‘Bad Blood’ Bids Mobilize For Jennifer Lawrence-Adam McKay Package: 9 Offers
This is the movie package that has Jennifer Lawrence attached to play Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the controversial blood-test company Theranos. A total of nine bidders are in the mix, a day after McKay pitched his vision for the hot-button film he’ll write and direct. (DH)
‘Game of Thrones’ Stars Score Hefty Pay Raises For Season 8
Due to score sizable pay bumps are leads Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey, Emilia Clarke and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. They’ll each earn upward of $500,000 per episode of season seven. (THR)
Charlotte Rampling Joins Alicia Vikander In ‘Euphoria’
Charlotte Rampling is to join the cast of Euphoria, alongside previously announced stars Alicia Vikander and Eva Green. Vikander also produces for Vikarious Productions. (SI)
Pauley Perrette, Rob Reiner & More Join ABC’s Gay Rights Event Series ‘When We Rise’
ABC’s gay rights miniseries When We Rise has filled out its cast with a slew of A-list guest stars, Rob Reiner, T.R. Knight, Phylicia Rashad, Richard Schiff, Mary McCormack, Arliss Howard, Henry Czerny, William Sadler and Pauley Perrette. (VAR)
‘Broom-Hilda’ Comic Strip Rights Flies To ‘Tales From the Crypt’ Producer
Broom-Hilda, the popular 1970 comic strip from Russell Myers, has just been picked up by producers Gilbert Adler and Jason A. Rosenberg. The two secured the IP from the strip’s syndicator, Chicago-based Tribune Content Agency. (DH)
CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates, Including JonBenet Ramsey Docuseries, Kevin James Sitcom
One of the most anticipated shows of the fall, “Case Closed,” begins Sept. 18. The six-hour limited documentary series will re-examine the 1996 killing of JonBenet Ramsey and joins a spate of true-crime projects on the small screen. (LAT)
Bryan Cranston Joins ‘Power Rangers’ Movie As Floating Head Zordon
Lionsgate confirms that Bryan Cranston will appear in Power Rangers, the March 2017 movie based on Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, which aired on Fox Kids from 1993 to 1995. (TVL)
Trailer Buzz: ‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’
Watch the movie trailer for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, starring Tom Cruise. Jack Reacher is coming to theatres October 21, 2016. (YT)
Screenwriters: ‘Leaving Las Vegas’
The February 8, 1994 unspecified draft by Mike Figgis (adapted from the novel by John O’Brian). (DS)