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Paramount+’s official teaser for season three of Tulsa King doesn’t give away much. The 30-second video shows Dwight warning his enemies not to try and take him out … or else.

Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone returns to lead the drama as Dwight. The season three cast includes Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, and Chris Caldovino. McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, James Russo, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany also star.

The third season features an appearance by Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson who will introduce his new character Russell Lee Washington Jr. before taking on the lead in the Tulsa King spinoff, Nola King.

“In season three, as Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies and the risks to his crew,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Now, he faces his most...

Paramount+ today debuted the official teaser and key art for the third season of the hit original series, Tulsa King, starring Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone, which will premiere on Sunday, September 21, 2025.

Tulsa King was the number one global Paramount+ Original Series in 2024 and ranked among the top ten original series across all subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms in the fourth quarter.

The season two premiere of Tulsa King drew 21.1 million global viewers, making it Paramount+’s most-watched global premiere to date. Additionally, season two drove 159 million views, a +894% increase over the previous season, and 6.1 million social media engagements, a +553% surge over the same period.

In season three, as Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything...

Everyone knows that the more power someone gets, the more problems come knocking at their door. In today’s teaser trailer for Tulsa King Season 3, Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) confronts his aggressors head-on, letting them know he won’t go down without a fight. The war for dominance begins on Paramount+ on Sunday, September 21, with the first episode of Tulsa King Season 3 guaranteed to draw a crowd.

How do I know this? The numbers don’t lie. Tulsa King Season 2 had 21.1 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode and set a new record for Paramount+ by becoming the platform’s most-watched premiere ever. In Season Three, as Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies – and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for...

Dwight Manfredi has a message for all of his enemies in the season 3 teaser for Tulsa King: Go ahead and make his day.

Paramount+ has rolled out new images for its Sylvester Stallone starrer that’s set to return Sunday, Sept. 21. In season three, Dwight’s empire expands but so do his foes. His latest adversary is the Dunmire clan, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he’s built and protect his family.

Besides Stallone, Tulsa King stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, James Russo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

Samuel L. Jackson will also appear in season three as Russell Lee Washington Jr. before moving from Tulsa to New Orleans as...

Paramount+ has dropped the first teaser trailer for “Tulsa King” Season 3.

In the teaser, Dwight (Sylvester Stallone) becomes interested in a distillery business. But from the look of things, his competition takes none too kindly to Dwight and his crew moving into their territory.

Watch the full teaser below.

As previously announced, “Tulsa King” Season 3 will debut on Sept. 21. As with past seasons, new episodes will drop weekly. The official description for “Tulsa King” Season 3 states, “As Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies – and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he’s built and protect his family.”

Along with Stallone, the cast for Season 3 includes: Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino,...

Sylvester Stallone, Garrett Hedlund and Bella Heathcote in ‘Tulsa King’ (Photo Credit: Brian Douglas/Paramount+. ©2025 Viacom International Inc)

Paramount+ has set a September 21, 2025 premiere date and released the first photos from Tulsa King season three starring Sylvester Stallone. The upcoming season features the introduction of Samuel L. Jackson’s character, Russell Lee Washington Jr., before he takes on the starring role in the Nola King spinoff.

The season three cast includes Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, and Chris Caldovino. McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, James Russo, Garrett Hedlund, and Dana Delany also star.

“In season three, as Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies and the risks to his crew,” reads Paramount+’s synopsis. “Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family...

Paramount+ today announced that the hit original series Tulsa King, starring Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone, will return for its third season on Sunday, September 21.

Tulsa King was the number one global Paramount+ Original Series in 2024 and ranked among the top ten original series across all subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platforms in the fourth quarter.

The season two premiere of Tulsa King drew 21.1 million global viewers, making it Paramount+’s most-watched global premiere to date. Additionally, season two drove 159 million views, a +894% increase over the previous season, and 6.1 million social media engagements, a +553% surge over the same period.

Tulsa King stars Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, and James Russo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson will also appear in...

Dwight and his criminal empire has a return date: The third season premiere of Tulsa King is set for Sunday, Sept. 21 on Paramount+.

In season three, Dwight’s domain grows but so do his enemies. His newest foe in Tulsa is the Dunmire family, a powerful old-money clan that doesn’t play by old-world rules. Get a first look of the season below.

Tulsa King stars Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, James Russo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

Samuel L. Jackson will also appear in season three as Russell Lee Washington Jr. before moving from Tulsa to New Orleans as the lead in the recently greenlit Tulsa King spinoff, Nola King.

Tulsa King was the No. 1 global Paramount+ original series in...

