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Action star Kellan Lutz, known for his work in the Twilight films and the FBI franchise among others, has signed with Gilbertson Entertainment for management.

Lutz’s breakout role came in 2008’s Twilight as vampire Emmett Cullen. He went on to star in the next four Twilight films and also starred in film franchises including Extraction, The Expendables, Legend of Hercules, Prom Night, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Immortals, all of which combined have earned billions in worldwide box office.

In television, Lutz recently appeared in more than 30 episodes across all three of Dick Wolf’s FBI series, the mothership FBI, FBI: Most Wanted and FBI: International as Special Agent Kenny Crosby. His other television credits include HBO comedy series The Comeback, 30 Rock and on the film side, in Paramount’s What Men Want with Taraji P. Henson, a starring role in Love, Wedding, Marriage opposite Mandy Moore,...

Exclusive: Kellan Lutz, known for his roles in FBI: Most Wanted and in the Twilight saga, has signed on to headline the cast of the biographical drama Finding Normal. The film is set to start production in North Carolina later this year and will serve as the directorial debut of Jordyn Ferguson.

The film will chronicle the real-life journey of Dr. Jeff Huxford, who defied all odds following a car accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury and a devastating prognosis. Against the backdrop of a picturesque Norman Rockwell Americana town, his unwavering resilience and the transformative power of family and faith helped him redefine his life in the face of adversity.

Penned by Gary Hershberger, Finding Normal is being produced by April Kennedy of Ocean Prairie Entertainment, Gabrielle Almagor of Urban Tales Productions and Matthew H. Morris of Pinyon Pictures, alongside executive producer Roger Goff.

Paramount+ has acquired action-comedy series Twisted Metal, starring Anthony Mackie, for Canada in a deal with producer Sony Pictures Television (Spt).

All 10 episodes of the live-action adaptation of the PlayStation classic game series, which is set to debut in the U.S. on NBCUniversal streamer Peacock late this month, will premiere in Canada exclusively on Paramount Global’s Paramount+ on Aug. 10. Paramount+ will also launch the series “in other international territories to be announced at a later date,” the partners said on Thursday without detailing any of those markets.

The series from Spt is based on an original take by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) and written by Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai). Mackie (The Falcon and The Winter Soldier) stars as motor-mouthed outsider John Doe who is offered a chance at a better life if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. “With...

In her new book, Finding Normal: Sex, Love, and Taboo in Our Hyperconnected World , author Alexa Tsoulis-Reay explores what, if anything, it means to be “normal” when it comes to sexuality and desire and how the Internet (and other media technologies) are involved in the way people come to know who they are in the world today. Based on her interview column “What It’s Like” — in which she conducted in-depth conversations with outliers for New York Magazine from 2014-2018 — the first half of the book celebrates what she calls...

Faith-based sales agent announces raft of deals.

Pure Flix / Quality Flix sales head Ron Gell has started talks with AFM 2020 Online buyers this week on a slate of rom-coms staring Kristy Swanson, Lee Majors, and Scott Baio.

The sales agency known for working on faith-based titles has also announced a raft of sales on the new films and other titles.

Courting Mom & Dad features Swanson (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Baio, John Farley, Vanessa Angel, and Bailey Baio.

The story centres on three children who seek the help of an eccentric personal injury attorney to delay the divorce of their parents.

“Domino: Battle of the Bones,” a comedy from NBA player-turned-filmmaker Baron Davis, has scored domestic distribution rights from TriCoast Entertainment.

The uplifting comedy stars Snoop Dogg and David Arquette, and tells of an elderly Black man who teams with his awkward, white step-grandson to defeat his rival in a domino tournament.

Davis was an Emmy nominee for co-producing the documentary “Crips and Bloods: Made in America” in 2008. “Domino” marks his feature directorial debut. Joining Snoop and Arquette is Lou Beatty Jr., Tasie Lawrence (“The First Wives Club”), Megan Sousa and a slew of social media influencers including Anthony “Scruncho” McKinley, Tom “Tiny” Lister Jr. and Haha Davis.

