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Over the course of a screen acting career that stretched across fifty years, Charles Cyphers racked up 100 credits, but he’s best known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, having appeared in the director’s Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Someone’s Watching Me!, Elvis, The Fog, and Escape from New York. His most popular character was Sheriff Leigh Brackett from the 1978 Halloween, a role he reprised in 1981’s Halloween II and, after a forty year absence from the Halloween franchise, 2021’s Halloween Kills. Sadly, we’ve lost this great character actor, as Variety reports that Cyphers has passed away “from a brief illness” at the age of 85.

Cyphers’ manager Chris Roe confirmed his passing to Variety and provided the following statement: “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man. He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and...

Sheriff Mike teams up with an alien-hybrid to protect their town from Grey aliens in Resident Alien season 3. The Sheriff unknowingly hires the alien-human hybrid as his deputy, giving him access to the inner workings of the town. Fans can expect a comedic partnership and dynamic between Sheriff Mike and Deputy Liv, with their witty banter and improvisation.

Resident Alien season 3 premieres on Syfy on February 14, and will see Harry team up with General McCallister to protect his new home from the Grey aliens. While Liv has grown increasingly suspicious of extraterrestrial activity, Sheriff Mike remains oblivious to the otherworldly species lurking in Patience. In an unforeseen twist, the Sheriff hires Joseph as his new deputy in the season 2 finale and unknowingly gives the alien-human hybrid a direct line to the inner workings of the town.

Sheriff Mike is portrayed by Corey Reynolds, who has been featured in a wide variety of television series.

Dan Gordon, a 56-year member of the Writers Guild of America and reserve captain for the Israeli Defense Forces, published an open letter on Tuesday resigning from the union over its failure to condemn the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on Oct. 7.

“The failure of the Guild’s leadership to issue even the mildest condemnation of the worst massacre of a religious minority in the Middle East since Isis carried out similar atrocities against the Yezidis is appalling,” Gordon said in his letter. “It is corrosive to me as a writer and repugnant to every fiber of my being as a person of conscience.”

Gordon will assume “financial core” status, or “fi-core” for short. Those with fi-core status cannot vote in guild elections or receive other perks of full members, but still pay reduced dues and work under the same bargaining agreement terms as full members. Those who assume fi-core...

Exclusive: Taye Diggs, known for his five-season run starring as the beloved Billy Baker, former NFL player turned high school football coach, on CW’s All American, has signed with A Management Company and Global Artists Agency for representation.

Diggs can next be seen leading the two-part BET+ film Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy based on the true crime story of businessman Lance Herndon. In the film, Diggs stars as Lance (Diggs), a successful Atlanta businessman, renowned in equal measure for both revolutionizing the city’s 911 system, and his womanizing ways. When he is found murdered in his own home, questions and allegations abound as to who might have wanted him dead.

Diggs also is set to voice King Triton with Amber Riley as Ursula in Ariel, the Disney/Disney Junior animated series.

Other TV credits include the series regular role of Dr. Sam Bennet in Grey’s Anatomy spinoff series...

The intense hunt for Maddie Bosch is on, as seen in a first flurry of photos from Bosch: Legacy Season 2.

On track to premiere sometime this fall (exact date Tba), Season 2 of the Titus Welliver-led Freevee series will pick up right where Season 1 left off, with Harry’s daughter (played by Madison Lintz) having gone missing — presumably abducted by the lucha libre mask-wearing man who was hiding in her closest at the close of the freshman finale.

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Television procedurals follow a tried-and-true formula that keeps crime mystery fans coming back for more. Each episode introduces an intense conflict for investigators to solve, or else face dire public safety consequences. The procedural genre has become more crowded in recent years, leaving a select golden few to thrive and others to be forgotten.

Some of the most notable TV procedurals, including Criminal Minds and Law and Order: Svu, unfold their stories in unique and clever ways. They can always keep their audiences guessing. Other thrilling shows, like Life and Murder in the First, try to replicate their successes but are ultimately pushed to the sidelines. Even though these series are typically forgotten by broader audiences, they still offer entertaining adventures.

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Mindhunter

Mindhunter was a Netflix series based on the true-crime book, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit. It aired...

Eric McCormack and Steven Weber are longtime pals who host a podcast together titled Eating Out with Eric and Steve. They also step in for one another with on camera hosting duties as well.

