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EXCLUSIVE: Hot newcomer Amanda Fix (High School) and Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) are set as leads opposite Krysten Ritter in Orphan Black: Echoes, the upcoming offshoot series set in the world of Orphan Black, which is slated for a 2023 debut on AMC Networks' digital platform AMC+ and linear nets. The…

For Avan Jogia, playing Resident Evil fan fave Leon S. Kennedy now holds double meaning. “Massively a fan of the games,” Jogia went from controlling the rookie cop to defeat zombies during his childhood to putting his own spin on the character in Sony’s Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.  In the sophomore…

EXCLUSIVE: Rising actors Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) and Ajani Russell (Betty) have been set for the title roles in crime feature Johnny & Clyde, also starring Megan Fox (Transformers) and Tyson Ritter (Preacher). Currently in production, the movie is a spin on the iconic Bonnie and Clyde story and follows two…

Hayley Law (Riverdale, Altered Carbon) and Keith Powers (The Tomorrow War, Straight Outta Compton) are set to star in actor Avan Jogia’s debut feature, Door Mouse, which just wrapped production in Canada. Also starring Famke Janssen (Redeeming Love, When They See Us, X-Men) and Donal Logue (The Cloverfield Paradox, Zod…

UPDATE: Quibi has added one more series to be submitted for Emmys it’s Elba Vs Block, to compete in Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Category. Show stars Idris Elba and Ken Block as they go head to head to see who’s best behind the driver’s seat. EXCLUSIVE: Quibi has firmed the list of 19 shows, and the…

EXCLUSIVE: Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap, Now Apocalypse), Dane DeHaan (ZeroZeroZero, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets) and Maika Monroe (It Follows, Honey Boy) are set to star in Veena Sud’s (The Killing, Seven Seconds) upcoming Quibi series The Stranger. The thriller follows an unassuming young…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Hartley, Avan Jogia, and Ed Oxenbould are attached to star in The Exchange, a coming-of-age comedy which is being directed by Dan Mazer. Mazer is a long-time collaborator of Sacha Baron Cohen who got his start as a writer/ director/producer on Cohen’s Da Ali G Show and was recently part…

Starting tonight, Starz will release the full 10-episode premiere of its original series Now Apocalypse across its non-linear platforms, and will make the series premiere episode available for free on its Starz.com, Starz YouTube channel, Reddit and Pride Media platforms, including Pride.com, Out.com and…

Avan Jogia has an interesting name — a name many have said he should change when he first started in the business over a decade ago. With his mix of Indian and Irish heritage, Jogia refused to stray from his culture and decided against a stage name. Now, his name is becoming recognizable and distinct in a class of…

Known for radically stylistic, groundbreaking features like Mysterious Skin and Kaboom, Gregg Araki flirted with television for a number of years before going all-in, bringing Now Apocalypse to Starz. “A lot of my movies are very sex and relationship-based, particularly about young people, and that time of your life…

EXCLUSIVE: Avan Jogia has signed on to the Ruben Fleischer-helmed Zombieland 2, joining original stars Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Abigail Breslin as well as franchise newbie Zoey Deutch in the sequel from Sony Pictures. Jogia will play Berkeley, the epitome of the bad boy musician that you would…

EXCLUSIVE: Avan Jogia (Shaft, Tut, Ghost Wars) has been cast as the lead in Now Apocalypse, Starz’s half-hour comedy series from Kaboom’s Gregg Araki and Steven Soderbergh. Co-written by Araki, who also directs, and Vogue.com sex columnist Karley Sciortino, Now Apocalypse is a 10-episode surreal, coming-of-age comedy…