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EXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson has been tapped as the male lead opposite Mayim Bialik in Call Me Kat, Fox's multi-camera straight-to-series comedy, from The Big Bang Theory alums Bialik and Jim Parsons and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Darlene Hunt based on Miranda Hart's BBC series Miranda, Call Me Kat centers around Kat…

EXCLUSIVE: Michaela Watkins and Cheyenne Jackson along with seven others have rounded out the cast of Werewolves Within, the Ubisoft Film & Television horror comedy based on the company’s virtual reality video game. Production is now underway in upstate New York. Sam Richardson (Veep) and Michael Chernus (Tommy) have…

Disney Channel’s Descendants 3 just got more villainous. The cable net said today that Cheyenne Jackson is set to play Hades, the underworld ruler from Disney’s 1997 toon Hercules, rounding out the cast of the telepic threequel set for 2019. Production on the live-action musical; is set to begin shortly, Disney…

Ryan Murphy has revealed the next installment of his American Horror Story anthology will take place “18 months from today.” Speaking at the show’s pre-Emmy voting ‘for your consideration’ event in Los Angeles on Friday, Murphy also revealed Evan Peters will play a comedic hair stylist, while Joan Collins will play…

Cheyenne Jackson (American Horror Story: Hotel) and Jennifer Bartels (Friends of the People) have been cast opposite Alicia Silverstone and Mena Suvari in TV Land pilot American Woman, inspired by the life of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' Kyle Richards. Set in the 1970s, American Woman centers on Bonnie Nolan…

After playing fashion designer and hotelier Will Drake on American Horror Story: Hotel last season, Cheyenne Jackson today confirmed that he’ll be back for the next go-round of the FX horror anthology series. Responding to a tweet from the writer of a magazine article about him, who’d said, “Jackson tells me he’s…

Cheyenne Jackson has become a late addition to Ryan Murphy‘s HBO pilot Open, from Fox 21. Jackson will be a series regular playing a new character I hear Murphy has created for him. Open, which Murphy co-wrote with Lauren Gussis, is described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships…

EXCLUSIVE: Up and coming British actress Charlotte Riley (Easy Virtue, World Without End) has been cast in Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow’s true story tale In The Heart Of The Sea, which Ron Howard is directing from a script by Charles Leavitt. Riley’s coming off another big WB pic, the Doug Liman-directed Edge of T…

EXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson and Anthony Rapp are lined up to star in comedy Opening Night. The EBF Productions film is set during the evening bow of a high school production of Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Ryan Dixon, who is penning Triplets, the sequel to Danny DeVito/Arnold Schwarzenegger pic Twins, wrote…

EXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson has signed on to the Ira Sachs-directed Love Is Strange, joining Michael Gambon, Alfred Molina, Kelly Reilly and Tracy Letts. Gambon and Molina play Ben and Jorge, a couple who after 38 years together finally marry at City Hall in Manhattan. Trouble begins on return from their honeymoon…

EXCLUSIVE: Jacki Weaver is set to star opposite Gena Rowlands in the indie film 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks based on Richard Alfieri's play. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman from a screenplay by Alfieri, 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks is described as a touching comedy about a retired woman, Lily Harrison (Rowlands), who…

Cheyenne Jackson will play a ruthless ambitious news anchor in Amazon Studios’ pilot The Onion Presents: The News, and now the actor will also be a high-spirited dance instructor in the indie feature 6 Dance Lesson In 6 Weeks. Jackson replaces Sean Hayes in the role of Michael Minetti. Gena Rowlands co-stars as Lily…