Paramount+’s hit dramedy Tulsa King has a return date.

The third season of the Sylvester Stallone series will premiere on Sept. 21.

In addition, the streamer has released the first description of the new episodes: “As Dwight’s empire expands, so do his enemies — and the risks to his crew. Now, he faces his most dangerous adversaries in Tulsa yet: the Dunmires, a powerful old-money family that doesn’t play by old-world rules, forcing Dwight to fight for everything he’s built and protect his family.”

The new season of the Taylor Sheridan-produced series will also introduce Samuel L. Jackson’s character — Russell Lee Washington Jr. — who is going to topline a spinoff of the series titled Nola King.

Season three also stars Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Kevin Pollak, Vincent Piazza,...

Updated: A spinoff of “Tulsa King” set in New Orleans is currently in the works at Paramont+, with Samuel L. Jackson attached to star and executive produce.

Variety has learned from sources that the project, currently titled “Nola King,” will be set up by a guest starring appearance from Jackson in the upcoming third season of Taylor Sheridan’s “Tulsa King.” Exact details about the new series remain under wraps, aside from the fact that Jackson would lead the series as a character similar to Sylvester Stallone’s in “Tulsa King.”

Dave Erickson, who currently works with Sheridan on both “Tulsa King” and “Mayor of Kingstown,” will serve as writer, showrunner, and executive producer on “Nola King.” Sheridan will also executive produce, as will David C. Glasser of 101 Studios. MTV Entertainment Studios will produce.

Reps for MTV Entertainment Studios declined to comment

Jackson is one of the most celebrated actors of his time.

Kevin Pollak has joined the cast of “Tulsa King” Season 3 at Paramount+, Variety has learned exclusively.

The third season of the series went into production in March in Atlanta and Oklahoma. Pollak will appear in the series regular role of Special Agent Musso, described as “an FBI agent who has an axe to grind.”

He joins series lead Sylvester Stallone as well as fellow Season 3 cast members: Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, Robert Patrick, Beau Knapp, Bella Heathcote, Chris Caldovino, McKenna Quigley Harrington, Mike “Cash Flo” Walden, Vincent Piazza, Frank Grillo, Michael Beach, James Russo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany.

“I’ve been an admirer of Sly’s throughout his entire career and could not be more excited to be a part of this stellar cast and extraordinary production,” said Pollak.

Pollak is a highly-accomplished actor and stand up comedian, who was previously ranked as one...

“Tulsa King” Season 3 is continuing to build out its cast. Variety has learned exclusively that Bella Heathcote has joined the Paramount+ show as a series regular, while James Russo has been cast in a recurring role.

The pair join previously announced new cast members Robert Patrick and Beau Knapp, as well as returning cast members Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr, Jay Will, Annabella Sciorra, Neal McDonough, and Frank Grillo, with Garrett Hedlund and Dana Delany. It was previously announced that “Tulsa King” Season 3 is now in production.

Heathcote will play Cleo Montague, described as “a Tulsa native born and raised, and the daughter of a distillery owner.” Russo will play “Quiet” Ray Renzetti, said to be “one of the mob bosses in New York. He is calm and measured.”

Heathcote previously starred in the Netflix limited series “Pieces of Her” and also appeared in shows like “The Man in the High Castle...

Exclusive: Robert Patrick (1923) and Beau Knapp (Seal Team) have joined the series regular cast of Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ series Tulsa King for Season 3. Production is currently underway on the Sylvester Stallone-led drama in Atlanta and Oklahoma.

Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.

Season 2 followed Dwight and his crew as they encountered new enemies when they encroached on nemesis territory in Tulsa.

Patrick will play ‘Jeremiah Dunmire’, a powerful, forceful man with deep pockets in the liquor business.

When season 2 of Tulsa King premiered on Paramount+ last September, series star Sylvester Stallone confirmed that a third season was already in the works. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Tulsa King season 3 is now in production, with filming taking place in Georgia and Oklahoma – and the series has a new showrunner! That showrunner is executive producer Dave Erickson, who also happens to be the showrunner on another series that was created by Tulsa King creator Taylor Sheridan, Mayor of Kingstown.

After writing the script for the pilot episode in just one day, Sheridan passed the showrunner duties on the first season of Tulsa King over to Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire). Winter had said he would be stepping away from the series after that season, but he ended up coming back for the second season, splitting duties with producing director Craig Zisk, “Winter handling the writing side and Zisk handling the on-the-ground production duties.

Paramount+ has confirmed that Tulsa King will return for a third season. The crime drama, starring Sylvester Stallone and created by Taylor Sheridan, has already begun production in Atlanta and Oklahoma after months of casting.

