TVLine Items: Netflix Orders Haunting Series, I Love Dick Trailer and More
Those ghosts just won’t leave Hill House alone.
Netflix has given a 10-episode order to a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The horror series, from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and Paramount TV, will be written, directed and executive-produced by filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Oculus, Before I Wake).
Jackson’s book was previously adapted for the screen as the 1963 and 1999 films The Haunting.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Amazon has released a trailer for Transparent creator Jill Soloway and Sarah Gubbins’ new series I Love Dick, debuting Friday, May 12 on the streaming service. The drama, based on Chris Kraus’ 1997 novel, stars Kathryn Hahn (Transparent) as a New York filmmaker who follows her academic husband (House of Lies‘ Griffin Dunne) to Texas for a writing residency, where she meets a legendary artist named Dick (The Following‘s Kevin Bacon).
* Oprah Winfrey will make her first appearance on CBS’ daytime gabfest The Talk as the featured guest throughout the entire hour-long show on Monday, April 17.
#TheTalk is getting DAYTIME ROYALTY
Tune-in April 17 for @Oprah, who is sitting down w/ the hosts for an entire hour! #OprahOnTheTalkpic.twitter.com/hR33Ot40OZ
— The Talk (@TheTalkCBS) April 10, 2017
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* HBO will premiere the stand-up special T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous on Saturday, June 17 at 10/9c, Deadline reports.
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