Brett Cullen & Lola Kirke Join HBO’s 1980s L.A. Lakers Series

to the Hollywood Reporter.It hasn’t been announced what role “The Crown” star would play, but Jackson is reprising his role as Nick Fury from the “Avengers” movies while Mendelsohn would play Skrull Talos, who appeared in “Captain Marvel” on the big screen. (Skrulls are a shapeshifting alien race).

Christian Bale is in a new ‘Thor’ film. Jake Gyllenhaal was in the recent ‘Spider-Man’ feature.

Burt Lancaster, the hugely versatile actor with a background as a circus acrobat. The words form the title of a 1996 documentary about the star, and also serve as a metaphor for the risks Lancaster took in his film career, both as an actor resolutely refusing to be typecast, and as a powerful and fearless independent producer, one of the first Hollywood stars to form his own production company.

EXCLUSIVE: Latin trap is coming to the Disney empire via the co-creator of Empire.

Jennifer Aniston: when we said we were happy to see you getting closer to your ex again, we were obviously talking about Brad Pitt – not the guy who’s developed a rep of being a bit of a Hollywood heartbreaker. So, rumours that the star has been meeting up with notorious playboy John Mayer do not bode well.

Daniel Zovatto (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) and Lori Petty (Orange Is the New Black) are set as series regulars in HBO Max’s Station Eleven, a 10-episode post-apocalyptic limited drama series based on the international bestseller by Emily St. John Mandel. Andy McQueen (Books of Blood), David Cross (Arrested Development), Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars) and Julian Obradors (Mayans, M.C.) will recur on the series, from Maniac creator Patrick Somerville and Paramount TV Studios.

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

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based firm FilmRise has picked up global distribution rights to drama Broken Diamonds, starring Tony and Grammy-winner Benjamin Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Lola Kirke (Mozart In The Jungle) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community).

Sarah Ramos (Parenthood) has been tapped to play Cheryl Pistono, the girlfriend of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Even if you’re not a sports fan, you’re probably familiar with the Los Angeles Lakers and the team’s “Showtime” era of the ‘80s. That’s when you had players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Larry Bird.

Jason Segel has been tapped to play Paul Westhead in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJason Segel has been cast as Paul Westhead in the HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019.

Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) has been tapped to play Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, Deadline has learned. HBO declined comment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBo Burnham has been cast as Boston Celtics star Larry Bird in HBO’s upcoming series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, in what came to be called the Showtime Era.Bird is widely regarded as one of the best basketball players of all time.

HBO has combined a Victorian drama with sci-fi action to create its genre-bending new series.

Angelina Jolie, 45, and her ex-husband Brad Pitt, 57, are still battling over custody of their minor children — Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 14, and 12-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne. And, in court documents filed on March 12, it was revealed that their kids could be called to testify.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichael Chiklis will play Red Auerbach in HBO’s upcoming scripted series about the Los Angeles Lakers of the 1980s.The untitled series was ordered at HBO in December 2019. It is described as chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties, in what came to be called the Showtime Era.As the coach of the Celtics, Auerbach won 9 NBA championships.

Michael Chiklis has been tapped to star as legendary Celtics coach Red Auerbach in Adam McKay’s Los Angeles Lakers HBO drama series, based on Jeff Pearlman’s book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. McKay’s Hyperobject Industries is producing.