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Roku has struck a deal with Quibi to acquire exclusive global distribution rights to many of the shuttered streaming service’s shows.

The programming will be available for free streaming on Roku devices starting later this year and the shows will feature ad-breaks, just as they did on Quibi’s $5-a-month service.

Among the titles that will be available on Roku will be Anna Kendrick‘s Dummy, Liam Hemsworth‘s Most Dangerous Game, and Chrissy Teigen‘s Chrissy’s Court. There will also be shows featuring Idris Elba, Kevin Hart, Nicole Richie, and Lena Waithe, among others.

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The new streaming service Quibi announced this week that it will be shutting down for good and now the app’s final date of service has been revealed.

The “service will end streaming on or about December 1, 2020,” according to a new statement from the company.

The statement read, “Quibi has made the difficult decision to wind down. We anticipate that the service will end streaming on or about December 1, 2020. We appreciate the support we have received from our customers and want to thank you for giving us an opportunity to entertain you.”

If you’re hoping to see the content in other places, it’s not yet known if that will be possible.

The statement concluded, “At this time we do not know if the Quibi content will be available anywhere after our last day of service. We recommend following #Quibi on Twitter for any news regarding content.”

One of the star-studded shows is being shopped around already.

Quibi made headlines this afternoon when Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman revealed that the streamer would be shutting down just months after its debut this year.

According to Variety, CBS partnered with the service to bring the TV brand to younger viewers, and is now looking for new hosts for its’ content, including Liam Hemsworth‘s show, Most Dangerous Game.

The plan is for the CBS to shop the series to another network, as Most Dangerous Game was renewed for a second season just prior to the shut down.

Here’s a plot summary for Most Dangerous Game, which also starred Christoph Waltz: “Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he’s the prey. This dystopian action-thriller explores the limits of how far someone would go to fight for their life and their family. Let the games begin.”

You can see a sneak peek of the series here…

Quibi is officially shutting down.

A new report from the Wall Street Journal says that the short-form mobile video startup is being shuttered by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman after bringing in $2 billion in capital.

The streaming service launched in April of 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Shows involved in the startup included Dummy with Anna Kendrick and a remake of The Fugitive with Kiefer Sutherland.

Apparently there was an attempt to sell the company to Apple, WarnerMedia and Facebook but all three rebuffed the offer.

The last Quibi news we have is from August when they were still going full steam ahead.

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Quibi has released the trailer for their highly-anticipated new mystery-comedy series Mapleworth Murders!

Created by, written by, and starring Paula Pell and John Lutz, the series features a “who’s who” of guest suspects and victims.

The star-studded cast also includes Wanda Sykes, Chris Parnell, Terry Crews, Nicole Byer, Jimmy Carlson, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, D’Arcy Carden, Tim Meadows, Jack McBrayer, Andy Samberg, Tina Fey, Pam Murphy, Annie Mumolo, and Ike Barinholtz.

If you missed it, Maya recently reacted to news of Kamala Harris being picked as Joe Biden‘s Vice President candidate, and revealed if she would impersonate Senator Harris on Saturday Night Live again.

New episodes of Mapleworth Murders air on Mondays on Quibi.

The trailer for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley‘s new Quibi series has been released!

The 33-year-old model and businesswoman stars in the new beauty series About Face, which will be released on the streaming app on Monday, August 10th.

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In About Face, Rosie “explores the entrepreneurship that built the beauty empires of Emily Weiss, Huda Kattan, Jen Atkin, Kylie Jenner, PONY Syndrome, and Sir John. From tenacity to triumph, the series tracks the trajectories of the artists who shape tastes and blaze trails. Intimately told, About Face is a celebration of grit, diligence, and ingenuity.”

Rosie also serves as an executive producer on the six-episode show.

If you missed it, Rosie recently showed off his hot bikini bod during a day at the beach in Malibu!

Kiefer Sutherland is back in action!

The 53-year-old actor stars alongside Boyd Holbrook in the upcoming crime action series The Fugitive heading to Quibi next month.

The Fugitive is “an update of the beloved 1960s TV series and its 1993 film adaptation, stars Sutherland as Detective Clay Bryce, a cop in pursuit of Mike Ferro (Holbrook), who’s on the run after being falsely incriminated in a subway bombing. Mike must evade capture as he desperately tries to uncover the real perpetrator and clear his name,” according to EW.

The show also stars Natalie Martinez, Tiya Sircar, Brian Geraghty, Genesis Rodriguez, Glenn Howerton, Daniel David Stewart, and Keilani Arellanes.

The first season of The Fugitive will have 14 episodes, premiering on Monday, August 3. New episodes will then roll out every weekday through Tuesday, August 18.