Dave Erickson, previously a writer, executive producer, and showrunner on Mayor of Kingstown, has been named executive producer and showrunner for the upcoming season. His involvement was part of an overall deal with MTV Entertainment Studios, which produces Sheridan’s shows with 101 Studios.

Stallone, who plays Dwight “The General” Manfredi, secured a new contract in November, ensuring his involvement for at least two more seasons. This agreement set the stage for the series’ continuation, with a fourth season likely to follow.

The second season of Tulsa King, which concluded in November, set a Paramount+ record with 21.1 million global streaming views for its premiere. Alongside Landman and Lioness, it was among the top 10 U.S.

Today, Paramount+ announced that the hit original series Tulsa King will return for a third season. Season three production has commenced this week in Atlanta and Oklahoma.

Tulsa King season two ranked as a top 10 SVOD original series across all SVODs for Q4 alongside Paramount+ originals Landman and Lioness. This marks only the second time since Nielsen began tracking SVODs (Q3–17) that a service had three of the top 10 series aside from Netflix.

The second season of the series had 21.1 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode and set a new record for Paramount+ as the most-watched global premiere at the time for any series in Paramount+ history.

Additionally, Season two logged a record 159 million views and 6.1 million engagements on social.

Season two followed Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) and his crew as they encountered new enemies when they encroached on nemesis territory in Tulsa.

Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios,...

Paramount+ has made it official that its hit series Tulsa King will return for a third season. The new season of the Taylor Sheridan crime drama starring Sylvester Stallone had been casting for months and started production earlier this week in Atlanta and Oklahoma.

Dave Erickson, writer, executive producer and showrunner on another Sheridan series for Paramount+, Mayor of Kingstown, is executive producer and showrunner on the new season. As Deadline reported in October, that possibility was part of the overall deal he signed with MTV Entertainment Studios, which produces all Sheridan shows with 101 Studios.

Season 3 of Tulsa King was cleared for takeoff after series star and executive producer Stallone closed a new deal in November to continue on the show for two more seasons with a major salary increase. As Deadline reported at the time, Stallone’s two-year deal paved the way for Season 3 and Season 4 of Tulsa King,...

Sylvester Stallone will return as Oklahoma crime boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi in a third season of Tulsa King.

Paramount+ announced that a new season has started production in Atlanta and Oklahoma on the streaming hit.

The renewal is hardly a surprise as the show’s second season return in September was Paramount+’s most-watched global premiere in the streamer’s history, and the show ranked as a Nielsen Top 10 streaming title throughout the rest of its sophomore season run.

For season three, executive producer Dave Erickson will take over as sole showrunner. Erikson is the showrunner of another Taylor Sheridan series, Mayor of Kingstown, and recently signed a multi-year overall deal with MTV Entertainment Studios.

The announcement lacks a couple key behind-the-scenes names from season two. On-again, off-again lead writer Terence Winter wasn’t included in the mix. Last season also brought aboard Craig Zisk to serve as lead director.

“Tulsa King” will return for a third season at Paramount+.

The Sylvester Stallone-led series has been renewed for Season 3 at Paramount+, the streamer announced Tuesday. Production on the new installment begins this week in Atlanta and Oklahoma.

The news comes months after “Tulsa King” aired its Season 2 finale in November 2024, which capped off the 10-episode season which debuted on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, nearly two years after the hit show first premiered in November 2022.

In “Tulsa King,” Stallone stars as Dwight “The General” Manfredi. Season 2 followed “The General” and his crew as they encountered new enemies when they encroached on nemesis territory in Tulsa, per the official synopsis.

“Tulsa King” debuted its second season to 21.1 million streaming viewers for its premiere episode, ranking at the time as the most-watched global premiere for any series in Paramount+ history.

During its second season, “Tulsa King” ranked within the top 10 most-watched SVOD original series...

Noah Segal, co-founder and co-president of Canadian indie powerhouse Elevation Pictures, is taking meetings in Berlin as the company ramps up an ambitious production slate to make between three to five features and one series a year.

The slate is led by Jordan Tannahill’s Canadian-uk medieval horror Rapture, set in a remote English monastery and ready to shoot later this year with a significant portion of production taking place in Hungary. It is being made with US outfit 2Am, producer of Babygirl and Past Lives,both of which Elevationdistributed in Canada.

Backed by Teddy Schwarzman’s Black Bear, Elevation...

