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From TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for July 2013 :

American Girl: Blanche

TV Movie

Jun 14 - Jul 12/13

Copper Season 2

TV Series

Feb. 4 - Jul 17/13

Defiance Season 2

TV Series

Aug. 12 – Dec. 24/13

How To Build A Better Boy

TV Movie

July 29 - Sept.5/13

Maps To The Stars

Feature

Jul. 8 – Aug. 12/13

Nikita Season 4

TV Series

Jul 23- Sep 30/13

Poltergeist

Feature

Sept. – Dec./13

Satisfaction, Season 1

TV Series

Apr. 29 – June 28/13

Spun Out, Season 1

TV Series

Apr. 29 - Jul19/13

The Best Laid Plans

Mini Series

Aug 12 - Oct 22/13

Warehouse 13 Season 5

TV Series

Jun 24 – Aug. 30/13

Covert Affairs Season 4

TV Series

Apr 8 - Oct 3/13

Degrassi Season 13

TV Series

Apr 23- Oct 25/13

Lost Girl Season 4

TV Series

Jun 03 - Oct 21/13

Midnight Sun

Feature

Jun 24 - Jul 11/13

Pompeii

Feature

Apr 22 - Jul 05/13

Saving Hope, Season 2

TV Series

Mar. 18 – Sept.30/13

Suits Season 3

TV Series

Apr. 9 – Oct. 31/13

The Girl He Met Online

TV Movie

Jul 06- Jul 24/13

Bitten Season 1

TV Series

Apr.

For most Twilight fans, the question over what happened to and will become of Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer's partially completed draft of Twilight from Edward Cullen's perspective, has been raging on for years. While promoting the upcoming release of her other own book-to-screen adaptation, The Host, in the United Kingdom recently, Meyer finally spoke up about the thing everyone's been dying know. View slideshow: Stephenie Meyer To the BBC, she explained how that incomplete draft which popped up online and led to her shutting down the project altogether came around. "You know, that really wasn't a digital issue," she said. "At first, it was quite scary because I had had ....

Apologies in advance for drowning you in anticipation, but this week’s Movie News Cheat Sheet is loaded with updates on promising new projects. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” star Quvenzhane Wallis might ride the Oscar wave straight towards a big, new role, possibly leading Will Gluck’s remake of “Annie.” The futuristic thriller “Young Ones” just loaded up on star power, casting Nicholas Hoult, Michael Shannon, Elle Fanning, and Kodi Smit-McPhee while the atomic bomb drama, “Midnight Sun,” did the same, locking in Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger and Emile Hirsch. Check out the details of those stories as well as the plan for Ellen Page’s directorial debut, the latest on Laika’s [ Read More ]

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Now here’s an interesting project with some talented actors. Jesse Eisenberg, Emile Hirsch and Diane Kruger are attached to star in 1940s set drama “Midnight Sun“. It’s 1943 and two young postgraduates (Eisenberg and Hirsch) are “recruited by the Us Government to work on a top-secret project in New Mexico. Along with one of the [...]

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Love: Black Beauty (High Moon)

Black Beauty is a previously unreleased album from 1973 produced by Paul Rothchild (producer of the Doors, among others); the label went out of business before it could be issued. Given that the band's best songs were written by Bryan MacLean and Burt Bacharach, I wasn't expecting much from something from 1973, by which point MacLean was long gone and Arthur Lee was the only original member.

I suppose that while some fans could protest that Black Beauty is not really a Love album, that's fine with me. It's an all-black band led by Lee, in the context of which he frequently indulges his love of Jimi Hendrix ("Midnight Sun" makes this particularly obvious) and gets a little funky -- both for the better.

Surprise! I like it more than any of Love's other albums. I'm aware that that will be a minority opinion, but I've never...

Dear Twilight fans,

Well, this is it, guys. Twilight as we know it is ending. On Friday, the final movie will be out, the cast will be done promoting the films, and we’ll all be crying into our popcorn buckets wondering where the last five years have gone. I thought I was totally coping with all of this, but then I started listening to “Possibilities” by Lykke Li and my body began to tremble. All the anticipation, the excitement, the endless conversation and speculation and frantic, passionate Love…where does it go now that Twilight is over?! I don’t know the answer to this yet, so I’m detailing the 10 Things I Will Miss Most About Twilight in this here post as I try to process all these goddamn feels. And oh, how many feels there are!

