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Myriad Pictures' Film Adaptation of George R.R. Martin's 'In The Lost Lands’ to Star Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich is in advanced negotiations to star in Myriad Pictures' In The Lost Lands, a film adaptation based on three fantasy adventure short stories by author George R.R. Martin of Game of Thrones fame. Confirmed to co-star in the movie is Canadian actor Justin Chadwick, 32, whose film credits include War of the Worlds, The Invisible, and Dragonball: Evolution and who is a regular on the TV series Shameless.

Milla Jovovich-Starrer Thriller ‘Survivor’ Sells to Alchemy

11:00 PM EDT 3/21/2015

Alchemy, formerly known as Millennium Entertainment, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Survivor, an upcoming spy action thriller directed by James McTeigue, best known for his work on V For Vendetta, which stars Milla Jovovich as a newly-posted State Department employee at the American embassy in London charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the country, who in the course of carrying out her work, gets targeted for death and framed for crimes she did not commit. Discredited and forced to go on the run while she tries to clear her name, Jovovich's character must also stop a large-scale terrorist attack set for New Year's Eve in Times Square.Read more

Paramount Takes off ‘The Moon and the Sun’ Starring Pierce Brosnan from Its Scheduled Release Date

10:56 PM EDT 3/21/2015

The Moon and the Sun, the movie adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s 1997 Nebula Award-winning historical science fiction novel of the same name, was originally set for release to US theaters on April 10. Now, less than a month before that date, Paramount Pictures, which acquired the distribution rights to film, has taken it off from its announced release schedule.Read more

Michael Chiklis, Cheryl Hines Join Cast of NBC's Remake of BBC 3's Sitcom Series ‘Cuckoo’

10:51 PM EDT 3/21/2015

Michael Chicklis and Cheryl Hines have signed on to join Flula Borg and Rachel DiPillo in the cast of NBC's pilot sitcom Cuckoo, an adaptation of BBC Three's hit comedy series of the same name that starred Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Andy Samberg during its maiden season. It follows the story of a conservative middle-class family which got roused from its relatively normal routines when their daughter comes home from a summer abroad already married to a very unusual gentleman named Cuckoo who has an all-loving attitude, who does not have a job, and who loves to take drugs.Read more

Emmy Panel Rules ‘Orange Is the New Black’ to Compete in the Drama Categories

10:45 PM EDT 3/21/2015

A panel of Academy of Television Arts and Sciences members ruled Netflix's Orange is the New Black is a drama, and thus will only be eligible for drama nominations.Read more

Steve McQueen's ‘Codes of Conduct’ Gets 'a Limited Series Order from HBO

10:37 PM EDT 3/21/2015

Steve McQueen's pilot drama Codes of Conduct was given a six-episode limited series order by HBO according to Deadline.Read more

James Caan Not Co-Starring After All in Fox's Comedy Pilot ‘Fantasy Life’

6:27 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Barely three days had passed since James Caan signed on to co-star in the Fox's new pilot Fantasy Life, a sitcom series based on the memoirs of Matthew Berry, 45, one of the industry's leading and in-demand fantasy sports experts, he is reportedly backing out. According to Deadline, the 74-year-old actor decided to drop out of the project following today's table read because it conflicted with his schedule for Frank D’Angelo’s Sicilian Vampire.Read more

Netflix's ‘Pee-Wee's Big Holiday’ Now Filming, Paul Reubens Posts First Movie Still

6:21 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Netflix has finally began production work on the long-gestating Pee-Wee Herman full-length feature film. The streaming network has partnered up with Judd Apatow to bring Pee-wee Herman back in the limelight. Thirty years after the iconic fictional character created and portrayed by comedian Paul Reubens, 62, went in search of his missing bike in Tim Burton's cult-favorite comedy Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Netflix has announced that it will exclusively be premiering Pee-wee's next movie, Pee-wee's Big Holiday.Read more

Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey to Co-Star in Ana Lily Amirpour's ‘The Bad Batch’

6:16 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Keanu Reeves and Jim Carrey have joined Suki Waterhouse, Diego Luna and Jason Momoa in the cast of Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch, a film she describes as “a post-apocalyptic cannibal love story set in a Texas wasteland” where a “muscled cannibal breaks the rule ‘don’t play with your food'” and “It’s Road Warrior meets Pretty in Pink with a dope soundtrack.”Read more

Morena Baccarin Follow's T. J. Miller's Lead, Also Reveals Her Character in ‘Deadpool’ Movie

6:13 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Morena Baccarin, 35, today tweeted a picture of her actor’s chair, complete with the Deadpool logo and her character’s name “Vanessa” in director Tim Miller's upcoming live-action adaptation of the Marvel Comics character's story. In the comic book, Vanessa Carlyle is a mutant with shape-shifting abilities, codenamed Copycat, who has a long romantic history with Deadpool.Read more

‘Rake’ Actor Ian Colletti Is Arseface in AMC's TV Adaptation of DC Comic's ‘Preacher’

6:08 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Ian Colletti, 18, best remembered for his role as Finn Deane in Fox's Rake, has been cast as Eugene Root, better known as Arseface, in AMC's upcoming TV show Preachers that is adapted from the original DC Comics Vertigo label's serialized story of the same name created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.Read more

‘The Mentalist’ Actor Owain Yeoman Joins Cast of CBS' ‘Supergirl’ Reboot TV Series

5:46 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Owain Yeoman, 34, best remembered as Agent Wayne Rigsby in The Mentalist series, has been cast as the supervillain Vartox in CBS' upcoming Supergirl series and he will appear as a guest star in the show's pilot episode. According to the studio's press statement, “Owain Yeoman plays longtime DC Comics villain Vartox, an alien convict, who has been hiding on Earth for the past twelve years. After Supergirl's emergence on Earth, Vartox seeks her out to ascertain her identity and do battle with her.”Read more

Universal Pictures Acquires Filming Rights to Mark Millar's Brand New "Chrononauts" Comic Book Series

5:41 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Universal Pictures has optioned “Chrononauts,” the time-traveling adventure comic book series just after the release this week of its debut issue by Image Comics. The comic series follows main protagonists Dr. Corbin Quinn and his right hand man Danny Reilly as they cross into the timestream for the first time in human history.Read more

Dwayne Johnson & Kevin Hart's ‘Central Intelligence’ Gets Release Date; Ryan Gosling & Russel Crowe's the ‘Nice Guys’ Moved Forward

5:38 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Warner Bros' Central Intelligence, a buddy comedy from director Rawson Marshall Thurber which stars Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Kevin Hart, will open in theaters on June 17, 2016. On the other hand, the Shane Black-directed detective thriller The Nice Guys headlined by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling, which was originally scheduled for the June 17, 2016, showing will instead be moved a month earlier to screen in cinemas on May 20, 2016.Read more

Porn Stars Amia Miley and Peta Jensen Cast for Sex Orgy Scenes in Season 2 of ‘True Detective’

5:29 AM EDT 3/20/2015

Adult film stars Amia Miley and Peta Jensen, both 24, who signed up with the extras casting service that HBO's True Detective is using, were among those who “were hired for a deliriously vast, Eyes Wide Shut-caliber orgy sequence involving dozens of naked bodies” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ironically, the site adds, the two “are among the few people who actually don't get totally naked” in that sequence.Read more

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