Gossip Girl alum Kelly Rutherford has been cast in Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars‘ spinoff pilot The Perfectionists. Meanwhile, Training Day alumna Lex Scott Davis has been cast as the central character and female lead in ABC’s drama pilot For Love. All this and more on today’s TV casting round-up.
Christopher Abbott
The HBO show ends its six-season run on Sunday and while it may not have been for everyone, we’ll miss it dearly. To pay tribute to this special show and its characters, let’s take a walk down memory lane to back when it all started in April 2012, and look at what the future has in store for this impressive ensemble.
Abbott, who recently appeared in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, has boarded the indie thriller from writer-director Carlos Puga.
A man wakes up incarcerated for a crime he does not remember. As he struggles to learn what crime he has committed, he becomes aware that the situation is much more grave than once thought.
The 2015 Gotham Awards, celebrating the year’s best in independent film, were held in New York on Monday. Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight was the night’s big winner, receiving Best Feature, Best Screenplay and a special jury award for Ensemble Cast Performance. See the full list of winners and nominees here.
The 2015 Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out! The ceremony was founded by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. Check out this year’s nominations here!
A man struggles to control his inner demons while dealing with tremendous family strife.
Logline: A 17 year old waitress makes the choice to become a prostitute in order to support herself.
Follows a young couple in the midst of renovating their secluded family estate when their lives are violently disrupted when they get unexpected visitors and one of the foursome goes missing.
Logline: Follows a young couple in the midst of renovating their secluded family estate when their lives are violently disrupted when they get unexpected visitors and one of the foursome goes missing.
Logline: A troubled young man comes of age in the face of momentous family challenges.
Agency swoops up “Girls” actor.
A divorced, childless and demoralized 35-year-old woman finds her life upended by the unexpected attentions of a teenage boy.
Logline: Follows a reporter’s humorous account during her days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Nominees announced for the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
Logline: When a middle aged woman fresh from her divorce is forced to move back in with her parents, she finds herself blindsided when she falls in love with a young man of nineteen.