Twilight is nothing if not a love story — not just between...

At a press conference to promote The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2, author Stephenie Meyer suggested that she might add more books to her Twilight world. Naturally, we’ve compiled 10 story lines we’d love to have Meyer continue. Click below to see our list. (Slight spoilers ahead!)

10. Leah’s story

Leah got shafted in Breaking Dawn. Yes, she’s in Jacob’s pack and away from the heartbreak of Sam and Emily, but she still hates the Cullens, and now she’s bound to them because of Jacob and Renesmee. Give this girl something better to do than sulk.

Interview with Ray Gibson aka The Singing Painter – by AC Wilson

Ray Gibson is a fairly new kid on the block in terms of the UK scene however he has had great success throughout Germany and the Czech Republic with his former band The Roads. In a bold move his début album has been recently released for free to stream through You Tube with an interactive and a purpose built video for the whole album. The album is also being sold throughout UK stores. We recently caught up with him to find out who Ray Gibson really is.

So very quickly for those that don’t know who you are, give us a brief into who Ray Gibson is?

Well, I don’t dance, but I try to do a bit of everything else that’s creative… most of my time is spent writing lyrics and songs (as I did...

Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga series has landed at number twenty-seven on NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels of all time list. The list was reportedly formulated through more than 75,000 user votes, topped by J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. The Twilight Saga includes more than just the original four books - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn; Meyer has since added The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella and The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide to the series, and artist Young Kim created Twilight: The Graphic Novel - Volume 1, Twilight: The Graphic Novel - Volume 2 and will soon release New Moon: The Graphic Novel - Volume 1 on October 30th. Despite apparent rumors that Meyer will release the original fifth Saga installment Midnight Sun (Twilight from Edward Cullen's perspective, essentially), this has not been s ...,...

The recent situation between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart is just the latest in a string of big headlines surrounding the Twilight Saga over the years. Here's a look back at ten of the other biggest stories involving the series, its cast, and the fan community. Midnight Sun - Stephenie Meyer was working on a version of Twilight told from the perspective of Edward Cullen as the first film went into production. That story was called Midnight Sun. Meyer handed out copies of the story to a select few who she thought it would help in making the .... le Taylor Lautner was able to muscle his way back into the role of Jacob Black for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, one major cast replacement did end up taking place for Eclipse. Rachelle Lefevre, who portrayed the villainous Victoria in Twilight and New Moon was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for...

This week's "New Face Friday" feature interview - a series spotlighting the castmates of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 - is of MyAnna Buring, who portrays Tanya of the Denali Coven! Hosting this week's group interview is TwiFans.com, and you can check out the full interview there, but below is the portion featuring my questions with Buring's answers. View slideshow: 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2' Q: How much of the back story between Edward and Tanya might we get to see? I know it was a big part of Midnight Sun for your character, and I was wondering how much of that made it into the movie? A: Well of course this film is based on Breaking Dawn, so obviously, I believe it’s going to stay quite true to that story. And if there are any elements of that back...

Stephenie Meyer Midnight Sun: the unfinished Twilight book to be completed? Stephenie Meyer may or may not finish Midnight Sun, the Twilight book that allows readers to follow the story through the eyes of vampire Edward Cullen. (Photo: Robert Pattinson as Edward in Eclipse poster.) A few years ago, Meyer had been working on Midnight Sun when she discovered that her unfinished manuscript had been leaked online. She gave up on the novel at that time. Earlier today, a Twilight fan at Comic Con 2012′s Breaking Dawn Part 2 panel asked Stephenie Meyer if she intended to return to Midnight Sun. After joking that [...]...

The panel for Breaking Dawn - Part 2 has just come to a close and all the key players were in attendance. Of course the trio, Bella (Kristen Stewart), Edward (Robert Pattinson), and Jacob (Taylor Lautner) were there as well as series creator Stephenie Meyer. The Cullens were all in attendance, including Kellan Lutz who was remarkably handsome in his deep tan. Though it's not surprising he looks good tanned, we've just become so used to seeing him as a very pale vampire.