Weber has been tapped to host the Project Angel Food telethon Lead with Love 4 presented by City National Bank and airing on Ktla 5 on June 24. The veteran actor, who currently stars on Chicago Med, will be filling for McCormack, who has fronted the telecast in years past alongside Ktla’s Jessica Holmes, who returns once again along with co-hosts Loni Love and Alec Mapa. 104.3 MyFM’s Lisa Foxx pitches in as on-camera announcer.

“With Eric McCormack on Broadway we needed to find someone to fill in as host. But it couldn’t be just anyone,” said Lead with Love 4 executive producer Brad Bessey of McCormack’s upcoming gig on the Great White Way in The Cottage...

Major Crimes, the continuation series of The Closer, ran for an incredible six seasons, totaling over 100 episodes,

While the show didn't receive as much critical acclaim as The Closer and didn't earn any Emmys, the show was a success for TNT.

The ensemble-driven Major Crimes featured many of the same characters and performers as its predecessor, which rarely happens on television.

The show premiered after The Closer's finale, with only a few casting changes, such as Kyra Sedgwick stepping down from her leading role.

What is the cast of Major Crimes doing now? Find out below!

Bonus: Corey Reynolds as David Gabriel from The Closer

Corey Reynolds is one of the few to appear in every episode of The Closer but not transfer to Major Crimes, mainly because his character David Gabriel got moved to the Da's office Bureau of Investigation as their liaison.

He inadvertently became a leak within the department,...

Los Angeles, CA – Ronnie Gene Blevins has teamed up with Brendan Reynolds to launch “Love That Guy!” a new podcast show that celebrates the journeymen actors. The ones that are seen on film and television that make us say, “Hey… Love That Guy!”

The series launched with episode 1 in February of 2023, with Ronnie and Brendan sitting down to talk with star Steven Ogg. In March, episode 2 aired with star Timothy V. Murphy, Episode 3 aired with star Pat Healy, and Episode 4 aired with star Theo Rossi.

The “Love That Guy” podcast series will air every other Friday at midnight Pacific Standard Time. Upcoming guests in the next two weeks include Nick Stahl and C. Thomas Howell. Airing on Apple Podcasts and most other podcast platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-that-guy/id1672554618

Ronnie Gene Blevins starred in “Death in Texas” with Bruce Dern, “The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It,...

Over 100 popular films are leaving HBO Max at the end of the month, but luckily you have the whole month to stream them.

They include cinema classics like “Ben Hur,” the winningest film in Oscars history

Leaving April 5

The Inside Story, 1948

Reminiscence, 2021 (HBO)

Leaving April 11

Adult Swim Yule Log (aka The Fireplace)

Leaving April 12

About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, 2012 (HBO)

Leaving April 13

The Last Duel, 2021

Game Theory With Bomani Jones, Season 1

Leaving April 18

The Lego Batman Movie, 2017

Leaving April 24

Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up!, 2022

Leaving April 27

Malignant, 2021 (HBO)

Leaving April 30

47 Ronin, 2013 (HBO)

3 Godfathers, 1948

Accepted, 2006 (HBO)

The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938

A Private War, 2018 (HBO)

An American in Paris, 1951

The American President, 1995

Any Given Sunday, 1999

Australia, 2008 (HBO)

Before I Fall, 2017 (HBO)

Ben-Hur, 1959

Black Legion, 1937

Blade, 1998

Blood Diamond, 2006

Blow Out, 1981 (HBO)

The Bodyguard, 1992

Boogie Nights, 1997

The Book of Eli, 2010

The Bourne Identity, 2002 (HBO)

The Bourne Supremacy, 2004 (HBO)

Bringing up Baby,...

Exclusive: More additions to the cast of Blumhouse-Morgan Creek-Universal-Peacock’s The Exorcist with Raphael Sbarge joining as the pastor in the feature.

Previously announced cast members include Olivia Marcum, Ann Dowd, Ellen Burstyn, Lidya Jewett and Leslie Odom Jr in the David Gordon Green directed movie which is a continuation of the 1973 film. The movie, which Uni and all parties scooped up rights for 400M, hits theaters on Oct. 13.

