More than a decade after the series was cancelled and the notion of wrapping the show with a pair of movies was floated, HBO today announced that production is now underway on the Deadwood movie. The premium cable network said that the movie will continue the story of the HBO original series that produced 36 episodes between 2004 and 2006. Filming is taking place in Los Angeles ahead of a 2019 premiere. 
As part of their existing multi-million pound co-production deal, Sky One and HBO have given the green-light to Sally4Ever, a new seven episode comedy series created by and starring Julia Davis. Production on the series is already underway in London for a late 2018 premiere. 
BBC One and HBO has set the cast for their co-production Gentleman Jack, which is being toplined by Suranne Jones. Joining the cast of the eight episode drama series is Sophie Rundle (Bodyguard), Gemma Whelan (Game of Thrones), Timothy West (Bleak House), Gemma Jones (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Stephanie Cole (Still Open All Hours), Peter Davison (Doctor Who), Amelia Bullmore (Scott & Bailey), Vincent Franklin (Happy Valley) and Shaun Dooley (Broadchurch). 
HBO has renewed their comedy series Barry and Silicon Valley. The Bill Hader fronted Barry will be back for its second season, while tech comedy Silicon Valley will return for season six. 
Stellan Skarsgård (River) and Emily Watson (A Song For Jenny) have been tapped to star in Chernobyl, Sky Atlantic's five part miniseries which is set up as a co-production with U.S. premium cable network HBO. 
It's the end of the road for Selina Meyer. HBO's award winning comedy series Veep is set to conclude with its upcoming ten episode seventh season, which is set to air in 2018. The news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. 
More than two years after the show's second season wrapped its run, HBO has officially pulled the trigger and given a green-light to a third season of Nic Pizzolatto's anthology series True Detective. House Of Cards star Mahershala Ali is on-board to star in the new season. 
Some 24 hours after they landed a commission from Sky1 for A Discovery Of Witches, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner's indie Bad Wolf has secured investment from Sky and HBO. The investment stems from Sky and HBO's multi-million pound co-production agreement.