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Leslie Odom Jr. Joins 'Knives Out' Sequel
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"One Night in Miami" Oscar nominee Leslie Odom Jr. has signed on for the "Knives Out" sequel.
Along with returnee Daniel Craig (reprising Southern detective Benoit Blanc), Odom joins newcomers Kathryn Hahn, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista and Edward Norton.
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Kumail Nanjiani To Star In Chippendales Drama
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Kumail Nanjiani is taking the lead in Hulu's upcoming Chippendales drama "Immigrant."
The series tells the origin story of stripper troupe Chippendales, started by Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian American entrepreneur, played by the actor.
"Immigrant" will also follow Banerjee as he was later caught up in a plot to kill a number of Chippendales producers, dancers and choreographers and eventually pleaded guilty to arson, racketeering and murder for hire.
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Lil Jon Heading To HGTV Canada
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Lil Jon to host HGTV Canada's upcoming series, "Lil Jon Wants To Do What?"
According to the network, the series follows the DJ and popular designer and expert builder Anitra Mecadon as they "offers skeptical homeowners startlingly unconventional renovation ideas that seem impossible to execute."
The show is slated to air in Summer 2021.
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Noah Mills Joins 'NCIS' Family
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Noah Mills will be joining the newest addition to the "NCIS" franchise -"NCIS: Hawaii".
Already announced cast include Vanessa Lachey, Yasmine Al-Bustami and Jason Antoon.
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"Game of Thrones" alum Toby Sebastian will join Sarah Hyland in the fairytale drama "Epic".
Rose (Hyland) is set to marry her Prince Charming Philippe (Sebastian) “but her fairy tale gets upended when he has second thoughts.”
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John Boyega Returns For 'Attack The Block 2'
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Ten years after "Attack the Block" launched John Boyega's career, the star will return for the sequel.
Joe Cornish will return to write and direct.
“It’s been a decade since 'Attack the Block'was released and so much has changed since then,” Boyega said. “I’m excited to see this heightened story return to the streets of London. Moses has remained one of my favourite characters to play and bringing him back is a huge honour.”
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'The Bride' Sets Leads
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Nathalie Emmanuel and Garret Hedlund will lead the thriller "The Bride" which is based on Bram Stoker's "Dracula".
The film will be directed by Jessica M. Thompson.
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Kevin Hart Teams With Snoop Dogg For Comedy Sports News Show
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Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg are developing a new comedy sports news show, the comedian revealed at NBCUniversal's Upfronts presentation.
The series comes in addition to a number of projects Hart has in the works for the streamer Peacock, including an interview series called "Hart to Hart" and a new stand-up special.
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Snoop Dogg To Host Show About World's Dumbest Criminals
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Snoop Dogg is heading to the American streaming service Peacock to host a new unscripted series, currently in development, about the world's dumbest criminals.
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Paul McCartney To Star In 'McCartney 3, 2, 1' Docuseries With Rick Rubin
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Paul McCartney and fellow music icon Rik Rubin are sitting down for an intimate new documentary series.
"McCartney 3, 2, 1" is a six-episode series in which the former Beatle discusses his more than six-decade career with Rubin, going from his very beginning, all the way to his most recent album McCartney III.
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Gillian Anderson Joins 'The Great'
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Gillian Anderson is set to play the mother of Catherine the Great.
The actress, who recently appeared as Margaret Thatcher on "The Crown" will star alongside Elle Fanning in the new season of the Amazon Prime Video series "The Great".
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Emily Blunt Joins New BBC And Amazon Series 'The English'
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Emily Blunt is going back bringing her English roots to the Wild West.
The actress is set to join the new BB and Amazon Prime Video series "The English".
Set in 1890, Blunt will play Cornelia Locke, an English woman who arrives in the American west to take revenge on the man she believes is responsible for her son's death.
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Kathryn Hahn Join 'Knives Out 2'
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"Knives Out 2" has added another suspect to its all-star cast.
Kathryn Hahn is joining the sequel to the murder mystery hit starring Daniel Craig.
