{"id":666718,"date":"2026-06-30T20:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666718\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:51:23","slug":"dylan-obrien-to-lead-hulus-lex-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666718\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan O&#8217;Brien To Lead Hulu&#8217;s &#8220;Lex&#8221; Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dylan-obrien-to-lead-hulus-lex-series.jpg\" data-caption=\"20th Century Studios\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dylan-obrien-to-lead-hulus-lex-series.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"dylan-obrien-to-lead-hulus-lex-series\"\/><\/a>20th Century Studios<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSend Help\u201d and \u201cThe Maze Runner\u201d actor Dylan O\u2019Brien has scored the lead role in the Hulu comedy pilot \u201cLex\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The story follows Lex (O\u2019Brien), a disgraced former reality star who accidentally films a murder in the background of a $20 Cameo video.<\/p>\n<p>He soon finds himself at the center of a global conspiracy \u2013 and on the run from powerful forces who want him dead.<\/p>\n<p>Using the skills he acquired navigating reality TV\u2019s toxic social dynamics, Lex must fight to not get killed, to expose the truth, and most importantly\u2026 to get back on TV.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Brien will also executive produce the pilot alongside writer Sean Clements and comedy veteran Paul Simms.  The project marks O\u2019Brien\u2019s first series role since his memorable debut as Stiles Stilinski in MTV\u2019s \u201cTeen Wolf\u201d series.<\/p>\n<p>He has made guest appearances on numerous shows, including \u201cCurb Your Enthusiasm,\u201d \u201cNew Girl\u201d and \u201cThe Other Two\u201d. O\u2019Brien recently came off a celebrated turns in \u201cTwinless\u201d and \u201cSaturday Night\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/dylan-obrien-hulu-comedy-pilot-lex-cast-1236970772\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Previous article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/tv-news-nemesis-dexter-pitt-wonka-x-men\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV News: Nemesis, Dexter, Pitt, Wonka, X-Men<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next article<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorizons.com\/uk-government-could-intervene-in-wbd-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UK Government Could Intervene In WBD Deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20th Century Studios \u201cSend Help\u201d and \u201cThe Maze Runner\u201d actor Dylan O\u2019Brien has scored the lead role in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666719,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}