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Jack Black’s indie comedy The Polka King has added Parks and Recreation alum Jenny Slate to the cast. She joins Jason Schwartzman and Jacki Weaver in the film based on the rise and fall of polka sensation Jan Lewan. (Variety)
Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson will join Australian YouTube troupe the Janoskians in the prankster comedy Public Disturbance at Lionsgate. (Entertainment Weekly)
Chloe Sevigny and Vikings star Travis Fimmel will join Steve Buscemi and Charlie Plummer for Andrew Haigh’s Lean on Pete. The film is an adaptation of Willy Vlautin’s acclaimed novel of the same name. (Deadline)
Star of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, Michael Nyqvist has joined the cast of the submarine-set action-thriller Hunter Killer. The Swedish actor will star alongside Gary Oldman, Billy Bob Thorton, and Common. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Simpsons voice actress, Nancy Cartwright has acquired worldwide motion picture and television rights to Rachel Grant’s novel Body of Evidence. She will produce under her Spotted Cow Entertainment banner along with Peter Kjenaas and Monica Gil. (Variety)
Rob Riggle, Famke Janssen, John Michael Higgins, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Josh Ostrovsky have boarded Scott Speer’s teen comedy Status Update. Written by 17 Again scribe Jason Filardi, the movie is described as Big for the millennial generation. (Deadline)
Goat actor Jake Picking has booked a part in the upcoming Arizona wildfire drama Granite Mountain. He will join the all-star cast of Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Taylor Kitsch, Jeff Bridges and Jennifer Connelly. (The Wrap)
Starz has renewed Power for two season, ensuring the drama’s run through Season 5. The news comes after Sunday’s Season 3 premiere pulled in a record number 2.26 million viewers. (TVLine)
MGM is set to remake the 1975 coming-of-age drama Cooley High with DeVon Franklin, Common and Tony Krantz. Seth Rosenfeld will write the script about a group of high school pals with big dreams of getting out of Chicago’s South Side in the 1960s. (Deadline)
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