Jennifer Lopez Will Star In NBC’s Next Live Musical, ‘Bye Bye Birdie’
Bob Greenblatt just revealed that the network will be taking on Bye Bye Birdie in December of next year, with Jennifer Lopez set to both executive produce and star as Rosie Alvarez. (E)
Robert Pattinson’s ‘Good Time’ Acquired By A24
Studio buys the domestic rights to the crime caper in advance of next month’s American Film Market. (WRAP)
Topher Grace Joins Cast Of ‘Under The Silver Lake’
Topher Grace has just joined Andrew Garfield and Dakota Johnson in David Robert Mitchell’s Under The Silver Lake, which is a a modern noir crime thriller set in Los Angeles. (DH)
Studio 8 Finalizes Deal For Otto Skorzeny Biopic ‘A Most Dangerous Man’
The Forward article The Strange Case of a Nazi Who Became an Israeli Hitman by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman will be the source material for the feature film A Most Dangerous Man at Studio 8. (TB)
Kevin James Producing CBS Sitcom Starring Comedian Gina Brillon
The Kevin Can Wait star is developing a series at CBS set to star comedian Gina Brillon, hailing from writer Adam Barr, a comedy vet from Will and Grace. (VAR)
Eric Bana Joins Whitaker In ‘The Forgiven’
Eric Bana has just signed on to join the cast of The Forgiven based on Michael Ashton’s play The Archbishop And The Antichrist for Link Entertainment and Light & Dark Films. (DAR)
‘The Good Wife’ Spin-Off Adds A Broadway Legend And A ‘CSI’ Alum
Bernadette Peters and CSI alum Paul Guilfoyle have joined the series, which hits CBS All Access in early 2017. (TVG)
‘Heathers’ Reboot At TV Land Casts Its Three Heathers
They join newcomers James Scully and Grace Victoria Cox, who are taking on the roles played by Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in the 1988 cult hit. (THR)
‘Beyond’: A Young Boy Does Extraordinary Things In Short Film Inspired By Early Spielberg Films
The 10-minute short film, written and directed by Jeremy Haccoun, follows a family on a desert road trip. When a rock fall traps his parents inside their car, the 7 year-old boy must find a way to save them before it’s too late. (IW)