Anika Noni Rose Joins ‘Let the Right One In’ Showtime Drama Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy nominee Janeane Garofalo (The Larry Sanders Show) is joining the fifth season of Showtime’s hit drama series Billions in a recurring role.

terror attack. Police have scrambled to the address in Yorkshire and placed a cordon around a home after explosive devices were discovered during a pre-planned operation.

Colin Firth and Toni Collette signed on to star in the upcoming adaptation of “The Staircase”.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Hulu has ordered a one-hour drama pilot titled “Olga Dies Dreaming,” based on the yet-to-be-published novel of the same name. Author Xochitl Gonzalez and Alfonso Gómez-Rejón are attached to executive produce, with Gonzalez writing, and Gómez-Rejón directing.

Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot) has been cast as a series regular opposite Demián Bichir and Anika Noni Rose in Let the Right One In, Showtime’s vampire drama pilot from Away creator Andrew Hinderaker, who serves as showrunner; Seith Man, who will direct; and Tomorrow Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Katya Martín (My First Miracle) is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz and Andres Velez in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.

Annika Pham Swedish documentary specialist Momento Film, the company behind “Tiny Tim: King for a Day” and CPH:Forum work in progress “Stories from the Debris,” is ramping up its narrative feature film output.A decade after he founded his outfit, helmer/producer David Herdies has propelled Momento Film among Sweden’s top creators of cutting-edge documentaries and shorts.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAnna Serner, the well-respected CEO of the Swedish Film Institute who’s been a leading force behind gender parity campaigns in the film industry, has announced she will be stepping down from her role this fall.News of Serner’s resignation has prompted a joint open letter from 50 organizations thanking the executive for her dedication to reaching equality and equity in the international film industry.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonatiuh (Vida) is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Alexander Hodge will guest star in ABC’s drama pilot “Epic,” hailing from “Once Upon a Time” creators Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis. The actor joins previously announced lead cast members Eleanor Fanyinka (“Masters of Love,” “Holby City”) and Brittany O’Grady (“Little Voice,” “Star”) in the ABC Signature production.“Epic” is described as a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairytales for a new audience.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Lodge 49 star Sonya Cassidy is set as a series regular opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in The Man Who Fell to Earth drama series on Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Ortiz has been cast in a leading role of the ABC drama pilot “Promised Land,” Variety has learned.The show is described as an epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley. Ortiz joins previously announced cast members Christina Ochoa and Mariel Molino.Ortiz will star as Joe Sandoval, the patriarch of the Sandoval family, a wealthy vineyard-owning family in the Sonoma Valley.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnika Noni Rose has been cast in the “Let the Right One In” pilot at Showtime, Variety has learned.She joins previously announced cast member Demián Bichir. The series centers on Mark (Bichir), a father and his 12-year-old daughter, Eleanor, whose lives were changed forever 10 years earlier when she was turned into a vampire.

Gina Kirschenheiter’s ex-husband, Matt Kirschenheiter, is set to plead guilty in the Real Housewives of Orange County star’s battery case against him, Us Weekly can exclusively reveal.

Emmy nominee Rob Delaney (Catastrophe) is set as a series regular opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris in The Man Who Fell to Earth drama series, which recently moved from CBS All Access/Paramount+ to Showtime.

Annika Pham Zurich-based First Hand Films has snapped up the Norwegian documentary “Trust Me” – about a Justin Bieber concert fraudster.

EXCLUSIVE: Andres Velez (Coyote Lake) has been cast as a lead alongside Christina Ochoa and Mariel Molino in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.

Paul Dano is joining Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming drama that is loosely based on the filmmaker’s childhood. Spielberg wrote the script with frequent collaborator Tony Kushner and will direct the project, which is loosely based on the filmmaker's formative years growing up in Arizona.