FX has ordered a half-hour anthology series from The Office alum B.J. Novak that will feature an impressive cast of rising stars and Hollywood veterans. The untitled series will use current events to tell character-driven stories about the world we live in today. Each episode will feature a different cast, and writer-director-EP Novak has already filmed the first two installments. The first episode stars Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, O’Shea Jackson Jr., George Wallace and Ed Asner, while the second episode stars Jon Bernthal, Boyd Holbrook, Amy Landecker and Beau Bridges. “Thrilled, excited, humbled — these …

It’s not just the biggest movies in Hollywood being shut down over concerns about the coronavirus. B.J. Novak’s secret Blumhouse thriller Vengeance has halted filming in the wake of the pandemic, with production in Albuquerque, New Mexico now shut down. The The Office alum wrote and was making his feature directorial debut on the film, in which he stars opposite Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, and Boyd Holbrook. Side note: One of Novak’s first jobs in Hollywood was working on Punk’d with Kutcher, so their relationship goes way back. Jason Blum is producing the thriller via …

Based on the feature film of the same name, from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, the 10-episode FX comedy series What We Do in the Shadows offers a documentary-style look into the lives of four vampires who share a residence in Staten Island, New York. The self-appointed leader of the group, Nandor the Relentless (Kayvan Novak), who lives by the ways of the Old World and dresses as though he’s still living in another century, is not taken seriously by his roommates Laszlo (Matt Berry) and Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), who think that they know better. At …