Jason Blum will produce on behalf of Blumhouse. David Robinson and James Robinson will produce for Morgan Creek. Green, McBride and Couper Samuelson will executive produce. Ryan Turek is overseeing the project for Blumhouse. Scott Teems, Danny McBride and Green teamed up for the story being penned by Peter Sattler (Broken Diamonds) and Green.

The original 1973 The Exorcist counts a global box office of 441M, making it the highest grossing...

Exclusive: Emmy-winning writer-producer Ed Redlich (Unforgettable), former CBS Entertainment head of programming Thom Sherman, and NAACP Image Award–nominated filmmaker Mo McRae (A Lot Of Nothing) have joined the creative team of the freshman CBS drama series East New York, from Warner Bros. Television.

TV veteran Redlich, who had been on the show as a consulting producer since after the pilot, is coming on board full-time as an executive producer, working alongside series co-creators, executive producers, and co-showrunners William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn.

Sherman will serve as an executive producer as part of the overall deal with CBS Network and CBS Studios for his newly launched production company, Play Well Entertainment. This marks the first project under the expansive pact he segued to after stepping down as Senior Executive Vice President of Programming For CBS Entertainment in November. Sherman had been very closely associated with East New York in his...

Since a certain show about houses and dragons just wrapped, HBO Max has a big scheduling hole fill next month. How will they go about it? Let’s find out with the streamer’s list of new releases for November 2022!

Obviously, there is no replacing House of the Dragon‘s cultural impact so HBO is looking for some singles in November, rather than the homerun. Things get started on in promising fashion on Nov. 3. That date sees the premiere of Titans season 4 and the interesting true crime documentary Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty. The former will continue the adventures of DC’s heralded Titans team (and introduce some new heavy hitters) while the latter will try to keep pace with Netflix’s prolific true crime output.

November is also when HBO Max gets a head start on the holiday season. A Christmas Story sequel, aptly titled A Christmas Story Christmas,...

As the holiday season begins, HBO Max is adding several Christmas-themed film premieres and the returns of hit TV shows in November 2022. HBO Max’s new additions in October 2022 were huge for the streaming service, primarily with House of the Dragon’s season 1 finale on October 23. For HBO Max’s TV series debuts, the month saw the premieres of The White Lotus season 2 and Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler season 3. The end of October also saw the exciting HBO Max streaming premiere of the 2022 horror movie Barbarian.

HBO Max’s November 2022 additions kick off with the streaming debut of See How They Run (November 1), the Sam Rockwell-starring mystery movie that premiered theatrically in September. Also arriving are the holiday-themed exclusive HBO Max movies A Christmas Story Christmas (November 17), a follow-up to the 1983 classic; Holiday Harmony (November 24), following a singer-songwriter helping a group of misfit kids prepare for a...

Dan Levy, Sohla El-Waylly, and Will Guidara in ‘The Big Brunch’ (Photograph by Jeremy Kohm/HBO Max)

HBO Max’s November 2022 lineup will include a new season of Titans as well as Love, Lizzo, a documentary that charts the path of Lizzo’s incredible career. November also serves up The Big Brunch, a cooking competition series hosted by Schitt’s Creek‘s Dan Levy and offering a 300,000 grand prize.

Season two of The Sex Lives of College Girls will premiere on November 17th and season three of We’re Here with Bob the Drag Queen and Shangela debuts on November 25th. The streaming service’s schedule also includes a documentary series on former NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal along with season 53 of Sesame Street.

Series & Films Arriving On HBO Max In November 2022:

November 1

!Three Amigos!, 1986 (HBO)

(500) Days of Summer, 2009 (HBO)

50 First Dates, 2004

Accepted, 2006 (HBO)

Amazing Grace, 2006 (HBO)

American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince,...

Denise Dowse, the busy character actress who portrayed Vice Principal Yvonne Teasley on Beverly Hills, 90210, Judge Rebecca Damsen on The Guardian and therapist Rhonda Pine on Insecure, has died. She was 64.

Dowse’s passing was announced Saturday on her Instagram account by older sister Tracey Dowse, who praised her sibling as “the most amazing sister, a consummate, illustrious actress, mentor and director. She was my very best friend and final family member.”

On Aug. 7, Tracey wrote on Instagram that her younger sister was hospitalized and in a coma brought on by a “virulent form of meningitis.”

