EXCLUSIVE: Matt Schuler, who has produced stand-up comedy specials including Netflix’s Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America and Michael Che Matters, has joined 800 Pound Gorilla Media to head up a new production arm.
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Matt Walsh is joining starting with Wednesday night’s episode, “Hot for Teacher and Writing a Wrong.” It marks the first of a three-episode arc for the 57-year-old actor, who plays a somewhat shy community college psychology professor where Becky (Lecy Goranson) attends school. He puts his job at risk when he starts a relationship with her. This situation Becky finds herself in is something the producers teased to ET earlier in the year.
“Becky can’t seem to avoid trouble,” Bruce Helford said at the time, explaining that while she’s pursuing a psychology major at school, she starts dating one of her professors. “It’s problematic.”“What makes it really interesting is that she’s an adult woman,” he continued, noting that this is not some situation where it’s an older professor dating a young student.
Here, they’re roughly the same age. “So, it’s a really interesting dilemma for the both of them.” Elsewhere in episode 12, Mark (Ames McNamara) returns to public school and finds it difficult to fit in.
And when Darlene (Sara Gilbert) finds out what he’s doing to make a little extra cash for college, she’s unhappy about it. Walsh, meanwhile, shouldn’t be confused with Joe Walsh, who appeared on a January episode as the father of Aldo (Tony Cavalero) and shared a musical moment with John Goodman. The star and the legendary rocker are just two of the many guest stars to breeze through Lanford, Illinois, this season, following Brian Austin Green as Darlene’s co-worker, Jeff; Darien Sills-Evans as Becky’s old friend, Mike; Fred Savage as Dr. Harding; Jason Alexander as Pastor Phil; Patton Oswalt as Don Blansky; Tabitha Brown as a local psychic; and Timm Sharp as a bookstore owner named River.
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Schuler, who has produced stand-up comedy specials including Netflix’s Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America and Michael Che Matters, has joined 800 Pound Gorilla Media to head up a new production arm.
EXCLUSIVE: Simu Liu, star of Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and Kim’s Convenience, is joining Sam Worthington, Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell and Alicia Sanz in thriller Hello Stranger.
Matthew Perry has had his share of struggles.
EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA Award-nominee Tahar Rahim is set to co-star alongside Academy Award-winner Joaquin Phoenix and Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby in Napoleon, the latest film from esteemed director Ridley Scott, who is directing.
EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Modine (Stranger Things, The Dark Knight Rises) is the latest addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s anticipated film Oppenheimer for Universal Pictures.
EXCLUSIVE: Following the box-office success of the most recent installment, Scream star Jack Quaid looks to have found his next big project as sources tell Deadline he is the latest top tier addition to Christopher Nolan’s next film Oppenheimer. The A-list ensemble already includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Rami Malek and Cillian Murphy, who is set to star in the title role as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who ran the Manhattan Project that led to the invention of the atomic bomb. The film will bow on July 21, 2023, a slot typically saved for Nolan films in the past. It’s also roughly two weeks before the anniversary of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Details behind who Hartnett will be playing are unknown at this time.
Matthew Perry has unveiled the title and front cover of his forthcoming memoir, addressing his fans with his customary wry humour.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterCome on, Simu Liu, let’s go party.Marvel’s “Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star has been cast in “Barbie,” a new movie based on the popular doll. As previously announced, Margot Robbie is playing Barbie and Ryan Gosling is playing her boy toy Ken.
Corrie actress Paula Wilcox has won hearts on the cobbles as Elaine Jones the mother of Tim Metcalfe.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterAnthony Ramos has joined the upcoming Marvel series “Ironheart” at Disney Plus, Variety has confirmed with sourcesRamos was most recently seen in the film adaptation of “In the Heights.”Marvel Studios declined to comment.More to come…
Naman Ramachandran Italian actor and singer Michele Morrone is set to make his Indian debut alongside Bollywood star Jacqueline Fernandez with music video “Mud Mud Ke.” Morrone starred in Polish erotic film ‘365 Days,’ which is getting two sequels from Netflix. Fernandez is a Sri Lankan actor who made a mark in Bollywood with “Kick,” alongside Salman Khan, and has upcoming films co-starring Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar.The ‘Mud Mud Ke’ video is from Desi Music Factory and features music by Tony Kakkar who also sings with Neha Kakkar. Mihir Gulati has directed the video, which has been choreographed by Shakti Mohan.
Matthew Dowd has joined MSNBC as political contributor and analyst, in a role that will include field reporting about the threats to U.S. democracy.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer“Lucifer” star Tom Ellis has joined the cast of Hulu’s Sterling K. Brown-led “Washington Black” limited series in the role of steam-punk inventor Christopher “Titch” Wilde.Described as an epic nine-episode adventure series based on Esi Edugyan’s novel of the same name, “Washington Black” follows the extraordinary 19th-century adventures of George Washington “Wash” Black, an 11-year-old boy on a Barbados sugar plantation who must flee after a shocking death threatens to upend his life.
EXCLUSIVE: Black Box actor Mamoudou Athie is reteaming with Amazon Studios for their feature The Burial, based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr.