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Amazon has ordered a third season of drama series Goliath, from David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro, for premiere in 2019. In addition, Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers), Beau Bridges (Homeland), Griffin Dunne (House of Lies), Sherilyn Fenn (Twin Peaks: The Return), and Shamier…

Actor and filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton has joined the line up of speakers at Asia Society Southern California’s U.S.-China Entertainment Summit, which takes place Tuesday at the Skirball Cultural Center. Thornton will take the stage for a conversation with this year's honoree, acclaimed Chinese actor, writer, director…

EXCLUSIVE: CAA just signed best-selling author James Frey. This comes as Brad Weston’s Makeready and The Picture Company prepare to launch A Million Little Pieces, the screen version of the semi-autobiographical and controversial addiction novel that was adapted into a feature by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Taylor-Joh…

Amazon has set June 15 for the Season 2 premiere of Goliath, its praised original drama series starring Billy Bob Thornton, and released a new trailer. Thornton stars as Billy McBride who, after winning a huge verdict in the Borns Tech case, is reluctantly pulled back into the law when his friend's 16-year-old son is…

EXCLUSIVE: A Million Little Pieces, the screen adaptation of the James Frey book, is fast assembling for a January 25 production start. Billy Bob Thornton has joined Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director Sam Taylor-Johnson for the first film to go into production for Brad Weston’s producing/financing company Makeready…

Alexandra Billings (Transparent) is set for a key recurring role opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Morris Chestnut, and Ana De La Reguera in the upcoming second season of Amazon's original drama series Goliath. Billings will play Judge Martha Wallace, a seasoned professional who is meticulous and controlled, who presides…

Walter Hill is set to direct two episodes of Amazon drama series Goliath, from David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro. He'll join new showrunner Clyde Phillips (Dexter) to helm the opening and closing episodes of the upcoming second season. The Goliath cast is led by Billy Bob Thornton, who in January won the Golden…

Amazon has ordered a second season of drama series Goliath from David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro, bringing in Clyde Phillips (Dexter) as day-to-day showrunner. Kelley, Shapiro and Ross Fineman remain executive producers alongside Phillips. The renewal comes four months after the release of Goliath and a month…

The brightest stars in Hollywood gathered at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday to celebrate the power of movies and television to “bring diverse tales to life” and “inspire us to find deeper meaning in our shared humanity,” as President Barack Obama wrote in his slap-on-the-back letter to attendees inside the ceremony’s…

The launch of Goliath on Amazon on October 14 and the debut of Graves on Epix on October 16 show that originality is not the only currency in this era of Peak TV. The Billy Bob Thornton-starring legal drama from David E. Kelley and the Nick Nolte-led comedy created by Joshua Michael Stern also reveal that the fuel in…

Amazon has dropped the first trailer for Goliath, David E. Kelley’s new legal drama starring Billy Bob Thornton as down-and-out lawyer Billy McBride. The series follows McBride as he seeks redemption and tries to take down a giant legal firm he helped to create. William Hurt, Olivia Thirlby and Maria Bello also star. G…

Parenthood alum Jason Ritter has been cast in a recurring role on Amazon's upcoming original drama series Goliath, from executive producer David E. Kelley. Ritter will play wry, but savvy FBI Special Agent Joe Farley. Goliath stars Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Olivia Thirlby and Maria Bello in the ultimate David…