On the big screen, Denise Dowse stood out as Ray Charles’ manager Marlene André in Ray (2004), starring Oscar winner Jamie Foxx, and she played another principal, this one based on a real-life educator at Richmond (California) High School, in Coach Carter (2005), starring Samuel L. Jackson.

She...

Kevin Bacon (“You Should Have Left”) has joined the cast of Julia Roberts’ “Leave the World Behind” at Netflix, TheWrap has exclusively learned.

Additionally, Farrah Mackenzie (“United States of Al”) has joined the project, rounding out the cast that includes Bacon, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold.

Sam Esmail, the creator of “Mr. Robot,” will both write the adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel and direct.

The logline for the film is as follows: A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.

Producing are Sam Esmail and Chad Hamilton via their Esmail Corp, along with Julia Roberts, Lisa Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill producing through Red Om Films banner. Executive producers are Higher Ground’s Tonia Davis,...

Exclusive: Michael Gaston (For Life) has signed on for a recurring role in FX’s limited series Fleishman Is in Trouble. He’s set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Jesse Eisenberg, Lizzy Caplan, Claire Danes, Adam Brody and Joy Suprano.

The series created by Taffy Brodesser-Akner adapts her bestselling debut novel of the same name. It centers on recently-separated forty-something Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion at the hospital that is a long time coming,...

Racial divides, mistrust and misunderstandings get a rambunctious, if understandably inconclusive workout in A Lot of Nothing, a dynamic and agitating feature debut by Mo McRae that had its world premiere at South by Southwest in the Narrative Feature Competition section. Layers of suspicions, animosity and aggressive feelings ebb and flow as an upscale Los Angeles black couple plays host to another couple and, unexpectedly, to a lower-class white cop who’s paying a price for what he did the night before. After a powerful first act, this turbulent work is obliged to downshift somewhat as it seeks some kind of conclusion that won’t be too pat or simplistic given the complex dynamics at hand. While it doesn’t end on a satisfying note, this is nonetheless an excitingly combustible piece that announces a vibrant talent unafraid to confront thorny issues head-on.

Co-written by McRae, who has acted in...

Reacher is big for Prime Video, apparently, having scored a Season 2 renewal just three days after its premiere.

TVLine readers gave the Alan Ritchson-led, eight-episode adaptation of Lee Child’s first Jack Reacher novel, The Killing Floor, an average grade of “A”; read finale recap.

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Since its launch, Prime Video claims, Reacher has ranked among the streamer’s Top 5 most-watched series ever in the U.

Exclusive: Bess Rous will round out the cast of Chris McKay’s Universal monster movie, Renfield.

She joins an ensemble that includes Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez and Shohreh Aghdashloo, as previously announced.

The film based on an original story outline by Robert Kirkman centers on Renfield (Hoult), who has grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula’s (Cage) lackey. The henchman finds a new lease on life and maybe even redemption when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy (Awkwafina).

Bess will play Caitlyn, a member of a support group for people in toxic relationships.

Ryan Ridley penned the script. McKay is producing the film shooting in New Orleans with Skybound Entertainment’s film team, including Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst and Sean Furst, with his producing partner Samantha Nisenboim exec producing.

By Marc Butterfield

All he wanted was to listen to blues singer Blind Blake, enjoy the simplicity of a single a piece of peach pie and not be bothered as he got off at the unscheduled bus stop in Margrave, Georgia.

If you’re a Jack Reacher fan, This is your Jack Reacher!

Reacher follows Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served. When Reacher arrives in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, he finds a community grappling with its first homicide in 20 years. The cops immediately arrest him and eyewitnesses claim to place Reacher at the scene of the crime. While he works to prove his innocence, a deep-seated conspiracy begins to emerge, one that will require Reacher’s...

Note to self: When Jack Reacher says he’s going to “give you to the count of three…,” be gone by the time he gets to “one.”

In a sneak peek from Prime Video’s upcoming Reacher series, the titular tough guy (played by Titans‘ Alan Ritchson) is sent into lockup to get information out of someone. And along the way, he is cornered in the showers by a half dozen brutes.

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Exclusive: Actor James Cromwell is teaming up with Janek Ambros of Assembly Line Entertainment and Nando Vila of Pop Front Pictures to produce Nixon’s Nixon, a film based on Russell Lees’ play of the same name, which Ambros adapted for the screen and will direct.

