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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the Feb. 19 This is Us episode “Our Little Island Girl”.  Susan Kelechi Watson has built quite the solid fan base among This is Us viewers, with her portrayal of the patient-but-steely, witty and whipsmart Beth Pearson. So it's no surprise that tonight’s episode, "Our…

Veteran multi-camera comedy director Andy Ackerman and The Proposal helmer Anne Fletcher have been tapped to direct two of ABC’s recently ordered pilots from 20th Century Fox TV. Ackerman will direct and executive produce Nana, a multi-cam hybrid starring and co-executive produced by Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal…

EXCLUSIVE: The Anne Fletcher-helmed pageant musical comedy film Dumplin is rounding out its cast as production has officially commenced today in Atlanta. Liv and Maddie alum Dove Cameron, Luke Benward, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Maddie Baillio, Georgie Flores, and Ginger Minj (RuPaul’s Drag Race) have come aboard the pic…

EXCLUSIVE: Odeya Rush is set to co-star along side Jennifer Aniston and Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$) in Dumplin’, a music-driven comedy à la Pitch Perfect and Bring It On directed by Anne Fletcher (The Proposal, 27 Dresses) The pic centers on Willowdean (Macdonald), nicknamed Dumplin, a confident, plus-sized, teen…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Aniston will star in the Anne Fletcher-directed comedy Dumplin', a film that is eyeing a summer shoot. IMR will be launching international sales. The film is scripted by Kristin Hahn, and Aniston will star as Rosie, a former beauty pageant queen who now runs the local Texas pageant. Michael…

ABC has put in development True Love, an hourlong romantic dramedy from Brooklyn Girls author Gemma Burgess, The Proposal helmer Anne Fletcher and Fabrik Entertainment. The anthology project from ABC Studios is very loosely inspired by classic fairy tales and subverted with a provocative and authentic post-feminist…

EXCLUSIVE: Anne Fletcher has been set to direct Alone For The Holidays, an original Christmas comedy script for Fox 2000 that was written by Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers. Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment is producing, in with Michael Stipe and Sandy Stern’s Single Cell…