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‘Taken’: Michael Irby Cast As Series Regular In NBC Drama

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Michael Irby has landed a regular role in Taken, NBC's straight-to-series adaptation of the hit movie franchise. Written and executive produced by Alex Cary (Homeland), who serves as showrunner, the Taken TV series is a modern-day prequel to the film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills (Standen) developed and sharpened his particular set of skills. EuropaCorp TV USA and Universal Television are producing. Alex Graves is directing. Irby will play Sam, a member of… Read

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Freeform Acquires ‘A Cinderella Story: If The Shoe Fits’

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Freeform has acquired A Cinderella Story: If The Shoe Fits, the latest installment in Warner Bros’ Cinderella Story series from WB’s home entertainment division, for premiere later this year. Sophia Carson stars as Tessa, who is forced to accompany her evil stepmother (Jennifer Tilly) and stepsisters to a Cinderella competition and work as their assistant. While at the competition, Tessa realizes she has what it takes to be the next Cinderella and, though hesitant at… Read

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Phillip Noyce Entering ‘American Lion’ Den For HBO And Lionsgate

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EXCLUSIVE: Phillip Noyce is concluding a deal to direct multiple episodes American Lion, the six-hour mini-series event to air on HBO next year. The project is expected to go before the cameras in October with Sean Penn portraying Andrew Jackson. The mini-series, from Facebook's head of market development Matt Jacobson, Narcos co-creators Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard and Lionsgate Television, is based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White… Read

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‘Chunk & Bean’: ABC Comedy Pilot Finds Its Bean; Also Casts Sofia Gonzalez

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ABC has found its Bean. Thirteen-year-old Simon Belz has been tapped to co-star as title character Bean (aka Ed Rogerson) in ABC's single-camera comedy pilot Chunk & Bean. In addition, Sofia Gonzalez (Barely Famous) has joined as a series regular. Written by Ed Herro and Brian Donovan and exec produced by Dave Hemingson, Chunk & Bean is a dual-family comedy centered on the unlikely friendship of Chunk and Bean, two misfits who benefit from having two very different sets… Read

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Town Hot For ‘Bright’: David Ayer To Direct, Will Smith And Joel Edgerton To Star In Spec Package

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EXCLUSIVE: The hot package du jour: Bright, an action spec package for a script that David Ayer will direct, with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton attached to star. I’m told the script was written by Max Landis, and it falls into the director’s wheelhouse, with a major twist. It’s a contemporary cop thriller, but with fantastical elements. The bidding is just warming up. It’s not simply a spec sale; whoever buys it is going to make it and so it will be a big sale. Eric Newman… Read

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Congressman Goes Peacock Hunting, Rips NBC From House Floor – Again

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Back in October, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez got a lot of great publicity when he took to the floor of the House of Representatives to deliver a speech, with audiovisual aids, blasting NBC's plans to have Donald Trump host Saturday Night Live. The media lapped up lines like, "If Donald Trump had said gays and lesbians were murderers and raping Americans, would he get to host the show?" Loads more yeasty stuff where that came from, as Gutierrez stood next to a large… Read

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Kyle Bornheimer Joins Hulu’s ‘Casual’; J.R. Ramirez In Fox’s ‘Rosewood’

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Kyle Bornheimer has booked a recurring role on the second season of Hulu's comedy series Casual. Written by up-and-coming scribe Zander Lehmann, Casual follows the story of a dysfunctional family with a bachelor brother (Tommy Dewey) and his newly divorced sister (Michaela Watkins). Together, they coach each other through the crazy world of dating — online and off — while living under one roof again and raising a teenager (Tara Lynne Barr). Bornheimer will play Jack… Read

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Kaitlin Olson To Topline Fox Comedy Pilot ‘The Mick’

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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia star Kaitlin Olson is re-teaming with the show’s co-executive producers John and Dave Chernin, signing on to star in the duo’s Fox comedy pilot The Mick. In addition to playing the title role, Olson will serve as a co-executive producer on the pilot, which is directed by Randall Einhorn. Olson will film The Mick after wrapping production on the upcoming eleventh season of Sunny, which also has been renewed for Season 12. The deal was… Read

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‘Training Day’: Katrina Law Joins Cast Of CBS Drama Pilot

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Katrina Law (Arrow) has been cast opposite Bill Paxton in CBS' drama pilot Training Day, a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua's acclaimed 2001 feature. Set 15 years after the film left off, the TV show, written by Will Beall, centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig, is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton). Law will play Detective Rebecca Lee… Read

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Jack Davenport To Star In Syfy Pilot ‘Prototype’

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Smash alum Jack Davenport is set to topline Prototype, Syfy’s sci-fi thriller drama pilot written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day). It centers on three unlikely cohorts who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics – a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger. Davenport will play the now aging playboy and former Silicon Valley wunderkind, Edward "Eddy" Conway, who has retreated from the tech world to… Read

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Brillstein Entertainment Partners Ups Jerilyn Novia To Manager

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Brillstein Entertainment Partners has promoted Jerilyn Novia from Coordinator to Manager. Novia, who has been with Brillstein since 2012, has helped organize its comedy scouting process and has spearheaded an initiative on identifying and signing comedic talent native to the digital space. She is credited with helping Brillstein expand its comedy impact this past year at various festivals, including the 2016 RIOT LA Alternative Comedy Festival and the 2015 Montreal Just… Read

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Freeform Developing Drama Series About Grand Duchess Anastasia From McG

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In a competitive situation, Freeform has bought an hourlong pitch from writers Daniel Mackey and Seth Fisher for McG to executive produce under his deal at the network, ABC Studios and ABC Signature. The show takes on one of the biggest mysteries of the early 20th century, that of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova of Russia. While she is believed to have been killed at age 17, along with her family, following the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, there have been rumors… Read

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