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EXCLUSIVE: The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline. Word of the decision comes more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator…

Fresh off the success of her Star Wars series, The Acolyte, director Leslye Headland has found new agents as she has signed with CAA for representation. Headland created the series starring Lee Jung-Jae and Amandla Stenberg. The Acolyte reached 4.8 million views in its first day of streaming, marking…

Leslye Headland, creator of the new Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte, will make her Broadway debut this fall with the Second Stage Theater production of her play Cult of Love. Trip Cullman (Lobby Hero, Choir Boy) will direct. Headland’s play, making its New York premiere, begins performances at…

Lucasfilm CEO Kathleen Kennedy has heard the noise from some Star Wars fans unhappy with the franchise’s direction. During an interview with the New York Times for upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte, Kennedy admitted that female filmmakers "struggle" with fan backlash. Leslye Headland is the…

EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Williams is set to star in and produce Dying for Sex, a limited series for FX from writers Liz Meriwether (The Dropout) and Kim Rosenstock (Only Murders in the Building), director Leslye Headland (Acolyte) and 20th Television, where Meriwether, Rosenstock and Headland are under overall…