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea Iff) is delighted to announce the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards – vital funding and in-kind grants to develop and boost new talent from Saudi, Arab and African directors. Three juries deliberated to finally select nine winning feature ideas and two TV series, whose creative visions will now benefit from generous prizes awarded by the Red Sea Fund and its award partners.

A total of 24 new film projects screened as part of the Red Sea Souk, with 12 titles by filmmakers of African and Arab origin, alongside 12 Red Sea Lodge projects by Saudi, Arab and African directors which have been developed over the last year through intensive workshops and in partnership with the Torino Film Lab. The Red Sea Souk Project Market jury awards are supported by the Red Sea Fund, and in the selection were five Saudi projects, eight African projects...

Original TV series based on Arab and Muslim characters are beginning to go global, a Netflix executive said Saturday at the Red Sea Film Festival.

Ahmed Sharkawi, director of Arab content, Netflix Europe, Middle East and Africa, said that a new, distinctive voice was emerging from the region.

“Recently, a friend called me and her mother-in-law – who is 100% American – was recommending one of our Arab series [“Finding Ola,” starring Hind Sabri] to all her friends,” he said at a panel about writing for television.

“This wave [of Arab and Muslim stories] is beginning; the U.S. audience is becoming open to watching stories that are outside of the U.S. experience.”

The region was rich in a tradition of storytelling that meant there were many original scripts being written, he said.

“There are so many stories in this region that have not been told before, so [our job is] about harvesting that intellectual property.”

“This is a culture...

The end of peak TV, the contrasting explosion of storytelling opportunities in the Middle East, AI and the portrayal were among the hot topics of debate as Red Sea 360°, the panel program of the market portion of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia kicked off on Saturday.

Starting off the sessions of the third edition of the fest was a panel entitled “The Writer’s Journey: Navigating Scripts for Film, TV & Future Storytelling Formats.” Appearing on it were Ahmed Sharkawi, director of Arab content development at Netflix Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea), Karim Zreik, executive producer and president of Cedar Tree Productions, Sheri Elwood, executive producer, writer and director at Elwood Ink, and writer and journalist Mohamed Hassan who is the creator and showrunner of the Sky original series Miles From Nowhere, a comedy about identity, surveillance and the Muslim community, which is premiering at the festival.

Network: The CW

Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: July 7, 2023 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Jennifer Finnigan, Anastasia Phillips, Emma Hunter, Tom Stevens, Alexander Nunez, Erin Darke, Farid Yazdani, Allegra Fulton, Jonathan Silverman, and Calem MacDonald.

TV show description:

A family dramedy series, the Moonshine TV show was created by Sheri Elwood and originates in Canada.

The story revolves around the Finley-Cullens, a dysfunctional family of adult half-siblings battling to take control of the family business.

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The CW this Friday night at 9/8c invites you to get a taste of Moonshine, an acquired Canadian dramedy set against the backdrop of financial hardship, small-town intrigue and a long-buried secret that threatens to annihilate a quirky clan once and for all.

Created by Sheri Elwood (Lucifer), Moonshine stars Jennifer Finnigan (Salvation) as Lidia, an architect and eldest sibling who wants to redevelop her family’s titular campground and exploit the valuable coastal property. Immediately, Lidia finds herself locking horns with younger sister Rhian (Reign‘s Anastasia Phillips), while other characters include Lidia’s sister Nora (Mr. D‘s...

The CW Network today announced summer 2023 premiere dates for new scripted series Son Of A Critch, Run The Burbs, Children Ruin Everything and Moonshine, as well as the premieres of alternative series Recipe For Disaster, Fboy Island, Down To Earth With Zac Efron and limited series Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982. These premieres are joined by the returning series Bump, Family Law and Great Chocolate Showdown. Family Law starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber returns with season two on Friday, July 7 (8:00-9:00pm Et/Pt) followed by the dysfunctional family comedy-drama Moonshine (9:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) from creator and executive producer Sheri Elwood and starring Jennifer Finnigan. Get a look inside the “greatest year in cinema ever” in the totally tubular limited ... Read more...

The CW reveals Canadian sitcom “Run the Burbs” will make its US debut as the network unveils its Summer 2023 programming lineup.

“Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs.

Phung (“Kim’s Convenience”), who co-created and executive produces the series with Scott Townend, stars as stay-at-home dad Andrew Pham. Rahkee Morzaria (“What We Do in the Shadows”) plays Andrew’s free-spirited entrepreneur wife Camille, Zoriah Wong (“Nancy Drew”) as their teenage daughter Khia, and Roman Pesino (“Odd Squad”) as their clever young son Leo. The show is a CBC Original Production produced by Pier 21 Films and distributed by Fifth Season.

