Callbacks: Clive Owen to Search Cabs; Does Tim Burton Have ‘Psychic’ Powers?
In today’s Callbacks — your daily roundup of casting news from Deal Central — Clive Owen prepares to search 12,000 New York cabs in "Medallion," Tim Burton may or may not be developing an adaptation of...
View ArticleExclusive: Hamish Linklater to Play Scientist in ‘Battleship’
EXCLUSIVE "The New Adventures of Old Christine" star Hamish Linklater will play a brainy scientist named Cal in Universal's "Battleship," the studio has confirmed to TheWrap. Peter Berg ("Hancock")...
View Article‘Battleship’ Review: Sheer Adrenaline Keeps Dopey Action Epic Afloat
As a defender of the 1985 comedy “Clue,” I can’t automatically reject the idea of basing a feature film on a board game. But the game Clue comes with characters and a plot and a house. Battleship comes...
View Article‘Posterity’ Theater Review: ‘I Am My Own Wife’ Author Wrestles With the...
“Posterity,” an earnest drama about Henrik Ibsen and his fellow countryman, a struggling Norwegian sculptor named Gustav Vigeland, is the kind of play that Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner acquired...
View ArticleTV Land Orders Comedy Pilot ‘I Shudder,’ Starring Hamish Linklater
TV Land has ordered a pilot for “I Shudder,” a dark comedy set to star Hamish Linklater and written by Paul Rudnick. Linklater will play Elyot, a meticulous person who divides everything around him...
View Article‘Smash’ Star Megan Hilty and Fellow Broadway Alums Join Hamish Linklater in...
Megan Hilty and several other Broadway alums have been added to the cast of TV Land dark comedy “I Shudder,” the network announced Wednesday. Hilty, known for playing Ivy Lynn on the NBC show “Smash”...
View ArticleChristopher Walken, Amber Heard Drama ‘One More Time’ Acquired by Starz
Starz has acquired the North American rights to “One More Time,” starring Christopher Walken and Amber Heard, the entertainment company announced Wednesday. It is planning a 2016 theatrical and...
View ArticleMeg Ryan, Nia Vardalos, Anna Gunn to Attend Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film...
Meg Ryan, Anna Gunn and Nia Vardalos will attend Geena Davis‘ Bentonville Film Festival this year as participants in Q&A sessions after their respective films have screened. Various directors and...
View ArticleTBS Greenlights Greg Garcia, Danny McBride-Produced Comedies
TBS has greenlit two new comedy series and ordered another to pilot. Greg Garcia’s “The Guest Book” and Carson Mell’s animated “Tarantula” are both coming straight to series, while Wanda Sykes-vehicle...
View Article‘Ithaca’ Review: Meg Ryan’s Directorial Debut Disappoints
Though it’s based on William Saroyan’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Human Comedy,” very little about the turgid drama “Ithaca” feels believably, genuinely human. Meg Ryan‘s choice of literary...
View Article‘The Whirligig’ Theater Review: Zosia Mamet Climbs a Tree on Guilt Trip
It gives a theater critic reason to pause when so many accomplished young actors gather to perform a new work. But the question needs to be asked: What attracted Zosia Mamet (“Girls”), Dolly Wells...
View ArticleCallbacks: Clive Owen to Search Cabs; Does Tim Burton Have ‘Psychic’ Powers?
In today’s Callbacks — your daily roundup of casting news from Deal Central — Clive Owen prepares to search 12,000 New York cabs in "Medallion," Tim Burton may or may not be developing an adaptation of...
View ArticleExclusive: Hamish Linklater to Play Scientist in ‘Battleship’
EXCLUSIVE "The New Adventures of Old Christine" star Hamish Linklater will play a brainy scientist named Cal in Universal's "Battleship," the studio has confirmed to TheWrap. Peter Berg ("Hancock")...
View Article‘Battleship’ Review: Sheer Adrenaline Keeps Dopey Action Epic Afloat
As a defender of the 1985 comedy “Clue,” I can’t automatically reject the idea of basing a feature film on a board game. But the game Clue comes with characters and a plot and a house. Battleship comes...
View Article‘Posterity’ Theater Review: ‘I Am My Own Wife’ Author Wrestles With the...
“Posterity,” an earnest drama about Henrik Ibsen and his fellow countryman, a struggling Norwegian sculptor named Gustav Vigeland, is the kind of play that Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner acquired...
View ArticleTV Land Orders Comedy Pilot ‘I Shudder,’ Starring Hamish Linklater
TV Land has ordered a pilot for “I Shudder,” a dark comedy set to star Hamish Linklater and written by Paul Rudnick. Linklater will play Elyot, a meticulous person who divides everything around him...
View Article‘Smash’ Star Megan Hilty and Fellow Broadway Alums Join Hamish Linklater in...
Megan Hilty and several other Broadway alums have been added to the cast of TV Land dark comedy “I Shudder,” the network announced Wednesday. Hilty, known for playing Ivy Lynn on the NBC show “Smash”...
View ArticleChristopher Walken, Amber Heard Drama ‘One More Time’ Acquired by Starz
Starz has acquired the North American rights to “One More Time,” starring Christopher Walken and Amber Heard, the entertainment company announced Wednesday. It is planning a 2016 theatrical and...
View ArticleMeg Ryan, Nia Vardalos, Anna Gunn to Attend Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film...
Meg Ryan, Anna Gunn and Nia Vardalos will attend Geena Davis‘ Bentonville Film Festival this year as participants in Q&A sessions after their respective films have screened. Various directors and...
View ArticleTBS Greenlights Greg Garcia, Danny McBride-Produced Comedies
TBS has greenlit two new comedy series and ordered another to pilot. Greg Garcia’s “The Guest Book” and Carson Mell’s animated “Tarantula” are both coming straight to series, while Wanda Sykes-vehicle...
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