One of the more interesting answers of the afternoon came from Meyer who was asked if she planned to complete Midnight Sun, the story of the novel Twilight told from Edward's point of view. Meyer replied that she is burned out on vampires, but joking suggested that Pattinson write it. What we love about that response is that it leaves her wide open to write about werewolves or...

Stephenie dishes on the status of the new 'Twilight' book 'Midnight Sun' and when you'll get to read it! Find out all the details! Stephenie Meyer has always hoped to release the fifth book in the Twilight Saga, but the author has finally revealed details on the book's status while appearing at the 2012 Comic-Con panel for Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2! Midnight Sun would have been a companion novel to Twilight -- a retelling of the events of Twilight, but written from the perspective of Edward Cullen as opposed to that of Bella Swan. Unfortunately, Stephenie's partial draft of Midnight Sun got leaked illegally in 2008 and turned her off from ever releasing it. When Josh Horowitz asked Stephenie if there's been any development on the fifth Twilight book Midnight Sun, Stephenie said, "Nothing’s changed. It’s been ten years of vampires." Apparently, Stephenie is tired of vampires and...

The "Twilight" series has not yet had a stake through its heart. The fourth installment, "Breaking Dawn Pt. 1" was as big as ever, and the fifth, "Breaking Dawn Pt. 2" is still five months from release with a new trailer is set to debut on Wednesday. It's still a major cash cow for Summit (recently acquired by Lionsgate for $400 million, with the franchise as the crown jewel of the buyout), even as the parent studio's "The Hunger Games" has arguably eclipsed it in returns and press of late.

But the trouble is, that stake is a comin': Stephenie Meyer wrote a definitive end to her four-book saga, and once the last film hits in November, there's no more material to adapt. At present, at least, there are no more "Twilight" books, and no way of continuing Bella and Edward's story. The cash cow is running dry. The goose is no longer laying golden eggs.

Cannes is now over which means it’s time to move to Britain as the Edinburgh Film Festival kicks off!

We’ve just been sent the full line-up for the 2012 Edinburgh Film Festival which is now in it’s 66th year. We have our people (Jamie, Steven and Emma) on the ground at the event right now ready to catch as many films as they possible can throughout the next wee or two as we get to see 121 new features and 19 world premieres.

I’ll let the full press release below do the talking but let us know what you’re looking forward to in the comments section below.

World Premieres:

Berberian Sound Studio Borrowed Time Day Of The Flowers Exit Elena Flying Blind Fred Future My Love Guinea Pigs Here, Then Leave It On The Track The Life And Times Of Paul The Psychic Octopus Life Just Is Mnl...

The full programme for the 66th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (Eiff), which runs from 20 June to 1 July, has been officially announced and will feature nineteen World premieres and thirteen International premieres.

The Festival will showcase one hundred and twenty-one new features from fifty-two countries, including eleven European premieres and seventy-six UK premieres in addition to the World and International premieres. Highlights include the World premieres of Richard Ledes’ Fred; Nathan Silver’s Exit Elena and Benjamin Pascoe’s Leave It On The Track and European premieres of Lu Sheng’s Here, There and Yang Jung-ho’s Mirage in the maiden New Perspectives section; and the International premiere of Benicio Del Toro, Pablo Trapero, Julio Medem, Elia Suleiman, Gaspar Noé, Juan Carlos Tabio and Laurent Cantet’s 7 Days In Havana and the European premiere of Bobcat Goldthwait’s God Bless America in the Directors’ Showcase. In addition to the new features presented,...

If Levon Helm's passing put you in an Americana mood, but you’re not sure younger generations have as much to bring to roots-based music as their elders, proceed directly to the superb sophomore effort by Sara Watkins. Not that “Sun Midnight Sun” will only be a balm to suffering Band fans; it might be the finest album of the year so far in any genre. Who knew the breakup of Nickel Creek would turn out to be such a boon? The separation of that young bluegrass-pop trio has led to an...

Esteemed British filmmaker Hugh Hudson is coming out of retirement to direct a new family movie.

