What's news: The Mandalorian adds Boba Fett to its cast, big challenges to bringing sports back, Hollywood unions ask feds for virus relief, Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy dies of COVID-19 complications, Spotify and SiriusXM overperform amid the pandemic, ViacomCBS weighs a Younger spinoff, but for what channel? Plus: CBS picks up three scripted shows, HBO Max orders an animated comedy, and Upload scores a renewal from Amazon. --Alex Weprin

 The Return Of Boba Fett?

 The Mandalorian is bringing a familiar helmet back to the Star Wars galaxy. Temuera Morrison, who played Jango Fett in 2002's Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, will appear in season two of the Disney+ Star Wars series. Sources tell Aaron Couch and Borys Kit that  Morrison will play Boba Fett, the famed bounty hunter who first appeared on the big screen 1980's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and who seemingly died in 1983's Return of the Jedi as he fell into a sarlacc pit. The story.

+Doctor Sleep filmmakers tackling Stephen King novel Revival. Mike Flanagan is writing the script with an option to direct. Trevor Macy will produce via the pair’s Intrepid Pictures. The novel focused on the relationship between a heroin-addicted musician and a dubious faith healer with a hidden agenda. The minister is obsessed with trying to find a way to communicate with his departed wife and child but ends up connecting to a Lovecraftian horror. More.

►The challenge with bringing back live sports. Major League Baseball could release a plan for a shortened season as soon as next week. The NFL released its 2020-2021 schedule, with an assumption that its season will kick off on time. Last night, NBA commissioner Adam Silver spoke to players about the challenges ahead, and according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, it was not a pleasant chat. "This could turn out to be the single greatest challenge of all our lives," Silver told the players.

--The NBA is looking at resuming the season in one or two locations, likely Orlando, Florida or Las Vegas, Nevada. Places where all necessary personnel could be quarantined within closed complexes. A big problem, as Silver told the players, is that with 40 percent of the league's revenue coming from fans in arenas, a new, lower pay scale would need to be collectively bargained. A final decision wouldn't need to be made until June.

--And then there's the question of what happens when a player or staffer tests positive. Endeavor's UFC, which will resume fights for ESPN in Florida this weekend, had to pull one of the matches after a fighter, Ronaldo Souza, tested positive for the virus. How will the NBA, or MLB or the NFL, with an order of magnitude more players than UFC has fighters, respond if and when the same happens during their seasons?

►SAG-AFTRA, entertainment groups ask Congress to update CARES program. The organizations say the assistance program has overlooked workers who have mixed income and report it on W-2 and 1099 forms. "For those of us in the creative field to survive — and recover — after this crisis, we must be able to access the full support intended by Congress," wrote the coalition, whose members also include Paradigm, ASCAP, BMI and the Recording Academy. The story.

 A federal judge refused Friday to dismiss charges against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other prominent parents accused of cheating the college admissions process, siding with prosecutors who denied that investigators had fabricated evidence. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton rejected a bid by the defense to throw out the indictment over allegations of misconduct by FBI agents in the case that has rocked the world of higher education. The story.

+Is Hollywood's "casting couch" sexual harassment? Appeals court Hears Ashley Judd v. Harvey Weinstein. The Ninth Circuit reviews a judge's conclusion that relationships centered on "prospective employment" aren't covered under California's sexual harassment law. The story.

►Spotify, SiriusXM stand out this earnings season amid virus crisis. Spotify grew its paid subscriber base to 130 million in the first quarter, with CEO Daniel Ek predicting that the broader shift from linear to on-demand audio usage would "likely be accelerated by the COVID-19 crisis." The story.

 Roy Horn, 1944-2020

►Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies at 75. Roy Uwe Ludwig Horn, whose collaboration with Siegfried Fischbacher created the world-renowned duo Siegfried & Roy, died of complications from COVID-19 on Friday in a Las Vegas hospital. He was 75. "Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,” said Siegfried in a statement. The obituary.

►New York Film Festival plans hybrid format amid COVID-19 crisis. Film at Lincoln Center in a statement said it is "exploring a combination of both in-person and digital experiences, as circumstances allow" for the planned Sept. 25 to Oct. 11 run. Festival organizers added they have had to balance a traditional commitment to films and filmmakers with "ensuring that the safety and well-being of our audiences and guests remain our utmost priority." The story.

