Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried is set as the female lead opposite Tom Holland in The Crowded Room, Apple’s seasonal anthology series from A Beautiful Mind‘s Akiva Goldsman and New Regency.
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Naman Ramachandran Young British actor Ahmed Elhaj is all set for Apple TV Plus series “Bad Monkey,” from “Ted Lasso” co-creator Bill Lawrence, who has written the series and will serve as executive producer.Headlined by Vince Vaughn, the series is based on Carl Hiaasen’s 2013 novel of the same name. Elhaj plays a character named Neville, a tame and relaxed fisherman who lives in the Bahamas, whose life is completely turned around when his house is sold and destroyed. He then goes on a journey of retribution.The heavyweight cast also includes Michelle Monaghan, Jodie Turner-Smith, Meredith Hagner and Rob Delaney.
Elhaj joins them as a series regular. “I’m super excited to join this cast,” Elhaj tells Variety. “They’re all people whom I’ve watched and admired their work and who inspire me to find my own style and uniqueness in my work.
To be working with them is a dream.” The series is being produced at Warner Bros. Television, a company that Elhaj is well familiar with: In 2020, he was one of 10 actors chosen from a field of 6,800 applicants worldwide for their “Actors in Training” program.Acting has been a dream of Elhaj’s since the age of seven, when the bug bit him at school drama classes. “It was one of the classes that I actually felt that I looked forward to and that my creativity could run free and didn’t feel restricted in any way.
It gave me a feeling of freedom that I didn’t have in any other class,” says Elhaj. “The same goes for why I wanted to be an actor, the freedom that I feel when creating work and being involved in a creative process is unmatched. It just fits with me.”Elhaj was accepted into the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he won a full scholarship.
Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried is set as the female lead opposite Tom Holland in The Crowded Room, Apple’s seasonal anthology series from A Beautiful Mind‘s Akiva Goldsman and New Regency.
K.J. Yossman Georgia Flood and Thierry Frémont have joined Disney Plus original U.K.
Hollywood power couples shared the love with fans on Valentine’s Day, posting selections of pictures online. Famous faces, including David and Victoria Beckham, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger and David Burtka, shared selfies and relationship memories on Instagram. Former England football star Beckham posted a series of throwback photos with his former Spice Girl wife and daughter Harper.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterRay Stevenson has been cast in the upcoming Disney Plus “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka,” Variety has confirmed with sources.He joins previously announced series lead Rosario Dawson, who will star as Ahsoka Tano, as well as cast members Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Natasha Liu Bordizz, and Ivanna Sakhno.Details on who Stevenson will be playing in the series are being kept under wraps, but it is believed that he will be playing a villain in the series, thought not the main villain, Grand Admiral Thrawn.Reps for Lucasfilm did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.This is not the first time Stevenson has been a part of the “Star Wars” universe. He previously lent his voice to the two animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” as the character Gar Saxon, a Mandalorian commando.
Pierce Brosnan, 68, was spotted out to dinner in Malibu, California on Wednesday night (Feb. 9). The actor left Lucky’s steakhouse holding hands with his wife Keely Smith, 58, while their son Dylan, 25, and his girlfriend Avery Wheless followed them. Pierce had a giant smile on his face following the double date night. He looked so handsome in a navy button up shirt and gray dress pants.
Actress Rashida Jones is likely best known for her work in the comedy realm with the hit series “Parks & Rec” and most recently co-starred with Bill Murray in the Sophia Coppola-directed dramedy, “On The Rocks” that landed at Apple TV+. She’ll be reuniting with Apple for her next high-profile gig after landing a crucial part in their dystopian series “Wool.” Variety reports that Jones is set to lead a new dark comedy series, “Sunny,” produced by A24 Films, and will air on Apple TV+ as the streaming service continues to seek original content and continues their ongoing relationship with the indie studio.
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Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming “American Born Chinese” series adaptation at Disney Plus has found its main cast, Variety has confirmed.Ben Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Yeo Yann Yann, Daniel Wu, Chin Han, Ke Huy Quan, Jim Liu, and Sydney Taylor will all star in the series, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Gene Luen Yang.The series follows Jin Wang (Ben Wang), a teenager juggling his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When Jin meets a new foreign exchange student (Jim Liu) on the first day of school, their worlds collide as Jin becomes entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterCatherine Zeta-Jones has been cast in the upcoming “National Treasure” series at Disney Plus, Variety has learned.Zeta-Jones joins previously announced cast members Lisette Alexis, Zuri Reed, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, and Jake Austin Walker, and Lyndon Smith in the series continuation of the film franchise of the same name. Production is set to begin this month in Baton Rouge, LA.The series focuses on a young heroine, Jess (Alexis), a brilliant and resourceful DREAMer who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her family’s mysterious past and save a lost Pan-American treasure.Zeta-Jones will portray Billie, described as a badass billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter who lives by her own code.
Elisabeth Moss becomes an investigator in the first look at her latest series, Shining Girls.
In the three decades since Samuel L. Jackson entered Hollywood, his on-screen persona has become one of the most familiar in movies.
Morgan Stevens, an actor best known for his role as the teacher David Reardon in the television series "Fame" and his recurring role on popular 1990s series "Melrose Place," died Jan. 26 of heart disease at his home in Hollywood, according to the L.A. Coroner’s office.
J. Kim Murphy Morgan Stevens, an actor best known for his role as the teacher David Reardon in the television series “Fame” and his recurring role on popular 1990s series “Melrose Place,” died Jan.
On Tuesday, AMC+ and RLJE Films announced they have acquired worldwide rights to “Christmas With the Campbells,” a new holiday comedy based on an original idea by Vince Vaughn, who also co-wrote and co-produced.The film, which per the official description takes the traditional holiday romance and “executes it with unfiltered adult humor,” will debut in theaters and and exclusively on AMC+ in the U.S. on the same day in late fall.Vaughn, Peter Billingsley (“Couples Retreat”) and Dan Lagana (“American Vandal”) produce under Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show banner.It’s the second project Vaughn Billingsley have sold to RLJE, after 2021’s black Christmas comedy, “Silent Night,” which starred Keira Knightley.“We couldn’t have asked for a better cast and a group of filmmakers with whom to work,” said RLJE Films Chief Acquisitions Officer Mark Ward in a statement.
Actor Moses J. Moseley, who was notable as a recurring zombie character on "The Walking Dead" has died, Fox News Digital has confirmed. He was 31.