“ Poker Face ” has been canceled at Peacock after two seasons. But Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne are trying to keep the bullshit-detecting detective Charlie Cale alive.
Sources tell Variety Johnson and producer MRC are shopping around a new iteration of “Poker Face” with Peter Dinklage taking over for Lyonne in the lead role. They are seeking a two-season order from a different distributor, and he envisions a new actor rotating in for the lead role every two seasons.
Lyonne would stay on the series as an executive producer, while Johnson would remain a writer and director. It’s unclear who would serve as showrunner. (Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman led the show in its first season, and Tony Tost took over for Season 2.)
Johnson and Lyonne said in a statement: “We’ve been

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