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Mel Gibson will star in The Professor and the Madman with Sean Penn in early negotiations to join him. Apocalypto writer Farhad Safinia is set to direct from his own screenplay, which he has adapted from Simon Winchester’s 1998 book.
After a flurry of rumors, BBC has confirmed that Nicole Kidman will join Elisabeth Moss for the second season of Top of the Lake.
Sarah Snook is in talks to join the cast of Lionsgate’s The Glass Castle based Jeanette Walls’s best-selling memoir about her life in a nomadic family with an alcoholic father and unbalanced mother.
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.
Sofia Coppola will write, direct, and produce a remake of the 1971 Clint Eastwood Civil War romance. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning are attached to star in what will be Coppola’s first feature film since her 2013 fame-obsessed crime drama The Bling Ring.
Lucas Till lands the role of MacGyver in CBS’s action pilot while ABC’s Shots Fired adds Helen Hunt, Richard Dreyfuss, and Stephen Moyer.
Mayhem has cast The Walking Dead‘s Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in lead roles. Joe Lynch is directing the feature which will begin principal photography later this month in Belgrade, Serbia.
Jordin Sparks has landed a recurring role in Time After Time, Sam Neill is a family patriarch in the sweeping family drama The Son, and Alyssa Milano is teaming up with Jason Lee again for What Goes Around Comes Around in tonight’s casting round-up!
UPDATE 03.18.16 The Max Landis spec Bright has been part of a very lengthy bidding war between studios, but Netflix has come out on top with a commitment of $90 million for the package.
In a world where magical creatures live side by side with humans, a human cop is forced to work alongside an Orc to track down a powerful wand that everyone is willing to kill for.
Avatar star Sam Worthington is developing a new highly stylized action flick from first time writer James Abrams. The script is described as an ultra violent comic book styled action piece, pitched in the vein of John Wick and Crank.
Wonder Woman may be adding to the Amazons of Paradise Island, with Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman in talks to play a high-ranking warrior opposite Gal Gadot in the DC film. Patty Jenkins is directing the film due out in June 2017.
Elusive director Adrian Lyne has signed on to direct Silent Wife starring Nicole Kidman, which will be introduced to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. The film is an adaptation of the novel by A.S.A. Harrison.
Home and Away actress Samara Weaving has been chosen for the lead role in The Babysitter. The film follows a lonely twelve year-old boy who is in love with his babysitter and discovers some hard truths about life, love, and murder.
Prolific actor takes on new lead as famed composer-lyricist Lionel Bart.
Garfield is in talks to star as the title character, while Gibson is in talks to helm the war drama.
Kidman is in talks to replace Gwyneth Paltrow in Billy Ray’s thriller.
Logline: Kept under wraps.