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Exclusive: Longtime manager Michael Botti has joined Redefine Entertainment as a Partner, effective immediately. Botti is the first Partner added to the company since its founding in 2021.

Botti moves to the literary management and production company after 15 years at Industry Entertainment.

His clients include Malcolm Spellman, Sara Acosta, Sarah Carbiener, Lex Edness Jesse Gordon, JaNeika & JaSheika James, Jess Pineda, Eyal Podell & Jonathon Stewart, Erica Rosbe, Celine Robinson, Samantha Stratton (EP and creator of Spinning Out...

Spinning Out season 2 was canceled by Netflix due to low viewership figures during its first season, leading to disappointment for fans who were left with unanswered questions from the cliffhanger ending. The decision to cancel the show after only a month contributed to Netflix's reputation for early cancellations, although its renewal policy has become more forgiving since then. While it's not impossible for Spinning Out season 2 to happen, the slim chances of it being renewed four years after its cancellation would require significant fan campaigning and finding a new network or streaming platform to pick it up.

Spinning Out season 2 never arrived on Netflix, as the streamer canceled the Kaya Scoldario-led ice skating drama barely a month after it debuted. Release and canceled in 2020, Spinning Out was created by Samantha Stratton and starred Scoldario as young ice skater Kat. Kat’s Olympic aspirations, bipolar disorder, pressure from mother Carol (January Jones...

There are multiple purposes in play on Quantum Leap Season 1 Episode 2, and the writers do an admirable job strumming the narrative tune so that they combine effectively.

Ben's leap into childhood hero David Tamara not only jogs his memory about his own identity, his actions while in the astronaut's body remind Addison of his personal integrity and moral compass.

Meanwhile, Jenn's reminder that Ben was the team's peacemaker pushes everyone onto a middle ground where they can do what they do best with transparency to help bring him back.

It comes down to trust. Both the teams on 1998's Atlantis shuttle and 2022's Quantum Leap project suffer setbacks when a key member is taken out of play.

For the Atlantis, Jim Reynolds's injury thrusts Samantha Stratton into command, a position she's trained for all her life but always with Jim's supervision.

Despite Ben/David's support, her relative inexperience gives...

Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song and Caitlin Bassett as Addison in ‘Quantum Leap’ season 1 episode 2 (Photo by: Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

Physicist Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) leaps from being part of a gang attempting to steal the Hope Diamond in episode one to being a member of the Atlantis space shuttle crew in NBC’s Quantum Leap episode two. All his friends and fellow lab employees hoped he’d leap from 1985 back to the present, but that’s definitely not the case as he’s currently stuck in 1998.

The space shuttle successfully launches and even reluctant traveler Ben’s wowed by the view from space. Their mission is to put the first piece of the International Space Station in place, and he listens to pilot Samantha Stratton (Carly Pope) and Commander Jim Reynolds (Jose Zuniga) exchange friendly banter. Stratton promises she’s going to make Reynolds proud as Ben is mesmerized by the stars.

Amazon’s free streaming service IMDb TV has unveiled a sizeable development slate with projects from the likes of The Good Place creator Mike Schur, All American showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and CSI: New York star Melina Kanakaredes.

The AVOD service announced five projects ahead of its inaugural appearance at NewFronts.

The five projects join existing developments at the streamer from the likes of Norman Lear, Laverner Cox, George Wallace, Jessica Simpson, Kat Candler, Shawn Ryan, Samantha Stratton, Monique Alvarez and Jessica Lee Williamson.

They follow series orders for the likes of Greg Garcia’s Sprung and a Bosch spinoff.

Schur has teamed up with The Ringer writer and Basketball (and Other Things) author Shea Serrano on Primo, a coming-of-age story about a Mexican-American teenager balancing cultural norms, college aspirations, societal expectations and the hectic home life of being raised by his single mom and five uncles. Based on Serrano’s upbringing,...

Exclusive: IMDb TV, Amazon’s free ad-supported streaming service, is developing Bright Young Things, a half-hour drama series from Spinning Out creator Samantha Stratton. Amazon Studios produces in association with Westbrook Studios, the production division of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s media company.