Dave Bautista, Janelle Monae and Edward Norton have also been announced to appear in the film.
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Millie Bobby Brown And Henry Cavill Return For 'Enola Holmes 2'
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Sherlock Holmes' teenage sister is back for more sleuthing.
Millie Bobby Brown is set to return as the lead in the sequel to "Enola Holmes", with Henry Cavill also coming back as Sherlock.
The first film, which debuted on Netflix, starred Brown as Enola, the younger sister of the iconic detective, who outsmarts her brothers while solving mysteries in early 20th Century London.
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Janelle Monáe Joins 'Knives Out 2'
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Detective Benoit Blanc appears to have added one more suspect to his list.
Janelle Monáe is officially set to join Daniel Craig in the upcoming whodunnit sequel 'Knives Out 2".
The musician and actress will star alongside previously franchise newcomers Edward Norton and Dave Bautista.
The original "Knives Out" starred Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, and Toni Collette, but in keeping with the series' mystery novel inspirations, the sequel is expected to feature an all-new supporting cast.
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LeVar Burton Cast In 'Tom Swift' Spinoff
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The CW is looking to launch "Tom Swift", a spinoff of "Nancy Drew", with a backdoor pilot airing this season.
In the potential spinoff, Tian Richards ("Being Mary Jane") stars as the titular billionaire inventor "who is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father."
LeVar Burton has joined the project as the voice of Barclay, Tom's AI companion and mentor (think Tony Stark's Jarvis).
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Sarah Hyland Joins ABC's 'Epic' Pilot
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"Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland has joined the cast of "Epic", a new ABC drama pilot from the creators of "Once Upon a Time".
Hyland will play Rose, a princess just about to marry her Prince Charming — until he has second thoughts, "and trying to preserve her dreams opens her up to an unexpected world."
Hyland joins a cast that includes Brittany O’Grady ("Little Voice") and Eleanor Fanyinka ("Holby City").
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Danny DeVito Heads The Cast Of Animated 'Little Demon'
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Danny DeVito will be heading up the voice cast of "Little Demon", a new animated comedy for FXX (on which he already stars in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia").
Described as a "horror sitcom," the show follows the reluctant mother (voiced by Aubrey Plaza) of an Antichrist daughter (DeVito's real-life daughter Lucy DeVito), 13 years after her unfortunate hookup with Satan (Danny DeVito).
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Diego Boneta Joins ‘Father Of The Bride’ Remake
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Diego Boneta is joining a star-studded Latinx cast for the new remake of “Father of the Bride”.
The movie will centre on the father of a soon-to-be bride coming to terms with his daughter’s big day, but will be told through the relationships of a big, Cuban-American family.
Boneta will be starring alongside Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan and Adria Arjona. The Mexican actor will be the man getting ready to marry Arjona’s character.
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Jamie Bell Joins Apple’s ‘Shining Girls’
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Jamie Bell is set to star alongside Elisabeth Moss in Apple’s new metaphysical thriller.
Based on the best-selling 2013 novel of the same name, “Shining Girls” centres on a time travelling serial killer who brutally murders women.
Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer on the upcoming project, which will also star Wagner Moura.
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Dave Bautista Set For ‘Knives Out 2’
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Dave Bautista has been confirmed to join Daniel Craig in the upcoming “Knives Out” sequel.
The former professional wrestler is best known for his role as Drax the Destroyer in the “Guardians Of The Galaxy” franchise.
Production on the mystery-comedy sequel will begin in Greece this summer, however, the plot is not yet known.
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Mj Rodriguez will star alongside Maya Rudolph in Apple TV+'s untitled comedy.
The show is about Molly (Rudolph) whose husband ups and leaves her with $87 billion.
The "Pose" star will play Molly's non-profit executive director, Sofia.
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'Senior Year' Adds Many New Cast Members
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Rebel Wilson's "Senior Year", which she is starring in and producing for Paramount Players, has just added a number of cast members.
Justin Hartley, Angourie Rice, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland and Chris Parnell will all join the comedy.
