We've known since at least May that a TV adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Get Shorty (which became a movie starring John Travolta in 1995, and arrived in the UK in 1996). The cast is starting to come together, with Chris O'Dowd and Ray Romano the first actors hired.
Drawing from both Leonard's book and the movie, the TV version written by Davey Holmes will focus on Miles Daly (O'Dowd), an enforcer for a murderous Nevada crime ring. He tries leave that life behind for the sake of his daughter, and opts to become a movie producer, laundering ill-gotten gains through a Hollywood production. But his dreams of getting away from the criminal world are dashed when it follows him to LA. Romano is making a deal to play Rick, a washed-up producer who becomes Miles' guide to the shark-infested waters of Hollywood.
The pair would be taking over the roles played in the original by Travolta and Gene Hackman. We'd assume other characters from the story will appear as their casting is confirmed. The series will initially run on niche US channel Epix, so there's no word yet on if or when it'll make it over here.
O'Dowd will be seen in Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, due September 30. As for Romano, he most recently worked on Kumail Nanjiani and Emily Gordon's film The Big Sick, which has yet to set a UK release.