Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
TV CASTING NEWS
Brendan Gleeson and Jack Huston have both joined the cast of the Amazon live-action Spider-Man Noir series, but both of their roles are being kept under wraps. They will join Nicolas Cage and Lamorne Morris in the series. (Variety)
Meanwhile over on Netflix, the limited series adaptation of the Alice Feeney novel His & Hers has added Jon Bernthal and Pablo Schreiber to the cast, joining Tessa Thompson in the six episode series that will be set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta where Anna (Thompson) lives in haunting reclusivity, fading away from her friends and career as a news anchor. But when she overhears about a murder in Dahlonega – the sleepy town where she grew up – Anna is snapped back to life, pouncing on the case and searching for answers. Detective Jack Harper (Bernthal) is strangely suspicious of her involvement, chasing her into the crosshairs of his own investigation. There are two sides to every story: his & hers, which means someone is always lying. (Variety)
Parker Young will recur in the 5th and final season of 9-1-1: Lone Star, playing Campbell, a Texas Ranger assigned to work alongside Carlos (series regular Rafael L. Silva). (TV Line)
Floriana Lima, who viewers will remember from A Million Little Things, has been cast in Grey’s Anatomy, playing Nora, a childhood friend of Hunt and sister Megan. (Deadline and TV Line)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Scarface and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) is set to recur in Law & Order: Organized Crime for its 5th season, which will now air on Peacock. She will play Isabella Spezzano, a figure from Stabler’s (series lead Christopher Meloni) past. (Deadline)
STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Netflix has given a straight-to-series order to Thumblite, a corporate thriller that will star Rosamund Pike. The series will examine the schemes, rivalries, visions and obsessions of the power brokers and their underlings as they vie for control of the most powerful industry the world has ever known. (TV Line)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Shailene Woodley is set to produce and star in a biopic about legendary 60’s singer Janis Joplin. (Variety)
Michael B. Jordan will direct and star in a reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair, but plot details are being kept under wraps. (Variety)
EARLY STAGE DISCUSSIONS
It looks like Lifetime just MIGHT be launching a TV movie franchise feature legacy characters from the long-defunct soap opera All My Children, which ran on ABC from 1970 to 2011, but the talks are in the very early stages; however, the cabler did confirm (after the news broke) that there are two AMC movies in development, one of which would be holiday-themed. (TV Line)
AUDIO PRODUCTION
Audible Inc., a leading producer and provider of original spoken-word entertainment and audiobooks, announced the upcoming release of the Canadian Audible Original drama Wynonna Earp: Tales from Purgatory. The immersive, multicast audio production is written by creator, producer and writer of the show, Emily Andras with original cast members reprising their roles, including Melanie Scrofano as Wynonna Earp, Tim Rozon as Doc Holliday, Dominique Provost-Chalkley as Waverly Earp, Katherine Barrell as Nicole Haught, Varun Saranga as Jeremy Chetri, Dani Kind as Mercedes Gardner, Martina Ortiz Luis as Rachel Valdez, and Greg Lawson as Randy Nedley. The audio series will be released on October 17. Fans can also watch the 90-minute reunion special for the series which debuted this past Friday, September 13. (Audible Press Release)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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