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Exclusive: Andrea Londo (Narcos) is set for a key recurring role in Matlock, CBS‘ upcoming drama series inspired by the classic TV series of the same name, starring Kathy Bates.

From Jennie Snyder Urman, Matlock stars Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), the son of the head of the firm (Beau Bridges), is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills.

Londo will play Simone, a new junior associate at the law firm who remembers Sarah (Leah Lewis) fondly from law school. However, Sarah believes she is her arch nemesis and in this...

Talaria Media is beefing up its development pipeline with three new projects. Rising scribe Jamie Anderson, who has become a go-to creative for the Bobby Morgan-founded company, is involved in all three projects.

Anderson is attached to direct the wrestling drama Arigato Tokyo from a script by Mark Blutman, who won an Emmy for the Apple TV+ show Ghostwriter. According to the logline, Arigato Tokyo follows “aging wrestling superstar Annie Able, who travels to Tokyo to reignite the intense feud that made her and her Japanese counterpart famous. As Annie’s physical and mental health spiral before the fight, she forms an unlikely, unbreakable bond with her opponent’s son, setting her on a path to recovery.” Talaria is producing the project.

Anderson is also behind Good Egg, writing a script described as “a female empowerment story set in the mid-1800s” that “follows an emboldened trailblazer who must...

"Her clock is ticking, her days are numbered." She'll try anything! That's the premise for this film. Vertical Ent. has revealed an official trailer for an indie pregnancy comedy called Good Egg, which will be available to watch on VOD this weekend. It premiered last year and has been waiting for a release ever since. A high school drama teacher, after failed attempts with IVF to conceive a child, considers an unconventional egg donor scenario that plunges her into a dangerous & exhilarating adventure with her husband involving some criminals. Starring Yara Martinez as Jessica, with Andrea Londo, Nicholas Cirillo, Priscilla Lopez, Myles Clohessy, Haas Manning, Sharinna Allan, Joel Johnstone, Nick Creegan, and Ben Wang. Alas, this seems too crazy and over-the-top to be any good. Both of the posters are better than the footage. // Continue Reading ›...

Exclusive: Ahead of TIFF, Concourse Media has sold North American and UK rights on the adventure comedy Good Egg, starring Jane The Virgin actor Yara Martinez, to Vertical.

Written and directed by Nicole Gomez Fisher (Sleeping with the Fishes), the pic follows a warmhearted schoolteacher, played by Martinez, who inadvertently gets plunged into a dangerous scheme by her suspicious IVF egg donor, played by Andrea Londo (Narcos). As the thrilling escapade unfolds, Yara and her husband, played by Joel Johnstone (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), must outsmart their criminal pursuers amidst escalating chaos.

The film was produced by Fisher alongside Dorottya Mathe and Martinez. Martinez and Londo star alongside Priscilla Lopez (Maid in Manhattan), Joseph Melendez (Ozark), and Sharinna Allan (Billions), alongside Johnstone, Nick Creegan (Law and Order: Organized Crime), Haas Manning (Blue Bloods) and Nicholas Cirillo (Outer Banks). The film is set for a November release.

“Releasing a movie with...

Exclusive: Graham Patrick Martin (Catch-22) and Andrea Londo (Narcos) have wrapped a cross-country shoot for Adventure Tom, a road trip dramedy written and directed for Create Entertainment by Miguel Duran (Monsoon).

Kicking off production in Minneapolis, Mn before hitting the road for a filmmaking journey of 2,869 miles across seven states, Adventure Tom follows a reserved artist, Tom, in the wake of personal losses as he is paired up with a stranded accountant, Lilly. The two embark on an unexpected road trip, encountering catharsis along empty highways and bonding as they navigate their way home through iconic American landscapes.

Duran and producer Atit Shah of Create Entertainment worked together on the development of the project for a number of years, most recently reframing the story to reflect the changing viewpoints of their characters in a post-pandemic world. Work on animated components of the film is currently being completed,...

Exclusive: Sony’s video game adaptation Gran Turismo is among movies set to debut at the fifth edition of LA’s Micheaux Film Festival (July 10-16).

The Neill Blomkamp-directed movie, which is based on the hit video game and stars Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou, is also due to have a Q&a at the festival, though precise talent attendance has yet to be confirmed.

In the sports drama a gamer’s skills wins him the chance to become a professional race car driver. The movie will play on the festival’s closing night before rolling out globally from August 9th.

The festival, which honors filmmaker Oscar Micheaux and celebrates diverse cinema, will once again be held at The Culver Theater and Regal Cinemas L.A. Live.

The event will open with the world premiere of My Home Unknown, written and directed by Yaz Canli,...

Yes, Nick Creegan is the first Black actor to play the Joker, but his landmark "Batwoman" role means so much more to the DC universe. Creegan spoke to Popsugar about the historic casting, his upcoming movie "Good Egg," and how his cofounded production company Broken Whip Media is on a mission to amplify diverse voices.

Of his casting, Creegan notes that at the time, he was only auditioning to be Marquis Jet - he didn't know the character would transform into the Joker. "I happened to wear a purple shirt [the day I auditioned]. And I just thought about it like, 'You know, everything just kind of aligns for a reason,'" he tells Popsugar. As a bonus, he happens to have a laugh that already suited the role. "My laugh, luckily enough, was strange and crazy. I just used Nick Creegan's laugh. That's what you're hearing."

"I started thinking about other roles that...

Exclusive: Another new character is heading to Gotham for the third season of Batwoman. Nick Creegan has been cast as a new series regular opposite Javicia Leslie in the CW drama series.

Creegan will play Marquis Jet. A sexy playboy who grew up in a lavish lifestyle, Marquis is too charming for his own good and wields his power with a ne’er do well attitude. He views life as one big joke and that sense of recklessness has a tendency to clash horribly with his no-nonsense mother Jada Jet. When he meets Ryan (Leslie), he sees in her a like-minded young go-getter who like him is just waiting for the right opportunity to make his mark on Gotham.

He joins recently announced new series regular Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya.

In the June 27 Season 2 finale, Ryan Wilder (Leslie) has fully taken up the mantle of Batwoman with Kate Kane...

Exclusive: Brandon Thomas Lee (The Hills: New Beginnings), Jackson Rathbone (Twilight) & Diane Gaeta (Adopt a Highway) will co-star opposite Chance Sanchez in his debut feature, Zero Road, which recently wrapped production.

The dramatic feature examines a preternaturally intelligent young man’s (Sanchez) descent into an underbelly of drug running and violence. It’s based on the writer-director’s experience growing up in poverty in the American Midwest, with a mother who suffered from meth addiction.

In the film, produced by Sanchez, Colin Floom and Mark David, Lee plays Russ, a small-time drug dealer with magnetic charm, who guides Sanchez’s protagonist into the criminal underworld he’s made his home.

Rathbone plays Gene, a mysterious auto mechanic masterminding a drug operation out of his shop, with an inexplicable intellect that reveals a calamitous past.

Then, there’s Gaeta, who plays Sanchez’s tortured mother, Laura.

Lee has appeared, on the film side,...