The network has renewed both newcomers “Family Law” and the comedy “Bump” for second seasons. Starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber,...

The CW has unveiled its slate of original scripted and unscripted programming set to debut on the network this summer.

Canadian family comedy Run The Burbs, from Kim’s Convenience breakout star Andrew Phung and dramedy Moonshine, about dysfunctional siblings battling for control of their family business are among titles on the network’s scripted slate for summer debut. Legal drama Family Law, starring Jewel Staite and Victor Garber, and comedy series Bump also return for second seasons.

New summer unscripted programs include the four-part docuseries Greatest Geek Year Ever: 1982, chronicling a classic moviegoing year in pop culture, and extreme cooking competition Recipe for Disaster. Additionally, Down To Earth With Zac Efron will make its broadcast television debut, along with new seasons of returning alternative series Great Chocolate Showdown and Mysteries Decoded. Airdates and times for all these series will be announced at a later date.

All join prevously announced summer series,...

The series finales for “Riverdale” and “Nancy Drew” will air back-to-back as part of The CW’s summer slate.

After the fourth and final season of drama series “Nancy Drew” launches Wednesday, May 31 at 8 p.m. Et/Pt, the network will air back-to-back series finales on Wednesday, August 23 with “Nancy Drew” airing its finale before the series finale of “Riverdale.”

The network also widens its scripted programming with “Run the Burbs,” led by “Kim’s Convenience” breakout Andrew Phung, and dramedy “Moonshine,” which hails from “Lucifer’s” Sheri Elwood.

Created and executive produced by Phung and Scott Townend, “Run the Burbs” follows the Phams, a young, bold Vietnamese-South Asian family “taking a different approach to living life to the fullest, while changing the way we think about contemporary family values and life in the burbs,” per the official logline.

“Moonshine,” which stars Corrine Koslo, Peter MacNeill and Jennifer Finnigan, is billed...

Canada-based firms Blink49 Studios and Vanguarde Artists Management are teaming to make shows.

The pair has created a joint venture that will develop and produce content for the global market. The firms are billing the deal as a “first-of-its-kind” agreement in Canada, with Vanguarde providing the creative talent and IP and former eOne Television chief John Morayniss’ Blink49 providing studio, production and distribution infrastructure.

Blink49, which is backed by Cj Enm-owned Fifth Season, will also provide development funding to help create a slate. It and Vanguarde will serve as co-producers on all projects developed, with Fifth Season taking a first look on international distribution rights.

The news comes shortly after Deadline revealed Vanguarde had set up a production arm, Vanguarde Pictures and hired former Saving Hope and Burden of Truth showrunner Adam Pettle, who’ll work to develop content alongside Co-Heads Tina Horwitz and Jay Horwitz.

“With a stellar client roster and a thoughtful,...

Blink49 Studios has boosted its business affairs division with the hires of two seasoned executives.

Based in Los Angeles and reporting into CEO John Morayniss, Nicole Ungerman Levinsohn joins as senior VP, business and legal Affairs, responsible for the structuring, negotiation, documentation and management of Blink49 Studios’ agreements, including agreements to engage talent, acquire underlying rights, and license content. In addition, Levinsohn will implement and administer standard operating procedures for the company’s development, production and acquisitions, and manage all business-related partnerships.

Levinsohn was previously senior VP of business and legal affairs at Upn, where she negotiated the first network deal for the WWE, as well as for “America’s Next Top Model” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Prior to that, Levinsohn was at NBC, where she was responsible for “Seinfeld,” “Mad About You” and “Frasier.”

Based in Toronto, Daphne Park joins as VP, production finance and business affairs and will...

Exclusive: Blink49 Studios, the Endeavor Content-backed company founded by John Morayniss, is staffing up its scripted television department.

The company has named Lindsay Tolbert as VP, Scripted Television and promoted Alix Steerman to Manager, Scripted Television.

Tolbert has been working with the company since February in a freelance capacity and starts her new role reporting to former Netflix exec Carolyn Newman, who is EVP, Global Scripted Programming.

She previously served as VP, Development at David Ayer’s Cedar Park Entertainment, which was behind Fox’s Stephen Dorff-fronted drama Deputy. She was also Director of Development at eOne Television, joining from The Mark Gordon Company, where she worked on series including Designated Survivor and the Criminal Minds spinoff, Beyond Borders.

Steerman has been a co-ordinator at the company since the start of the year, having previously served as TV co-ordinator at Circle of Confusion. She has also worked with Roadmap Writers,...