Written by Stratton, Bright Young Things centers on Ellie Brown, a 15-year-old girl from a working-class town in West Virginia who earns a scholarship to the most elite boarding school in the country. When idealistic Ellie realizes the deck is already stacked against her, she finds herself lying, cheating, and stealing her way through the hallowed halls of the school — anything to claim a piece of the American dream denied to her friends and family back home.

Stratton serves as showrunner and executive produces with Terence Carter and David Boorstein of Westbrook Studios. Jesse Uram will serve as producer.

Stratton created, executive produced and showran...

Network: Netflix

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: January 1, 2020

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields, Evan Roderick, David James Elliott, Sarah Wright Olsen, Svetlana Efremova, Amanda Zhou, Mitchell Edwards, Kaitlyn Leeb, Will Kemp, and January Jones.

TV show description:

A dramatic series created by Samantha Stratton, Spinning Out revolves around a figure skating Olympic hopeful who battles her personal demons and faces drama both on and off the ice. Read More…...

Netflix's figure-skating series Spinning Out packs tons of drama into its first season, but there won't be a season two. On Tuesday, it was announced that the sports drama would not be returning for another season.

The series, created by Samantha Stratton, first launched on Jan. 1 and has since received mixed reviews from critics with a 63 percent approval on Rotten Tomatoes. Spinning Out does have some niche appeal, as a drama about a niche sport, but the interpersonal storylines are every bit as intriguing as the actual skating stuff. For skating fans, it's a fun way to fill the gaps between Olympic cycles, with the next Winter Olympics a full two years away - and there are plenty of real-life references in the show!

The finale of Spinning Out season one certainly seemed to set up a second season, ending on several cliffhangers. On the sports side of things,...

Spinning Out will not skate for a second season at Netflix.

Deadline is reporting that the Kaya Scodelario-fronted drama has been canceled after just one season.

The news comes just over a month after its January 1 debut.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), it followed an “up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track."

"When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life."

"On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.”

Stratton also served as co-showrunner on the series alongside Lara Olsen (Reign).

January Jones, Evan Roderick,...

Netflix has canceled the figure skating drama “Spinning Out” after just one season, Variety has confirmed.

The news comes just over a month after the show premiered on Jan 1. The 10-episode series follows Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario), a talented, up-and-coming elite figure skater who’s ready to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. However, when she’s presented a second chance as a pair skater, she seizes the opportunity to continue her career and pairs up with talent pair skater and resident bad boy Justin (Evan Roderick).

The cast also included January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou, Will Kemp, Svetlana Efremova, Mitchell Edwards, Sarah Wright Olsen, David James Elliott, Johnny Weir, Kaitlyn Leeb, and Jonathan Van Ness. Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Samantha Stratton, and Lara Olsen served as executive producers. Stratton and Olsen served as co-showrunners.

The show received mostly positive reviews from critics,...

Netflix has canceled the figure-skating drama “Spinning Out” after one season.

Led by “The Maze Runner” alum Kaya Scodelario, the series centered on a high-level figure skater who teams up with a bad-boy pairs skater after a bad fall nearly derails her career.

Evan Roderick, January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou, Sarah Wright Olsen and Svetlana Efremova also starred in the drama, which premiered on Jan. 1.

Also Read: 'Spinning Out' Trailer: Get Ready for Lots of Angry Figure Skating and Intense Eye Contact (Video)

Samantha Stratton (“Mr. Mercedes”) served as creator and showrunner on the series, executive producing alongside co-showrunner Lara Olsen. Tory Tunnell (“Safehouse”) and Joby Harold (“Safehouse”) also executive produced.

The cancellation comes a few days after Netflix gave the axe to another freshman series, the musical drama “Soundtrack,” from “Quantico” creator Joshua Safran. The streamer also recently pulled the plug on the post-apocalyptic Ya series...

Exclusive: Netflix has canceled competitive figure skating drama Spinning Out after one season. The decision comes a little over month after Spinning Out‘s January 1 release, consistent with Netflix’s practice of evaluating a month worth of viewership data before making a renewal decision on bubble shows.

Created by former competitive figure skater Samantha Stratton, Spinning Out starred Kaya Scodelario as Kat Baker, a high-level figure skater who is about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall takes her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pairs skater with a talented bad-boy partner, Justin Davis (Evan Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. She splits her time between the ice rink, working as a waitress and living with her family in the nearby working-class town of Hawkley, Idaho. Kat’s mother (January Jones...

Add another one-and-done to the growing list of Netflix originals.

The streamer has canceled the ice skating drama Spinning Out after one season.

The series launched Jan. 1 to mixed reviews — it currently has a 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes — with The Hollywood Reporter TV critic Robyn Bahr calling it "uneven, but mostly engrossing."

Created by Samantha Stratton — a former competitive figure skater — Spinning Out starred Kaya Scodelario as a high-level singles skater who reinvents her career following an injury as a pairs skater. The show, which drew immediate comparisons to the 1992 film The ...

With Kaya Scodelario and January Jones on the payroll, it’s frankly astonishing “Spinning Out” landed on Netflix earlier this month with little fanfare. The natural assumption? This figure skating series must be terrible. As it turns out, while that’s not totally wide of the mark, creator Samantha Stratton (“Mr. Mercedes”) also has a couple of tidbits in store for viewers that might be worthwhile – even those with zero interest in the chilly sport or similarly chilly human interplay.

Continue reading ‘Spinning Out’: Kaya Scodelario & January Jones Can’t Stop This Melodrama From Whirling Out Of Control [Review] at The Playlist.

Spinning Out is a show that's well-deserving of a second season, especially with all the questions we still have left after the season finale (this article contains spoilers). Drawing an accurate depiction of what a disorder like bipolar can lead to if left untreated, characters Kat Baker and her mother, Carol, take viewers through an intense ride. The show itself reveals a trigger warning, but it still doesn't prepare us fully for the realization that people do suffer from the same things, and many don't have as happy an ending as Kat and Carol.

Related: 10 Movie Characters Who Accurately Portray Mental Illness

With that being said, the show itself is brilliant and a work of someone (Samantha Stratton) who did their work as far as mental illness is concerned. The actors portrayed their characters in a believable and realistic way, making us feel as though we, too, know them personally.

From show creator Samantha Stratton, the Netflix original series Spinning Out follows Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario), an elite figure skater who’s trying to make the most of her second chance as a pair skater after a serious fall took her out of competition and allowed her to get way too far into her own head. Teamed up with talented bad boy pair skater Justin (Evan Roderick), Kat realizes that she has the ability to become a champion, but to do so, she’ll have to overcome her own personal demons. During this 1-ono-1 phone interview with Collider, …...

[This story contains a spoiler from the season one finale of Spinning Out.]

Since the first trailer for Netflix's Spinning Out dropped last month, the internet was quick to brand the new drama series as Black Swan on ice, drawing comparisons to both projects' high-stakes, emotionally charged competition and dangerous commitment to the craft.

Not so fast, says creator and co-showrunner Samantha Stratton (Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes), who notes that though she's flattered that her project is being likened to an Oscar best picture nominee, "I didn't want to write something where the heroine is in pieces at the ...

When your job entails watching several new shows a week, overlapping themes are inevitable. Still, similarities between shows are rarely as stark as those between the first seasons of Netflix’s “Spinning Out” (out Jan. 2) and USA’s “Dare Me” (which premiered Dec. 20). Both dramas focus on teen girls as restless as they are talented, a combination that serves them well in their respective competitive sports — figure skating for “Spinning Out,” cheerleading for “Dare Me” — and have them scrambling to survive in their daily lives. Both examine motherhood, and how adults can blur the lines in their relationships to the teenagers in their care to devastating effect. Both are pulpy and propulsive as they set their bleeding hearts on a silver platter for the audience to eat up. And yet,

“Spinning Out,” from Samantha Stratton, follows a family of three women, each determined, stubborn, and skilled in her own way.

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix reveals the premiere date for “Spinning Out,” and USA reveals a first look at Ethan Hawke’s return to “The Purge” universe.

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Netflix‘s “Spinning Out,“ starring “Skins’s” Kaya Scodelario and from showrunners Lara Olsen (“Reign”) and Samantha Stratton, premieres Jan. 1. The series follows Scodelario’s Kat, a high-level figure skater who tries to save her career at the risk of exposing a fiercely kept secret. Johnny Weir, January Jones (“Mad Men”), Willow Shields (“The Hunger Games”), Evan Roderick (“Arrow”), Amanda Zhou (“It Chapter Two”), Sarah Wright Olsen (“The House Bunny”) and Svetlana Efremova (“House of Cards”) also star. Watch the trailer below:

Netflix also announced its new reality competition series, “The Circle,“ hosted by Michelle Buteau (“Always Be My Maybe”) will launch Jan. 1 and then release more episodes weekly, on Jan. 8 and Jan. 15. With $100,000 on the line, contestants bond, flirt...

