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The CW Acquires Canadian Drama ‘Coroner’ As Network Readies Fall 2020 Lineup
The CW has acquired scripted series Canadian drama Coroner in its U.S. debut. Starring Serinda Swan and Ehren Kassam, the series will premiere on broadcast and the network’s free ad-supported streaming platforms.
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‘Yellowstone’ Co-Creator Taylor Sheridan Inks Big Deal With ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Brands
ViacomCBS’ Entertainment & Youth Brands has signed a rich overall production and development deal with Yellowstone co-creator Taylor Sheridan.
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Alvina August’s ‘Nancy Drew’ Gets Full-Season Order From the CW
The CW has picked up nine additional episodes of its new fall series, Nancy Drew, bringing it to a full-season order with 22 episodes.
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CBS Renews the Simone Missick starring ALL RISE for Full Season Order
The network handed out a full-season order to its freshman series “All Rise” starring Simone Missick.
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DeVaughn Nixon To Play His Dad Norm Nixon In HBO’s Showtime Lakers Pilot
In an art-imitates-life casting, DeVaughn Nixon (Prom, Marvel’s Runaways) has been tapped to play his dad, Norm Nixon, in HBO’s pilot about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers.
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Jacki Weaver Joins Cast Of ‘Penguin Bloom’ Movie
Jacki Weaver is set to star alongside Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln in Penguin Bloom, the upcoming feature film based on the bestselling book.
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‘Snowfall’ Star Damson Idris Set As Co-Lead Opposite Anthony Mackie In Netflix Film ‘Outside the Wire’; Emily Beecham Also Cast
Damson Idris, who currently headlines the FX drama series Snowfall, has been tapped to star alongside Anthony Mackie in the Netflix sci-fi action film, Outside The Wire. British actress Emily Beecham has also signed on for a supporting role.
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'To Live to Sing' ('Huo Zhe Chang Zhe'): Film Review | Cannes 2019
The second film of China-born Canadian filmmaker Johnny Ma deals with a Sichuan Opera troupe and its manager's struggle when her theater is threatened with demolition.
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‘Condor’: Rose Rollins Among 7 Cast In Season 2
Rose Rollins (The Catch, The L Word) has been cast in the Season 2 of AT&T Audience Network’s spy thriller Condor, from MGM Television and Skydance Television. Production has begun on season 2 which will also film on location in Budapest.
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Simone Missick: CBS Drama ‘All Rise’ Ordered To Series
CBS has made its first drama series orders of the season, picking up its most buzzed about pilots, including legal drama All Rise (fka Courthouse) from writer Greg Spottiswood.
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Alvina August: pilot ‘Nancy Drew’ Picked Up To Series By the CW
IP rules the CW’s new series orders. The network has picked up to series Batwoman,starring Ruby Rose; Riverdale spinoff Katy Keene, headlined by Lucy Hale; and Nancy Drew, toplined by Kennedy McMann.
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‘Yellowstone’ Season 2 Trailer: The Dutton Family Continues Its Ruthless Ranch Reign In Paramount Network Drama
With lines like “Your father’s ranch is not a kingdom and he isn’t a king. Your family deserves to lose everything” and “All the angels are gone son. There’s only devils left” how could you not want to indulge in Taylor Sheridan and John Linson’s ranch drama Yellowstone? The Paramount Network released the first trailer for season two and it is filled with so much grit and corruption that it will make you shiver.
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‘Game Of Thrones’ Squire Daniel Portman Sets Off-Broadway Debut
Game of Thrones‘ Daniel Portman will co-star with Gavin Jon Wright (Black Watch) in the U.S. premiere Off Broadway of Square Go, the Kieran Hurley-Gary McNair play that took a 2018 Fringe First Award following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe festival.
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Angelina Jolie Teams With Taylor Sheridan On ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
Angelina Jolie is poised to star in Those Who Wish Me Dead, a drama that Taylor Sheridan wrote and will direct late this spring.
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Simone Missick To Headline CBS Legal Drama Pilot ‘Courthouse’
Former Luke Cage star Simone Missick is set as the lead in CBS’ legal drama pilot Courthouse, from Warner Bros. TV.
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Alvina August Cast In the CW’s Nancy Drew Pilot
Alvina August (Siren) is set as a series regular opposite Kennedy McMann and Freddie Prinze Jr. in the CW’s untitled Nancy Drew pilot inspired by the classic mysteries about the brilliant young sleuth. The project hails from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and CBS TV Studios.
