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New, full-cast audio productions of all seven original Harry Potter books will be released on Audible beginning late next year, offering for the first time the full range of character voices, real-world sounds and musical scoring for the recorded stories. The project marks a partnering of Audible…

EXCLUSIVE: Idris and Sabrina Elba have set Halfway, a sci-fi thriller podcast at Audible with Lenny Henry, George Mackay, and Sex Education alum Patricia Allison as voice cast leads.  Written by Imeldha Eloni and Michael Honnah and directed by Holly Reddaway, Halfway examines a world in which AI is…

Amazon is finally bringing two of its entertainment divisions closer together in the world of podcasts, film and TV. Amazon MGM Studios will adapt a number of Audible podcasts for TV and film as part of a deal to co-develop and co-produce projects. The move includes the adaptation of podcasts…

Audible is launching an investigative podcast series about the origins of F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic character Jay Gatsby, subject of classic novel The Great Gatsby.  American Dreamer: Who Was Jay Gatsby? is led by a journalist Joe Nocera (Agatha Christie and the Dandelion Poisoner) and follows the…

Jeb Brown (City Center’s Pal Joey), Eddie Cooper (Parade), Andrew Durand (Shucked) and Dashiell Eaves (Broadway’s A Christmas Carol) are among the cast set for the upcoming Audible staging and recording of Dead Outlaw, a new musical from the team behind The Band’s Visit. The musical, which tells the…

EXCLUSIVE: Audible is making some changes to its executive ranks. The Amazon-owned audio platform has promoted three of its top executives and handed them new roles. Diana Dapito, Kate Navin and Rhonda Adams Medina have all been upped. Related Stories …

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh Produce Media, the podcast company behind Jon Hamm and Kate Mara-fronted scripted series The Big Lie, has renewed its first-look deal with Audible. The Amazon-owned company has extended the multi-year agreement after initially striking a deal with Fresh Produce in March…

EXCLUSIVE: Audible has lined up a podcast on the story of Daisy, a transracial adoptee born from child rape on a mission to seek justice for a crime that shaped her existence. Told in the first person, The Second Victim begins in 1970s rural England, where Daisy is growing up in her adopted family…

EXCLUSIVE: Colin Jost, Wanda Sykes and a group of SNL alum are the voice stars of a new scripted comedy podcast series. Jost, who is head writer at SNL and star of Weekend Update, and Sykes, who recently starred in Max's The Other Two, are starring in Trust Fall. The series was written, directed…

EXCLUSIVE: The story of Alice Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's unconventional and strong-willed daughter, is being turned into a scripted podcast. Emma Roberts, Tony Goldwyn, Maggie Siff and Behzad Dabu are starring in Crowded Hours: The True Story of Alice Roosevelt and America's First Political Dynas…

EXCLUSIVE: A trio of British actors is leading The Salvation, an Audible sci-fi podcast drama. Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials, Good Omens), Rose Leslie (Game of Thrones, Vigil) and Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny) will star in the time-travel series, which is from…

OK, here’s the situation: Will Smith is set to host a new Audible podcast about a landmark year in hip-hop. The erstwhile Fresh Prince will be the main voice for Class of ’88, an eight-episode series that will feature Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Queen Latifah, Run-D.M.C.’s Darryl McDaniels, Salt-N-Pepa…