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22:45 - MOVIES: The Dark Tower - Abbey Lee In Talks To Play Tirana
UPDATE: Readers are questioning the name of the character that Lee plays. That’s what I heard they were calling this major character, and for die hard fans, I can tell you a few character qualities: she’s sexy and dangerous, she has fake human skin and cold snake-like eyes. She doesn’t come in until the seventh volume, apparently, but she’s going to be starring in the first film.
EXCLUSIVE: More casting on Sony and Media Rights Capital’s eagerly awaited adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, which Nikolaj Arcel will direct. Abbey Lee, who is coming off Mad Max: Fury Road and who stars in Gods of Egypt, is negotiating to star in the female lead role of Tirana. She will star opposite Idris Elba, who’ll play good guy gunslinger Roland Deschain, and Matthew McConaughey, who’ll play the villainous Man in Black.
Sony will distribute what is planned to be the first in a series of Dark Tower movies. A complementary TV series is also being developed by MRC. Producing are Weed Road’s Akiva Goldsman and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Erica Huggins. King is also a producer. That quartet has been involved in this franchise since the beginning, and MRC kept it going after Universal and then Warner Bros developed it and then dropped out. Pinkner is an exec producer.
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Deadline
22:45 - I Love Dick - Comedy Pilot from Jill Soloway Ordered by Amazon
I’ve learned that Amazon has given a pilot order to I Love Dick, a half-hour comedy pilot directed and executive produced by Transparent creator Jill Soloway, an Emmy and DGA Award winner for her directing work on the dark Amazon comedy starring Jeffrey Tambor.
Written by playwright Sarah Gubbins based on Chris Kraus’ influential and somewhat controversial 1997 novel, I Love Dick is set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas. It centers on a struggling married couple, Chris and Sylvere, and their mutual obsession with an off-putting but charismatic professor, Dick. Told in Rashomon-style shifts of POV, I Love Dick charts the unraveling of a marriage, the awakening of an artist and the reluctant deification of a man named Dick.
I Love Dick, Soloway’s followup to her award-winning Transparent, is produced by Soloway and Andrea Sperling’s newly formed Topple Productions under the company’s overall deal with Amazon Studios. Soloway and Sperling executive produce, with Gubbins co-executive producing.
I Love Dick joins two drama pilots Amazon has in pre-production, The Last Tycoon and The Interestings.
Source:
Deadline
22:40 - MOVIES: Disney's Mary Poppins Sequel - Emily Blunt in Talks to Star
Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Disney’s sequel to “Mary Poppins” with Rob Marshall set to direct.
John DeLuca and Marc Platt will serve as producers on the pic. Sources say Blunt has always been the favorite since all four worked together on “Into the Woods.” With Disney looking to get the film into production soon, the studio recently met with the actress to discuss the idea of playing the magical nanny.
The deal is not yet set in stone due to scheduling. News also recently broke that she is expecting her second child and that may play into her decision.
Insiders confirm the new film will take place in Depression-era London 20 years after the first film and will take story lines from P.L. Travers’ children books focusing on the magical nanny’s continued adventures with the Banks family.
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Variety
22:40 - Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade - Easter Special Featuring Taraji P. Henson Airing on FOX
FOX PUTS A PREHISTORIC SPIN ON THE WORLD’S FIRST EASTER EGG HUNT IN THE ALL-NEW ANIMATED SPECIAL “ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE” SUNDAY, MARCH 20, ON FOX
Featured Guest Voices Taraji P. Henson, Seth Green, Wendy Williams, Gabriel Iglesias, Lili Estefan and Blake Anderson, Join Original Herd, Including Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Keke Palmer and Queen Latifah
Exclusive Sneak Peek at All-New Animated Feature Film “Ice Age: Collision Course” to Air During Special
ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE Also Available on Digital HD the Day After Broadcast, Featuring More than an Hour of Fun Family Extras
Scrat, Manny, Sid, Diego and a few new friends from the blockbuster animated franchise “Ice Age” return for an hilarious, all-new holiday adventure, ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE, airing Sunday, March 20 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT), leading into THE PASSION (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.
In ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE, harried prehistoric bird mom Ethel (Taraji P. Henson, EMPIRE) entrusts her precious, soon-to-hatch egg to Sid (John Leguizamo). When she recommends him to her neighbors – a condor mom (Wendy Williams), Cholly Bear (Gabriel Iglesias) and Gladys Glypto (Lili Estefan) – business booms at his new egg-sitting service. However, dastardly pirate bunny Squint (Seth Green, FAMILY GUY), who is seeking revenge on the ICE AGE gang, steals, camouflages and hides all the eggs. Once again, with Squint’s twin brother, Clint (Blake Anderson), assisting, Manny (Ray Romano), Diego (Denis Leary) and the rest of the gang come to the rescue and take off on a daring mission that turns into the world’s first Easter egg hunt.
During the special, don’t miss an exclusive sneak peek at the upcoming, all-new animated feature film “Ice Age: Collision Course,” premiering in theaters Friday, July 22, 2016.
ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE arrives on Digital HD the day after broadcast at iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, Amazon Video, Sony Playstation Store, Microsoft Movies & TV and MGo.
ICE AGE: THE GREAT EGG-SCAPADE is a production of Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios. Lori Forte, Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha are executive producers. John C. Donkin serves as producer and Ricardo Curtis serves as director.
