25th July 2018
Dare Me - Willa Fitzgerald, Herizen Guardiola & Marlo Kelly to Star in USA Network Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Willa Fitzgerald (Scream: The TV Series), Herizen Guardiola (The Get Down) and Marlo Kelly (Home and Away) will lead the cast of the USA Network pilot Dare Me, from Universal Cable Productions and Film 44.
Fitzgerald plays Colette French. Once a star cheerleader herself, she is now a rising-star high school cheerleading coach with a reputation for building winning squads. Young, beautiful and charismatic, she exudes a deep, enigmatic movie-star cool, but she can’t stop herself from taking risks, with the squad and in her personal life.
Guardiola will play Addy Hanlon, a yearning, ambitious high school student who dreams of using cheer to secure a college scholarship and a ticket out of her Midwestern town. When Coach Colette French arrives, Addy is both inspired and tantalized, finding herself increasingly drawn into Colette’s complicated world.
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Magnum P.I. - Amy Hill to Recur
Amy Hill has signed on for a recurring role with a series regular option in Magnum P.I, CBS’ reboot of the classic 1980s show, from Peter Lenkov, Davis Entertainment, CBS TV Studios and Universal TV Studios,
Co-written by Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, the reboot follows Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez), a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. With help from fellow vets Theodore “TC” Calvin and Orville “Rick” Wright, as well as that of disavowed former MI:6 agent Juliet Higgins, Magnum takes on the cases no one else will, helping those who have no one else to turn to.
Hill will play the charming and irreverent Kumu, the cultural curator and de facto “house mom” of Robin’s Nest. (Like Doris Duke’s famous Shangri-La mansion near Honolulu, Robin’s Nest employs a cultural curator to preserve and share Hawaiian knowledge.) Whip-smart, she makes sure neither Magnum nor Higgins get away with anything on “her” property. But if they’re ever in need, Kumu is the first person to offer help from herself and her dozens of cousins, “tutus” (aunties) and neighbors all over Oahu. She’s the funny and tart voice of the islands.
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Talking Dead - Chris Hardwick Returning to AMC Talk Show After Sexual Assault Allegations
Days after being absent from his annual duty as moderator for The Walking Dead panel at Comic-Con, Chris Hardwick has been given the green light by AMC today to return on-air after allegations of sexual assault and emotional abuse by an ex-girlfriend.
“Following a comprehensive assessment by AMC, working with Ivy Kagan Bierman of the firm Loeb & Loeb, who has considerable experience in this area, Chris Hardwick will return to AMC as the host of Talking Dead and Talking with Chris Hardwick,” the cabler said in a statement Wednesday. “We take these matters very seriously and given the information available to us after a very careful review, including interviews with numerous individuals, we believe returning Chris to work is the appropriate step.”
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Central Park Five - Felicity Huffman, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo Join Ava DuVernay’s Limited Netflix Series
Felicity Huffman, Jharrel Jerome and Jovan Adepo have boarded the four-episode show narrative series, which will chronicle the notorious case of five teenagers of color who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. They join the previously cast stars Michael K. Williams, Vera Farmiga and John Leguizamo.
Central Park Five will focus on the five teenagers from Harlem — Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana and Korey Wise — and will span from the spring of 1989, when each was first questioned about the incident, to 2014 when they were exonerated and a settlement was reached with the city of New York.
American Crime alum Huffman will play Linda Fairstein, the prosecutor who headed the Manhattan district attorney’s sex crimes office during the case. Meanwhile, Moonlight's Jharrel Jerome will portray Korey Wise, one of the wrongfully convicted five who was charged as an adult in the case and served twelve years in prison before being exonerated, and newcomer Jovan Adepo (The Leftovers and Fences) will play the exonerated Antron McCray, another member of the wrongfully convicted five, who was released after serving six years in a New York State prison.
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See - Alfre Woodard to Star in Apple Series
Apple has enlisted multiple Emmy winner Alfre Woodard for its forthcoming drama series See.
Woodard (Luke Cage, 12 Years a Slave) will star opposite Aquaman's Jason Momoa in the drama from Peaky Blinders and Taboo creator Steven Knight. Her character, Paris, is a "priestess and adviser."
Apple is keeping most details about See under a lid, saying only that the show will be an "epic, world-building drama set in the future."
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The Enemy Within - Matt Corman and Chris Ord Tapped as Co-Showrunners on Upcoming NBC Drama
Matt Corman and Chris Ord, who worked as co-showrunners on The Brave in 2017-18, will take the same position on the Universal TV drama starring Jennifer Carpenter. They'll serve as executive producers and co-showrunners alongside series creator Ken Woodruff.
