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The Big Short writer-director Adam McKay and partner Will Ferrell have picked up the rights to Jessica Pressler’s acclaimed New York Magazine piece. McKay, Ferrell, and Jessica Elbaum are producing under their Gloria Sanchez banner.
J.K. Simmons has been tapped to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon bombing drama, Patriots’ Day. The movie will be based on the true events of the bombing and the five day search that led to the capture of suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
The remarkably true, modern Robin Hood story of a group of ex-strippers who stole money from filthy, rich men.
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.
Demi Moore has signed on to lead the series 10 Days In The Valley from Skydance Television while Powerless has added Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk, and Christine Kirk. The trio joins previously cast Vanessa Hudgens.
Fresh off of the wild success of Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds has already jumped into his next project — and Salma Hayek and Elodie Yung are joining him. The three will star together in The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which is set to start production in April.
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.
Skyler White herself, Anna Gunn will co-star in ABC’s Chunk & Bean single-cam comedy pilot. See today’s biggest TV casting news, including
Gina Carano continues to add credits to her film resume with the Peter Howitt’s Scorched Earth. She recently signed on to star in the indie apocalyptic action flick alongside John Hannah.
Rememory has added Julia Ormond to the cast, joining Peter Dinklage. She replaces Catherine O’Hara in the role of Carolyn.
A supernatural thriller about a terrifying entity that may be responsible for a string of mysterious disappearances in a small midwestern town.
Franco, Stewart, and Carter are circling the biopic about the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction story behind the hoax of JT LeRoy, a woman who pretended to be a man that identified as transgender, tricking the rich and famous in Hollywood, the fashion world, and elite literary circles.
Julie Delpy has signed on to join the ensemble cast of the the The Bachelors alongside J.K. Simmons. The comedic drama follows a widower, played by Simmons, and his 17-year-old son as they move from northern California to Los Angeles for a new start.
Tony Kushner has signed on to pen the adaptation of the August Wilson play, Fences. Denzel Washington will direct and likely star in the film, alongside Viola Davis. The two actors previously headlined the Broadway revival.
It seems that actress Ashley Bell is having a good week. First, she stars in the thriller, Carnage Park, which premieres this week at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, she just signed on to star alongside Melissa Leo in the coming-of-age nun drama, Novitiate, the directorial debut of Maggie Betts.
Tremblay to guest on The Last Man On Earth, Hulu books Regina Hall for comedy pilot Crushed, Meagan Good heads to Code Black, CBS summer series American Gothic adds three.
Ilfenesh Hadera has joined the rapidly growing cast of the Baywatch movie. She will play Dwayne Johnson’s love interest, Stef. Johnson made the announcement today via his Instagram account.
Taylor Sheridan, the writer behind Sicario, is making his feature debut with Wind River and has found his leads in Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
Who will the original Dr. Frank-N-Furter play in Fox’s remake? Twisted‘s Kylie Bunbury is playing ball, Neil Patrick Harris to experience Unfortunate Events while Trisha Yearwood and Prince Royce are feeling the passion.
The remarkably true, modern Robin Hood story of a group of ex-strippers who stole money from filthy, rich men.
Debra Messing and Abigail Breslin on board for Dirty Dancing; UnReal taps Being Mary Jane‘s B.J. Britt as first African-American “bachelor”; Adam Lambert rocking Fox’s Picture Show; Netflix and Miranda Sings say Haters Back Off.
Diego Boneta and Agyness Deyn have signed on to join the ensemble cast of the growing cast of The Titan which already includes Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling , Ruth Wilson, and Tom Wilkinson. In addition to Boneta and Deyn, the sci-fi feature has also added Aleksander Jovanovic.
The Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor is set to star in Jim Jarmusch’s next feature, Paterson, a wry comedy from Amazon Studios and K5 International.
Supergirl is about to meet…Supergirl. Smallville‘s Supergirl, Laura Vandervoort, is joining the CBS drama. Big Little Lies adds three. Jeffrey Donovan taking lead in new Hulu drama.