The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (02.14.17)

I Love You and I Like You: A Letter to Television’s Best Couple

It’s Valentine’s Day so here’s a heartfelt letter to the best TV couple of all time: Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt from Parks and Recreation. From the little town of Pawnee, Indiana to hearts across the world, this is how and why they’re the best when it comes to TV love.

Moonlight‘s Mahershala Ali Moving From Drug dealer to Drug Drama Triple Frontier

The age of Mahershala Ali continues, as the Oscar-nominated Moonlight star is nearing a deal to join Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum in Paramount’s crime thriller Triple Frontier. J.C. Chandor is directing from a script by Mark Boal, who initially developed the project with Kathryn Bigelow.

14 TV Relationship Goals Worth Bingeing This Valentine’s Day

In the last few years, television has set a high bar for relationships whether it’s a traditional married couple, best friends, or arch rivals. In honor of the day of love, we’re highlighting fourteen of our favorite couples on television.

More News From Around The Web

• Dwayne Johnson has announced that Vince Vaughn has joined the cast of the real-life wrestling comedy/drama Fighting With My Family. Vaughn will portray an “80’s wrestling star who squandered his money and opportunities.”  (ComingSoon.net)

• Lea Thompson and Alan Ruck have been cast as the parents of Shannon Purser’s title character in the Ian Samuels-directed comedy Sierra Burgess Is A Loser. (Deadline)

• Celeste Desjardins will star in dystopian science-fiction action movie Skate God with Alexander Garcia directing from his own script. The film is set in a dystopian universe, and centered on a skater who realizes that he is the descendant of a Greek God. Luke Benward is portraying the skater. Desjardins will play the goddess love interest in the film. (Variety)

• The Real O’Neals’ Matt Oberg has landed a series-regular role opposite Carol Burnett in Household Name, a multi-camera comedy starring Burnett, written/executive produced by Michael Saltzman and executive produced by Amy Poehler through her Paper Kite banner. (Deadline)

• Australian comedian, singer, actor, director and composer Tim Minchin has been cast as Friar Tuck in Lionsgate forthcoming bow-and-arrow action pic Robin Hood: Origins. (/Film)

• Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita — considered to be one of the best novels of the 20th Century — has been optioned to be developed into a feature film. The book tells the story about the devil visiting 1930s Moscow right after Christ’s crucifixion.  (Deadline)

• Matthew Lillard will play the hubby of Kathleen Rose Perkins’ character in Good Girls while Sam Adegoke gets cast in the CW’s Dynasty pilot. (TVLine)