Netflix released the first trailer for its upcoming figure-skating drama “Spinning Out” on Tuesday, and everybody’s mad.

Led by “The Maze Runner” alum Kaya Scodelario, the series centers on Kat Baker, a high-level figure skater whose career is derailed after a disastrous fall. In an effort to stay in competition, she teams up with bad-boy pairs skater, Justin Davis (Evan Roderick), and risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that has the potential to unravel her entire life.

And judging by the amount of angry glaring between the two in the trailer, it does not go smoothly.

“I’m used to skating alone. I need time to adjust, ” Kat tells her new partner.

Also Read: 'Mad Men' Alum January Jones to Star in Netflix's Skating Drama 'Spinning Out'

The 10-episode series is set to debut on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2020. January Jones, Willow Shields, Amanda Zhou,...

If The Cutting Edge and Flesh and Bone had a baby, Spinning Out would be that graceful-yet-highly-messed-up kid.

The newly released first trailer for Netflix’s figure skating drama introduces us to Kat Baker (played by Kaya Scodelario, The Maze Runner), a talented skater on the rise who has a really bad fall and finds herself off the competition track. She’s about to unlace her skates for good when circumstances allow her to keep her nascent career going “with a talented bad-boy partner” named Justin Davis (Evan Roderick, Arrow), the series’ official logline previews.

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Netflix is set to help “Queer Eye” star Jonathan Van Ness live his dream of becoming an Olympic-level figure skater (fictionally) with a guest role on the upcoming scripted series “Spinning Out.”

Van Ness has been cast in the figure-skating drama from creator Samantha Stratton as the larger-than-life figure skating coach Bruce. Per Netflix, “Bruce is a former skater turned big-time choreographer from Michigan. He will create Kat and Justin’s main competitors’ program and have some fun confusing his clients along the way.”

Van Ness joins series stars Kaya Scodelario, January Jones and Willow Shields. The cast also includes Evan Roderick, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards.

Also Read: Here's Everything Coming to and Leaving Netflix in March

Ordered to series last fall, “Spinning Out” centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who seizes an...

Svetlana Efremova (The Americans) is set as a regular and Charlie Hewson (Upload) will recur in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Evan Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Efremova will play Dasha Glushenko, the sharp-tongued Russian skating coach who...

“Mad Men” alum January Jones has joined the cast of Netflix’s figure skating drama “Spinning Out.”

Jones will play Carol Baker, the mother of Kat (Kaya Scodelario) and Serena (Willow Shields). The cast also includes Evan Roderick, Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards.

Carol is a former high-level figure skater who had to forfeit her dreams when she became pregnant with her oldest daughter at a young age. The head of the Baker family, Carol fiercely pushes both her girls to become Olympians in order to fulfill the dream she could never achieve herself. Simultaneously, she struggles with personal demons that threaten to ruin her relationship with her daughters.

Also Read: Olympian Johnny Weir Joins Netflix's 'Spinning Out' as Kat and Justin's 'Cutthroat' Skating Competition

Here’s the official logline for the series, which received a...

Exclusive: Mad Men alumna January Jones is set to play a lead opposite Kaya Scodelario in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Evan Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Jones will play Carol Baker, Kat (Scodelario) and Serena’s (Willow Shields) mother.

Two-time Olympian and NBC correspondent Johnny Weir, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Kaitlyn Leeb, Amanda Zhou and Mitchell Edwards have joined the cast of Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating. They join previous cast leads Kaya Scodelario, Willow Shields and Evan Roderick.

Created by former competitive skater Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pairs skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds,...

Two-time Olympian and NBC correspondent Johnny Weir has joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming ice-skating drama “Spinning Out” as the main competition for protagonist skating duo Kat (Kaya Scodelario) and Justin (Evan Roderick), an individual with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap.

The 10-episode series centers around Kat Baker an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner Justin, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Weir — a real-life competitive figure skater and Olympic games host — will play Gabe,...

