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Judd Apatow is getting back in the director’s chair for his very first movie at Netflix and he has set up a star-studded cast list for the project.

The upcoming comedy is called The Bubble and it is set during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deadline reports that the “film follows a group of actors and actresses stuck inside a pandemic bubble at a hotel attempting to complete a film. The pic couldn’t be more timely as more and more productions are ramping back up even as Covid-19 remains in full effect around the world.”

Judd co-wrote the movie with Lady Dynamite creator Pam Brady and he is also producing the film.

Did you know that Judd has only directed six other feature films? His other credits are 2005′s The 40-Year-Old Virgin, 2007′s Knocked Up, 2009′s Funny People, 2012′s This is 40, 2015′s Trainwreck, and 2020′s The King of Staten Island.

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New characters will be introduced on the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat and they could potentially be getting a spinoff series!

The new characters will be introduced in an episode that will start filming in mid-November, according to Variety.

The potential spinoff series is currently titled Magic Motor Inn and would “center on an Indian family whose daughter goes to school with Eddie Huang (Hudson Yang).”

Vir Das has been cast as the father and Preity G. Zinta has been cast as the mother. Fresh Off the Boat writer Rachna Fruchbom is attached to write the potential show. If the network decides to move forward with the spinoff, a format pilot episode will be produced.