Hulu's Four Weddings and a Funeral Adds Game of Thrones Star in Recast — Plus, Which Original Star Is Back?

Hulu’s wedding plans have changed slightly: The streamer’s upcoming Four Weddings and a Funeral anthology has tapped Game of Thrones‘ Nathalie Emmanuel to play the lead role, replacing previously announced star Jessica Williams, according to our sister site Deadline. Emmanuel will star as Maya, an American who reunites with her friends in London for a […]

The First Trailer: Sean Penn Rockets Off to Mars in Hulu's Outer Space Drama

Attention, Sean Penn: Your presence is requested on another planet. Hulu just dropped the official trailer for The First — all eight episodes debut Friday, Sept. 14 on the streamer — with the two-time Oscar winner starring as astronaut Tom Hagerty, who leads a crew attempting to become the first humans to set foot on Mars. […]

Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult Eye Hulu's Catherine the Great Limited Series

Elle Fanning (Maleficent) and Nicholas Hoult (X-Men) are in talks to star in The Great, a potential limited series for Hulu about Catherine the Great, TVLine has learned. A Hulu rep declined to comment. Penned by Tony McNamara, the project — which is nearing a pilot order at the streamer — focuses on the rise […]

Colbert, Carell and 'Donald Trump' Revisit Dana Carvey's Sitcom Fiasco in Hulu's Too Funny to Fail Trailer

Teaming Dana Carvey, red-hot off his Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live run, with the likes of Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert and Louis C.K. sounds like a comedy grand slam. ABC’s The Dana Carvey Show however was sent to the showers after just a handful of 1996 airings, its infamous flame-out well-chronicled in the Hulu documentary Too […]

Liv Tyler Joins Hulu's Harlots

The Leftovers‘ Liv Tyler is going to mix it up with Hulu’s Harlots, as a Season 2 cast member. RELATEDCable/Streaming Scorecard: What’s Renewed? What’s Cancelled? Written, directed and produced by women, Harlots centers around two feuding brothels and the bustling sex trade in Georgian London, but in a way that flips the script on a […]

Julian McMahon Joins Hulu's Runaways

Julian McMahon is returning to the Marvel playground — this time as a good guy. Maybe. The actor, who played Victor Von Doom in the 2005/2007 Fantastic Four movies, has joined the cast of Marvel’s Runaways, “the story of six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other but who must unite against … their parents.” The […]

TVLine Items: Hulu's Castle Rock Adds a Skarsgard, BoJack's Return and More

Hemlock Grove fans rejoice, TV’s erstwhile Roman Godfrey will be gracing your screens again soon. Bill Skarsgard has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming Hulu series Castle Rock. Set in the Stephen King multiverse, the psychological-horror drama tells intertwining stories set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Skarsgard will play a […]

Castle Rock: Melanie Lynskey to Star in Hulu's Stephen King-J.J. Abrams Drama

Melanie Lynskey has scared up the female lead in Castle Rock, Hulu’s forthcoming horror show from Stephen King and J.J. Abrams. Based on King’s short stories, the 10-episode project is set in the fictional Maine town that’s often featured in his novels. Hulu is billing it as “a first-of-its-kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the […]

The Handmaid's Tale: Hulu's Superb Drama Will (and Should) Terrify You

In the third episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu’s eerily prescient series adaptation of the popular novel, there’s a quote that might’ve seemed like no more than standard dystopian-fiction fodder just a few years ago. Now, it packs a bit more punch. RELATEDGilmore Girls‘ Alexis Bledel Talks Transitioning From ‘Utopia to Dystopia’ for Hulu’s Handmaid’s […]