The man behind Chariots of Fire and the flop I Dreamed of Africa stepped back from the spotlight a decade ago, but he has been persuaded to return to the set for Midnight Sun, a film he co-wrote.

The feel-good movie revolves around a child who befriends a stranded polar bear cub, according to Variety.

Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi are set to finance and co-produce Arctic family adventure feature "Midnight Sun" which begins shooting in Canadian Arctic and Manitoba in November.

Set amongst the ice fields of Northern Canada, the story follows a young boy who defies the dangerous elements of nature to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother.

At first he's aided by a half Inuit/half Canadian who knows the terrain, but they are soon separated on the floating ice of the high Arctic with the boy and cub braving bear attacks, giant icebergs, and vicious windstorms.

Hugh Hudson ("Chariots of Fire", "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan") helms from a script he co-wrote with Bart Gavigan. Jake Eberts, Brando Quilici and Ashok Amritraj will produce.

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi will finance and co-produce the Arctic adventure Midnight Sun. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes), the film is from a script by Hugh Hudson and Bart Gavigan. Jake Eberts (Dances with Wolves, Gandhi) and Brando Quilici (Iceman Autopsy) will produce alongside Hyde Park Entertainment's Ashok Amritraj (Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance).

Hyde Park International will introduce the project at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, and will represent worldwide rights. The project has already generated significant interest among buyers, including Medusa, which has purchased Italian rights, and Alliance Atlantis, which has purchased Canadian rights.

Midnight Sun is a four-quadrant family adventure film in the vein of Free Willy and Dolphin Tale, set amongst the ice fields of Northern Canada. The hero is a young boy, Luke, who defies the...

Ashok Amritraj.s Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi will finance and co-produce the Arctic adventure Midnight Sun. Directed by Hugh Hudson (Chariots Of Fire, Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes), the film is from a script by Hudson and Bart Gavigan.  Jake Eberts (Dances With Wolves, Gandhi) and Brando Quilici (Iceman Autopsy) will produce alongside Hyde Park Entertainment.s Ashok Amritraj (Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance 3D).

Hyde Park International will introduce the project at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, and will represent worldwide rights. The project has already generated significant interest among buyers, including Medusa, which has purchased Italian rights, and Alliance Atlantis, which has purchased Canadian rights.

Midnight Sun is a four-quadrant family adventure film in the vein of Free Willy and Dolphin Tale, set amongst the ice fields of Northern Canada. The hero is a young boy, Luke, who defies the...

Ashok Amritraj.s Hyde Park Entertainment and Image Nation Abu Dhabi announced today that they will finance and co-produce the Arctic adventure Midnight Sun . Directed by Hugh Hudson ( Chariots of Fire , Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ), the film is from a script by Hudson and Bart Gavigan. Jake Eberts ( Dances with Wolves , Gandhi ) and Brando Quilici ("Iceman Autopsy")will produce alongside Hyde Park Entertainment.s Ashok Amritraj ( Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance ). Midnight Sun is a four-quadrant family adventure film in the vein of Free Willy and Dolphin Tale , set amongst the ice fields of Northern Canada. The hero is a young boy, Luke, who defies the dangerous elements of nature to reunite an abandoned polar bear cub with its mother....

Every year, the five major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC) order pilots to be considered for the fall season. A pilot, as you may know, is the first episode of a TV series and the final step in a long development process from idea to screen.

From the 87 drama and comedy pilots ordered this year, a new crop of television shows will be selected -- and I read the scripts for each and every one of them. Over the course of this week, I'm walking you through the network's pilot slates, offering a bit of analysis on their present schedules and providing you with a rundown of the drama contenders. (Plus, a little bit of info about the comedies, too.) Of course, not all of these shows will find their way to your TV set -- in fact, most of them you may never hear of again.

It’s been announced that a live-action movie adaptation of Kotomi Aoki’s Kanojo wa Uso wo Aishisugiteiru manga will soon go into production under Fuji TV and the lead role of Riko will be cast through a general audition.

Previous live-action adaptations of Aoki’s work include Hiroshi Ando’s My Sister, My Love (2007) and Takehiko Shinjo’s I Give My First Love to You (2009).