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FOX
22:35 - MOVIES: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny - Trailer 2
22:35 - CSI: Cyber - Episode 2.14 - Fit-and-Run - Promotional Photos
22:30 - Gilmore Girls Revival - Stars Hollow BTS Photos
Thanks to Tsukikomew for the heads up.
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23:15 - Six - Joe Manganiello to Star
Joe Manganiello is returning to the small screen.
The Magic Mike star has been tapped to topline History scripted drama series Six, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The eight-episode straight-to-series drama centers on a brotherhood of modern American warriors — Navy SEAL Team Six — who take on the most high-risk military special-ops missions in the world. However, their 2014 mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working with the terrorists.
Manganiello will play Rip Taggart, once the squad leader of Seal Team Six, now working in Africa protecting a small village from Boko Haram.
"[I'm] excited to finally team up with my friend Harvey Weinstein to play such an interesting character with such phenomenal material, directed by one of my all-time favorite True Blood directors, Lesli Linka Glatter," the actor said.
Source:
The Hollywood Reporter
22:35 - Superstore - Episode 1.11 - Labor - Full Set of Promotional Photos
22:35 - Baby Daddy - Season 5 - Jamie-Lynn Sigler to Guest
JAMIE-LYNN SIGLER SIGNS ON TO GUEST STAR ON FREEFORM’S HIT SERIES “BABY DADDY”
Jamie-Lynn Sigler (“The Sopranos”) will guest star in two episodes of Freeform’s hit comedy “Baby Daddy.” Sigler will portray Sarah Gilcrest, the “hot teacher” from Ben’s high school days. Ben sees Ms. Gilcrest again when he returns to school to finally take the one test he failed to finish and officially graduate. “Baby Daddy” airs new episodes Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. EST on Freeform. Sigler’s episodes will air later this year.
“Baby Daddy” stars Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Derek Theler, Tahj Mowry, with Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane. The series is created and executive produced by Dan Berendsen (“The Nine Lives of Chloe King,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and “Hannah Montana: The Movie”). “Baby Daddy” is a multi-camera comedy that shoots in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.
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Freeform
12:30 - Law & Order SVU - Episode 17.17 - Manhattan Transfer - Press Release
"LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT"
MANHATTAN TRANSFER"
03/02/2016 (09:00PM - 10:00PM) (Wednesday) : An investigation into the sexual exploitation of underage Catholic schoolgirls leads to shocking charges against judges, legislators, DAs, and members of the NYPD. Starring Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, Raúl Esparza and Peter Scanavino. Guest starring Andy Karl, Robert John Burke, Abigail Savage, Michael O'Keefe, Jonathan Cake and Michael Potts.
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NBC
12:30 - Superstore - Episode 1.11 - Labor - Press Release
"SUPERSTORE"
"LABOR"
02/22/2016 (08:00PM - 08:30PM) (Monday) : CHEYENNE GOES INTO LABOR AT CLOUD 9- DAN BUCATINSKY, JOSH LAWSON, SEAN WHALEN, MARK PROKSCH GUEST STAR- Although Cheyenne (Nichole Bloom) finally has the baby, she refuses to stop working as Cloud 9 employees do not get paid maternity leave. Jonah (Ben Feldman) insists that they contact corporate to ask for a change, but when Amy (America Ferrera) makes the call, Ben mentions the word "union," sending corporate into a frenzy and resulting in a representative flying out to Cloud 9. This only makes matters worse... Mark McKinney, Lauren Ash, Colton Dunn and Nico Santos also star.
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NBC
12:30 -The Carmichael Show - Episode 2.01 - Everybody Cheats - Press Release
THE CARMICHAEL SHOW" "EVERYBODY CHEATS"
03/08/2016 (10:30PM - 11:00PM) (Tuesday) : CYNTHIA WITNESSES HER FRIEND'S HUSBAND WITH ANOTHER WOMAN-when Cynthia (Loretta Devine) sees her Reverend with someone who is not his wife, the family comes together to discuss cheating and consequences. Jerrod (Jerrod Carmichael) is shocked when this family discussion reveals that Maxine (Amber Stevens West) is no stranger to infidelity... David Alan Grier, Lil Rel Howery and Tiffany Haddish also star.
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NBC
12:30 - Baby Daddy - Episode 5.05 - The Dating Game - Press Release
THINGS SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL WHEN BEN, TUCKER AND DANNY TRY TO SET EACH OTHER UP WITH DATES ON AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF “BABY DADDY,” AIRING WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 ON FREEFORM
Daniella Monet (“Victorious”) and Jonna Walsh Guest Star
Tucker misunderstood Zoey, Danny misunderstood Sam and Bonnie misunderstood a new girlfriend, on an all-new episode of “Baby Daddy,” airing WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 (8:30-9:00 p.m. EST) on Freeform, the new name for ABC Family.
In the episode “The Dating Game,” Tucker finds Zoey snooping around his apartment and assumes she is there for him, so he takes it upon himself to ask her out. However, Zoey believes Tucker is setting her up with Ben. Danny finds himself in a similar situation when he tries subtly asking Sam how he feels about Ben, but she thinks Danny is asking her out. And Riley finds herself in an uncomfortable situation when her client tries to take things to the next level with Bonnie. Are there any perfect matches?
“Baby Daddy” stars Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Derek Theler, Tahj Mowry, with Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane. The series is created and executive produced by Dan Berendsen (“The Nine Lives of Chloe King,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and “Hannah Montana: The Movie”). “Baby Daddy” is a multi-camera comedy that shoots in front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles.
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Freeform