2016-07-24



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06:35 - South Park - Season 20 - Returns September 14

05:30 - Writer-Director Garry Marshall Dies at 81

Thanks to A for the heads up.

BREAKING: Garry Marshall, "Happy Days" creator and director of "Pretty Woman," dies at 81. https://t.co/9eJoT3rkBj pic.twitter.com/shVxH8aENH

— ABC News (@ABC) July 20, 2016

Writer-director Garry Marshall, whose deft touch with comedy and romance led to a string of TV hits that included "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley" and the box-office successes "Pretty Woman" and "Runaway Bride," has died. He was 81.

Marshall died Tuesday in at a hospital in Burbank, California, of complications from pneumonia after having a stroke, his publicist Michelle Bega said in a statement.

The director also had an on-screen presence, using his New York accent and gruff delivery in colorful supporting roles that included a practical-minded casino boss unswayed by Albert Brooks' disastrous luck in "Lost in America" and a crass network executive in "Soapdish."

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ABC News

02:30 - The Son - Quinton Johnson, Nick Stevenson & Elizabeth Frances Join AMC Series

J. Quinton Johnson (Dirty Dancing), Nick Stevenson (Pete Harper, Orange Is The New Black) and Elizabeth Frances (Drunktown’s Finest) have booked recurring roles opposite Pierce Brosnan in AMC’s upcoming drama series The Son.

Based on the book by Philipp Meyer and written by Meyer, Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy, The Son is a multi-generational epic tale of the story of America’s birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas family.

Johnson will play Neptune, the McCullough’s trusted ranch hand who is fiercely loyal to Eli McCullough (Brosnan). Stevenson is Fred Bernhauer, a handsome, powerful businessman interested in the oil prospects of the McCulloughs. Frances will portray Prairie Flower, a member of the Comanche tribe and Eli’s first love. At first, she sees Eli as nothing more than a slave, but once he is fully integrated into the tribe, she is the first to notice there is something more to him.

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Deadline

21:20 - Santa Clarita Diet - Joy Osmanski Joins Netflix Comedy in Major Recurring Role

Joy Osmanski has booked a major recurring role opposite Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore on Santa Clarita Diet, Netflix’s upcoming single-camera comedy series from creator Victor Fresco, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Tracy Katsky’s Kapital-based KatCo.

In Santa Clarita Diet, Joel (Olyphant) and Sheila (Barrymore) are husband and wife realtors leading vaguely discontented lives in the L.A. suburb of Santa Clarita, until Sheila goes through a dramatic change sending both their lives down a road of death and destruction — but in a good way. Osmanski will play Alondra. She and her husband Rick are Joel (Olyphant) and Sheila’s (Barrymore) other next door neighbors. Alondra is quiet and reserved, and works for the city in an office job where she stays under the radar. She and Rick recently had a baby.

Osmanski will next be seen in TV Land’s Younger. Her other recent TV work includes Freeform/ABC Family pilot Gorgeous Morons, Fox’s Lucifer and Lifetime’s Devious Maids.

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Deadline

20:55 - Roadside Picnic - Felisha Terrell Cast as Female Lead in WGN America Pilot; Citizen - Amanda Plummer Joins Hulu's Supernatural Pilot

Felisha Terrell (Survivors Remorse) is set as the female lead in WGN America’s drama pilot Roadside Picnic, an alien saga based on the famous novel by top Soviet/Russian science fiction writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Written by Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen, with Terminator: Genisys and Game of Thrones helmer Alan Taylor attached to direct and Neal Moritz producing, Roadside Picnic explores a near-future world where aliens have come and gone, leaving humankind to explore the wondrous and dangerous mysteries left behind. The story also explores the social ramifications of their visit, as seen through the eyes of Red (Matthew Goode), a veteran “stalker” who has made it his mission to illegally venture into the once inhabited zone and scavenge the abandoned remains of the alien culture.

Terrell will play Red’s wife Guta, a tough, street-wise woman who never fell to the trappings of her beauty. She tries her best to normalize their family life in the complicated situation they are dealt with. Terrell also recurs on the upcoming season of Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse, which returns on July 24.