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'Duck Dynasty' Star Sadie Robertson Huff To Produce 'Life Just Got Real'
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Sadie Robertson Huff is making the leap from reality TV to scripted television. The "Duck Dynasty" star, who also appeared on "Dancing With the Stars", has signed on as a producer for a TV series based on her book, Life Just Got Real.
The series follows two high school girls, each from a drastically different background, who are cast on a reality TV show and come to discover that “life is messy, love is hard, and second chances don’t come around every day.” Robertson Huff is slated to appear on the show as a guest star.
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Owen Wilson To Lead ‘Secret Headquarters’
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Owen Wilson is joining forces with Jerry Bruckheimer for the upcoming film “Secret Headquarters”.
The action-packed flick follows a kid who discovers the secret headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. Details surrounding Wilson’s role are being kept under wraps.
“Project Power” duo Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are directing.
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Gabourey Sidibe To Make Directorial Debut With ‘Pale Horse’
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Gabourey Sidibe is set to make her directorial debut with the upcoming thriller “Pale Horse”.
According to the Hollywood Reports, the project follows “Naia, a reclusive and celebrated African American YA book author who is living with MS. Naia finds herself ensnared in a diabolical mystery when she shelters the man who escaped captivity with her long-missing brother.”
Effie T. Brown and Wellington Love will produce.
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Blake Lively To Star in Diablo Cody-Scripted 'Lady Killer'
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Blake Lively has just zeroed in on her next role, signing a deal with Netflix as star and producer of "Lady Killer", based on the Dark Horse Comics series of the same name. Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has signed on to write the script.
In the film, Lively will play Josie Schuller, a seemingly typical 1950s suburban homemaker who, in her downtime, leads a secret life as a skilled killer for hire — a job she absolutely loves and about which her husband and family have no idea.
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Hilary Swank Is Zooming To The Box Office
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Hilary Swank will star as racing pioneer Janet Guthrie in the feature film adaptation of Stephan Talty’s book Speed Girl. The movie tells the real-life story of pilot-turned-race car trailblazer, who became the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500.
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Claire Foy To Star In New Thriller Series 'Marlow'
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Claire Foy is returning to TV for the new BritBox thriller seres "Marlow".
The former star of "The Crown" will play Evie Wyatt, a woman who returns to her hometown, where her father died in a firestorm 15 years earlier, to look for answers and revenge.
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Elizabeth Olsen Lands New Series
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Fresh off the success of "WandaVision", Elizabeth Olsen will star in "Love and Death" as Candy Montgomery.
The HBO Max limited series is based on the true story of Betty Gore's murder at the hands of Montgomery.
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Alexander Skarsgard To Star In 'Succession' Season 3
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"Succession" is adding Alexander Skarsgard to the cast for season 3.
The actor will play, Lukas Matsson, a successful, confrontational tech founder and CEO.
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Bruce Willis To Star in Trilogy 'The Fortress'
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Bruce Willis is set to star alongside Jesse Metcalfe and Chad Michael Murray in "The Fortress", a new franchise being constructed as a trilogy, with the first two installments set to be shot back-to-back.
Willis plays a retired intelligence officer who teams up with his son, played by Metcalfe, to take down a group of criminals led by Murray.
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Melissa Rauch Lands Next Big Role
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Melissa Rauch has landed her first big role since the end of "Big Bang Theory".
Rauch will star in "Night Court", which she is executive producer of. The follow up to the legal comedy series will also see John Larroquette reprise his role.
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Taika Waititi To Star In HBO Max Period Comedy Series ‘Our Flag Means Death’
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As well as serving as director and executive producer, Oscar winner Taika Waititi will also star opposite Rhys Darby on screen in the new HBO series.
From writer David Jenkins, Garrett Basch and Dan Halsted, "Our Flag Means Death" is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet (Darby), a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate.
Waititi will play Blackbeard, history’s most feared and revered pirate.
