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Hot off starring in
The Stanford Prison Experiment, Crudup has just been set for the male lead in the film that
Beginners helmer Mike Mills wrote and will direct for Annapurna. Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig play the female leads. Annapurna and Anne Carey are producing. The pic is set in 1979 and follows a single mother named Dorothea as she struggles to raise her troubled teenage son.
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Writer/director James DeMonaco is also back again for the third time, spinning another violent yarn about the alternate near-future America which has one day each year when all crime is legalized for a 12-hour period, as written into the constitution by the government. In
The Purge: Anarchy, Grillo’s Sergeant was a man on a mission of revenge who ended up helping to protect a group of innocents stuck without shelter in Los Angeles as the annual event kicks off.
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Written by Michael Green and Jack Paglen,
Prometheus 2 will feature the return of Michael Fassbender and Noomi Rapace. The original film also starred Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron. It grossed over $400 million at the global box office, making it the highest grossing entry in the
Alien franchise.
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Carla Gugino is set to take over for the
Mad Men star in
Roadies, which is the Oscar-winning Crowe’s first venture on the small screen. Gugino will play Shelli, the production manager for the band that
Roadies revolves around. The concept centers on the behind-the-scenes team that keeps a rock tour from imploding.
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Dante Di Loreto, who has served as president of 20th Century Fox Television-based Ryan Murphy Television, has taken on the leadership role in Peter Chernin’s successful shingle. The appointment comes after Chernin Entertainment recently inked a new two-year overall deal with Universal Television after being based at 20th TV. Di Loreto fills the void that was created when Katherine Pope exited Chernin to board Jeff Robinov's new TV unit at Studio 8.
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The Swedish actor will play the Three-Eyed Raven, the mystical and powerful mentor to Bran Stark, who will return in a big way for the upcoming, insanely anticipated new season. This, of course, follows the news that Ian McShane has also been cast in a major role in
Game of Thrones, though his character is far more mysterious and could possibly be a creation of the series rather than author George R.R. Martin.
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Falk Hentschel will play Carter Hall, aka Hawkman, in The CW’s upcoming
Arrow/
Flash spinoff. Falk’s character is the latest reincarnation of an Egyptian prince fated to be reborn throughout time. Carter can tap into the powers of the Hawk God, Horus — just like his similarly reincarnated soulmate, Kendra Saunders, aka Hawkgirl (Ciara Renee on the new series). Hentschel first will appear in the upcoming
Arrow/
Flash crossover event, then will continue the character on
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, which is slated to premiere at midseason.
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Ali Larter has been confirmed to reprise her role as Claire Redfield in the upcoming sixth film, tentatively titled
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Larter first played Claire Redfield in
Resident Evil: Extinction, in 2007, and returned in the role for the 2010 film
Resident Evil: Afterlife. Miller Jovovich is once again back for the lead role, with Paul W.S. Anderson again directing.
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Paramount has released the first teaser trailer for the long-awaited sequel, starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Christine Taylor, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Billy Zane, and Fred Armisen. The film hits theaters in February.
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Among the films that they have been associated with over the past few years alone are
The One I Love,
Tangerine,
Manson Family Vacation,
The Overnight,
6 Years,
The Skeleton Twins,
Creep,
Adult Beginners,
Safety Not Guaranteed and
The Bronze and that's not even counting TV. Their knack for finding talent and getting projects off the ground has earned them a four-picture deal with Netflix, two year deal with HBO, and a seven-picture deal with The Orchard.
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