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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week

RENEWAL

Netflix has given the Kristen Bell and Adam Brody-led rom-com series Nobody Wants This a third season renewal. (Deadline)

BOX OFFICE MOVIE NEWS

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) will star in the true story of an ICU nurse, Bryony Tyrell, a mother of two with a master’s degree in nursing and a degree in molecular biology who worked at the ICU by day and at night transformed into one of Britain’s leading cage fighting prospects. Tyrell began kickboxing at university and worked her way up to black belt before branching out into martial arts, competing as an amateur before moving to the professional ranks and has won multiple belts. (Deadline)

Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone and Broadway’s Cole Escola will be joining forces to give Muppet’s “Queen” Miss Piggy the movie-star treatment, as they are in early development with Disney on a movie about the legendary character. (Variety)

Toni Collette and Supergirl star Milly Alcock will appear in the survival thriller Hot Mother, which will focus on a mother and daughter who visit a remote wellness spa for the weekend in an attempt to reconnect; but their time together quickly turns into a physical and psychological fight for survival when they get trapped in a sauna where no one can hear their cries for help. (Deadline)

Sir Ian McKellen, Andrea Riseborough and Severance star Tramell Tillman will star alongside Johnny Depp in the classic Charles Dickens story Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol. No details have been released on which characters they will be playing, though. (Deadline)

It’s looking like Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz will be back on the big screen together as they are set to reprise their roles in another movie in The Mummy franchise. (Variety)

The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, will take on her first acting role in over seven years in the upcoming comedy flick Close Personal Friends that will star Brie Larson, Lily Collins, Jack Quaid and Henry Golding. The film will center on a “regular” couple who meet a celebrity couple while on a trip to Santa Barbara. The two couples end up becoming friends, and lines are crossed, making things awkward. There are no details on the role Markle is playing in the film though. (TV Insider)

Emily in Paris hunk Lucas Bravo and Emma Roberts will appear in the rom-com A Murder Uncorked that will have Bravo playing the handsome Derek, who has recently inherited a prestigious Napa Valley winery. He meets Nikki (Roberts), a recently fired TV actress working as a waitress in a restaurant he is dining at. With sparks immediately flying, Derek offers Nikki a dream job working at the winery, but when a murder rocks the winery, the police suspect Derek and it is up to he and Nikki to find the real murderer and keep their budding romance alive. (Deadline)

Hayley Atwell and Gerard Butler will star in the hostage crisis action-thriller Empire City that will center around what happens when a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building. Firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives. (Deadline)

TV SHOW CASTING NEWS

Steve Howey, who is currently recurring in High Potential, will have a recurring role in season two of the Netflix series Ransom Canyon, playing Levi, the half-brother of Staten (series lead Josh Duhamel). (Variety)

Season 3 of the AMC thriller series Mayfair Witches will see Game of Thrones hunk Michiel Huisman joining the cast as Michael, a carpenter who built an inn that he runs himself. Though he hides a dark secret, his carefully constructed life begins to crumble when he falls in love with Rowan Mayfair (series lead Alexandra Daddario). (Variety)

That’s it. Enjoy!