To date, 8 volumes of the story have been published in Shogakukan’s shojo manga magazine “Cheese!” since May 2009. It’s set within the music industry and features a 16-year-old female high school student named Riko who becomes romantically involved with a popular 25-year-old music producer.

From now until June 30, the production will be recruiting amateur and professional actresses over the age of 13 to audition for the role of Riko. Applicants will be required to record themselves singing two songs and submit them to qualify for the audition.

Returning to TV for the first time after his long run on "CSI," William Petersen is set to star in and produce "Hurt People," a drama about a veteran hitman, Hollis Brown, who is employed by the crime family that murdered his wife. He is hired to hunt down and kill his estranged daughter. The show is going to be of a much darker nature than "CSI" and is being shopped around cable stations. [Deadline]

"The Cosby Show's" second-youngest child, Tempestt Bledsoe, is returning to NBC in "DILFs," the Jimmy Fallon comedy pilot that follows three middle-aged guys who are parents and husbands, yet can't seem to grow up. Bledsoe will play the wife of Anthony Anderson's character. [TV Line]

NBC's untitled comedy pilot about Agnes (Sarah Wright), a shy focused woman who gets dumped by her fiance, has cast Freddie Prinze Jr. as said fiance. The break-up is because Prinze's...

More news is coming in for NBC's latest genre show, "Midnight Sun". This time, though, it's the director we're talking about and not the cast. Read on for details.

According to Bloody Disgusting, genre veteran Brad Anderson (Session 9, Vanishing on 7th Street, Transsiberian, The Machinist) is to direct NBC's "Midnight Sun" pilot.

David Harbour (The Green Hornet) was recently added to the ensemble cast that also includes Julia Stiles (The Omen, "Dexter"), Emma Bell (Final Destination 5, Frozen, "The Walking Dead"), and Titus Welliver ("Lost", "Sons of Anarchy") as Bennett Maxwell, the charismatic and manipulative leader of Midnight Sun.

The thriller follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska, and a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy.

Shooting begins this May in Vancouver.

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Breaking: Bloody Disgusting has exclusively learned that genre veteran Brad Anderson (Session 9, Vanishing on 7th Street, Transsiberian, The Machinist) is to direct NBC's "Midnight Sun" pilot. David Harbour (The Green Hornet) was recently added to the ensamble cast that also includes Julia Stiles (The Omen, "Dexter"), Emma Bell (Final Destination 5, Frozen, "The Walking Dead") and Titus Welliver ("Lost", "Sons Of Anarchy"). "The thriller follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska, and a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy." Welliver will play Bennett Maxwell, the charismatic and manipulative leader of Midnight Sun. Shooting begins this May in Vancouver.

David Harbour has joined NBC drama pilot Midnight Sun. The show, based on the Israeli series Pillars of Smoke, will follow Leah Kafka (Julia Stiles), an FBI agent who uncovers a conspiracy while investigating the disappearance of a cult. Pan Am's Harbour will play Ethan Davis, a mysterious figure who runs the local Coast Guard, according to Deadline. The actor has appeared in such films as 2008's Quantum of Solace and 2011's The Green Hornet. He will next be seen in Aaron Sorkin's new HBO drama The Newsroom. The Walking Dead's (more)...

And the casting news keeps rolling in for two of NBC's latest genre shows, "Revolution" and "Midnight Sun". Read on to find out just who's next to be haunting your terror tube.

According to Deadline, Twilight‘s Billy Burke has been cast in NBC’s Jj Abrams/Eric Kripke pilot "Revolution", directed by Jon Favreau. The high-octane action drama follows a group of people struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist. Burke will play a charismatic Marine.

In other casting news, David Harbour (The Green Hornet) has joined the cast of NBC’s pilot "Midnight Sun". The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska. It centers on Leah Kafka (Julia Stiles), a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy.