Arrow‘s Evan Roderick has been cast opposite Kaya Scodelario in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with talented bad-boy partner Justin (Roderick), she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and Justin will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream. Justin’s wild party-boy antics have long been overlooked due to his Olympic-level skating abilities. When he teams up with Kat,...

Kaya Scodelario has found her skating partner. “Arrow” actor Evan Roderick has been cast opposite the “Skins” alum on Netflix’s upcoming ice-skating drama series, “Spinning Out” in the role of Justin, Kate Baker’s (Scodelario) new teammate, an individual with knowledge of the casting tells TheWrap.

Per the character description, Justin’s “wild party-boy antics have long been overlooked due to his Olympic-level skating abilities.” Apparently when he teams up with Kat, “he finds he has finally met his match on and off the ice.”

Here’s the official logline for the series, which has received a 10-episode series order at the streamer: Kat Baker is an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks...

Netflix is hittin' the ice. Deadline reports Kaya Scodelario (pictured) and Willow Shields have joined the streaming service's upcoming TV show, Spinning Out.

From Samantha Stratton, the figure skating drama "centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track."

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“Hunger Games” alum Willow Shields has joined Netflix’s ice-skating drama, “Spinning Out.”

Shields will play Serena, the younger sister of Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario). While Serena lacks her sister’s natural grace on the ice, she makes up for it with discipline and fierce determination. Her complicated relationship with her sister is made up of equal parts loyalty and competition.

Here’s the official logline for the series, which has a 10-episode series order: “When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.”

Also Read: 'Skins' Alum Kaya Scodelario to Replace Emma Roberts...

Willow Shields (The Hunger Games) has been cast opposite Kaya Scodelario in Spinning Out, Netflix’s upcoming drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Shields will play Kat Baker’s younger sister Serena. While Serena lacks her sister’s natural grace on the ice,...

Willow Shields has been cast in a series regular role in “Spinning Out,” the upcoming ice skating drama series at Netflix.

She joins a cast that also includes Kaya Scodelario, who was announced as the series lead on Thursday, taking over the role originally held by Emma Roberts. Shields will star as Serena, Kat Baker’s (Scodelario) younger sister. While Serena lacks her sister’s natural grace on the ice, she makes up for it with discipline and fierce determination. Her complicated relationship with her sister is made up of equal parts loyalty and competition.

Shields is best known for playing Primrose Everdeen in the “Hunger Games” film franchise. She also had a guest-starring role in the USA series “In Plain Sight,” and recently completed filming the series “The Unsettling.” She will also star in the film “A Fall From Grace” alongside Forest Whitaker, Vincent D’Onofrio, and David Lynch.

Kaya Scodelario better start practicing her double axels: The Maze Runner will fill the lead role in Netflix’s figure skating drama Spinning Out, TVLine has learned.

Scodelario will play Kat Baker, a part previously held by American Horror Story‘s Emma Roberts. In October, Roberts left the series less than a month after signing on, reportedly because of a scheduling conflict with her work on another series.

Per the official character description, Kate is an incredibly talented skater who suffers a fall that takes her off the competition track. So she partners with “a talented, bad-boy partner” and becomes a pairs skater,...

Kaya Scodelario has signed on for the lead role in the upcoming Netflix drama “Spinning Out,” Variety has learned.

Scodelario takes over the role that was previously held by Emma Roberts, who bowed out in October. She stars as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

As previously announced, Netflix has ordered 10 episodes.

The series was created by Samantha Stratton, who will serve as an executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Lara Olsen.

British actress Kaya Scodelario has been tapped for the lead role in Netflix’s drama series Spinning Out in a recasting. She replaces Emma Roberts, who was originally cast but exited shortly thereafter.

Spinning Out is set in the world of competitive figure skating. Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, the series centers on Kat Baker (Scodelario), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their...

“Skins” and “Maze Runner” alum Kaya Scodelario has been cast in the leading role on Netflix’s upcoming skating drama, “Spinning Out,” a part that was vacated by Emma Roberts in October.

Scodelario stars as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track.

Here’s the official logline for the series, which received a 10-episode series order at the streamer: “When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.”

Also Read: Emma Roberts Exits Netflix Skating Drama...

Emma Roberts has stepped down from the leading role in the upcoming Netflix drama series “Spinning Out,” Variety has confirmed.

