The Hollywood Reporter - 31.07.2019

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Ashley Thomas

REPS ICM, the U.K.’s

Independent

WHY HE MATTERS

The English actor and

musician, 34, will star

alongside Luke Cage’s

Deborah Ayorinde in

Them: Covenant, the first

season of the Amazon

horror anthology exec

produced by Lena

Waithe. Thomas, who

was a regular on CBS’

Salvation and Fox’s

24: Legacy, recently

wrapped Netflix series

Top Boy and has released

multiple EPs under his

artist moniker Bashy.

TELEVISION
Ted Danson (WME,
Industry, Ziffren
Brittenham) will star as
an L.A. mayor in NBC’s
straight-to-series untitled
comedy from Tina Fey.

Jeff Bridges (CAA, MGMT,
Hirsch Wallerstein) will
make his series regular
debut in FX’s CIA pilot The
Old Man.

Mary J. Blige (APA,
Grubman Shire) will star
in Starz’s Power spinoff
Power Book II: Ghost.

Bryan Cranston (UTA) has
inked a multiple-year overall
deal with Warner Bros. TV,
moving from Sony.

MTV has renewed The
Hills: New Beginnings for a
second season. ... TV Land

has renewed Younger for

season seven. ... HBO has

renewed rookie comedy

Los Espookys. ... AMC has

renewed freshman vampire

series NOS4A2.

DIGITAL

Kenya Barris (CAA, Artists

First, Morris Yorn) and Kid

Cudi (WME) are teaming

for an adult animated musi-

cal series for Netflix.

Amy Schumer (WME,

Maverick, Schreck Rose)

has inked a first-look

deal with Hulu, starting

with scripted comedy

Love, Beth.

Drake (WME, Ziffren

Brittenham) has partnered

with SiriusXM and Pandora,

and with LeBron James’

Uninterrupted to bring the

digital platform to Canada.

Janelle Monáe (WME,

Wondaland, Ziffren

Brittenham) will replace

Julia Roberts in season two

of Amazon’s Homecoming.

Lena Waithe (WME, The

Mission, Del Shaw) has

moved her overall deal from

Showtime to Amazon.

John Krasinksi (WME,

Schreck Rose) has inked

a first-look TV deal with

Amazon Studios.

Carlton Cuse (WME,

Syndicate, Jackoway

Austen) and Jason

Fuchs (WME, Brookside,

GSB) are teaming for a

series adaptation of The

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the

Galaxy for Hulu.

Connie Britton (WME,

Untitled, Hansen

Jacobson) has signed a

first-look deal with Amazon.

Cristin Milioti (UTA,

Untitled) will star in HBO

Max comedy series Made

for Love.

Hulu has renewed The

Handmaid’s Tale for a

fourth season. ... Netflix

has renewed Big Mouth for

three more seasons and

Tr i n ke t s for a second and

final season ... Amazon has

renewed Carnival Row and

The Boys ahead of their

series premieres.

REAL ESTATE

Ellen DeGeneres and

Portia de Rossi (Compass,

Riskin) have sold their

oceanfront home in

Carpinteria, California,

for $23 million.

— COMPILED BY KIRSTEN CHUBA

Monáe Schumer Ellen DeGeneres bought the home in 2017 for $18.6 million.

Multiplatinum DJ and

producer Marshmello

has signed with WME.

Mira Sorvino, currently

seen in Stuber, has

signed with Circle of

Confusion.

Rocketman choreogra-

pher Adam Murray has

signed with Echo Lake.

Air Bud Entertainment,

whose next project is

Netflix’s Pup Academy,

has signed with UTA.

Rock band Hot Chelle

Rae has signed with

ICM Partners.

$

3M

16-year-old Kyle Giersdorf’s winnings

as the first Fortnite World Cup

solo champion, beating 100 gamers

from 30 countries July 28.