EXCLUSIVE: While he has been eyeing other projects that include a coming of age Merlin movie at Disney, Ridley Scott has begun forward progress on a sequel to Gladiator, the 2000 film which garnered 11 Oscar nominations and five wins including Best Picture and Best Actor for Russell Crowe. While Crowe’s Maximus…

EXCLUSIVE: Former CSI: NY star Sela Ward is returning to CBS with a co-starring role on the network’s upcoming drama series FBI, from Law & Order and Chicago franchise chief Dick Wolf. Ward replaces Connie Nielsen who co-starred in the pilot though this is not a straight recasting as Ward will play a new character…

EXCLUSIVE: Dick Wolf’s new CBS drama series F.B.I. is recasting a co-starring role. The part, Ellen, was played in the pilot by Connie Nielsen. F.B.I., a co-production between Universal Television and CBS TV Studios, chronicles the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Ellen is…

Connie Nielsen is reuniting with Dick Wolf, signing on for a co-starring role in F.B.I., Wolf’s  upcoming 13-episode CBS drama series. The series, a co-production between Universal Television, where Law & Order and Chicago boss Wolf has been based for a long time, and CBS TV Studios, chronicles the inner workings of…

Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman) has been tapped for a key role opposite Chris Pine in One Day She’ll Darken, TNT's limited drama series directed by Patty Jenkins. Written by Sam Sheridan, One Day She'll Darken tells the incredible story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley) who was given away at birth. As Fauna begins to…

Ian McKellen, Gabriel Byrne and Connie Nielsen are set to star in Hamlet Revenant, directed by Ken McMullen. Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lambert Wilson, Dominique Pinon and Lex Shrapnel also join the cast for the title, which TrustNordisk is shopping to buyers along the Croisette. Story is an adaptation of Shakespeare's…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Shea Whigham have joined war drama Catcher Was A Spy, with Ben Lewin at the helm. The script, by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s New York Times' bestselling book and follows the true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player…

Will Kemp (Petals in the Wind) and Connie Nielsen have been cast opposite Liam McIntyre and Stephan James in Unveiled, NBC's supernatural/spiritual drama pilot from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Written by John Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart, Unveiled follows an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives…

Connie Nielsen (Gladiator) has joined the cast of Asif Kapadia’s epic love story Ali & Nino. Deadline previously broke the news that Maria Valverde (Exodus: Of Gods and Kings) and Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) would be starring opposite Adam Bakri (Omar) in the big screen adaptation of Kurban Said’s bestselling novel…

Nicolas Cage is getting more company in the political drama The Runner. He stars for writer-director Austin Stark in the film as Colin Price, an idealistic but flawed New Orleans Congressman who is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal. Gladiator‘s Connie Nielsen will…