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Vanessa Lachey To Head 'NCIS Hawai'i' Spinoff, First Female To Head One Of The Franchise's Series
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Vanessa Lachey has been tapped to star in the latest addition to the "NCIS" universe, the upcoming "NCIS Hawai'i". Lachey will make "NCIS" history as the first female lead in the hit CBS franchise. Yasmine Al-Bustami and Jason Antoon have also been cast as series regulars.
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Finn Wittrock Cast In HBO Max 'Green Lantern' Series
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"American Horror Story" alum Finn Wittrock has joined HBO Max's ambitious "Green Lantern" series, as one of several heroes who bear the Green Lantern title over the course of decades. Wittrock will play Guy Gardner in the new take on the DC Comics character in "a story spanning decades and galaxies, beginning on Earth in 1941 with the very first Green Lantern, secretly gay FBI agent Alan Scott, and 1984, with cocky alpha male Guy Gardner and half-alien Bree Jarta.”
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Lena Headey Joins Limited Series
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Lena Headey is set to join HBO's limited series "The White House Plumbers".
Joining Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux and Domhnall Gleeson, the film will take a new look at the Watergate scandal.
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Gal Gadot To Star In Romantic Sci-Fi Movie 'Meet Me In Another Life'
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Gal Gadot has found her next big project.
The actress is set to produce and star in the new sci-fi romance "Meet Me in Another Life", based on the novel by Catriona Silvey.
The film tells the story of a man and woman who have to figure out why they keep meeting each other in different versions of reality.
“Catriona’s characters are beautifully explored and deeply complex — their reincarnations sometimes bordering on taboo — that the payoff of their self-discovery feels genuine and earned," Gadot said in a statement.
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Isla Fisher And Josh Gad To Star In Series 'Wolf Like Me'
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Isla Fisher is set to star opposite Josh Gad in the new romantic comedy series "Wolf Like Me".
In the six-episode series, Gad plays father struggling to provide for his daughter after the death of his wife. He meets and falls for Mary, played by Fisher, who has a dark secret she can't share with anyone.
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Florence Welch Is Writing A 'Great Gatsby' Musical
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Florence + The Machine frontwoman Florence Welch is preparing to bring the Jazz Age to Broadway with a new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic "The Great Gatsby".
"This book has haunted me for a large part of my life," Welch says in a statement about the project, which is being called "The Great Gatsby, A New Musical". “It contains some of my favourite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism. It is an honour to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song.”
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Roselyn Sanchez Arrives On 'Fantasy Island'
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Roselyn Sanchez is set to star in Fox's reboot of "Fantasy Island". Sanchez ("The Grand Hotel", "Devious Maids") will portray Elan Roarke, a descendant of Ricardo Montalban's Mr. Roarke, in the straight-to-series program set for August 9.
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Stephan James To Star In Football Drama 'National Champions'
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Canadian actor Stephan James is set to star alongside J.K. Simmons in the new college football drama "National Champions".
James will play a star quarterback who sparks a player's strike before the biggest game of the season to fight for fair compensation and respect for athletes.
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Michael Rapaport To Play Steve Madden
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A TV show is in the works about the iconic shoe designer Steve Madden, with Michael Rapaport set to star.
Based on Madden's memoir The Cobbler: How I Disrupted An Industry, Fell From Grace & Came Back Stronger Than Ever, the series will tell the story of his success against the odds, including his criminal conviction and return to his business in 2005.
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'Disenchanted' Adds Three
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Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jayma Mays are all joining Disney+'s "Enchanted" sequel, "Disenchanted".
Amy Adams, Idina Menzel and James Marsden have already been announced to reprise their roles from the original.
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Vin Diesel Joins 'Muscle'
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Gloria Estefan & Andy Garcia In Talks For 'Father Of The Bride' Remake
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Gloria Estefan and Andy Garcia are reportedly in negotiations for a Latinx-themed remake of "Father of the Bride", playing a married couple whose daughter (Adria Arjona) is about to be married.