Amanda Plummer (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) has joined the cast of Citizen, Hulu’s supernatural drama pilot from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Paramount TV and Anonymous Content. Set against the backdrop of a vibrant, “supernaturalized” Los Angeles, Citizen is a hero origin story, blending gritty vigilantism with elements of magical realism.

Plummer will play Kollias, a shifty desperado who enjoys playing fast and loose with people’s comfort levels. Gomez-Rejon will direct the pilot and serve as executive producer alongside Nicholas Schutt, Josh Pate and Anonymous Content’s David Kanter, Matt DeRoss and Steve Golin.

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Deadline

23:30 - The Mist - Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Gus Birney, Dan Butler, Luke Cosgrove and Danica Curcic Join Spike's Stephen King TV Adaptation

Spike is building out the cast for its straight-to-series drama The Mist, based on the Stephen King novella, adding eight actors ahead of start-of-production later this summer. Joining the cast are Okezie Morro, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Gus Birney, Dan Butler, Luke Cosgrove and Danica Curcic.

The Mist, from TWC-Dimension Television, tells the story of a foreboding mist that arrives in one small town ushering in a terrifying new reality for its residents, putting their humanity to the test. What will people do to survive when blinded by fear?

Pettie plays Connor Heisel the local alpha male, town sheriff and father to local football superstar Jay. He struggles to maintain order in an increasingly chaotic and dangerous situation, finding himself up against many who have it out for his accused son. Pettie’s latest film, The Scarecrow, premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. In television, Pettie was last seen on The Good Wife.

Morro is Jonah Dixon,” a military man with amnesia. He can’t remember who he is. As the truth about his identity unravels, shocking secrets will be revealed. Morro’s film credits include Red Tails and World War Z, and TV credits include MTV’s Shuga and BBC’s New Tricks.

Posner will play Adrian Garff, an insecure young teenager who comes to the defense of his best friend Alex, after she is the victim of a brutal crime. A witness to the crime, he finds himself at the center of a controversy which threatens to rip apart the community. Russell Posner starred in 2015 Sundance pic The D Train, and had supporting roles in Louder Than Bombs and John Turturo’s Fading Gigolo with Woody Allen.

Whitlock, Jr. is Gus Redman, a local mall manager. When a new society forms from the mist survivors at the mall, Gus will have to decide if he will take the role of leader and exactly how far he will go to keep order. Whitlock recently completed filming Warner Bros Chips, directed by Dax Shepard, and indie film Human People.

Birney plays Alex Cunningham, the teenage daughter of Kevin and Eve Cunningham. She’s always been the ‘good daughter,’ but her over-protective mother helps to kick-start a rebellious streak. Birney is currently appearing in The Rose Tattoo at the Williamstown Theater Festival opposite Marisa Tomei.

Butler is Father Romanov, a priest who is caught in between modernity and tradition, he has lost his faith but clings to the ritual. Butler’s credits include Silence of the Lambs, Crazy, Stupid Love, Frasier and Prayers for Bobby.

Cosgrove is Jay Heisel,” a popular local football superstar and the son of the town sheriff who finds himself accused of a heinous crime. This is Cosgrove’s first television role.

Curcic plasy Mia Lambert, a drug-addicted woman on the run and in search of a mysterious stash of money. Curcic’s upcoming films include the WWII drama Across the Waters and Darling and Norwegian TV series Nobel.

Source:

Deadline

23:30 - MOVIES: Loving - Trailer feat Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga

23:30 - MOVIES: La La Land - Teaser Trailer feat Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend

23:30 - MOVIES: A Monster Calls - New Trailer feat Felicity Jones & Liam Neeson

23:30 - Bones - Season 12 - Emily Deschanel Directing the Premiere

@BONESonFOX day and in prep to shoot epp1 season 12 directed by @emilydeschanel .Gonna be a great start to the end of a great series.#humble

— David Boreanaz (@David_Boreanaz) July 14, 2016

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