Nixon’s Nixon marks the third collaboration between Ambros and Cromwell as director and producer, on the heels of the 2019 sci-fi comedy Mondo Hollywoodland and the 2015 war documentary Imminent Threat.

The film will be a dual portrait of former U.S. President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger that watches as they scramble to sustain power on the eve of Nixon’s resignation. The play on which it’s based premiered to critical acclaim in 1996, playing Off-Broadway before traveling the globe through the mid-2000s. It came back to the stage in 2019, after finding...

In 2003 at the eighth annual Critics Choice Awards, there were three in the actor race: Jack Nicholson for “About Schmidt,” Daniel Day-Lewis for “Gangs of New York” and Robin Williams for “One Hour Photo.” There was a tie — between Nicholson and Day-Lewis — but Williams ended up stealing the show when Nicholson invited him on stage. “Robin would you come up and would you give the funniest acceptance speech I ever gave?” Nicholson inquired. Williams then launched into a lengthy “speech” that had stars from Renée Zellweger to Nicole Kidman howling and was praised by the media.

It remains a standout moment in the organization’s long history and a personal favorite of Joey Berlin, CEO of the Critics Choice Assn. (Cca), who has served as executive producer on every Critics Choice Awards broadcast since its inception with the film awards in 1995; TV awards began in 2011. Now, the Critics Choice Awards find themselves at a crossroads.

Alan Ritchson has an exciting new role, and we are very convinced.

Prime Video released the official trailer and key art for the upcoming series Reacher, based on the novels by Lee Child.

All eight episodes of the first season of the Amazon Original series will premiere exclusively on Prime Video on Friday, February 4, 2022, in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

"Reacher follows Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian life," reads the official synopsis.

"Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served."

"When Reacher arrives in the small town of Margrave, Georgia, he finds a community grappling with its first homicide in 20 years."

"The cops immediately arrest him, and eyewitnesses claim to place Reacher at the scene of the crime," the logline continues.

"While he works to prove his innocence,...

Has Jack Reacher gotten an upgrade from his days of being portrayed by Tom Cruise?

In a newly released trailer for Prime Video’s series adaptation of Lee Child’s novels, 6-foot-3 Titans alum Alan Ritchson dominates the screen as the titular veteran military police investigator who has just recently entered civilian life.

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“Reacher is a drifter,...

Jack Ryan‘s love life might be getting complicated: Abbie Cornish will reprise her role as the CIA officer’s Mia love interest Cathy Mueller in Season 4, our sister site Deadline reports.

Cathy has not been seen since Season 1, and she was not referenced in the second season. (The character is also Ryan’s love interest in the Tom Clancy books on which the Amazon Prime drama is based.)

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Exclusive: Kathleen Robertson is set for a key role in the sixth and final season of Amazon’s popular sci-fi drama The Expanse.

Alcon-produced The Expanse, based on James S.A. Corey’s best-selling novels is set in the future where humanity has colonized the solar system and the people of Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt have long been in opposition with one another. When the crew of the Rocinante uncovers an ancient alien technology, a vast conspiracy begins to emerge — one that will bring the solar system to the brink of war. The Expanse is a high-action, sci-fi adventure that explores the depth of humanity against the far-spanning reaches of the known universe.

Robertson portrays Rosenfeld Guoliang, a cynic, and a fierce believer in Belter independence who is a key member of insurgent leader Marco Inaros’ inner circle.

The Hugo Award-winning series was developed and scripted by...

The Walking Dead is adding a Hawaii Five-0 veteran to its final season cast.

Deadline revealed that Dale will play Tomi, “a long-time member of a group recently discovered by our heroes.”

“His existence continually impacts them in ways none of them could imagine, or avoid.”

Sounds intriguing, right?

Dale's other TV roles include All Rise, Murder in the First, and Salvation.

The series has also cast Laurie Fortier as Agatha, but no details about been revealed about who she will be playing.

The Walking Dead recently announced it had cast Laila Robins as Pamela Milton, the governor of the new group known as the Commonwealth.

Josh Hamilton has also landed the role of Commonwealth bookkeeper Lance Hornsby.

Michael James Shaw (Blood & Treasure) has also been set as Commonwealth soldier Mercer, while Margot Bingham (She’s Gotta Have It) has joined the cast in an undisclosed role.

As previously reported,...

Exclusive: Ian Anthony Dale (Hawaii Five-0) and Laurie Fortier (Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.) have joined the cast of the 11th and final season of The Walking Dead.

