‘Law & Order: For the Defense’ Not Moving Forward, New ‘L&W’ Spinoff In Works At NBC

Abrams and Katie McGrath’s production banner is under a mega overall deal.Bad Robot continues to have a number of titles either in production, ordered or in the development stage at HBO and HBO Max, produced by Warner Bros. TV through Abrams’ WarnerMedia overall deal.

’s return with season 2 this fall, ET has learned that Ron Cephas Jones and Vinnie Jones have joined the cast in recurring roles. The two actors join Chris Meloni, who first returned as Elliot Stabler in season 1. According to NBC, Jones, who recently won his second Emmy for his performance on, will play Congressman Leon Kilbride.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us) and British actor Vinnie Jones (The Big Ugly) are set for key recurring roles opposite Christopher Meloni on Season 2 of NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime.

HBO has pulled the plug on The Days of Abandonment, the film based on Elena Ferrante’s best-selling novel, that was to star Natalie Portman.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe HBO film “Days of Abandonment,” starring Oscar winner Natalie Portman, is dead.On Monday, the network announced that Portman has stepped down from the film, and production will not be moving forward.“Due to unforeseen personal reasons, Natalie Portman has stepped down from HBO Films’ ‘Days of Abandonment’ prior to the start of filming. Unfortunately, the production will not move forward,” HBO said in a statement.

Dylan McDermott is coming back for more Organized Crime.

EXCLUSIVE: In his return to broadcast television, Dylan McDermott crafted a compelling villain in Richard Wheatley on NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime. Fans loved to hate him, and now they will get more of him.

Iris Law, 20, looks like she’s having an amazing summer in her latest video! The daughter of Jude Law, 48, shared a new stunning clip to her Instagram story on July 27 and in it, she’s strutting her stuff on a beach in a multi-colored bikini and skirt wrap. She was also rocking her awesome short blue hair and looked as confident as could be.

EXCLUSIVE: Accomplished German actress Christiane Paul (Counterpart) and Carter Redwood (The Long Road Home) round out the series regular cast of FBI: International, the upcoming third series in Dick Wolf’s hit FBI drama franchise on CBS. They will play the remaining leads opposite recently cast Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed and Vinessa Vidotto in the series, which is slated to air as part of an FBI Tuesday lineup.  FBI International will launch Sept.

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie March has signed with Echo Lake Entertainment for management in all areas.

A grand jury in Queens, New York, charged TV actor Isaiah Stokes for the murder of Tyrone Jones.

press release on Friday. The TV actor was arraigned Friday morning on a three-count indictment charging him with murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.

Isaiah Stokes has been indicted.

Isaiah Stokes, who has appeared on the television shows Law & Order and Boadwalk Empire, has been indicted for murder.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNBC is not moving forward with “Law & Order: For the Defense,” which had been announced earlier this spring as the latest installment of Dick Wolf’s “Law & Order” franchise. Instead, “The Blacklist” will shift to Thursdays at 8 p.m.