Lionsgate Television Joins QC Entertainment On Chuck Wendig Sci-Fi Novel ‘Wanderers;’ Glen Mazzara Set As Showrunner/EP

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVChicago P.D.’s Lisseth Chavez is set as a new series regular in the upcoming sixth season of season 6 of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. The Warner Bros. TV-produced superhero drama moved in to cast Chavez shortly after she became available following a season-long stint as a series regular on NBC’s Chicago P.D.  Chavez will play Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz.

Regina King is adding her star power to western movie, The Harder They Fall.

Dave McNary Film ReporterRegina King, Zazie Beetz, Lakeith Stanfield, Edi Gathegi and RJ Cyler have joined Idris Elba and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix Western “The Harder They Fall.”Producers are Jay-Z, James Lassiter, Lawrence Bender, and Jeymes Samuel, also known as The Bullitts. He previously collaborated with Jay-Z on “The Great Gatsby” soundtrack and will re-team with Jay-Z to write and produce original music for “The Harder They Fall.”Samuel and Boaz Yakin are the screenwriters.

Lovecraft Country…well, get on it. The HBO series, which airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m., stars Jurnee Smollett and Jonathan Majors in a twisty sci-fi drama set in 1950s Jim Crow America.

Naman Ramachandran “Lovecraft Country” star Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell (“Set It Up”) will star in historical war epic “Devotion,” from director J.D. Dillard (“Sweetheart”).Set in 1950, as the Cold War looms, Majors and Powell play elite U.S.

W. Russell Barry, a former president of 20th Century Fox Television and chairman of Turner Program Services, died Aug.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSharon Horgan will play Nicolas Cage’s ex-wife in Lionsgate’s action comedy “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.”Cage stars as a fictionalized version of himself who’s feeling creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, leading him to accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a super fan, played by Pedro Pascal.

A Missouri 7-year-old’s tribute to the late actor Chadwick Boseman has gone viral on Twitter, receiving more than 72,800 retweets and 619,000 likes as of Tuesday evening. However, momentary internet fame wasn’t Kian Westbrook’s or his family’s intention when they put together a memorial for Boseman with an Avengers action figure set.

Oscar winners Kate Winselt, Jennifer Hudson and Glenn Close have joined Daisy Ridley in the all-female voice cast of Baba Yaga, an immersive VR animated film that will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month. In the VR experience, viewers enter a haunting fairytale world, joining their sister Magda (Ridley) on a quest to heal their mother (Close) by entering an enchanted forest (Hudson) to obtain the cure from the enigmatic witch, Baba Yaga (Winslet).

Andreas Wiseman International EditorKate Winslet, Jennifer Hudson and Glenn Close have joined previously announced lead Daisy Ridley in the voice cast of Venice Film Festival-bound VR project Baba Yaga.Hudson is an executive-producer on the immersive short film set in a haunting fairytale world where viewers can decide the direction of the story.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentKate Winslet, Jennifer Hudson and Glenn Close have joined previously announced lead Daisy Ridley in the cast of VR animated film “Baba Yaga,” which will make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.Hudson is also an executive producer on the pic from Baobab Studios, which will make a push for the Oscar for animated short.The film plays in Venice on Sept. 2 as part of Venice VR Expanded, the Virtual Reality section of the event.

Barack and Michelle Obama are doting parents to daughters Malia and Sasha, and worked hard to protect them from the limelight during their dad's time as President of the United States.Not only did the power couple ensure that they had a regular routine in place for their children while living in the White House, but they even decided to stay in Washington after Barack's presidential term ended in 2017, rather than moving back to Chicago, so that Sasha could continue her studies in school.Sasha

Kovar the latest name expected to leave on a temporary deal. MEN Sport understand two Football League clubs are currently pursuing a deal for the 20-year-old goalkeeper with Swindon Town believed to be the most likely destination.

EastEnders has cast ’80s soul singer Mica Paris as a “formidable” new character.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThree staffers at Television City in Los Angeles have tested positive for the coronavirus, the LA County Department of Public Health revealed as part of its daily release of COVID-19 data classified by location and demographic.The current list, last updated on Wednesday night, has three confirmed staff infections at Television City’s address of  7800 Beverly Blvd.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAn outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at Television City, the studio where “The Bold and the Beautiful” and other shows are produced.Three staffers have come down with the virus at the studio formerly known as CBS Television City, at 7800 Beverly Blvd. in Los Angeles.The outbreak was publicly reported on Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.