The Harry Potter star will play a mild-mannered man named Miles whose mundane existence is turned upside-down when he finds himself in the crosshairs of a mysterious website that forces complete strangers to fight in a gladiator-like battle to the death.
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Neeson will play a successful Wall Street executive who’s on his way to work when he discovers that a bomb has been planted in his car. He’s subsequently forced to follow a series of orders throughout the day, or else the mysterious bomber will be detonate the device. The situation is even more dire because the man’s family is in the car with him.
For the first time since the end of Fawlty Towers, John Cleese will star in a BBC sitcom. The project, Edith, stars Alison Steadman in the title role of the six-part series on BBC One.
Academy Award-nominated actor Liam Neeson has signed on to star in the revenge thriller action hero and applying it to the Studiocanal financed and Michael Shamberg-produced Hard Powder.
Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World 2 is looking to add Toby Jones and Rafe Spall to the cast. The two are currently in negotiations to join Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard in the sequel to the dinosaur box office hit.
The upcoming limited series about Lou Pearlman, depicting the life and downfall of the infamous music mogul, has found its titular Pearlman: British actor Toby Jones. Pearlman was best known for creating and managing boy bands such as the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC.
Daniel Radcliffe has landed the starring role in Beast of Burden as a drug smuggler. The movie comes from Swedish director Jesper Ganslandt with a script by Adam Hoelzel.
We’re a couple days into the Cannes Film Festival and there’s a considerable amount of buzz around Martin Scorsese’s forthcoming The Irishman and the long list of deals to report including the Halle Berry and Michael Douglas drama Silence.
The Jekyll & Hyde actor joins Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart and Boyd Holbrook for the third installment of the X-Men spin-off movie.
Acclaimed crime drama Broadchurch has locked in its cast for the third and final season. Joining returning stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman are Julie Hesmondhalgh, Georgina Campbell, Sarah Parish, Charlie Higson, and Mark Bazeley.
Journey’s End, the play by R.C. Sheriff is getting a remake with Sam Claflin attached to star as Captain Stanhope alongside Freddie Highmore, Paul Bettany, and Toby Jones. The script was penned by Simon Reade and the team is searching for an A-List director to shoot in the UK next year.
Liam Neeson is set to star in Felt from writer-director Peter Landesman. The film follows the real life of the man behind “Deep Throat,” the whistleblower in the Watergate scandal.
Written and directed by duo Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, the pic centers on a hopeless man stranded in the wilderness who befriends a corpse, together embarking on a bizarre quest to return home.
Ben Hardy, Charlie Rowe, and Timothee Chalamet are being considered for the role of Cyclops.
Dumbledore and Umbridge reunite for the live action/animated hybrid.
Neeson could star in Universal’s adaptation of the Harlan Coben novel of the same name.
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The “Bates Motel” actor and showrunner will develop a new series for NBC.
The trio may be reprising their roles for the upcoming Marvel project.
They join old hats Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Waskiowska, and many, many others.
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
The young actresses join the impressive cast that includes Harrison Ford and Oscar Isaac.
And, no, he’s not traveling by Floo.
Shirley Henderson, Stacey Martin and Bebe Cave also join the cast that includes Salma Hayek.
Also joining the cast of the ghostly comedy are Imelda Staunton and Toby Jones.
“Hustle” star nabs role in indie drama.
Which is much more proper than American pride.
A recap of the week’s TV casting news!
A round-up of the week’s TV casting news!