"House" star Jesse Spencer has joined the NBC drama pilot "Chicago Fire." Spencer will play the lead, Matthew Casey, who is a heroic firefighter also dealing with his separation from his wife. He joins the already-cast David Eigenberg and Taylor Kinney. [Deadline]

Rachelle Lefevre has signed on to the CBS drama "Applebaum," which centers on Juliet Applebaum, a former public defender who goes into work as a private investigator when she's done being a stay-at-home mom. [TV Line]

NBC's drama "Midnight Sun" has cast Julia Stiles as the female lead, which follows the mysterious disappearance of a group living in a commune in Alasha. Stiles will play an FBI cult specialist leading the investigation. Stiles previously starred in a season of "Dexter" as Lumen, a victim/love interest of Dexter. [Deadline]

Jeff Goldblum, recently see on "Glee" and "The League," has been cast as a guest star for NBC's Sarah Silverman comedy pilot, now...

Twilight‘s Billy Burke has been cast in NBC’s Jj Abrams/Eric Kripke drama pilot Revolution, directed by Jon Favreau. The high-octane action drama follows a group of people struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist. Burke, repped by Gersh and Ellen Meyer Management, will play an charismatic Marine. He is best known for playing Bella Swan’s father in the Twilight Saga franchise. David Harbour (The Green Hornet) has joined the cast of NBC’s drama pilot Midnight Sun. The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska. It centers on Leah Kafka (Julia Stiles), a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy. In his first series regular role, Harbour, repped by ICM and Principal Entertainment,...

Julia Stiles has joined the cast of new NBC pilot Midnight Sun. It has been adapted from an Israeli show by FlashForward writer Lisa Zwerling, and tells the story of a mysterious disappearance within a commune in Alaska. According to TV Line, Stiles will star as an FBI cult specialist named Leah Kafka, investigating a conspiracy surrounding the disappearance. Emma Bell, known for her work on The Walking Dead, has also signed on to play the daughter of the cult leader, played by Titus (more)...

Julia Stiles has landed the lead role on NBC's ensemble thriller pilot "Midnight Sun."   According to Deadline.com, the "Dexter" veteran will play an FBI cult specialist investigating a larger conspiracy in Alaska.    Also new to the Lisa Zwirling-scripted pilot are Connor O'Farrell ("The Pacific"), Daniella Pineda and "Walking Dead" favorite Emma Bell.   Michael Raymond-Jones ("Terriers") was previously announced for another of the "Midnight Sun" leads.   Stiles earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for her performance as Lumen Pierce on "Dexter." Her feature credits include "10 Thinks I Hate About You" and first three "Bourne" films, while her...

Three new casting updates. Three new gigs for former or current stars from House, Cougar Town and Dexter. Read on for details...

Jesse Spencer has signed on to fight Chicago Fire, as the man behind Dr. Robert Chase for eight seasons on House will join the Dick Wolf-produced NBC drama - along with Taylor Kinney - as Matthew Casey, a firefighter with a messy personal life.

Dan Byrd has been cast opposite Ashley Tisdale in a multi-camera comedy on CBS produced by Louis C.K. In "second position" to Cougar Town, in case that sitcom gets picked up, Byrd will play one of several young folks trying to make creative dreams come true in a bad economy.

Julia Stiles (season five of Dexter, 10 Things I Hate About You) will anchor Midnight Sun, an NBC pilot based on the vanishing of individuals within a cult-like group in Alaska. Titus Welliver will star as the group's leader,...

I've never been able to grasp why people seem to like Julia Stiles. To me, she's one of those actors who is adequate in her roles, but never manages to be anything other than a person reciting their lines. But in a world where Channing Tatum is a movie star, it seems appropriate that Stiles keep getting work too.

Deadline is reporting that Stiles joins the cast of "Midnight Sun". The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of the Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska, and a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy. Stiles will play FBI agent Leah Kafka, while Connor O’Farrell ("The Pacific") will play the town police chief and Emma Bell ("The Walking Dead"), his daughter Rory.

If nothing else, it sounds like an interesting concept for a series. Makes me...

NBC has cast the lead in their drama/mystery pilot, Midnight Sun. Julia Stiles will play FBI cult specialist, Leah Kafka, as she leads an investigation into the disappearance of Midnight Sun, a cult-like, communal group living in Alaska. Stiles is joined by Emma Bell (Frozen) who plays Rory, the daughter of the cult's leader (played by Titus Welliver of Lost). Daniella Pineda (Newlyweds) is also on board. From Deadline, the pilot, written by Lisa Zwerling (Awake), is the first series for Stiles, who has previously done a season-long guest starring arc on Showtime's Dexter. In other TV series news, star of Hawaii Five-o Alex O'Loughlin will be taking a short break from the CBS series reboot. Hit the jump to find out why. Per Deadline, O'Loughlin, who plays Steve McGarrett, is currently on a rehab break that will put him on the sidelines for at least one episode to...