Roberts departed the series due to a scheduling conflict. Netflix still plans to continue with the show, with the search now on for a new lead.

Roberts currently appears on “American Horror Story: Apocalypse,” having previously appeared in several of the Ryan Murphy anthology series’ past seasons.

“Spinning Out” was ordered to series at Netflix earlier this month. It follows Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds,...

Emma Roberts is unlacing her skates: The American Horror Story star has exited the cast of Netflix’s upcoming figure skating drama Spinning Out, less than a month after signing on to star.

Our sister site Deadline reports that Roberts’ exit is due to a scheduling conflict with another project of hers — which may be another TV series that’s yet to be announced. Spinning Out will continue on at Netflix, though, with Roberts’ role being recast. (Lily Collins is said to be in negotiations to step in as the new series lead.)

Roberts was to play Kat Baker, an “up-and-coming,...

Emma Roberts is sliding out of Netflix’s upcoming drama series “Spinning Out,” an individual with knowledge of the production told TheWrap.

According to the person familiar with the project, the “American Horror Story” star left the show because she booked another series.

Earlier this month, the streaming service gave a 10-episode order to the figure staking drama series, which hails from Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell’s Safehouse Pictures and creator Samantha Stratton.

Also Read: Netflix's 'The Witcher': Here's Your First Look at Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia (Photo)

Roberts was set to star on “Spinning Out” as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming singles skater about to hang up her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. Kat takes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a bad-boy partner, risking the exposure of a secret that could unravel her entire life.

Exclusive: Emma Roberts has departed Spinning Out, Netflix’s recently announced edgy drama series set in the world of competitive figure skating.

A rep for the actress confirmed to Deadline that Roberts is not proceeding with Spinning Out due to a scheduling conflict with another project. Netflix confirmed that they are moving forward with Spinning Out, with the lead role being recast. The Internet network declined further comment but I hear that Lily Collins had been in negotiations for the part.

As for Roberts, everyone is mum on her new project; I hear it’s another series.

On Spinning Out, Roberts was to have played the lead, Kat Baker. Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track.

Weeks after signing on to star in Netflix figure skating drama Spinning Out, Emma Roberts is dropping out of the project.

Sources say the actress has exited the series due to a scheduling conflict with another show. Roberts had been set to play the lead, Kat Baker, on the drama set in the world of competitive figure skating.

Spinning Out, from Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes) and Lara Olsen (90210), was given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order in early October. The project is said to be moving forward with another actor soon to be cast in the starring role. Netflix declined to ...

Emma Roberts has been tapped to lead the cast of Netflix's Spinning Out, a new ten-part drama series focusing on the world of ice skating.

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), it follows an “up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track."

"When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life."

"On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.”

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Stratton is also attached as the co-showrunner and executive producer alongside Lara Olsen (Reign).

Roberts is currently reprising the role of...

Emma Roberts has been cast as the lead in a new figure skating series for Netflix.

The streaming service has given a 10-episode order to “Spinning Out,” which comes from Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell’s Safehouse Pictures and creator Samantha Stratton.

Roberts will star as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming singles skater about to hang up her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. Kat takes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a bad-boy partner, risking the exposure of a secret that could unravel her entire life. Kat and her new partner face daunting odds, both on and off the ice, injury, financial sacrifice and potential mental breakdowns on their journey toward realizing their dream of the Olympics.

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Stratton, a former competitive figure skater herself,...

Emma Roberts will star in an ice skating drama series that has been ordered at Netflix, Variety has learned.

The series, “Spinning Out,” stars Roberts as Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes.

The series was created by Samantha Stratton, who will serve as an executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Lara Olsen. Tory Tunnell and Joby Harold of Safehouse Pictures will also executive produce,...

Emma Roberts is putting her career on ice. The American Horror Story vet has signed on to star in Spinning Out, a new, 10-episode Netflix drama series set in the high-pressure world of figure skating.

Created by Mr. Mercedes scribe Samantha Stratton, the project — which Netflix describes as “edgy” — centers on Roberts’ Kat Baker, an “up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely...

Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Spinning Out, an edgy drama set in the world of competitive figure skating starring Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), from Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell’s Safehouse Pictures (Underground).

Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker (Roberts), an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.

Stratton and Lara Olsen (90210) executive produce...