Corman and Ord have a history with NBCUniversal. In addition to The Brave, the duo co-created Covert Affairs, which ran for five seasons on USA from 2010 to 2014. They were also EPs on The CW's Containment in the 2015-16 season.
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Bull - Season 3 - Jill Hennessy to Guest in Multiple Episodes
TVLine has learned exclusively that the Crossing Jordan vet, Jill Hennessy, is set to guest-star in multiple episodes as a new client who asks Dr. Jason Bull (played by Michael Weatherly) to help her with one of the most challenging and emotional cases he has ever faced.
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Blood & Treasure - Alicia Coppola Joins CBS Summer Series as Series Regular
Alicia Coppola (Shameless) is set as a series regular opposite Matt Barr and Sofia Pernas in Blood & Treasure, CBS’ hourlong serialized action-adventure series set to premiere in summer 2019.
Written by Matthew Federman & Stephen Scaia, Blood & Treasure, which hails from CBS Television Studios alongside Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content, centers on a brilliant antiquities expert, Danny (Barr), and a cunning art thief, Lexi (Pernas), who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. As they crisscross the globe hunting their target, they unexpectedly find themselves in the center of a 2,000-year-old battle for the cradle of civilization.
Coppola will play Dr. Ana Castilla, a world-renowned adventurer and archeologist.
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SMILF - Season 2 - Ally Sheedy & Matthew Morrison to Guest
Ally Sheedy and Matthew Morrison have joined the second season of “SMILF” in guest starring roles, Variety has learned exclusively.
Morrison will play the role of Mitch, the nice guy ex-boyfriend of Bridgette (Frankie Shaw) from high school. Despite being polar opposites, the two still have feelings for each other. Sheedy will play Fiona, a friend of Bridge and Rafi (Miguel Gomez). Fiona is a no-nonsense midwife, a realist, down to earth and practical.
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Wrecked - Season 3 - Promo + Premiere Date
Rob Corddry (Ballers) and Karan Soni (Deadpool 2) Among New Guest Stars. TBS comedy Wrecked premieres its third season on Tuesday, August 7 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). This season, the Wrecked gang find themselves shipwrecked on a mysterious billionaire's private island where they're forced to hunt each other to the death in a basic-cable battle royale.
24th July 2018
American Princess - Matt Peters, Lucas Hazlett, Sophie Von Haselberg & 7 More to Recur
Lifetime’s straight-to-series drama American Princess has rounded out its recurring cast, adding Matt Peters (Orange Is the New Black), Lucas Hazlett (Life in Pieces, Wrecked), Lex King (Troy: Fall of a City), Steve Agee (Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, New Girl), Kitana Turnbull (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Mike Lane (Nobodies), Juan Alfonso (Young & Hungry), Sophie Von Haselberg (American Crime Story, House of Cards), Sas Goldberg (Ocean’s Eight) and Patrick Gallagher (Siren). They join previously announced series lead Georgia Flood, Lucas Neff, Seana Kofoed, Rory O’Malley and Mary Hollis Inboden in the series from Jenji Kohen, Jamie Denbo and Tara Hermann.
MOVIES: Men In Black Spinoff - Emma Thompson Joins Cast
Emma Thompson is returning to the world of Men In Black.
The actress is joining Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in Sony’s Men in Black reboot that begins production this month in London.
Liam Neeson and Kumail Nanjiani are also part of the big-name cast, as is Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom bad guy Rafe Spall and star street dancing duo Les Twins, Laurent Nicolas Bourgeois and Larry Nicolas Bourgeois,
Plot details and most character details are being kept secret but it is known that Thompson will reprise the role of Agent 0, the chief of the Men in Black organization.
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23rd July 2018
The Purge - Sabrina Gennarino to Star in USA/Syfy Series
Sabrina Gennarino, who played Tamiel in AMC's zombie series, will star in the scripted drama for both NBCUniversal-owned cable networks, set to premiere Sept. 4.
The Hollywood Reporter understands that Gennarino will play a figure called Madelyn, adding to a cast that includes Gabriel Chavarria, Lili Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Jessica Garza and Amanda Warren.