Former Dexter star Julia Stiles is set to continue her run in gritty crime dramas with a starring role in the NBC pilot Midnight Sun.

The thriller — which is being adapted from the Israeli format by FlashForward‘s Lisa Zwerling — revolves around an investigation into mysterious disappearances within a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska. As first reported by Deadline, Stiles will play Leah Kafka, an FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that ultimately uncovers a larger conspiracy.

The Walking Dead‘s Emma Bell has also joined the cast, playing the daughter of Lost alum Titus Welliver’s manipulative cult leader.

Exclusive: Julia Stiles is set as the lead in NBC’s drama pilot Midnight Sun. The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska. It centers on Leah Kafka (Stiles), a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy. Also cast in the pilot, written by Lisa Zwirling, are Connor O’Farrell (The Pacific) as Dugan’s Police Chief Garth Harring, Emma Bell (The Walking Dead) as his daughter Rory, and Daniella Pineda as the receptionist at the police station. This marks the first series regular gig for Stiles, whose feature credits include the blockbuster Bourne franchise. She previously did a season-long guest arc on Showtime’s Dexter, which earned her an Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Midnight Sun reunites Stiles with NBC where she starred in the hit 1999 miniseries The ’60s.

Midnight Sun NBC's Twin Peaks meets Northern Exposure cult drama set in Alaska just cast Michael Raymond-James as the second-in-command on the Alaskan police force. Raymond-James will be best known to FEARnet readers as having played psychopath Rene in season one of True Blood. After that role, I see him more as a cult leader than a lawman. Cult Robert Knepper (Heroes, Carnivale, Species III) plays the lead in CW's show-within-a-show. The story revolves around crimes that mimic a popular TV show called "Cult." Knepper plays Roger Reeves, the star of "Cult," whose show-within-a-show role is that of charismatic cult leader Billy Grimm. 666 Park...

Robert Pattinson has ruled out a return for new Twilight films following reports that the story is set to continue.

RPatz believes he will be too old to play Edward Cullen, the lover of Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan, and has moved on from the role to other projects.

Talk of continuing the vampire romance series beyond final instalment Breaking Dawn has been going on since June 2009.

At that time, producers said they would consider the possibilities and the demands of the audience, in the light of suggestions of a spin-off focusing on the Volturi - the law enforcers of the vampire world.

The talk resurfaced in January this year. The chief executive of Lions Gate Entertainment, which had just acquired Twilight studio Summit Entertainment for $412.5million, said he believed the story had plenty of life left in it yet.

Jon Feltheimer told the Los Angeles Times: "It's hard for...

Jonathan Jackson has officially rebounded from his recent General Hospital departure with a role on ABC’s musical drama pilot Nashville.

Also among the latest pilot castings: American Horror Story’s Mena Suvari, a My Boys alum and True Blood’s Michael Raymond-James.

Jackson, a four-time Daytime Emmy winner, joins Nashville — which centers on the country music scene and its various denizens — as Avery, a sexy aspiring musician with a bad boy streak. Deadline first reported the scoop.

No stranger to music, Jackson belongs to an indie rock band, Enation, where he handles lead vocals and plays guitar. The former...

Michael Raymond-James has joined NBC drama pilot Midnight Sun. The project - based on Israeli series Pillars of Smoke - will follow an FBI investigation into the disappearance of a cult. True Blood actor Raymond-James will play an Alaskan lawman who joins the search, according to Deadline. His recent credits include short-lived FX series Terriers and a guest role on AMC's The Walking Dead. Titus Welliver will also appear (more)...

And so my dearest readers, we come back to the topic of Twilight, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It is always sad when a franchise comes to an end, for the fans, for its creator and most certainly for the executives that made millions off of it. Now that The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 is due out this November will this be the end of Twilight forever?

