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Searchlight Pictures has snapped up E. Nicholas Mariani’s 2018 Black List script The Defender, which George Tillman Jr. will direct with three-time Emmy-winning actor Sterling K. Brown to star as heroic lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones. Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men…

EXCLUSIVE: Carrie Coon, Alessandro Nivola and Chris Cooper are set to join Keira Knightley in 20th Century’s Boston Strangler, written and to be directed by Matt Ruskin. Ridley Scott, Kevin Walsh and Michael Pruss of Scott Free will produce alongside Tom Ackerley and Josey McNamara of LuckyChap Entertainment. Pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Glenn (The Bourne Ultimatum, The Leftovers), Colin Ford (Captain Marvel, We Bought a Zoo), Joelle Carter (The Big Ugly, Justified), country music star Randy Houser and newcomer Jesse Berry are joining Dennis Quaid in The Hill, the family drama penned by Angelo Pizzo (Rudy, Hoosiers) and the late Scott…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that The White Lotus star Jennifer Coolidge is starring opposite Bobby Cannavale and Naomi Watts in the Netflix limited series The Watcher, from Ryan Murphy and his frequent collaborator Ian Brennan. The Watcher, which has not been formally announced, is believed to follow a married couple played by…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Mulkey (On the Basis of Sex, Captain Phillips) has signed on to a starring role in The Redeemer, the indie Western from writer-director Myles Clohessy, which is heading into production in Montana later this month. The two-time Independent Spirit Award nominee joins a cast that includes Titus Welliver…

EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Andie MacDowell is set to star in the female ensemble My Happy Ending, based on the Israeli play, Sof Tov by Anat Gov. The Golden Globe nominated Four Weddings and a Funeral actress will play a Hollywood star who finds herself in a British hospital room with three other women who help…

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Wolff (Pig, Hereditary) has signed on to star opposite the previously announced Kiersey Clemons in Sophie Kargman’s thriller, Susie Searches. Kargman’s feature directorial debut is based on her 2020 short of the same name, in which she starred alongside Delon de Metz, Sam Lerner, Gabriel Notarangelo…

EXCLUSIVE: The HBO Max comedy series Minx has added five recurring cast members and two guest stars. Alicia Hannah-Kim (Grey’s Anatomy, White Collar), Amy Landecker (Transparent, Your Honor), Gillian Jacobs (Community, Fear Street), Austin Nichols (Walker, Ray Donovan), and Rich Sommer (Mad Men, Run) are set to recur…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has put into development Rhona Who Lives by the River, an animated musical series from Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek, with Jumanji and Avengers star Karen Gillan attached to voice the titular character and executive produce. Four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman will create and oversee music on…

Netflix continues to build its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series adding Kim’s Convenience alum Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Lim Kay Siu (Anna and The King) and Ken Leung (Industry) to the cast. The join stars Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu and Daniel Dae Kim. Netflix also revealed that it will…

EXCLUSIVE: The Party Down revival is a go. Starz has given a six-episode order to a new installment of the cult 2009-10 comedy series. The formal green light follows lengthy negotiations with the cast, which recently were completed. Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have…

EXCLUSIVE: Lizzy Caplan has been set as the female lead in Fleishman Is in Trouble, FX on Hulu's limited series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's New York Times bestselling debut novel, sources said. Brodesser-Akner serves as the writer of the nine-episode series and executive produces it along with Sarah Timberman…