Hulu Orders Marvel Pilot ‘Runaways’ From Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage
Hulu is the latest network to enter the Marvel universe. The streaming service has ordered a pilot plus additional scripts for Marvel's Runaways, an adaptation of the comic books which hails from Gossip Girl co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. 
Falling Skies alum Connor Jessup has signed up to return to John Ridley ABC anthology series American Crime for its third season, TVWise has confirmed. Plot details about season three are being kept firmly under wraps, though series creator John Ridley previously revealed that it would be set in North Carolina and will deal with labor issues, economic divides and individual rights.
Prison Break alum Robert Knepper has been tapped for a recurring role on the sixth season of Showtime's CIA drama Homeland. Knepper will play General Jamie McClendon, the Department of Defense representative who is tasked with briefing the president-elect.
Halfway through the show's second season, USA Network has picked up their critically acclaimed drama series Mr. Robot for a third season. The size of the episode order has not yet been set.
True Blood star Anna Paquin has signed on for a co-starring role opposite Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace, the six episode miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel which is set up as a co-production between Netflix and Canadian public broadcaster CBC. She will play Nancy Montgomery, who is Kinnear’s housekeeper and lover, and while she initially befriends Grace, she begins to resent Grace and becomes increasingly jealous of Kinnear’s affection for her. Nancy eventually fires Grace in a fit of rage and is later found brutally murdered.
Amazon has handed out a ten episode series order to their long-gestating Jack Ryan drama, starring John Krasinski (The Office), which hails from Paramount Television and Bates Motel showrunner Carlton Cuse. The streaming service first put the project into development in late 2015.
It's the end of the road for Special Agent Aaron Hotchner. CBS Television Studios and ABC Studios have fired Thomas Gibson from Criminal Minds, the two companies announced on Friday.
Showtime has officially pulled the trigger on a two-season pick-up for Homeland and renewed the CIA drama for a seventh and eighth season, TVWise has learned. Liev Schreiber fronted LA fixer drama Ray Donovan has also been renewed for a fifth season.