Lionsgate, which now owns the “Twilight” studio Summit Entertainment, has indicated that they would be happy to do a sixth movie if author Stephenie Meyer wanted to write one. In fact the Lionsgate Co-Chair Rob Friedman has stated through the media that “if she (Meyer) wishes to do it, we’ll be there to support her.” Meyer was annoyed by the comment even though she has never ruled out writing another Twilight. Her irritation is documented on Twitter. The most Meyer has...

NBC has brought Mena Suvari and Kyle Howard in to co-star in the untitled single-camera sitcom created by Hilary Winston (Community).  The story centers on "a shy, focused woman who, after being dumped by her fiance, leans on her co-workers to help her come out of her shell and plot her revenge."  Suvari and Howard play two of the woman's co-workers.  Suvari is described as a "hard partyer and unabashedly promiscuous."  Howard is a former football player. Hit the jump for more pilot casting news. NBC cast Michael Raymond-James as one of the leads lead in the thriller Midnight Sun.  Based on an Israeli series, Midnight Sun centers on "the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Dugan, Alaska, and a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy."  Raymond-James will play an Alaskan lawyer who serves as the second-in-command of the Dugan Police.

Exclusive: American Beauty‘s Mena Suvari and My Boys alum Kyle Howard are set to co-star in NBC’s untitled Hilary Winston single-camera pilot, from Sony TV and Fanfare. It centers on Agnes, a shy, focused woman who, after being dumped by her fiance, leans on her co-workers to help her come out of her shell and plot her revenge. Suvari will play one of the chemists on Agnes’ team who is a hard partyer and unabashedly promiscuous. Howard will play another chemist on the team, a former high school football player. The project reunites Howard with Sony TV and Fanfare, which produced TBS’ My Boys. He recently recurred on Royal Pains. Suvari will next be seen reprising her American Pie role in American Reunion. Michael Raymond-James (True Blood) has landed a lead role in NBC’s drama pilot Midnight Sun. The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun,...

Actor Titus Welliver, best known to genre TV fans for his turn as the creepy "Man in Black" in three of Lost's final episodes, has just become the first actor announced for Midnight Sun, the NBC cult-conspiracy thriller. More after the jump. Deadline reports that "Lost and Sons Of Anarchy alum Titus Welliver is the first actor cast in NBC's drama pilot Midnight Sun. The thriller, based on an Israeli format, follows the mysterious disappearance of Midnight Sun, a group living on a cult-like commune in Alaska, and a female FBI cult specialist leading the investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy. Welliver will play Bennett Maxwell, the charismatic and manipulative leader of Midnight Sun. The...

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Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) has signed on for L.A. Noir, the upcoming TNT drama written by Frank Darabont and centering on the 1940s/50s rivalry between Los Angeles Police Chief William Parker and boxer-turned-mobster Mickey Cohen.

Ashley Tisdale will team with Louis C.K. and former Seinfeld scribe Spike Feresten on an untitled ensemble comedy about young people trying to achieve creative success. Last week's Raising Hope guest star will portray the assistant to a clothing designer.

Titus Welliver (Lost, The Good Wife, CSI, every other show on television) will portray the leader of Midnight Sun, a cult-like commune, on an NBC drama by the same name. It's based on the disappearance of Alaskan commune members and the FBI-investigated conspiracy behind it.

Monica Raymund, who appeared to exit The Good Wife last Sunday,...

Titus Welliver has landed a role in NBC's pilot Midnight Sun. The drama, based on the Israeli series Pillars of Smoke, focuses on what happens after members of a cult in Alaska go missing. The show is expected to follow a FBI specialist who discovers a conspiracy while investigating the cult's disappearance. Welliver has now joined the cast, TV Line reports. He is expected to play the leader of the cult. The actor has previously starred (more)...

Lost‘s Man in Black, Titus Welliver, is keeping things mysterious with a role on NBC’s drama pilot Midnight Sun.

Also among the latest pilot castings are another familiar face from The Good Wife, a United States of Tara alum, and the latest addition to The CW’s Arrow.

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• For starters, Welliver will play the charismatic and manipulative leader of a group — aka Midnight Sun — that lives on a cult-like commune in Alaska. After the members mysteriously disappear, a female FBI cult specialist leading...