HBO, BBC Forge Transatlantic Alliance for J.K. Rowling’s ‘The Casual Vacancy’

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Before all J.K. Rowling’s pseudonymous detective series mischief, there was The Casual Vacancy, her divisive “adult novel.” (Meaning: cussin’, druggin’, sexin’, and globs of small-town depression. It’s pretty good, if you’re into that sort of thing!) The BBC snappily optioned the book after its September 2012 publication, eyeing a miniseries. There’s been barely any movement since, until today’s announcement that HBO is getting in on the fun by coproducing. A little surprising, considering HBO’s already got its own ruminative, bleak-ish literary adaptation on deck with Olive Kitteridge, but this is the woman who birthed Harry Potter and all those billions of dollars and pounds and sickles and knuts. (And she’s executive producing.) Production will kick off this summer in southwest England.

Speaking of Home Box Office: Amazon just got the first HBO shows licensed for streaming on a service other than HBO Go.

Pharrell’s moment continues with the “Marilyn Monroe” video.

Congratulations to Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison on their marriage.

Mitch Hurwitz signed a multiyear deal with Netflix and is making a new series for them. Also: The streaming service is developing its first Spanish-language original, a currently untitled soccer comedy.

Will you even be mad if Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is as bro-steppy as the trailers?

I’m always going to point you to the Jurassic World stuff. Always. So here are some on-set photos.

EW has the first scene from Orange Is the New Black Season 2.

Tune-Yards has a video for “Water Fountain,” a.k.a. the “woo-ha!” song.

William Hurt has vacated his starring role in the Gregg Allman film Midnight Rider following the on-set death of a camera operator and the injury of seven others in a train accident.

Damn: Chance the Rapper’s voice is pretty screwed (hopefully only for the moment).

The Wolf of Wall Street as performed through the word fuck. [via]

There aren’t even any plans for Frozen 2 yet.

AOL will stream Miramax movies for free soon.

Headline of the Forever: “A Kidnapped 9-Year-Old Sang Gospel for Hours Until His Annoyed Captor Let Him Free”

And Colbert wasn’t the only former Daily Show–er on late night last night.

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