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EXCLUSIVE : Kevin Zegers has been tapped as a series regular on ABC’s new hourlong series The Rookie: Feds , headlined by Niecy Nash-Betts. Co-created by Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, The Rookie : Feds stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced in a two-episode arc on Season 4 of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the LA division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack. Zegers joins Nash-Betts, Frankie Faison and Felix Solis, who guest starred in the Rookie backdoor pilot episodes as Christopher “Cutty” Clark and Special Agent Matthew Garza, respectively, as well as Britt Robertson, who recently joined The Rookie: Feds as a new series regular, playing Laura Stensen. Zegers will play Brendon Acres who is just out of Quantico. Brendon’s got a lot to prove in his first posting – not least because his … [Read more...] about ‘The Rookie: Feds’: Kevin Zegers Joins Cast Of ABC Spinoff Series

EXCLUSIVE: Ellen Barkin has been tapped to star in an episode of Peacock ’s Poker Face , a mystery drama series from Rian Johnson, his T-Street banner and MRC Television. Details of Barkin’s role, as well as plot details of the anthology-like series are being kept under wraps. She joins previously announced cast, including Natasha Lyonne , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Chloë Sevigny, Dascha Polanco, Lil Rel Howery, Adrien Brody, Stephanie Hsu, Benjamin Bratt and David Castañeda. This marks the first TV series for Knives Out and Star Wars filmmaker Johnson who is the creator, writer and director of Poker Face and will also executive produce alongside T-Street partner Ram Bergman and the company’s television president Nena Rodrigue. Lyonne also will serve as an executive producer via her Animal Pictures. The company’s Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens will co-executive produce. Barkin is coming off her starring role as Janine “Smurf” Cody in Animal … [Read more...] about ‘Poker Face’: Ellen Barkin To Star In Rian Johnson’s Peacock Series

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix ’s tragi-comic romantic drama One Day has its love-cursed leads: The White Lotus ’ Leo Woodall and This is Going to Hurt breakout Ambika Mod . Mod will play Emma Morley and Woodall her on-off lover Dexter Mayhew in the Netflix UK series, which is an adaptation of David Nicholls’ bestselling novel charting a series of intense personal encounters between the pair that begin on their university graduation day on July 15, 1988. Every episode of One Day will follow Emma and Dexter on that one particular day as they grow and change, move together and apart, and experience joy and heartbreak. Mod was lauded for her heartbreaking performance opposite Ben Whishaw as trainee doctor Shruti Acharya in BBC One medical drama This is Going to Hurt , which was based on Adam Kay’s experiences as in the NHS. She recently finished filming a key role in season two of Sky comedy I Hate Suzie. Woodall recently joined the main cast of The White … [Read more...] about ‘The White Lotus’ Actor Leo Woodall & ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ Breakout Ambika Mod To Lead Netflix Drama ‘One Day’

EXCLUSIVE : Michael Rooker is reteaming with his Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer director John McNaughton for the first time in nearly four decades on a new film titled Road Rage , which is intended to be the first in a series. The film in the vein of Dexter and the great avenger films of the ’70s will center on a serial killer who only kills those who deserve to die—presenting a modern hero who is a bad guy gone good, protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty. Tim Perell will produce the vigilante thriller through his banner, Process Media. In addition to the film, Process Media will partner with the BAFTA-nominated entertainment studio entertainment studio, iNK Stories, to develop a Road Rage video game—providing an interactive experience in which audiences can participate in the expanded story world. “I’d wanted to work with Michael Rooker again since, Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, but we never got the chance. Finally, I wrote a story … [Read more...] about Michael Rooker Reteaming With ‘Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer’ Director John McNaughton For Vigilante Pic ‘Road Rage’

EXCLUSIVE : Dichen Lachman ( Severance ), Willa Fitzgerald ( Reacher ), Ron Perlman ( Nightmare Alley ) and Harvey Keitel will topline Steven Brand ’s noir feature, Joe Baby , which has wrapped production in Mississippi. The film based on Drew Fine’s novel centers on Lachman’s character of the same name—a “collector” for a private investigator, searching for a way out of her unfulfilling and sometimes violent life. When Joe takes on a case to help the savvy daughter of a real estate mogul recover money she was conned out of, she is also approached by an unorthodox FBI Agent who is looking into the cold case murder of Joe’s hit-man father. When Joe discovers the two cases may be related, she is soon caught up in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game in which she must face her violent past in order to live another day. Joe Baby will also star Kelly Hu ( The Orville ), Kenneth Choi ( 9-1-1 ), Corin Nemec ( Supernatural ), David Lipper ( Murder at … [Read more...] about ‘Severance’s Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald, Ron Perlman & Harvey Keitel To Topline Noir ‘Joe Baby’

Russell Crowe ( Thor: Love and Thunder ) has signed on to star in Julius Avery ’s film The Pope’s Exorcist for Screen Gems , Deadline can confirm. The supernatural thriller will have the Academy Award winner play Father Gabriele Amorth, the legendary Italian priest who performed over 100,000 exorcisms for the Vatican—drawing on his international bestselling memoirs An Exorcist Tells His Story and An Exorcist: More Storie s. (Father Amorth, who died in 2016, left behind a trove of additional accounts of his exploits pulling the devil out of people all over the world. Screen Gems acquired his life rights for the project, along with rights to his memoirs.) The Pope’s Exorcist has been gestating at Screen Gems for some time, with Ángel Gómez having previously been attached to direct as of 2020. Evan Spiliotopoulos wrote the current draft of the script, with revisions by Chuck MacLean, which was based on Michael Petroni-revised original drafts by Chester … [Read more...] about Russell Crowe To Star In Julius Avery’s Supernatural Thriller ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’ For Screen Gems

Andie MacDowell ( Maid ) is returning to the Hallmark Channel to star in The Way Home , the network’s new, original primetime series that was greenlit last month and announced exclusively on Deadline. It was the first series to get a pickup at Hallmark since 2016. MacDowell will play Del, matriarch of the Landry family and a pillar of the close-knit community of her small, Canadian farm town. She and her daughter Kat have been estranged from each other following tragic events that left their family forever changed and prompted Kat to move away. When Kat unexpectedly returns many years later with her teenage daughter whom Del has never met, the three generations of women embark on an enlightening journey to find their way back to each other and learn important lessons about their family’s past. “We’ve found our perfect Del Landry in Andie MacDowell,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Crown Media Family Networks . “It was crucial to … [Read more...] about Andie MacDowell Joins Cast Of New Hallmark Series ‘The Way Home’

EXCLUSIVE: Katy O’Brian, Dave Franco , Ed Harris and Jena Malone have joined Kristen Stewart and Anna Baryshnikov in Love Lies Bleeding with A24 and Film4 teaming on the pic. Rose Glass will direct from a script she co-wrote with Weronika Tofilska. The film is described as a romance fueled by ego, desire and the American Dream. A24 will produce alongside Andrea Cornwell for Lobo Films and Oliver Kassman for Escape Plan Productions. Film4 developed the film alongside the filmmakers and will co-finance with A24, which will handle the global release of the film. Production starts this week. Franco is coming off his scene-stealing role in the hit Apple series The Afterparty. On the film side, he has the Netflix vampire pic Day Shift up next, co-starring opposite Jamie Foxx. He also recently made his directorial debut on the 2021 thriller The Rental . This marks O’Brian’s first major film role. Her credits include recurring roles on The Mandalorian, The … [Read more...] about Dave Franco, Katy O’Brian, Ed Harris And Jena Malone Join Kristen Stewart In ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ For A24