Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
CANCELLATION
Citadel: Honey Bunny and Citadel: Diana have both been cancelled by Amazon Prime after only one season each, but their stories will continue in the delayed second season of the mothership series Citadel that stars Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Casting has been confirmed for the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series, including the following: John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore; Janet McTeer as Professor McGonagall, Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape and Nick Frost as Rubeus Hagrid. Casting for Harry, Ron and Hermione is ongoing. (TV Line)
Joel Kinnaman has joined the cast of the upcoming limited series Imperfect Women on Apple TV+ that already includes Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara as part of the cast. The series will be about three women and the destructive harm of their hidden secrets. (The Hollywood Reporter)
9-1-1: Nashville has added Grey’s Anatomy Jessica Capshaw to its cast that also includes NCIS: Los Angeles alum Chris O’Donnell. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps, aside from the fact it will focus on first responders in the titular Tennessee city. (Variety)
James Marsden has joined the second season of the Jon Hamm led Apple TV+ drama Your Friends and Neighbors. He is set for a series regular role, but there are no details about who he will play. (Variety)
Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs and Yellowstone) will appear in three episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, playing Jenna Gatlin, a mother whose 9-year-old daughter Dylan is at Grey Sloan for a high-risk brain surgery. (TV Line)
The entire cast of Emily in Paris will be back for the upcoming fifth season except for French actress Camille Razat, who has played Cami since the beginning of the series. (TV Line)
DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Peacock is developing a sequel series to the popular box office movie Clueless with the movie’s star Alicia Silverstone set to reprise her role of Cher Horowitz. (Variety)
STREAMING MOVIE NEWS
Hunk Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgard will star in Mosquito Bowl, the first new film under director Peter Berg’s Netflix deal. The movie will be set after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play. Their roles are being kept under wraps, though. (Deadline)
BOX OFFICE CASTING NEWS
Ubiquitous actor Glen Powell will star in the upcoming Judd Apatow comedy about a country western star; in fact, the two will write the script together. (Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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