MOVIES: - What They Had - Trailer feat Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon, Blythe Danne & Robert Forster
MOVIES: Alita: Battle Angel - Trailer feat Rosa Salazar
The Chi - Season 2 - Shamon Brown Jr., Barton Fitzpatrick & Michael Epps Promoted to Series Regulars
SHOWTIME(R) HIT DRAMA "THE CHI" UPS THREE TO SERIES REGULARS
NEW YORK - July 23, 2018 - Fan favorites Shamon Brown Jr. (Papa), Barton Fitzpatrick (Reg) and Michael Epps (Jake) have been upped from guest stars to series regulars for the highly anticipated second season of THE CHI. The hit SHOWTIME drama series is currently in production in Chicago and will return to the network in 2019. THE CHI averaged 4.5 million weekly viewers across platforms and ranks as the highest-rated SHOWTIME freshman season since BILLIONS in 2016.
In season one, viewers watched as best friends Kevin (series regular Alex Hibbert), Papa (Brown Jr.) and Jake (Epps) navigated the rocky terrain of teen life on the South Side in their journey to become young men. In addition to normal adolescent pitfalls (girls, school hierarchies, bullies), they were also exposed to some of the darker elements of inner-city life, at times by Jake's older brother and guardian, Reg (Fitzpatrick). Kevin and Papa battled Reg's influence over Jake, praying that their friend would maintain his innocence and avoid temptations. But whether the boys are able to shield Jake from Reg's twisted lessons in street survival remains to be seen.
Created and executive produced by Emmy(R) winner Lena Waithe (Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award(R), Emmy and Golden Globe(R) winner Common (Selma), THE CHI explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago. Ayanna Floyd Davis (Empire, Hannibal) serves as executive producer and showrunner for season two.
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Chicago Med - Season 4 - Molly Bernard and Colby Lewis to Recur
There will be a couple new faces wandering the halls of Chicago Med in Season 4. Younger’s Molly Bernard and Colby Lewis (One Tree Hill) have signed on for recurring roles on the upcoming season of the NBC drama series.
Bernard will play Elsa Curry, an intelligent, know-it-all, intense and overconfident med student. She’s the shiniest penny in every room, and is not shy about letting you know it. Her impatience and arrogance may be grating at first, but she has a bright future of medicine ahead of her. Lewis will portray Terry McNeal, a star football player who gave up a lucrative NHL contract to go to medical school. Like Elsa, they are both third-year medical students who are starting their clinical rotations.
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Giri/Haji - Kelly Macdonald to Star in BBC/Netflix Thriller
EXCLUSIVE: Puzzle and Boardwalk Empire star Kelly Macdonald has lined up a leading role in BBC One/Netflix’s upcoming thriller Giri/Haji, Deadline understands. I hear Macdonald will play Sarah, a London-based forensics lecturer and policewoman who forms an unlikely friendship with a Japanese detective searching for his brother who has become entangled with the Yakuza.
First announced in May 2017, Giri/Haji (Duty/Shame) hails from Humans writer Joe Barton, and Jane Featherstone’s Sister Pictures. BBC One will air in the UK with Netflix handling globally.
The eight-part series follows middle-aged Tokyo detective Kenzo who travels to London in search of his wayward younger brother Yuto. Once thought dead, Yuto is now believed to be posing as a Yakuza gangster in London and wanted for the murder of a Japanese businessman there.
It is described as a dark, character-driven crime story which cuts between London and Tokyo, exploring the butterfly effect between the two cities, and asking: How do we live with our actions when the prisms they’re viewed through can seem to change so drastically depending on where we are or who we talk to?
The series will be shot in English and Japanese. Production begins later this month in the UK and will also take place in Tokyo and London.
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MOVIES: Enter the Dragon - David Leitch in Early Talks to Direct Bruce Lee Remake
EXCLUSIVE: Hot off Deadpool 2, David Leitch is in early talks to direct Enter the Dragon, the remake of the 1973 martial arts classic that cemented Bruce Lee’s iconic status. The original was a global hit out of Hong Kong, but its release was marked with tragedy as it came right after Lee’s death. The 45th anniversary of his death on July 20, 1973 was last Friday. They will now set a writer.
In Enter the Dragon, a Shaolin martial artist is pressed to enter a karate tournament on the island owned by the secretive Han, who is suspected of using the gathering as a way to smuggle drugs around the world. The protagonist has his own motivation: revenge. He learns that his sister fought for her life and ultimately killed herself on Han’s island, rather than succumb to rape by a group of Han’s thugs.
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Shadowhunters - Season 3B - Luke Baines to Recur as Jonathan Morgenstern
Luke Baines has been cast in the recurring role of Jonathan Morgenstern, the main villain in the remaining episodes of the third and final season of Freeform’s fantasy drama series Shadowhunters.
Previously hiding behind the identify of Sebastian Verlac, played by Will Tudor, Baines’ character was reborn at the end of the spring finale and is the true form of Clary’s (Katherine McNamara) brother. Jonathan’s return will present Clary and the Shadowhunters with a new level of evil that they can’t even imagine.
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22 July 2018
The Simpsons SDCC 2018 Promo
Family Guy SDCC 2018 Sizzle Reel
21st July 2018
Disenchantment - Teaser
The Dragon Prince - Teaser
20th July 2018
MOVIES: Top Gun: Maverick - Jennifer Connelly in Early Talks to Join Sequel
Jennifer Connelly might be taking a ride on the highway to the danger zone.
The actress, who won an Oscar for 2001’s A Beautiful Mind, is in early negotiations to join Tom Cruise in Paramount’s Top Gun sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
If a deal makes, Connelly will play the movie’s female lead, a single mother who runs a local bar near the Navy base.
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Lore - Season 2 - Trailer
MOVIES: Glass - Trailer feat Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, James McAvoy, Sarah Paulson & More
Voltron Legendary Defender - Season 7 - Trailer
Young Justice Outsiders - Trailer
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19th July 2018
This Is Us - Miguel-Centric Episode Planned
This Is Us is planning an episode that will focus on Jack’s best friend/Rebeca’s second husband, series star Jon Huertas told TVLine during a visit to our Comic-Con interview suite Thursday.
“I know they’re going to do that,” he said, adding that the hour likely will air late in the NBC drama’s upcoming Season 3 or sometime in Season 4.
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Origin - YouTube Series Teaser Trailer featuring Tom Felton and Natalia Tena
In Origin, a chilling new original series from the producers of The Crown & Lost, we meet a group of troubled passengers as they wake up on a damaged spaceship abandoned in deep space. Each having left behind a dark past in search of a fresh start on a newly colonised planet, they’re desperate to survive at all costs. But as their terrifying situation spirals into paranoia, they come to realize that the greatest threat to their dream of starting over – and indeed their lives – might actually be within their midst… Coming to YouTube.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Revived for Another Season
Reporting in for another tour of duty on Disney's upcoming streaming service.
New Clone Wars is coming to Disney Direct Consumer! #CloneWarsSaved #SDCC pic.twitter.com/Oejh0zx8ng
— The SWU @ #SDCC (@TheSWU) July 19, 2018
A Discovery of Witches - UK Premiere Date Revealed
Friday September 14 on Sky One. Coming to SundanceTV in the US at a later date.
🎉🚨DATE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨🎉
— Sky One (@SkyOne) July 19, 2018
Calling all witches, vampires and daemons. We can exclusively reveal @ADiscoveryOfWTV is coming to @SkyOne on Friday 14 September! Put it in your diary! #ADiscoveryOfWitches #ADiscoveryOfComicCon @teresapalmer @DebHarkness pic.twitter.com/G1m4yukfNV
Sundance Now and Shudder have acquired A Discovery of Witches, the Sky original drama based on Deborah Harkness’ best-selling novel. The eight-episode series starring Teresa Palmer and Matthew Goode will stream on both services, but no premiere date was announced.
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Impulse - Renewed for a 2nd Season by YouTube
MOVIES: Second Act - Trailer feat Jennifer Lopez
MOVIES: Glass - Final Teaser
Catherine the Great - Jason Clarke to Co-Star in HBO & Sky Miniseries
Jason Clarke has been tapped to star opposite Helen Mirren in the HBO/Sky limited drama series Catherine the Great.
Written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by BAFTA and Emmy winner Philip Martin (The Crown, Mo, Prime Suspect), the four-episode series is set against the politically tumultuous and sexually charged court of Russian empress Catherine the Great (Mirren). Catherine wielded supreme power throughout Russia for nearly half of the 18th century; strong-minded, independent, brilliantly intelligent and sexually liberated, she was the definition of the modern woman.
Produced by Origin Pictures and New Pictures, the limited series will follow Catherine toward the end of her reign and her passionate affair with Grigory Potemkin (Clarke), a Russian military commander who became Catherine’s lover, favored statesman and life-long friend. Amid scandal, intrigue and immense conflict, they develop a unique and devoted relationship, overcoming their adversaries and together serving as the architects of modern-day Russia.
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Supergirl & Charmed - Combo Promo
Cable Girls - Season 3 - Teaser
All episodes streaming September 7th, only on Netflix.
