series The Now.

David E. Kelley (CAA,

Gendler & Kelly) is exec

producing coaching dram-

edy Big Shots, based on

a pitch from Brad Garrett

and starring John Stamos,

which Disney+ has ordered

straight to series.

HBO Max has landed South

Park’s 23-season library in

a $500 million deal.

Netflix has renewed rookie

space drama Another Life.

... AMC’s Shudder has

renewed freshman anthol-

ogy Creepshow. ... Hulu

is adapting Clive Barker’s

Books of Blood as a feature.

REAL ESTATE

Kim Kardashian West and

Kanye West (Berkshire

Hathaway) have expanded

their Hidden Hills, California,

compound with the

$2.975 million purchase of a

neighboring home.

— COMPILED BY KIRSTEN CHUBA^

AND REBECCA SUN

Latifah

Stacey Abrams has

signed with UTA, as has

legendary comic book

creator Frank Miller

and Broadway breakout

Will Hochman (The

Sound Inside).

Major K-pop label

SM Entertainment has

signed with CAA.

Oscar-nominated docu-

mentarian Ed Perkins,

earning awards buzz

for his latest, Tell Me

Who I Am, has signed

with WME.

Jourdan Dunn has

signed with IMG Models.

$

2.5B

Apple’s commitment, announced

Nov. 4, to combat the affordable

housing crisis in California, topping

Facebook’s prior $1 billion pledge.

Kaling McKay

The Wests’ new ranch-style home includes equestrian facilities.