Dale will play Tomi, a long-time member of a group recently discovered by our heroes. His existence continually impacts them in ways none of them could imagine, or avoid. Fortier will play Agatha. Her character details are being kept under wraps.

The Season 10 finale brought the long simmering tensions between Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character Negan and Lauren Cohan’s Maggie out in the open, with Negan returning to the Survivors’ HQ from exile, setting up the series up for its 24-episode final season, set to premiere on August 22.

Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics, The Walking Dead is produced by AMC Studios and executive produced by...

ABC is thinning what’s left of its 2021 pilot herd, with the network passing on a trio of in-limbo drama projects — including the Kevin Costner-penned National Parks Investigation.

Medical procedural Triage and political drama Dark Horse are also not moving forward at the network, although the latter project will be shopped around by Universal Television.

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Burden of Truth may be over, but its leading lady has already lined up her next TV role.

Kristin Kreuk has been added to the cast of Amazon Prime's adaptation of Jack Reacher, which also stars her former Smallville co-star Alan Ritchson.

Ritchson is set as a former military policeman who now roams the United States taking odd jobs.

The first season will be based on the first book, 1997’s Killing Floor, and the series will be called Reacher.

Kreuk has a string of popular TV credits, including the aforementioned Burden of Truth and Smallville, as well as Beauty and the Beast.

Kreuk is set to play Charlie, "happily married to Hubble, the refined former debutante is living the Country Club life but is much tougher than she looks," according to Deadline.

Marc Bendavid, Willie C. Carpenter, Currie Graham (Murder in the First), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows...

Kristin Kreuk, Marc Bendavid Willie C. Carpenter, Currie Graham (Murder in the First), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) and Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space) have joined the Season 1 cast of Amazon’s upcoming original series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.

Alan Ritchson stars as the title character in the series, produced by Amazon Studios, Skydance Television and Paramount Television Studios. The first season, written, exec produced and showrun by Nick Santora, is based on the first Jack Reacher novel, The Killing Floor, which is set in Georgia.

Bendavid plays Hubble, a frazzled accountant living a grander life than he can afford and gets caught up in a business he would never remotely consider. Hubble loves his family and will do whatever’s necessary to protect them.

Howard Weitzman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer with an A-list clientele that included O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, died Wednesday following a battle with cancer, a representative of his firm, Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert, told TheWrap. He was 81.

Weitzman, a founding partner Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump, represented some of the biggest names in entertainment. He was the Michael Jackson estate’s attorney during its battle with the IRS, and successfully defended automaker John DeLorean during his infamous drug trafficking trial in the 1980s.

He rose to public notoriety in the early 1990s when he initially represented O.J. Simpson after Simpson’s arrest for murder, before stepping down citing an inability to lessen his other work; he was portrayed by actor Ken Lerner in the acclaimed miniseries “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.”

Weitzman also served high-powered Hollywood executives, among them Ron Meyer, whom Weitzman represented in negotiations...

Emmy-winning producer and writer Alison Cross has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Cross has served as an executive producer on CBS’ S.W.A.T. under Shawn Ryan since the series’ premiere in 2017. Prior to that, she served as an executive prodcer on The Good Fight at CBS All Access.

She also served as a consulting producer on USA’s Queen of the South, as well as an executive producer on TNT’s legal drama Murder in the First, which reunited her with writer-producer Steven Bochco. Her additional producing credits include TNT’s Raising the Bar, ABC’s Commander in Chief and ABC’s legal drama Philly, which she co-created with Bochco.

Cross’ screenwriting credits include co-writing the 1996 film Blood and Wine, starring Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine.

In 2018, Cross received the WGA West’s Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award, an honor previously awarded to Aaron Sorkin, Garry Marshall, Shonda Rhimes and Larry David.

“Tariq, are you fundamentally good or bad?”

That’s the question presented in a new trailer for Power Book II: Ghost, which returns for its midseason premiere on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 8/7c, Starz has announced. Season 1’s first five episodes will air back-to-back ahead of the show’s return, starting at 2:45 pm Et/Pt on Dec. 6.

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Picking up shortly after the events of Power,...

Kevin Bacon is joining Travis Fimmel and Colson Baker, also known as recording artist Machine Gun Kelly, in the new action-thriller “One Way.”

