Hey All,
There are a lot of interesting little news tidbits to share with everyone. Let’s get into them:
TELEVISION
Jane Lynch has officially been set as Emmy host. The awards show will air on September 18 on FOX. (Variety)
The new NBC fall drama The Firm, based on the book by John Grisham, now has its leading ma: Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama and The Lincoln Lawyer). The series picks up the story 10 years after the events of the film and novel. As a young associate, McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob — and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay in the Federal Witness Protection program, Mitch and his family now emerge from isolation to reclaim their lives and their future — only to find that past dangers are still lurking and new threats are everywhere. (Deadline)
Bush frontman (and husband of fellow rocker Gwen Stefani) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Burn Notice, playing the wealthy and powerful Armand, a baddie with a hand in atrocious projects across the globe. Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) asks Armand for help, but in return she must help him with a big heist job. Burn Notice returns with all new episodes on June 23 at 9 PM on the USA Network. (Kate Stanhope at TV Guide)
Actress Andrea Anders (Better Off Ted) will appear in multiple episodes of the new USA Network series Necessary Roughness that premieres on June 29 at 10 PM. The series stars Callie Thorne (Rescue Me) as Dr. Dani Santino, a down-on-her-luck psychotherapist who, through a whirlwind chain of events, finds herself serving as the “shrink to the stars.” The cast features Mehcad Brooks (True Blood) as Terrence King, a football all-star and Dani’s first high-profile patient; Marc Blucas (Buffy) as Matt, the team’s trainer; and Scott Cohen (Gilmore Girls) as a sports “fixer.” Anders will play Laura, a PR exec hired to rehab King’s (Brooks) image. The pretty spin-mistress also has a “history” with Matt (Blucas), so expect her to get pulled into a bit a love triangle with him and Dani. There is a potential this role for Anders could be recurring. (Matt Mitovich at TV Line)
ONLINE SERIES NEWS
Actress Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) has been signed to star in an online animated “motion comic” series based on upcoming series Torchwood: Miracle Day. Entitled Torchwood: Web of Lies, Dushku will be front and center in the short-form story, which will also have voice appearances by Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Capt. Jack Harkness and Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper. Jane Espenson is writing the series along with co-writer Ryan Scott. The series will consist of 10 three-minute video and is expected to launch before Torchwood premieres on July 8 on Starz. New installments of the online series will go up after each new Miracle Day episode. (James Hibberd at Entertainment Weekly)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Actor Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) will star in the upcoming movie called Cooked Arrows, a standard underdog sport film that mixes things up by setting the familiar story in the world of lacrosse. The film follows a rag-tag Native American high school lacrosse team that is forced to join the local prep school league, which is comprised of better trained and better equipped rivals. Routh will play the tribal chairman’s part-Native American entrepreneurial son who is tasked with coaching the reservation’s motley lacrosse team in the hopes that he’ll reconnect with his fellow tribe members. (Variety and First Showing)
Actor Bradley Cooper (Alias) has joined the cast of the upcoming film called The Place Beyond the Pines that is about a motorcycle pro (Ryan Gosling) who takes up bank-robbing to support his family. Cooper will play the cop chasing Gosling’s character. (Sam Morgan at Hollywood.com)
It looks like Hollywood is intent on remaking the horror flick Carrie with young True Grit actress Hailee Steinfeld being eyed for the lead role. (Cinema Blend and Dark Horizons)
Actor Nick Nolte has joined the cast of the upcoming film called A Walk in the Woods where he will play an old chum of Bill Bryson (Robert Redford) with whom the author decides to walk the Appalachian Trail. (The LA Times and Dark Horizons)
Actors Lucas Till (Battle: Los Angeles), Kyle Schmid (Blood Ties), Sonja Kinski (daughter of Nastassja Kinski), Rachel Blanchard (7th Heaven) and Juliet Landau (Buffy) are all part of the cast of the independent thriller called Dark Hearts. In the film Goran Visnjic (ER) and Richard Edson (Platoon) star in the story of a struggling artist who accompanies his younger brother to a secret gig where he finds his muse in sultry singer (Kinski) only to be thrust into a maelstrom of art, blood and passion, leading to a dangerous love triangle. (Variety and Dark Horizons)
BOX OFFICE TRAILER
“Official” Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Trailer Hits the Web
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