“Growing up, dominos was a way of life and a way of culture. Not only is it just a game — it’s a recipe for human connection and human communication. If you’ve sat down with a stranger to play dominos, you’ve met a friend,...

Netflix giveth, and Netflix taketh away.

"Blade Runner: The Theatrical Cut" was just added to Netflix streaming, but now it's facing a harsh expiration date of May 16. (We'll be up on the roof, holding a dove and crying.)

And dude! So bogus: Unless you have a time machine, you only have until May 1st to stream "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989).

Also leaving in May 2016: "Election," "Clerks," and "Black Hawk Dawn" as well as classic Marilyn Monroe movie "Bus Stop."

Here are all the movies and TV series leaving Netflix in May 2016. As always, all titles and dates are subject to change.

Leaving May 1

"The Animatrix" (2003)

"Anna Karenina" (1948)

"Author! Author!" (1982)

"Beware of Mr. Baker" (2012)

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989)

"Broadway Idiot" (2013)

"Bus Stop" (1956)

"Election" (1999)

"The Good Life" (2012)

"Holiday Engagement" (2011)

"Kiss of Death" (1995)

"Mad Hot Ballroom" (2005)

"Mona Lisa Is Missing" (2012)

"Ralphie May: Austin-tatious" (2008)

"Terms And Conditions May Apply" (2013)

"That's What I Am...

The CW’s Arrow and The Flash are going all-out for their second major crossover event (airing Dec. 1 and 2), which will launch the midseason spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and the efforts are earning high praise from their respective stars.

PhotosThe Flash First Look: Henry Allen Returns!

“These two crossover episodes standing together will probably be, in my mind, the pinnacle achievement for both shows,” Arrow leading man Stephen Amell raved during a set visit last month.

“It feels even bigger,” The Flash‘s Grant Gustin adds. “I feel like more people are a part of it this year from both sides,...

Leading out of a Voice results special — which drew 10.2 million viewers and a 2.4 rating, doubling Mysteries of Laura‘s most recent demo — Law & Order: Svu this Wednesday did 7.9 mil and a 2.0, rising 20 and 33 percent and hitting a season high in the demo.

Svu in fact drew its best non-crossover rating since its September 2014 season opener.

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Closing NBC’s night, Chicago P.D. (6.8 mil/1.6) enjoyed its best audience of the season and a six-week high in the demo.

Elsewhere in the ratings….

Fox | Rosewood (5.2 mil/1.4) ticked down a tenth, tying its series low.

Between her husband Jackson, her baby daddy Klaus and her [insert complicated adjective here] Elijah, The Originals‘ Hayley Marshall-Kenner is up to her claws in dude drama.

RelatedVampire Diaries/Originals Crossover Coming? EPs Talk ‘Common Ground’

And while we’re eager to see how Phoebe Tonkin‘s character handles the boys of the Big Easy, we first have to discuss Hayley’s brutal battle with Klaus in “You Hung the Moon,” which earned Tonkin a spot as TVLine’s Performer of the Week.

“That and the scene where I gave birth in the finale of Season 1 were probably the two hardest days I’ve ever had on set,...

What is Person of Interest’s Team Machine squabbling over now? What makes Arrow’s Damien Darhk do horrible things? Does Castle‘s Kate have a plan? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

Related2016 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?

Is Person of Interest’s Mr. Finch going to make any ethical changes to The Machine when rebuilding it? –Kaan

That issue is very ripe for debate when(ever) the CBS series returns, with Finch and Root taking very opposite sides. “Root is still [The Machine’s] No.

Damien Darhk is aiming big – or in this case teeny-tiny – by taking a miniaturized Ray Palmer captive in tonight’s Arrow (The CW, 8/7c).

PhotosArrow/Flash Crossover ‘Team Photo’ Revealed — Who All Made the Cut?

“I think Damien has it out for everyone, to be honest,” Emily Bett Rickards says of the kidnapping. “He’s like, ‘Well, this is going to be my town, and I’m just going to kill anyone in my way.'”

As for Ray’s ex, Felicity finds herself thrown for a loop after getting the huge news that her former boyfriend and colleague...

