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Marvel’s Luke Cage star Mike Colter is set to reprise a role on CBS. Meanwhile, Ashley Tisdale has been cast in an upcoming comedy pilot. All this and more on today’s TV casting round-up.

Albert’s fantasy novel has been on the New York Times Young Adult bestsellers list for seven weeks.

Mendes will play Shelby Pace, a beautiful, fashionable, private school student who is bored by her wealthy male suitors.

Winner of the John Cassavetes Award for Land Ho!, Katz’s new noir thriller stars Lola Kirke (Mozart in the Jungle) as the personal assistant of a young starlet (Zoe Kravitz), who gets caught up in a murder mystery.

The film follows a rising film executive who lives according to the voice in her head, until unexpectedly realizing the truth… It’s been lying about everything.

Based on the book by John Bellairs and illustrator Edward Gorey, the Eli Roth-directed film follows Owen Vaccaro’s Lewis into a mysterious old house that brings him into a world of witches and warlocks.

Jason Sudeikis tries to reconnect with his photographer father (Harris) as the two go on a road trip with his assistant (Elizabeth Olsen) to develop the last of his photos shot on Kodachrome film

Oscar-winning actor Lupita Nyong’o will produce and play Noah’s mother in the film based on the South African comedian’s book.

The second significant New Mutants delay will only lead to increased speculation that the film will forgo a theatrical release and instead debut on Disney’s new streaming platform, once that studio’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox is finalized.

The story follows a screenwriter who takes his wife and daughter to a remote house in the Alps so he can finish writing a sequel to his big hit movie. And then, as in The Shining, unexplained occurrences prompt the writer to begin going mad.

The creator and star of the British sitcom Bad Education and the corresponding film of the same name will play Blunt’s brother in the action-adventure film that was inspired by the theme park ride of the same name.

Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson will be making his return to the big screen for the first time since The Avengers, when his character tragically died.

Rodriguez also voices the role in an animated series being produced by Netflix for release in 2019 with owner Houghton Mifflin Harcourt planning a new series of books and games to coincide.

Penn has written a number of comic book adaptations from X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand to The Incredible Hulk and The Avengers for Marvel Studios.

Four other wide releases disappointed, while Wes Anderson’s animated Isle of Dogs blew up with $1.6 million in just 27 theaters.

Coming off the Winston Churchill drama for which Gary Oldman won an Oscar, Wright will either direct this or a movie based on John Williams’ Stoner next.

East Coast Editor Edward Douglas opines about the fact that sometimes having too many options means you’ll never have time to watch some of the less-publicized content.

The other four new wide releases are underperforming with last week’s surprise hit I Can Only Imagine holding up well in its second weekend.

A new film from Jackass creator Johnny Knoxville, a new spy series starring Sandra Oh and two more.

Starring Trevor Jackson, Jason Mitchell and Michael K. Williams, the remake of the classic 1972 film will hit theaters on June 15.

We also talk about Shane Black’s Predator getting the 3D conversion treatment, the Cannes Film Festival’s new selfie policy, the box office prospects for Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Ben Affleck’s hideous back tattoo.

Gary Scott Thompson (The Fast and the Furious) penned the original spec, which has since been rewritten by Run All Night scribe Brad Inglesby. Storyscape Entertainment is producing with Pioneer Pictures.

While the team at Annapurna has loved this project since the company first became involved with it several years ago, sources say Megan Ellison was wary about financing the film, given the hit the company took on Kathryn Bigelow’s underperforming drama Detroit.

Michael Showalter, fresh off his 2017 independent hit, has been tapped to direct Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer in their untitled holiday comedy for Universal.

The trio have been working on the ABC sitcom, Wong as a writer and Park as the star, with it already being renewed for a fourth season. Plans are to make the Netflix film during the summer break.

From Close Encounters of the Third Kind to Gosford Park, Balaban has experience on both sides of the camera, and Isle of Dogs is his third time working with Anderson.

Co-written by Shawkat and Arteta, the film follows the first 24 hours in her relationship with Laia Costa’s Sergio with appearances by the film’s exec. producers, the Duplass Brothers and more.

Based on the Shakespeare plays Henry IV and Henry V, this will be the third collaboration between Edgerton and Michơd since first teaming for 2010’s Animal Kingdom.

“It’s good to see Joshua Leonard doing this kind of work, and I hope other filmmakers give him more to do in the future, but because Unsane offers so few kinks or twists, he’s trapped playing a pretty one-note version of this kind of character,” writes Drew McWeeny.

“Boyega’s a great model for the 21st century reluctant hero, but the film keeps trying to strike romantic sparks between his hero and non-character Jules (Adria Arjona) as part of a romantic triangle with Scott Eastwood’s character, and it’s a dud,” writes Drew McWeeny.