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Jacki Weaver’s ‘Perpetual Grace, LTD’ Trailer: Steve Conrad’s ‘Patriot’ Pivot To Modern Noir
Here’s the first official trailer for Perpetual Grace, LTD, the upcoming 10-episode Epix original series from Patriot mastermind Steve Conrad and Bruce Terris, starring Jacki Weaver.
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‘Legends Of Tomorrow’: Jes Macallan To Return As Series Regular In Season 5
Time Bureau’s director is staying in office. Jes Macallan, who plays Ava Sharpe on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, has closed a deal to return to the superhero drama as a series regular next season.
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‘(Future) Cult Classic’: Zoe Renee Cast In Syfy Pilot
Former The Quad star Zoe Renee has been cast in the Syfy’s dark comedy pilot (Future) Cult Classic from Shay Hatten (Ballerina), Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video and Universal Content Productions.
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‘Altered Carbon’: Simone Missick Cast In Season 2 Of Netflix Series
Simone Missick, who played Detective Misty Knight in the Netflix Marvel universe, joins the season 2 of Netflix Series’ Altered Carbon.
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‘Stargirl’ Casts Cameron Gellman
Cameron Gellman (Heathers) is set as a series regular in DC Universe’s upcoming Stargirl series.
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Here’s Why Late-Night TV Writer Jenny Yang Cried During Her Interview With Busy Philipps
The comedian and writer on E!’s “Busy Tonight” takes us behind the scenes of her new show. And explains the Oprah phone.
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AFM Biggie: STX Swoops On Diane Keaton & client Jacki Weaver Pic ‘Poms’ For U.S.
STX has won U.S. rights to comedy Poms, starring Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver and Pam Grier, following a competitive multi-day auction.
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‘The Nun’ Director Corin Hardy To Helm Cinemax & Sky Atlantic’s Thriller ‘Gangs Of London’
Fresh from the success of the James Wan-produced horror will direct three episodes of the Pulse Films-produced drama that was first revealed by Deadline in November 2017.
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Cassandra Jean Amell To Play Nora Fries In The CW’s Arrowverse Crossover
Cassandra Jean Amell has been tapped to play supervillain Nora Fries in the CW’s annual Arrowverse DC/WBTV crossover.
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‘Our Lady, LTD’: Jacki Weaver To Star In Epix’s Noir Drama Series
Jacki Weaver is set to co-star opposite Ben Kingsley and Jimmi Simpson in Our Lady, LTD, a 10-episode modern noir drama series, from Patriot creator Steve Conrad and Epix’s sister studio MGM Television.
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Jacki Weaver Heads Cast of Stan Original Series ‘Bloom’
Australia’s two-time Oscar-nominated actress Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook,” “Animal Kingdom”) heads the cast of sci-fi series “Bloom.” An original commission for Australian streaming platform Stan, the six-part series is produced by Sony Pictures Television’s Playmaker.
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‘Are You Sleeping’: Nic Bishop Join Apple Series
Nic Bishop (Covert Affairs) has been cast as recurring opposite Octavia Spencer and Lizzy Caplan in Apple’s thriller drama series Are You Sleeping, from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and the scripted drama venture of Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content.
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Serinda Swan To Star In CBC Drama Series ‘Coroner’
Former Inhumans star Serinda Swan has been tapped to star in CBC’s upcoming drama series Coroner, created by Morwyn Brebner (Saving Hope).
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JESSICA LU featured in Regard Magazine - June 2018
Jessica Lu, star of NBC's Reverie, is featured in this summer's issue of Regard Magazine.
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Tokala Black Elk To Star In Horror Thriller ‘The Great Illusion’
Selma Blair and Graham Greene are attached to star in the horror thriller, The Great Illusion, along with Glenn Morshower (Transformers, Bloodline), Tokala Black Elk (Wind River), Jon Lindstrom (True Detective), Kenzie Dalton (FX’s Feud), and newcomer Oscar Cardenas.
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Jacki Weaver, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu To Star In Drag Queen Comedy ‘Stage Mother’
Jacki Weaver (Silver Lining’s Playbook), Taye Diggs (Chicago) and Lucy Liu(Charlie’s Angels) are to lead cast in comedy Stage Mother, set in the drag queen world of San Francisco.