We just watched the most harrowing — and quite possibly the best — episode of The Flash Season 2.

PhotosArrow/Flash Crossover ‘Team Photo’ Revealed — Who All Made the Cut?

The old adage goes that a hero is only as good as his villain, and in Zoom, this bright and bubbly superhero series has found a real piece of work, a speedster as cocky as he is ugly.

What Zoom ultimately does to our Flash, and that it was somewhat brought upon ourselves, is the great gut punch here, injecting Arrow‘s lighter, brighter cousin with a heavy dose of darkness.

To recap:

Learning that Dr.

A question I get a lot about my cinema-verite documentaries is "How is it that the people in your films aren't self-conscious?" I think the answer is that I make films about hard-hit people trying to change or—without being hyperbolic—in many cases, save their lives. Longtime crack and heroin addicts trying to stay clean in "Finding Normal"; inmate moms trying to have relationships with their children in "Mothering Inside." The stakes are high, and the participants have a goal they are trying to attain with every fiber of their being. They have something bigger and better to focus on than me and my camera. As a recovering drug addict trying to rebuild his life and be a better father to his daughter told me during the making of "Finding Normal," "Dude, you're the least of my problems." Read More: Attention, Documentary Filmmakers: 6 Tips for Getting Your Subjects to...

Exclusive: The Us faith-based entertainment company has closed a raft of sales on its slate led by Do You Believe?, the recent Us release and follow-up to the breakout God’s Not Dead.

Rights have gone in Brazil and Latin America (California Filmes), Canada (Mongrel), South Africa (Times Media Films) and Poland (Kino Swiat).

Mira Sorvino, Cybill Shepherd and Sean Astin are among the cast on Do You Believe?, Jon Gunn’s ensemble drama about a group of people searching for faith and forgiveness.

Vice-president of international sales and distribution Ron Gell is fielding multiple offers from Eastern Europe, South Korea and Indonesia.

Gell also licensed South African rights to Cmd on God’s Not Dead, Black Rider and Mission Air.

Two films sold in Spain, with Art-Mood acquiring Finding Normal and CorbiMedia taking Taken By Grace.

Camp Harlow went to Life Media for Poland and Ksm for Germany, while Mig acquired Book Of Daniel and Book...

Exclusive: The Us faith-based entertainment company has closed a raft of sales on its slate led by Do You Believe?, the recent Us release and follow-up to the breakout God’s Not Dead.

Rights have gone in Brazil and Latin America (California Filmes), Canada (Mongrel), South Africa (Times Media Films) and Poland (Kino Swiat).

Mira Sorvino, Cybill Shepherd and Sean Astin are among the cast on Do You Believe?, Jon Gunn’s ensemble drama about a group of people searching for faith and forgiveness.

Vice-president of international sales and distribution Ron Gell is fielding multiple offers from Eastern Europe, South Korea and Indonesia.

Gell also licensed South African rights to Cmd on God’s Not Dead, Black Rider and Mission Air.

Two films sold in Spain, with Art-Mood acquiring Finding Normal and CorbiMedia taking Taken By Grace.

Camp Harlow went to Life Media for Poland and Ksm for Germany, while Mig acquired Book Of Daniel and Book...

Exclusive: Follow-up to Us box office hit God’s Not Dead is set to open in Us on March 20.

Pure Flix kicks off sales at the Efm on Do You Believe?, the company’s follow-up to the faith-based Us box office hit God’s Not Dead.

Vice-president of international sales and distribution Ron Gell will be talking up the project, which explores how faith transforms a number of intersecting lives and is set to open in the Us via Pure Flix on March 20 on more than 1,000 screens.

Do You Believe? reunites the same creative team behind God’s Not Dead. Michael Scott, David Ar White, Russell Wolfe and Elizabeth Travis produced and Chuck Konzelman and Cary Solomon wrote the screenplay.

Gell will also be screening Hope Bridge, Dancer And The Dame, which recently sold in Turkey (Sinema TV), Australia (Crossroads) and Germany (MoreFilms), and The Black Rider, which went to Sinema TV in Turkey.

God’s Not Dead...