"The film will tell the story of a father coming to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family," reports 'Deadline'. The publication notes this version will be "more of a rom-com" than previous iterations, which include the original Spencer Tracy movie and the 1990s Steve Martin-starring movie and its sequel.
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'PEN15' Star Maya Erskine Joins 'Obi-Wan Kenobi'
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The upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series "Obi-Wan Kenobi" has added a new star to the fold.
"PEN15" actress Maya Erskine is joining the series, in which Ewan McGregor will return to the franchise to play the iconic Jedi, along with Hayden Christensen as Darth Vader.
It is not known who Erskine will play, but she will star alongside Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Moses Ingram, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie.
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50 Cent Set To Star In Thriller 'Free Agents'
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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson will be star and executive producer of "Free Agents".
Described as a "high concept sports action heist thriller," the film follows a group of pro football players who plan a daring heist to rip off the team owners who've been exploiting their gridiron skills.
50 Cent will play the veteran linebacker who pulls a young rookie player into his dangerous scheme to seek revenge from the greedy team owners.
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Emilia Clarke Nabs Role In Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion'
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Emilia Clarke is heading to Disney+ for Marvel's upcoming series "Secret Invasion".
While her role is being kept under wraps, the "Game Of Thrones" alum will join Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Olivia Colman.
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Dakota Johnson To Star In Netflix's Modern Jane Austen Adaptation
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Dakota Johnson has been cast as the lead in Netflix's new modern adaptation of Jane Austen's "Persuasion". In this version, Johnson will play Anne Elliot, a non-conforming woman who must deal with her snobby family who are on the brink of bankruptcy when a suitor she once dismissed comes back into her life.
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Janeane Garofalo Set For Final Season Of ‘Younger’
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Janeane Garofalo will take a starring role in the seventh and final season of the hit comedy series “Younger”.
The comedian will play Dean of The Arts College of New York, Cass DeKennessy.
According to Deadline, “When Cass offers Maggie (Debi Mazar) a teaching job at her school, her quiet life gets turned upside down.”
The series is created, executive produced and written by Darren Star.
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Edgar Ramizez To Star In 'Florida Man' Series
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The upcoming Netflix drama "Florida Man" has found its lead.
Edgar Ramirez will star in the series as an ex-cop who returns to Florida to find a Philadelphia mobster's runaway girlfriend.
The simple job soon turns a lot more complicated as Ramirez's character finds himself in a tangled web of family secrets.
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Lil Nas X And Kendall Jenner Join 'Dave' Season 2
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The music industry comedy "Dave", starring Dave Burd (aka Lil Dicky), is coming back for season 2, and bringing along some big guests stars.
Lil Nas X and Kendall Jenner are both slated to appear in the new season, which premieres June 16, along with CL, Hailey Bieber, Benny Blanco, Kyle Kuzma, Doja Cat, J Balvin, Rae Sremmurd (Swae Lee & Slim Jxmmi), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lil Yachty, Kevin Hart and more.
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Olivia Colman In Talks For Marvel Debut
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Oscar winner Olivia Colman is reportedly in talks to make her Marvel debut in the upcoming Disney+ series "Secret Invasion" opposite Samuel L. Jackson. The series will follow the events of "Captain Marvel" and will focus on Jackson's Nick Fury. "Captain Marvel" actor Ben Mendelsohn will reprise his role as one of the shape-shifting alien Skrulls. "One Night In Miami"'s Kingsley Ben-Adir has also signed on as the rumoured villain of the series.
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Deborah Cox Added To HBO's ‘Station Eleven’
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Deborah Cox has signed on for a recurring role in HBO Max's "Station Eleven".
The 10 episode drama series is based on the bestselling book by Emily St. John Mandel.
"Station Eleven" tells the story of a post-apocalyptic world after a devastating flu wipes out most of the population. Cox will play Wendy, a musician.
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Kristen Wiig And Annie Mumolo Sign On For Disney's 'Cinderella'-Inspired Project
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Last seen together in their comedy "Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar", Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo (who co-wrote the script for "Bridesmaids") have signed on to write (and possibly star in) a new project for Disney, focusing on Cinderella's evil stepsisters.
