Garrett VanDusen Joins MPCA As Vice President, Physical Production

Sometimes the fan campaigning really works, though in this case, the fan is actor Giancarlo Esposito, known for his roles in “Breaking Bad,” and “The Mandalorian.” In the last year or more, Esposito has made it no secret that he’s been eager to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, seemingly talking it up every chance he gets and telling audiences. Previously, the actor revealed he had met with Marvel Studios and said he was keen to play a new version of Professor X in the “X-Men” movies.

Rosie O’Donnell is joining And Just Like That!

Justin Timberlake knows his legacy. Despite all the records and the success, there’s one thing he achieved that he never sought out: a meme that has lasted years. As we enter the month of May, Timberlake shared a video making fun of the now iconic meme and the mispronunciation that started it all.

Following her breakthrough role as the dark Force user pupil Shin Hati in Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka,” actress Ivanna Sakhno has secured her next major role. The actress has secured a leading role in “M3GAN 2.0,” the follow-up to the critically acclaimed film from Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, according to Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Walter Hauser‘s hot streak continues. After seeing New Line lock up rights to the authorized Chris Farley biopic in which he’ll star for director Josh Gad, the actor has signed on to the untitled Naked Gun reboot from Paramount Pictures.

EXCLUSIVE: Pacesetter Productions, run by Black Mirror and Station Eleven exec producer Jessica Rhoades, is staffing up.

Southern Charm is set to return for a 10th season!

EXCLUSIVE: Vice Media Group has announced a new creative structure for its global production business now dubbed Vice Studios Group, which will oversee five premium production entities: Pulse Films, UnTypical, Vice Studios LatAm, Vice Studios Canada and a news documentary unit. Vice Studios Group will be led by the newly elevated Jamie Hall in London and Danny Gabai in Los Angeles as Co-Presidents. 

Kim Kardashian made a notable appearance alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House for a roundtable discussion. The discussion focused on President Joe Biden’s pardons.

Kim Kardashian is back in the White House!

EXCLUSIVE: Noah Hawley has named Michael Garcia as President of 26 Keys, his Austin-based production banner. Hawley has additionally brought on Maddy Bilder as Project Director at the company. Garcia and Bilder join 26 Keys as Hawley continues to grow and build the company’s overall slate of film and television projects.

EXCLUSIVE: Walden Media has promoted Julia Friley to Vice President of Scripted Development.

Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway) has signed on to star alongside Kelvin Harrison Jr., Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Halle Bailey in Universal’s untitled coming-of-age musical from director Michel Gondry and producer Pharrell Williams.

EXCLUSIVE: The Daniel Hoff Agency has hired former KMR agent, Kate Lackey, in the firm’s Atlanta office.

Colin Donnell will be joining the cast of FBI: International before the end of season three!

Lexi Carson After spending more than 30 years at Ubisoft, Cécile Russeil has been promoted to executive vice president, starting Wednesday. In her elevated role, Russeil will bring her experience in the company to lead Ubisoft’s functions and teams. She will also be in charge of communications, corporate affairs, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, human resources, and legal.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Steve Carell is set to star opposite Tina Fey in the upcoming Netflix comedy series “The Four Seasons,” Variety has learned. The series is based on the 1981 film of the same name that was directed by and starred Alan Alda with Carol Burnett, Rita Moreno, Sandy Dennis, and Len Cariou also among the cast members. The series was first announced in January with an eight-episode order and is slated to begin production later this year.

Wendy Guevara is Madonna‘s latest “Vogue” special guest!

EXCLUSIVE: M3GAN and Girls star Allison Williams is set to executive-produce and star alongside Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) in the murder mystery Kill Me, which will XYZ will be selling at the upcoming Cannes market.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime manager Michael Botti has joined Redefine Entertainment as a Partner, effective immediately. Botti is the first Partner added to the company since its founding in 2021.