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Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has reportedly dropped out of her starring role as an undercover small-time crook in Paramount Pictures comedy Assisted Living one week before production was set to start in New York.The reason behind the Bronx-born 29-year-old's abrupt exit is that she feels 'overextended' with her busy schedule, an insider told Deadline on Thursday.Thembi Banks (Love Life, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Work in Progress) was set to make her feature directorial debut with the $30M budget movie penned by This Is Us writer Kay Oyegun, and they're hoping to regroup later this year. Nevermind! Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B has reportedly dropped out of her starring role as an undercover small-time crook in Paramount Pictures comedy Assisted Living one week before production was set to start in New York (pictured March 2) Too much on her plate: The reason behind the Bronx-born 29-year-old's abrupt exit is that she feels 'overextended' with her busy schedule, an insider told Deadline on ThursdayIn it, Cardi's (born Belcalis Almánzar) character Amber is wrongly accused of a crime and she dons old lady prosthetics to hide out in her grandmother's retirement home.The Cardi Tries star previously confirmed her involvement with Assisted Living on January 14, 2021 by retweeting @hosthetics' post: 'WAP = working at Paramount.' Last year, Cardi portrayed Leysa - a woman who shares history with Vin Diesel's street racer character - in Justin Lin's dismally-reviewed action flick F9, which amassed $726.2M at the global box office.The former stripper also had a small role as Diamond in Lorene Scafaria's 2019 crime dramedy Hustlers, which amassed $157.6M at the box office and scored 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.

William Jackson Harper (Love Life) has joined the cast of Landscape With Invisible Hand, a heightened comedy that Cory Finley (Bad Education, Thoroughbreds) is directing for MGM, Deadline can confirm.

Angelique Jackson Emmy-nominated “The Good Place” star William Jackson Harper has joined the cast of Cory Finley’s “Landscape With Invisible Hand.”He joins previously announced stars Asante Blackk, Tiffany Haddish, Kylie Rogers, Clifton Collins Jr., Michael Gandolfini, Josh Hamilton and Brooklynn MacKinzie in the film from MGM, Plan B Entertainment and Annapurna Pictures.Based on National Book Award winner M.T. Anderson’s novel of the same name, “Landscape With Invisible Hand” is a heightened comedy set in a deeply stratified, alien future and marks Finley’s third film after “Thoroughbreds” and “Bad Education.” The project — produced by Plan B’s Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner and Annapurna’s Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle — is currently in production.

The critically lauded hit Off Broadway musical Kimberly Akimbo will transfer to Broadway in the fall, producers announced today.

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Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” has boarded “Love Life,” the anticipated next film of laureled Japanese director Koji Fukada. Fukada’s credits include the 2016 movie “Harmonium” which won the jury prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, as well as “A Girl Missing” which played at Toronto. His latest film, “The Real Thing” was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection.

Party Down. , which became a cult hit over a decade ago, is being revived for six episodes with original cast members Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullally.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Party Down” revival at Starz has added Jennifer Garner, Zoë Chao, and Tyrel Jackson Williams as series regulars, Variety has learned. James Marsden will also appear in the series in a recurring guest star role.The new cast members join previously announced returning original series cast members Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullaly.Garner (“Alias,” “Dallas Buyers Club”) will play Evie, a successful producer of studio franchise movies, who, in the wake of a breakup, is reconsidering her life choices.

John Earl Jelks, currently appearing in the HBO Max series Love Life, has joined the previously announced Debra Messing and Enrico Colantoni in the cast of the upcoming Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles.

Jennifer Aniston is getting candid about her love life.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAMC’s “The Walking Dead” Universe and ABC’s “The Wonder Years” are among the series the Paley Center for Media announced as a part of its special 15th annual PaleyFest Fall TV Preview lineup.Other series making the cut this year are Showtime’s “American Rust,” Fox’s “The Big Leap” and “Our Kind of People,” CBS’ “CSI: Vegas” and “Ghosts,” Peacock’s “Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol,” Disney Plus’ “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.,” Paramount Plus’ “The Harper House,” HBO Max’s “Love Life,” Peacock’s “One of Us Is Lying,” NBC’s “Ordinary Joe,” ABC’s “Queens,” TNT’s “Rhodes to the Top” and TruTV’s “Tacoma FD.”Once again, PaleyFest is going virtual amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with panel available to Citi

Curb Your Enthusiasm will premiere by the end of 2021, it has been confirmed.The new season was green lit in 2020, two months before season 10 had drawn to a close on HBO Max. Now, the platform’s owners AT&T have said that Curb joins the host of shows that they have ready to release during the second half of this year.“Our lineup in the back half of the year is even stronger, with new seasons of popular series such as Succession, Raised by Wolves, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Love Life,” said AT&T chief Jon Stankey, as reported by The Wrap.A specific release date for the new season is yet to be confirmed.Meanwhile, Curb regular Richard Lewis has announced that he will be making an appearance in the new season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: The Good Place alum William Jackson Harper has been tapped as the lead of season two of Love Life, HBO Max’s romantic comedy anthology series from Lionsgate Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersHarper succeeds Anna Kendrick who toplined the first season of the show.As revealed at the time of Love Life’s renewal, Season 2 will remain set in New York City but will focus on a new character’s journey – one which explores what happens when you’ve lived your whole life knowing who your soulmate is, only to find out years into a marriage that it’s not the right fit at all.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorAs expected, Friends appears to be delivering the goods for HBO Max, with WarnerMedia revealing that it is the top show on the platform since its launch on May 27.The disclosure follows AT&T’s earnings call last week, when CEO John Stankey said the service has attracted 4.1 new signups, including through direct outreach and AT&T wireless offers. While that number is lower than the blockbuster tally for Disney+ in its early days, it puts HBO Max on track to reach its goal of 50 million U.S.

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Once a Bachelor, always a Bachelor? Nick Viall made his franchise debut in 2014 on season 10 of The Bachelorette — and it turned out that it was his first of many appearances. After coming in second on Andi Dorfman‘s season, he returned for season 11 and joined Katilyn Bristowe‘s season.

Ellise Shafer editorAfter screening the season one finale episode of HBO Max’s “Love Life,” Variety‘s Angelique Jackson hosted a panel discussion with Anna Kendrick, Sam Boyd, Zoë Chao, Bridget Bedard and Paul Feig to talk about its unexpected ending, writing their personal experiences into the show and what to expect in its second season.Kendrick — who stars as Darby Carter and also served as an executive producer — said that although the ending may have been unexpected for some fans, it was exactly what Darby needed.“[Darby] spent so much time being so inward focused and, ‘What is this relationship going to do for me? How is it going to fix me?’ Even as she’s getting more certain about who she is and what her boundaries are, to me,

Pete Davidson is opening up about his love life.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has renewed its first original scripted series, “Love Life,” for a second season.The final four episodes of Season 1 became available on HBO Max on Thursday. Anna Kendrick starred in Season 1 of the show in addition to executive producing. Kendrick will remain onboard as an executive producer for Season 2, but the season will focus on a new lead character.

Anna Kendrick believes in something else instead of soulmates.

When it comes to watching Anna Kendrick’s new, charming series,, there’s no escaping one’s own memories of past relationships — and that’s precisely the point. “I’ve been so happy that so many people have said that [watching it gives you] that uncanny, creepy feeling of when somebody captures exactly how it feels when you have your first love and your first breakup,” she tells ET’s Matt Cohen about the HBO Max original, which draws from a mix of popular romantic comedy films and personal experiences to chronicle a person’s entire romantic life.