The film is described as "a fairy tale musical comedy that reimagines the Cinderella classic from the point of view of her infamous evil stepsisters. Spanning their early childhood through the marriage of their universally beloved stepsister and beyond, we follow Anastasia and Drizella Tremaine as they struggle to uphold their family’s legacy."
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Brad Pitt Joins 'Lost City Of D' With Sandra Bullock
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"Lost City Of D" has scored Brad Pitt for a cameo role in the upcoming action-comedy.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum have already signed on to the project, which follows an author who gets stuck on a book tour with her cover model.
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Fabien Frankel Added To 'Game Of Thrones' Prequel
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Fabien Frankel has been cast in a key role in the upcoming "Game Of Thrones" prequel "House Of The Dragon".
The actor will play Ser Criston Cole, a member of King Viserys I Targaryen's army.
Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Paddy Considine and Matt Smith are also part of the cast.
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Italia Ricci Joins 'The Imperfects'
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"The Imperfects" has scored Italia Ricci to star in Netflix's new sci-fi drama, about three young adults attempting to hunt down the scientist responsible for turning them into monsters. The 10-episode order comes from showrunner Dennis Heaton and also stars Rhianna Jagpal ("Charmed"), Iñaki Godoy ("Who Killed Sara?") and Morgan Taylor Campbell ("Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist").
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Jacob Tremblay Joins 'Toxic Avenger' Reimagining
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The upcoming remake of "The Toxic Avenger" has added young Canadian actor Jacob Tremblay to its cast.
Tremblay joins Peter Dinklage in the contemporary reimagining of the cult action-comedy hit from 1984.
In the film, a man is transformed into a mutant but turns hero in an effort to save his son and his community from the forces of greed, corruption and evil.
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Hugh Jackman will play a man striving to be a better father when his ex-wife (played by Laura Dern) unexpectedly shows up with their troubled teenage son in "The Son". The film is an adaptation of the play of the same name written by Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton, the duo behind the Oscar-nominated film "The Father". Zeller is also set to direct the adaptation.
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Demi Lovato To Star In NBC Comedy 'Hungry
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Natalie Portman To Star In Adaptation Of Elena Ferrante's 'The Days Of Abandonment'
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Natalie Portman has lined up her next starring role, taking on the lead in HBO Films' adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel "The Days of Abandonment".
Maggie Betts (Novitiate) will write and direct the picture, with Portman also executive producing.
The novel tells the story of Tess, a woman whose world is upended after she abandons her stable home life and is then abandoned by her husband.
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Jenna Dewan To Be A Judge On Reality Series 'Come Dance With Me'
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The upcoming reality competition series "Come Dance With Me" has recruited "World of Dance" host Jenna Dewan as one of its judges.
The show will feature young dancers who will partner up with an untrained family member or adult in their life who has inspired them or supported their dreams, all for a chance to win the grand prize.
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John Stamos To Narrate Podcast About Frank Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping
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John Stamos is diving into the story of the kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr., the son of the iconic singer and actor.
Stamos will be producing and narrating the upcoming podcast "The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra", which tells the story of incompetent and confused crime.
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David Beckham To Star In Docuseries 'Save Our Squad'
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Disney+ has traded up for David Beckham.
The soccer star will star in the new docuseries "Save Our Squad", in which he returns to the East London pitches where he kicked the ball around as a kid.
Beckham will mentor a young team struggling to stay alive in the league.
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Ryan Gosling To Star In Indie Film
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Ryan Gosling will star in the indie film "The Actor" from director Duke Jonson.
The movie is based on the novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake about an actor stranded in Ohio after losing his memory as the result of an attack.
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Michael Cera To Team Up With Amy Schumer
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Michael Cera will join Amy Schumer in Hulu's "Life & Beth".
The straight to series comedy was first picked up in 2019 and called "Love, Beth".
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Lucy Liu Added To 'Shazam' Sequel
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Lucy Liu is joining Helen Mirren and Zachary Levi in the upcoming "Shazam" sequel, "Fury Of The Gods".
While plot details are being kept under wraps, New Line Cinemas announced that Liu will play a villainess named Kalypso.
David F. Sandberg is back as director.
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Kevin James To Play New Orleans Saints Coach In 'Home Team'
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Kevin James is taking on a true story for his next big movie role.
The actor and comedian will play New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton in Netflix's new film "Home Team".
The movie follows Payton during the tumultuous 2012 season, when he was suspended by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell over the so-called "Bountygate" scandal.
During his suspension, Payton took a job as coach of his son's sixth grade football team.
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau To Star In ‘The Second Home’
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“Game of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has been cast in a new mini-series from Sony’s TriStar Television.
Coster-Waldau will executive produce and star in "The Second Home", which is based on a coming-of-age novel of the same name by Christina Clancy.
Set in Cape Cod, the story centres on a summer that changes the lives of three siblings forever.
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Violet McGraw Joins Horror Thriller ‘M3GAN’
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Violet McGraw’s star continues to rise with her latest casting announcement. The 9-year-old actress is set to star in the new tech horror thriller, “M3GAN”, alongside Allison Williams.
The story follows Gemma (Williams), a brilliant toy inventor who unexpectedly gains custody of her young niece (McGraw). After Gemma enlists a life-like doll to help with parenting, the family are faced with some nightmarish consequences.
McGraw also stars as a young Yelena Belova (played by Florence Pugh) in “Black Widow”.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Added To Netflix's '39 Steps'
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Benedict Cumberbatch has nabbed the lead role in the upcoming limited series "39 Steps".
The show is based on Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller "The 39 Steps" and will reunite Cumberbatch and his "Patrick Melrose" director Edward Berger.
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Justin Timberlake To Star As 'Gong Show' Host/CIA Assassin Chuck Barris In Apple TV+ Series
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Apple TV+ has won a bidding war to land a new scripted series in which Justin Timberlake will play the late Chuck Barris, best known as host of 1970s TV oddity "The Gong Show". The hour-long series will be based on Barris's memoir, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (which was adapted as a film starring Sam Rockwell), in which Barris claimed to have worked as an assassin for the CIA during the years when he produced "The Dating Game" and "The Newlywed Game".
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Natalie Morales To Headline New Comedy Pilot
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Natalie Morales ("Stuber") has landed the lead in a new CBS comedy pilot based on the book "How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings", written by "Trump Whisperer" TikTok sensation Sarah Cooper (who's also an executive producer).
Morales will star alongside Amy Landecker ("Transparent") and Alice Lee ("Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist"), playing three women at different stages in their careers within a male-dominated company.
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Renée Elise Goldsberry Joins 'She-Hulk' Series
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Renée Elise Goldsberry has been cast in "She-Hulk", the upcoming Marvel Studios series for Disney+
Tatiana Maslany stars as attorney Jennifer Walters, cousin of Dr. Bruce Banner, who has similar powers that morph her into the powerful She-Hulk.
According to reports, Goldsberry would play a character named Amelia. Meanwhile, "Avengers" star Mark Ruffalo will reprise his role as Bruce Banner/Hulk, while Tim Roth has signed on to play The Abomination, the villain he played in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk", which featured Edward Norton in his one and only turn as the unjolly green giant.
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Tom Holland Joins Upcoming Apple TV+ Series
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Tom Holland has signed on to star in Apple TV+'s upcoming anthology series "The Crowded Room".
The show will follow Billy Milligan (Holland), the first person ever acquitted of a crime because of multiple personality disorder which is now known as dissociative identity disorder.
The first season is inspired by Daniel Keyes’ biography The Minds of Billy Milligan.
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Paul Dano To Play Steven Spielberg’s Father
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Paul Dano has signed on to play Steven Spielberg’s father in an upcoming film about the director's childhood.
The movie is currently untitled, but is loosely based on the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s life growing up in Cincinnati. Spielberg is set to direct.
Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen are starring in the flick.
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