Andrew Baird (“Zone 414”) is directing from a script by Ben Conway. Principal photography is set to begin in February in Los Angeles and Tulsa, Okla. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales at the upcoming American Film Market virtual market, which launches Nov. 9.

Bacon will portray the estranged father of Baker’s character, who goes on the run with a bag full of cash after a robbery of his former crime boss goes wrong. With a potentially fatal wound, he slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. After a call for help, Bacon’s character betrays him by notifying the crime boss of his location.

“Kevin Bacon is one of the most talented and internationally recognizable actors of his generation,” said Highland Film Group CEO Arianne Fraser.

Exclusive: Kevin Bacon has come aboard Andrew Baird’s action thriller One Way, joining already announced cast Colson Baker and Travis Fimmel.

In One Way, Freddy (Baker) goes on the run with a bag full of cash after a robbery of his former crime boss goes wrong. With a potentially fatal wound, he slips onto a bus headed into the unrelenting California desert. After a call for help, Freddy’s estranged father (Bacon) betrays him, notifying the crime boss where he is. With his life slipping through his fingers, Freddy is left with very few choices to survive.

Production is expected to commence in February in Los Angeles and Tulsa, Ok. Highland Film Group is handling worldwide sales during the virtual AFM for the title, which is scripted by Ben Conway.

“Kevin Bacon is one of the most talented and internationally recognizable actors of his generation. We are thrilled that...

Jade Tailor, best known for playing Kady Orloff-Diaz for five seasons on Syfy’s The Magicians, has signed with APA.

The multihyphenate recently wrote and directed The Shift, a short film Tailor produced via her production banner, Eyeris Entertainment, and which starred Danny Trejo, Jessica Tuck, Brittany Curran and Toni Trucks.

Tailor’s TV credits include recurring roles on TNT’s Aquarius and NBC’s Murder in the First, and guest roles on Vegas and True Blood.

Offscreen, Tailor is an ambassador to the Women’s History Museum.

She is also repped by Gsa Entertainment and Jackoway Austen.

Jade Tailor, best known for playing Kady Orloff-Diaz for five seasons on Syfy’s The Magicians, has signed with APA.

The multihyphenate recently wrote and directed The Shift, a short film Tailor produced via her production banner, Eyeris Entertainment, and which starred Danny Trejo, Jessica Tuck, Brittany Curran and Toni Trucks.

Tailor’s TV credits include recurring roles on TNT’s Aquarius and NBC’s Murder in the First, and guest roles on Vegas and True Blood.

Offscreen, Tailor is an ambassador to the Women’s History Museum.

She is also repped by Gsa Entertainment and Jackoway Austen.

Exclusive: Mickey Rourke, Taye Diggs and Jessica Uberuaga have join the horror thriller Mammon which Isaac Walsh will make his feature directorial debut with.

The movie, penned by Walsh and Tyler Clair Smith, follows a struggling young couple who are chasing the American dream, and soon realize that their worst nightmare is the demonic spirit in their new home. Mammon is the biblical word for the worship of wealth, and the couple discover that getting rich can come at a hefty price. The feature is in pre-production and will shoot in Southern California next month.

Mike Hatton is producing under his production company, Ton of Hats. Executive Producers are Glen D. Smith, Gary Smith, and Gary Smith Jr. of Mhi Investments, along with Kimberly Hines of Framework Entertainment, Michael Walker, Garrett Zinke, Ryan McDonald, and Asko Akopyan.

Rourke was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 2009 for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler,...

Chicago P.D. is exploring a timely subject matter with its newest addition: Nicole Ari Parker (Empire) will recur during Season 8 of the NBC drama as Deputy Superintendent Samantha Miller, TVLine has confirmed.

Originally from Atlanta, the deputy superintendent is “a progressive, ardent proponent of police reform,” per the official character description. “She wants to help Voight and Intelligence adapt to the new reality, but will not tolerate breaches of the new police guidelines and protocols.” The character will make her debut in the season premiere.

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Legends of Tomorrow ended season 5 with a little bit of space, and the promise of more space, and now the first big casting announcement of season 6 fulfills some of that promise.

