Stephan James & J.K. Simmons To Star In College Football Drama ‘National Champions’ For STX, Ric Roman Waugh & ‘John Wick’ Outfit Thunder Road

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMorris Chestnut has been cast in a lead role of the Fox drama series “Our Kind of People,” Variety has learned.Chestnut currently appears in the Fox medical drama “The Resident.” According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Chestnut would continue on “The Resident” in addition to starring in “Our Kind of People,” with “The Resident” expected to be renewed as part of Fox’s upfront presentation.Chestnut joins previously announced “Our Kind of People” cast

X Factor star Alexandra Burke has gone back on claims that she’d never date a footballer again as she’s now loved up with an Irish goalie.

Gallery: These co-stars couldn’t stand each other! (Espresso) "Dennis writes so wittily for these characters and his script had me within the first few pages," he said. "When I heard Sharon was involved with Stephen Daldry directing it was a no brainer.

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Uzo Aduba and Alexander Ludwig will co-star opposite Stephan James and J.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Eros STX’s Stephan James and J.K. Simmons sports drama National Champions is expanding its thespian team roster with Uzo Aduba, Alexander Ludwig, Andrew Bachelor, David Koechner, Tim Blake Nelson, and Timothy Olyphant.

EXCLUSIVE: Newcomer Rolando Chusan is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.

James McAvoy and Sharon Horgan are to star in a lockdown relationship drama for the BBC, which will be helmed by Emmy and BAFTA-winning director Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot).

Manori Ravindran International EditorJames McAvoy (“Split,” “His Dark Materials”) and Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe,” “Military Wives”) are set to front “Utopia” writer Dennis Kelly’s drama “Together.”Directed by Emmy and BAFTA-winning director Stephen Daldry (“The Crown”), the film is set in the U.K. from the first days of the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 until the present day.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterYaya DaCosta has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming Fox drama series “Our Kind of People,” Variety has learned.

Colt Brennan, a former NFL quarterback who is perhaps best known for his wildly successful college career, has died.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKiefer Sutherland is getting back to his espionage roots in a new drama series at Paramount Plus.The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at the streamer.

Kiefer Sutherland is to play a private spy in his latest TV series.

Joe Leydon Film CriticSince we’ve already had faith-based features involving football (“Woodlawn,” “Facing the Giants”), baseball (“Where Hope Grows”), basketball (“Slamma Jamma”), boxing (“Carman: The Champion”), competitive skateboarding (“Hardflip”) and even mixed martial arts (“The Fight Within”), it was doubtless inevitable that someone would produce a movie where the Lord works in mysterious ways on the golf course.

Line of Duty star Martin Compston will be filming a new crime drama series in Stockport on Monday.

Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) is set as the co-lead opposite fellow Oscar winner Sissy Spacek in Amazon’s genre-bending drama series Lightyears, a co-production between Amazon Studios and Legendary Television. Simmons replaces Ed O’Neillm who originally was cast as the male lead in the project but exited for family reasons.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorSTXfilms has acquired the rights to Thunder Road and Game1’s sports drama “National Champions.”“Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh will helm the film and Adam Mervis will pen the screenplay. Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) and J.

Time travelers from a war-torn future, the fate of the world in the balance, and soldiers recruited into a secret military campaign. Is this a sequel to Christopher Nolan‘s “Tenet“? Nope, it’s “The Tomorrow War,” a brand-new sci-fi action blockbuster that hits Amazon Prime this summer.

Chris Pratt isn't guarding the galaxy, he's fighting deadly aliens in the not-so-distant future, as evidenced by the first-look teaser trailer for .In the year 2051, Earth is losing a battle with aliens who very much didn't come in peace. Pratt stars as Dan Forester, a high school teacher who is recruited by time travelers to transport into the future and fight for the fate of this planet.

EXCLUSIVE: Tonatiuh (Vida) is set as a lead opposite John Ortiz in ABC’s drama pilot Promised Land.