Actress Riley Keough has joined the cast of Al Pacino’s HBO film about Joe Paterno. The currently untitled picture from executive producer/director Barry Levinson was announced to star Al Pacino earlier this month, and tells the story of Penn State’s football coach Joe Paterno. Pacino has now found his co-star as Riley Keough has joined […]
Jason Alexander’s Hit The Road finds its cast, begins production
Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander’s next show, Hit The Road, has rounded out its cast. Alexander co-created the 10-episode half-hour comedy series for AT&T Audience Network alongside Peter Tilden and Dean Craig. Joining him in the show are The Office‘s Amy Pietz, Live Like Line‘s Natalie Sharp, Summer of 8‘s Nick Marini, Fist Fight‘s Tim Johnson Jr. and Hell on Wheels‘ Maddie Dixon-Poirer. Here’s a first […]
Christian Convery cast as Steve Carell’s son in Beautiful Boy
Young actor Christian Convery (My Christmas Dream) has been cast to play Steve Carell’s youngest son and Timothee Chalamet’s (Call Me By Your Name) little brother in Beautiful Boy, a new Amazon Studios drama produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The film is based on David Sheff’s book Beautiful Boy: a Father’s Journey Through His […]
Hilary Swank to play Gail Getty in FX series Trust
FX has announced that Oscar-winner Hilary Swank has signed on to portray Gail Getty in Trust, the new anthology series from director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy. The first season revolves around the real life kidnapping of Gail’s son John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil baron J. Paul Getty (played by Donald Sutherland). […]
Queen Latifah and Brett Matthews rebooting Scream: The TV Series for MTV
Back in March it was reported that MTV was looking to reboot Scream: The TV Series for its third season, and now Deadline has revealed details of the creative team brought on board for the task. According to the site, Brett Matthews (The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural) has signed on as showrunner – the third in […]
Sean Bean to headline Crackle’s new drama The Oath
Sean Bean has signed on to headline The Oath, a new drama series from streaming service Crackle, which has been created by Joe Halpin (Hawaii Five-O) is being executed produced by Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and his G-Unit Film & Television company. Deadline reports that the ten episode series “explores a world of gangs made […]
Sony and Shawn Levy adapting The Day The Crayons Quit
Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has snapped up the rights to the bestselling children’s book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, and has tapped Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps to produce a live-action/animated hybrid feature adaptation. The Day the Crayons Quit follows a box of crayons whose inhabitants go […]
All Eyez on Me director to helm police thriller The Shave
Fresh from the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, Variety is reporting that director Benny Boom has signed on to helm the Rogue One Entertainment’s police thriller The Shave, which is based on a Black List script by Thomas White and Miles Hubley. The film revolves around “an LAPD officer, recently exonerated in the […]
Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern join Shia LaBeouf in The Peanut Butter Falcon
Back in May it was announced that Shia LaBeouf is set to star in the indie adventure drama The Peanut Butter Falcon for writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz, and now THR is reporting that he will be joined in the cast by Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight). […]
Isla Fisher joins ensemble comedy Tag
Now You See Me and Nocturnal Animals star Isla Fisher has become the latest addition to the ensemble cast of the New Line comedy Tag, THR has revealed. Directed by Jeff Tomsic (Idiotsitter), the film is based on a true story from the Wall Street Journal and follows a group of friends who have been playing a […]