At the Legends of Tomorrow panel at DC FanDome day 2, Lisseth Chavez was announced as joining the crew of the Waverider in the upcoming season. Chavez will be playing Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz, a tech whiz with a history of alien abduction who “believes she has the ability to communicate telepathically with aliens.” That part is quoted because one gets the sense that this is an open question that will be part of the mystery of Legends of Tomorrow season 6.

Chavez most recently played Officer Vanessa Rojas on Chicago P.D., and had roles on Murder in the First, The Fosters, and The Oa prior to that.

Spooner has no immediately obvious comics counterparts, and we don’t get much...

Meet the Waverider’s newest recruit: Legends of Tomorrow has cast Lisseth Chavez (Chicago P.D.) in the series-regular role of alien expert Esperanza “Spooner” Cruz, TVLine has learned. As suggested by the news, Chavez will not return to NBC’s cop drama P.D. for Season 8.

Spooner joins the time ship crew in Season 6, which finds co-captains Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe and their teaming “hunting down extraterrestrials who have been displaced throughout history,” per the official synopsis. “After Sara is abducted by a ruthless alien, this new mission becomes personal. It will take more than the combined powers...

Chicago 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. Tough and self-sufficient, Spooner Cruz lives off the grid, devising ingenious tech for the detection of — and defense against — space aliens. And while some might call her paranoid, she calls it being prepared. A survivor of a childhood alien encounter, Spooner now believes she has the ability to communicate telepathically with aliens — making her the perfect recruit for Waverider captains Sara Lance (Caity Lotz), Ava Sharpe (Jes Macallan) and the Legends who, in season six, will be hunting down extraterrestrials who have been displaced throughout history.

It’s been a difficult week for Batwoman, with Ruby Rose surprising us by exiting the role of Kate Kane after just one season. While there have been several reasons floated as to why Rose quit the job, there’s been no shortage of actresses expressing interest in taking over the character. So far, notable names being rumored for joining Batwoman include Stephanie Beatriz, Alaina Huffman and Wallis Day. The latest actress to put herself forward though is Jade Tailor, who is perhaps best known for The Magicians.

Recently, Tailor put together her credentials on Twitter, including her fighting skills and experience with the demands of a television schedule on five seasons of The Magicians. The actress had this to say about why she should be considered for playing Kate Kane:

“Soo… since #rubyrose is no longer playing #Batwoman on #BatwomanCW I think they should cast someone with fighting skills...

The Brat Pack is getting back together — sort of: Anthony Michael Hall has landed a role on James Spader’s NBC drama The Blacklist, ETOnline.com reports.

Hall will appear in multiple Season 7 episodes as Donald Ressler’s (Diego Klattenhoff) estranged brother, Robby, who leads his sibling to secrets long thought buried away. He makes his debut in the April 24 episode.

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Although Hall (The Breakfast Club,...

Doogie Howser, M.D., the series that plucked an adolescent Neil Patrick Harris from obscurity, putting him on an eventual path to contemporary comedy superstardom, is getting a reboot series, this one brandishing a female lead.

Keeping this new version of the 1989-1993 ABC dramedy series in the Disney corporate tentpole, the reboot effort under the working title, Doogie Kealoha, M.D., is set to manifest on platform Disney+ as a streaming serial offering, reports Variety. In a creative choice analogous to the Harris-starring original, the reboot will center on the titular character, who’s similarly a 16-year-old prodigy-turned-doctor. However, in this case, said teen doctor is a half-Asian, half-white female practicing medicine in Hawaii (in contrast to the original’s setting of Los Angeles).

Interestingly enough, Doogie Kealoha is maintaining a direct connection to original star Harris, since it will take shape under the creative stewardship of showrunner Kourtney Kang,...

Superman & Lois has officially found its Lana Lang in Emmanuelle Chriqui.

The CW’s developing Supergirl spinoff, Superman & Lois, has cast Canadian actress Chriqui as a series regular, set to play the classic Superman comic book presence and frequent live-action-adapted character for the small screen Arrowverse shows, reports Deadline. The main cast role will see her join Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch, who co-star as the titular couple.

Chriqui will portray a version of the character, named Lana Lang-Cushing, who’s described as “the loan officer at Smallville Bank who stayed in Smallville when others left for something bigger and brighter. Lana reestablishes her friendship with her old friend, Clark Kent, during one of the most difficult periods in her life.”

Of course, the addition of Lana to the mix implies a major component to the series dynamic, since she is famously known as the first love of...