The ever-expanding Blink49 Studios is moving into the non-scripted game.

The Toronto-headquartered Endeavor Content-backed outfit has tapped two eOne execs, Allison Brough and Toby Dormer, to lead the charge and forge a slate of non-fiction entertainment targeting the Canadian and international marketplace.

Dormer will lead the division, taking on the Executive Vice President, Unscripted Television role.

He joins from Blink49 co-founder John Morayniss’ former employer eOne, where he was Executive Vice President, Unscripted, Canada, overseeing a non-scripted slate that included Food Network’s Project Bakeover, CBC/Nat Geo’s Arctic Vets and Discovery+’s Hunt for the Chicago Strangler. He founded an indie, Remedy Productions, in 2003, which was acquired by Argonon in 2011.

Brough becomes Vice President, Unscripted Television, having served most recently as eOne’s Vice President of Development, Unscripted Television & Head of Podcast Network. She championed a “podcast to broadcast” model during her eOne tenure and also managed a...

Lilly Singh has struck a long-term pact with John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios and Canada’s Bell Media.

The Muppets Mayhem star’s Unicorn Island Productions will forge shows with the two producers in a first-look global scripted and second look non-scripted deal, focusing on showcasing underrepresented communities.

Singh is best known for hosting NBC late-night series A Little Late with Lilly Singh between 2019 and 2021.

The projects will be spearheaded by Singh and Polly Auritt, Head of Development at Unicorn Island Productions, as well as Carolyn Newman, Executive Vice President, Global Scripted and Virginia Rankin, Executive Producer for Blink49 Studios. Projects developed under the pact will be executive produced by Singh, Auritt, Newman and Rankin with Blink49 Studios handling production and worldwide distribution.

Singh described Canadian outfits Blink49 and Bell Media as “likeminded champions of underrepresented voices,” adding: “With their support, I’m looking forward to bringing compelling and inclusive stories to audiences around the world.

Canadian YouTuber and former late night star Lilly Singh has partnered with Blink49 Studios and Bell Media on a unique first-look global scripted and second-look unscripted deal under her Unicorn Island Productions banner.

Under the deal, Singh and Unicorn’s head of development, Polly Auritt, will focus on creating and producing television content that showcases underrepresented communities. Projects created under the pact will be executive produced by Singh and Auritt along with Carolyn Newman, executive VP of global scripted at Bell Media, and Virginia Rankin, executive producer for Blink49 Studios.

Singh, a Scarborough, Ont. native, is also known by her YouTube name Superwoman and has more than 38 million followers across her social media platforms. She is a judge on Rogers Media’s “Canada’s Got Talent,” and is coming off two seasons of her late night series, “A Little Late With Lilly Singh,” which aired until summer 2021 on NBC. Up...

Exclusive: John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios has struck an overall deal with The Walking Dead: World Beyond co-exec producer Ben Sokolowski.

The deal is the second of its type from the nascent Canadian studio over the past months after it tied with Lucifer exec Sheri Elwood in March.

Sokolowski, whose credits also include The Flash and Cloverfield, will develop shows with Blink49 as a non-writing executive producer. He is the co-exec of AMC Walking Dead spin-off The Walking Dead: World Beyond and has written four episodes.

Sokolowski’s first development project under the deal is Breakers from Netflix’s 21 Thunder co-creator Riley Adams.

Breakers follows three young surfers from Vancouver Island who dream of big-wave glory but one goes missing. When the police refuse to act, the other two must take it upon themselves, plunging into the island’s criminal waters.

Founded by Morayniss, Patrick Theroux, Nelson Kuo-Lee and Jeff Lynas last year,...

Blink49 Studios To Adapt ‘Things To Do When It’s Raining’

John Morayniss’ Blink49 Studios has picked up the rights to New York Times bestselling author Marissa Stapley’s romantic drama Things To Do When It’s Raining. The novel, Stapley’s second, is set in Canada’s 1,000 Islands and centers around a woman who is driven by deception and despair to return home from the city to her grandparent’s inn. There, she encounters Gabe, the island-dwelling boy who was her companion as a child and her first love as a teenage girl, but then disappeared from her life without a trace. In-house Blink49 execs Virginia Rankin and Carolyn Newman will exec produce for the newly-formed Endeavor Content-backed studio, which was founded by former eOne TV Chief Morayniss, Patrick Theroux, Jeff Lynas and Nelson Kuo-Lee. Stapley said: “Carolyn Newman and Virginia Rankin’s passion for a book so dear...

Exclusive: Lucifer exec producer Sheri Elwood has struck a first-look deal with Blink49 Studios, the Endeavor Content-backed studio founded by John Morayniss.

