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When CBS Friday announced a series order for Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds, the announcement included three key new cast members whose deals had closed after the coronavirus pandemic suspended all pilot production in mid-March, Kal Penn, Nick Sandow and Michael Cudlitz. Designated Survivor…

UPDATED, 4:15 PM: Due to a crush of entries for its virtual talent search, Freeform has extended the deadline to 5 PM, Monday, May 11. PREVIOUS, May 1: Freeform is holding a virtual talent search to seek out new and up-and-coming talent. The search will run from May 1 to May 8 and requires actors who can play ages…

M. Night Shyamalan has set the cast for his upcoming untitled Universal movie with Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff and Vicky Krieps in talks. The pic currently isn’t dated and it’s unclear when production will be a go, according to Variety which had the news first Friday. Shyamalan is…

EXCLUSIVE: Eric Lange (Escape at Dannemora) is set to co-star opposite Courtney B. Vance and Tosin Cole in AMC’s courtroom drama series 61st Street, from BAFTA-winner Peter Moffat (Criminal Justice, The Night Of) and executive producer Michael B. Jordan (David Makes Man) via his Outlier Society and AMC Studios. 61st St…

Jonathan Banks has joined the season 4 cast of Netflix animated comedy series F Is For Family, as the granddaddy of all Murphys. Banks will voice Big Bad Murphy, the father to Bill Burr’s character Frank Murphy, and "the worst f****ng father that ever lived," according to Frank (see clip above). Created by Burr and…

EXCLUSIVE: We might not have a clear path to a resumption of production yet, but the material market is certainly back in full bloom. The hot spec package tonight is Ball and Chain, with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt attached to play a bickering couple who receive super powers that only work if they can learn to put…

EXCLUSIVE: They’re furry. They’re fabulous. And now The Freak Brothers cast is set. Woody Harrelson, John Goodman, Tiffany Haddish and Pete Davidson lead the upcoming adult toon series from EPs Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon based on the hippie-era underground comic. Harrelson, Goodman, Haddish and Davidson are…

EXCLUSIVE: The Tiger King hits keep on coming. The most recent project connected to Netflix’s stranger-than-fiction docuseries is the Full Moon Features comedy Barbie & Kendra Save the Tiger King. Watch an exclusive clip below. The pic will include an appearances by John Reinke, the zookeeper and right-hand man to Tige…

Two-time Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is in talks to board the Eli Roth-directed Borderlands, the film adaptation to 2K first-person shooter PC-console game. If the deal goes through, Blanchett will take on the role of Lilith, one of the main protagonists in the game series who is part of the Siren class, a…

In the wake of the departure of Paramount Pictures and Paramount Television EVP of Casting Joseph Middleton back in January, the studio has split his job into two, just as Deadline heard, and hired Deborah Aquila and Tricia Wood as EVPs of Casting. Aquila will run point on TV reporting to Paramount President of…

The second season of the CBS All Access anthology reboot of The Twilight Zone has added a robust list of cast members that will travel through another dimension…a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A dimension called The Twilight Zone. Added to the 10-episode sophomore season of Jordan Peele and Simon…

The teaser trailer for Cameron Boyce’s final screen appearance is out, showing his explorations of the darker side of Hollywood. The show, Paradise City, features Boyce as Simon Ostergaard, a musician entangled in the dark side. "Do you think that devil worship is real in Hollywood?" he asks in one scene. "Like, the…