Greg Berlanti
John Beasley, Actor on ‘Everwood’ and ‘The Soul Man,’ Dies at 79
John Beasley, the admired character actor who played the school bus driver Irv Harper on The WB drama Everwood and Barton Bellentine, the father of Cedric the Entertainer’s character, on the TV Land comedy The Soul Man, died Tuesday. He was 79. Beasley died in a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, his son […]
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Netflix’s ‘You’ Renewed for Fifth and Final Season — With New Showrunners
Joe Goldberg will stalk one last time. Netflix has handed out a fifth and final season renewal to its Penn Badgley drama You. Showrunner Sera Gamble, who has steered the series through its first four seasons (including its original run on Lifetime), is stepping back from her day-to-day role on the series. Fellow exec producers […]
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DC Drama ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Moves to Netflix From HBO Max (Exclusive)
Dead Boy Detectives is moving platforms. The DC drama based on the Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner comics has been sold from HBO Max, the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer that developed the show, to Netflix. Producers Warner Bros. Television shopped the drama after sources say the series didn’t fit with the new chapter of content […]
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How a Top Art Adviser Helps Clients Like Ryan Murphy and Greg Berlanti Build Meaningful Collections
Ryan Murphy and husband David Miller, Netflix’s Bela Bajaria and her husband Doug Prochilo, Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers, and Joel and Sarah Mchale are among the Hollywood names who work with art adviser Joe Sheftel in building their art collections. “Joe has been great in helping us focus and translate our passions into visual […]
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New Green Lantern TV Show in the Works from James Gunn, Peter Safran to Replace Old Green Lantern Show
The Green Lantern TV series is dead. Long live the Green Lantern series. After years of development and redevelopment, an HBO Max series based on the DC superheroes from Greg Berlanti, the longtime steward of DC’s TV shows, has been scrapped. In its place, a new series is being developed, titled Lanterns, which is acting […]
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‘Titans,’ ‘Doom Patrol’ Ending on HBO Max
Titans and Doom Patrol, the DC Comics dramas that were originally developed to help launch the former DC Universe streaming service, are coming to an end. The current fourth seasons of both of the Greg Berlanti-produced HBO Max dramas will be their last, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Sources say producers on both Titans and […]
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Andy Serkis, Greg Berlanti Team for Oliver Sacks Drama at NBC
How’s this for an unlikely pairing: Andy Serkis and Greg Berlanti are teaming to bring the life and work of famed neurologist Oliver Sacks to NBC. The broadcast network has handed out a pilot order for Wolf, a drama that is inspired by Sacks’ life and books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a […]
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Greg Berlanti Bets on His Legacy With New Warner Bros. TV Megadeal
Greg Berlanti believes in the traditional studio model so much so that it’s the focal point of his new overall deal with Warner Bros. Television. The prolific producer, who holds the record for the most scripted originals on the air or in the works at the same time, signed a new, four-year overall deal with […]
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Greg Berlanti Inks New Megadeal With Warner Bros. Discovery
It’s official: Greg Berlanti will remain at Warner Bros. Television through 2027. The new pact — it’s not an extension of his previous deal that expires in 2024 — is described as a partnership that will see Berlanti Productions serve as a mini-studio within the larger WBTV Group. Sources say the joint partnership will reward […]
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Greg Berlanti Signs With CAA
One of Hollywood’s most prolific showrunners is switching agencies. Greg Berlanti has signed with CAA for representation in all areas. The architect of The CW’s Arrowverse and, more recently, co-creator of Netflix’s You and producer of the feature My Policeman, is moving to CAA from WME, where he’d been for 15 years. Berlanti had been […]
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‘Stargirl’ Ending With Season 3 on The CW
Another one bites the dust at The CW. DC Comics drama Stargirl will end its run with its current third season. The series starring Brec Bassinger and from creator Geoff Johns and Warner Bros. Television will wrap its run with its finale Dec. 7. The news, which had been rumored for some time, comes as […]
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Greg Berlanti’s ‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series Being Redeveloped, Loses Writer (Exclusive)
HBO Max’s long-gestating Green Lantern TV series is changing gears. The drama, which has been in the works since late 2019, will now focus on John Stewart, one of DC’s first Black superheroes. The series, from exec producer Greg Berlanti, was to originally have revolved around Guy Gardner and Alan Scott and had already cast […]
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