It marks the first showrunner deal for the company, which was founded by the former eOne Television chief and a cadre of former colleagues last year.

Elwood exec produced Fox’s Lucifer as well as ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier and CBC drama Moonshine and she created Jason Priestley’s Canadian comedy drama Call Me Fitz that Morayniss was one of the exec producers of.

She will develop scripted series across broadcast, cable and streaming.

It comes as the company has rebranded slightly from Blink Studios to Blink49 Studios. Current projects for the nascent producer including an adaptation of Charlene Carr’s Hold My Girl, with Snowfall producer Groundswell Productions’ Michael London and Shannon Gaulding set to exec produce.

The deal was brokered by Amanda Burnett of UTA, Leg...

Exclusive: Moonshine, the Canadian comedy-drama created by Sheri Elwood, will return for a second season on CBC.

Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) is joining the cast of the series, which is produced by Six Eleven Media and Entertainment One. Picking up where the first season ends, season two will include dance routines, dirty bingo, snow crab-jacking and a high stakes turf war with a band of outlaw bikers. Fate will manifest very differently for the entire family, with characters fighting their destiny tooth and nail as Lidia goes to extremes to save the business from financial ruin.

Returning are Jennifer Finnigan (Salvation), Anastasia Phillips (Reign), Emma Hunter (Mr. D), Tom Stevens (Wayward Pines), Alexander Nunez (Avocado Toast), Corrine Koslo (Anne with an E), Peter MacNeill (This Life), Erin Darke (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Farid Yazdani (Suits), Allegra Fulton (The Shape of Water), James Gilbert (Salvation), Celia Owen (A Small Fortune...

"Lucifer" is about to raise holy hell for the last time, as Netflix has revealed the premiere date for the sixth and final season of the Tom Ellis-led heavenly drama.

Announced by the devil himself during a virtual panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, the debut date for "Lucifer" Season 6 is Sept. 10.

The series stars Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar, Lauren German as Detective Chloe Decker, Kevin Alejandro as Detective Dan Espinoza, D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Maze, Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez and Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin.

“Lucifer” aired its first three seasons on Fox before being canceled at that network and then quickly resurrected by Netflix, where it is streamed Seasons 4 and 5. The fifth season -- which was originally announced as the final, before Netflix changed its mind and ordered a sixth and Real final -- was broken up into two halves, with...

Dennis Haysbert arrives as a “terrible father” — but one hell of a cook

Salvation is here, Lucifans: Netflix delivered the trailer for Season 5B of “Lucifer” Friday, revealing what Tom Ellis’ Lucifer and Tom Ellis’ Michael have in store for them when their dad God (Dennis Haysbert) comes down from on high in the final eight episodes of the show’s penultimate installment.

Watch the trailer via the video above.

In the first look at the final batch of episodes, God wows his family/guests with food, but underwhelms in the whole dad department. And when He decides it is time to retire, twins Lucifer and Michael fight over the role.

Here’s the official description for “Lucifer” Season 5B: “In Part B of the stunning fifth season of Lucifer, God himself comes to Earth. Secrets will be revealed, heroic sacrifices will be made, and the world will never be the same.

The summer just got a little hotter as Netflix revealed that Lucifer will return in May for the second half of Season 5. The streamer posted the announcement on Twitter with a meme of Tom Ellis’ Lucifer and Lauren German’s Detective Chloe Decker.

“We know that more episode are what you truly desire. Season 5B arrives on Netflix May 28th,” the official Lucifer Netflix Twitter account shared on Monday.

The supernatural series, which initially aired on Fox for three season before coming to Netflix, follows Ellis’ Lucifer who is bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell. He resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping LAPD detective Chloe Decker. In the fifth season, the stakes are higher than ever. Secrets will be revealed, beloved characters will die, and we’ll finally get an answer to the question, “will they or won’t they?...

The “Lucifer” Season 5B premiere date has risen. Netflix revealed Monday that the second half of the fifth season of the Tom Ellis-led drama will launch May 28.

That upcoming installment of “Lucifer” is set as the show’s penultimate, following Netflix’s June 2020 renewal of “Lucifer” for a sixth and final season. The eight-episode Part 1 of Season 5 launched last August.

“Imagine running a marathon and then getting right to the end and then they go, ‘Oh, by the way, the finish line is a little bit further.'” That’s how Ellis, who plays Lucifer Morningstar, described to TheWrap Netflix’s decision to renew “Lucifer” for a sixth and final season, after previously picking it up for a fifth and final season, after rescuing it for a fourth season following its cancellation at Fox after its third season.

