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Another day gearing up for pilot season, another onslaught of casting news. Luke Perry, Elisabeth Shue, and Dermot Mulroney have all landed new roles in new series.

The Thomas Crown Affair is the latest remake being developed for the big screen with studio MGM signing up Michael B. Jordan to lead the film. Jordan previously worked with MGM on last year’s hit Creed, the sequel to the Rocky franchise with Sylvester Stallone.

Steven S. DeKnight has won the job to direct Pacific Rim 2, the sequel to the 2013 hit action film featuring robots battling monster-aliens. The first film was helmed by Guillermo del Toro with a script by Travis Beacham.

Supergirl has had a nice stretch of strong episodes the past few weeks. Dare I say, the show may have hit it’s stride? I don’t want to jinx but I am loving every week more and more!

MRC has signed on The Witch writer-director Robert Eggers to pen and helm six to eight episodes that will follow the life of Rasputin, the confidant of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.

Vanessa Hudgens joins NBC’s DC Universe-based office comedy Powerless, Felicity Huffman and John Ridley extend their relationship, Hina Abdullah joins The Jury and more in today’s TV Casting news.

Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs lead a funny and heartfelt new series that explores modern dating, with all the awkwardness and miscommunication that comes along with it.

Fifty Shades Freed continues to flesh out its cast as it adds Brant Daugherty in the role of Sawyer. The third installment of the franchise is set to bow in 2018.

Amid the frenzy of casting news this week, pick ups and orders have slowed. Even news on renewals for next season has been fairly quiet, but let’s take a look a few of the bigger projects announced this week at NBC and FX.

Anthony Byrne’s thriller In Darkness has added Emily Ratajkowski to the cast. She joins Natalie Dormer, Ed Skrein, and Stacy Martin in a script Byrne co-wrote with Dormer.

Keith Stanfield has joined horror film Get Out from Blumhouse Productions. Jordan Peele of Key and Peele wrote and is directing the picture.

The History Channel is bringing a trio of new short-form comedies to their late night block starting next Thursday, February 25 at 11:30PM. The series include Great Minds With Dan Harmon, Crossroads Of History, and How To Lose The Presidency.

Holliday Grainger is set to join Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin in the Fox Searchlight picture My Cousin Rachel. The film is based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier.

After a strong reset in the new year, last night’s episode showed a little signs of wear. “Got Silk?” was another solid outing, but after two great episodes that maintained a tight, fast pace and less of the Miss Piggy-Kermit entanglements this episode still felt like like a step back.

XXX: The Return Of Xander Cage has added Kris Wu to the cast. He joins previously announced Deepika Padukone, Tony Jaa, Toni Collette, Nina Dobrev, and Ruby Rose.

James Gunn took to social media to announce the start of principal photography today at Atlanta’s Pinewood Studios of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. Gunn also confirmed the casting of Kurt Russell, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, and Pom Klementieff.

Deadpool’s opening weekend box office estimates are hovering around a massive $150 million domestic and nearly $300 million international. And here’s why it shouldn’t surprise you. Plus, an update with the results of our post-credit sequence poll.

After breaking records in Deadpool, star Ryan Reynolds is already on the move to his next project as he is in talks to join Life from Skydance Productions. The film would see Reynolds star opposite Rebecca Ferguson, who blew away audiences and critics alike in last year’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation.

Along with a short clip revealing principal production has gotten underway, it has also been announced that Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern, and Kelly Marie Tran have been added to the cast.

CBS has previously given the impression of courting a younger audience in their past orders and developments, this week was all about family for the eye. Plus, a round-up of the latest developments of pilot season.

We’ve sorted through our DVR to bring you the five best episode of television that you may have missed this week. The Flash travels to Earth-2, Samantha Bee shakes up late night, and Shonda Night is back!

Emily Blunt has signed on to voice a new character in the animated feature My Little Pony. The project from Lionsgate is based on the popular Hasbro franchise.

Bob Odenkirk may be best known for his role as Saul Goodman in the AMC series Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad. But if you consider yourself a comedy buff, you’ve been a fan of his work for years – especially his groundbreaking late-night HBO sketch series Mr. Show.

Taraji P. Henson has signed on to play Katherine Johnson, a real-life mathematics genius, in Hidden Figures from Fox 2000. The project will be helmed by St. Vincent director Ted Melfi.

Rememory has added Julia Ormond to the cast, joining Peter Dinklage. She replaces Catherine O’Hara in the role of Carolyn.

Josh Gad will star in and produced feature comedy Heavy Duty, based on his original idea. The script was penned by writing duo Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit.

“For The Girl Who Has Everything” created another simple story with strong emotional impact, but the writers also have finally started trimming the excess plots from the show! It feels like we’re heading into the home stretch of Supergirl‘s inaugural season and may actually be given the strong finish that it deserves.

Lupita Nyong’o is negotiations to star in sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life. Behind the camera, acclaimed director Ava DuVernay is circling the project with an offer likely to go out this week. The project hails from Amblin Entertainment and Big Beach Films.

Pierce Brosnan has found his next leading role in a cinematic take on Ernest Hemingway’s novel Acorss The River And Into The Trees. Martin Campbell, who directed Brosnan in GoldenEye, will helm the adaptation.

Brendan Gleeson is set to star in a new crime comedy entitled Mr. Cranky. Jonathan Teplitzky is attached to direct with a script from Chris Nyst.