►Golden Globes temporarily ease eligibility requirements for films not in the English language. Foreign-language films no longer "must be first released in their country of origin during the 15-month period from October 1 to December 31 prior to the awards."

--Now, the HFPA has declared, "Foreign-language motion pictures that had a bona fide theatrical release planned to begin in their country of origin during the period from March 15 until a date to be determined by HFPA when cinemas in that country have generally reopened, may instead be released in any country in any format (e.g., a motion picture format such as in theatres or on pay-per-view or a television format such as subscription streaming service, subscription cable channel, broadcast television, etc.) and will still be eligible for the [award]." More.

 ViacomCBS Weighs 'Younger' Move

►Younger spinoff starring Hilary Duff in the works. Sources tell THR's Lesley Goldberg that ViacomCBS — which owns the TV Land comedy — is teaming with creator Darren Star to develop a spinoff of the veteran comedy starring Sutton Foster. Unlike the flagship series, the potential offshoot would be built around Foster's co-star, Hilary Duff.

--ViacomCBS — which owns Younger alongside Jax Media — could bring the series to Paramount Network, where Younger was briefly poised to move — or shop it elsewhere. The story.

+Two days after picking up 15 scripted shows, CBS is adding three new ones to its 2020-21 broadcast slate. Handing out its first new series orders, the network on Friday added Chuck Lorre comedy B Positive as well as Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice and The Equalizer reboot. Additional series orders from CBS' pilot crop are expected to come at a later date. The story.

+HBO Max has ordered the animated show set at the North Pole during the Christmas season — but it's decidedly not for kids. The soon-to-launch WarnerMedia streaming platform has greenlit eight episodes of Santa Inc., an adult animated show that will star Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen. More.

+Upload renewed: The streamer has picked up a second season of the series from The Office creator Greg Daniels. The renewal comes just a week after Upload premiered on Amazon's Prime Video. An episode count for season two has yet to be determined. More.

►Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League: "Cinema is not competing against VOD." League participated in a Cientic-backed virtual panel, Viral: A Film Industry Conversation, where he talked about post-pandemic theatrical windowing. More.

►TV ratings: Fox's Celebrity Watch Party did not draw much of a crowd Thursday, as the premiere drew the smallest audience of any original show on the big four broadcast networks. ABC led the night among adults 18-49 thanks to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Station 19, and NBC's Council of Dads perked up some after moving to its regular time slot. The numbers.

►"Richard Simmons and Britney Spears combined": Meet YouTube's Fitness Marshall. The channel founded by L.A.-based self-proclaimed fitness popstar Caleb Marshall, features his unforgettably campy dance workout videos and has garnered over 2.5 million subscribers. The story.

+Lunges with Thor: Chris Hemsworth, Gabrielle Union and more promote pandemic fitness. From celebrity-led workouts to L.A. gyms pivoting to virtual classes, staying fit while staying isolated is as easy as clicking "play." More.

In other news...

--In response to the impact of COVID-19 on production, the American Society of Cinematographers has formed a Future Practices Committee.

--Fred Specktor has likely seen it all during decades as one of the town’s top talent agents, but even he admits to being overwhelmed by what happened outside his Brentwood home April 24, when a vehicle parade of 100 of his CAA colleagues cruised by to wish him a happy 87th birthday. 

--How Capone helped Josh Trank put Fantastic Four to bed.

--Stars are coming together for a virtual benefit to support MPTF's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. We All Play Our Part: A Benefit for MPTF will broadcast on MPTF’s YouTube page on May 15 (6 p.m. PST) and will be hosted by longtime MPTF supporters Yvette Nicole Brown and Tom Bergeron.

--A Toronto diner is hosting auteur film shoots amid Hollywood shutdown.

--How Fortnite maps a Hollywood future. Epic Games' Kim Libreri, one of THR's Top Hollywood Innovators, says digital representation of humans will become more real, from digital doubles to holograms.

What else we're reading...

--"UFC comes out punching for pandemic-embattled ESPN" [Bloomberg]

--"With Hollywood productions on hold, documentary filmmakers keep going" [NY Times]

--"The Murdoch media’s China coronavirus conspiracy has one aim: get Trump re-elected" [The Guardian]

--"What will concerts look like when California reopens?" [LA Times]

--"Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting" [CNN Business]