“We’ve been through this whole journey of cancellation, then #SaveLucifer,...

The following contains “spoilers” of a sort from Lucifer Season 5, Episode 3.

Lucifer and Chloe dealt with a very different kind of devilish doppelganger when in Episode 3 of the new season, Luci returned topside just in time to help solve a murder on the set of one hell of a TV series.

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Netflix dropped the trailer for the first half of Season 5 of “Lucifer” on Monday, revealing that Lucifer (Tom Ellis) will be returning from hell much sooner than you probably anticipated. Oh, wait, that’s because it’s not actually Lucifer — it’s his evil twin, Michael.

In the trailer for Season 5A, which you can watch via the video above, Chloe (Lauren German) is trying desperately to move on with her life after Lucifer’s decision to return to run his fiery kingdom at the end of Season 4. She has been focusing on work and hanging with Maz (Lesley-Ann Brandt) in hopes of healing — and then Lucifer pops right back up from the depths of hell. Except, um, we soon find out that who we think is Lucifer is his twin — and a rather evil one at that — Michael.

Here’s the official description for the first half of “Lucifer” Season 5, which launches Aug.

It’s official — Netflix has ordered a sixth season of Lucifer, which will be its last. The announcement (you can see it below) acknowledges the fact that the streamer previously renewed the series for a fifth season, which also was billed as final, calling Season 6 “Final final.”

The news comes almost a month after Deadline reported the series star Tom Ellis has closed a deal to return as the title character for a sixth season. Netflix started talks with series producer Warner Bros. TV about another installment of the comic book drama ahead of the fifth season premiere. The rest of the cast and executive producers Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson also closed new deals for another season.

Season 5 of Lucifer debuts on August 21.

The series follows Ellis’ Lucifer who is bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell. He resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for Los Angeles,...

“Lucifer” will live on, with Netflix announcing that they have renewed the show for a sixth and final season. The announcement was made on social media Tuesday morning.

This now marks the second time the show has been renewed for a “final” season at Netflix. After airing on Fox for three years before being canceled, Netflix revived it for a fourth season in 2018. It was announced last year that Season 5 would be the last. The show made a tongue-in-cheek reference to its surprising longevity, saying Season 6 will be the “Final final” season in making the announcement. No episode count was announced with the renewal. The longest season to date was Season 3 on Fox, which was 26 episodes.

“Lucifer” centers on Tom Ellis as the titular fallen angel and the Lord of Hell, who works with the LAPD to take down Earth’s criminals. The series also stars Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro,...

Netflix has saved “Lucifer” once again. The streaming service has renewed the Tom Ellis-led drama for a sixth season and final season after previously announcing the show’s upcoming fifth season, which premieres this August, would be its final.

The announcement was made via a tweet from the show’s official account Tuesday morning: “the devil made us do it. #lucifer will return for a sixth and final season. like, Final final.”

Netflix resurrected “Lucifer” back in June 2018, picking the series up for a fourth season after it had been canceled by Fox. Season 4 debuted on the streaming service almost a year later, in May 2019, and one month after the launch, Netflix renewed “Lucifer” for a 16-episode fifth and final season set to debut in 2020.

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Last October, the streamer revealed that the final season would be split into two parts,...

Netflix has finally set the premiere date for the first half of Season 5 of “Lucifer” with an announcement that is missing any mention of this being the show’s final season.

On Monday, the streaming service dropped a 66.6-second video of “the hottest, sexiest, most downright devilish moments” from the first four seasons of the Tom Ellis-led drama, which you can view above and here. At the end of the clip, it’s revealed that “Lucifer” Season 5A will launch Aug. 21.

Though the teaser doesn’t show any footage from the new batch of episodes, Netflix has offered up this description: “Lucifer (Ellis), bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD…and the savvy detective Chloe Decker (Lauren German) in particular. In the stunning fifth season of Lucifer,...

A sixth season of Lucifer is moving closer to reality after star Tom Ellis has closed a deal to return as the title character.

Netflix earlier this year started talks with series producer Warner Bros. TV about another installment of the comic book drama beyond the upcoming fifth season, which had been billed as a final installment. Executive producers Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson, who have been steering the show, quickly closed new deals for another season.

It took lengthy, difficult negotiations with Ellis but he also recently signed on to return. The rest of the cast are also on board, sources said. With all key pieces in place, Netflix is expected to proceed with the pickup.

The plan had been for Lucifer to go back into production in September on Season 6, though the show will need to first finish filming Season 5, which was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. I...