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Ava DuVernay’s feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents has just added Niecy Nash-Betts, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Nick Offerman, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Connie Nielsen to the movie, which is shooting in Georgia. The group joins King Rich…

EXCLUSIVE: Wonder Woman franchise actress Connie Nielsen is joining Role Play opposite Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo and Bill Nighy. The details of Nielsen’s role in the pic from Studiocanal, Picture Company and Amazon Prime Video are under wraps. The Thomas Vincent-directed pic revolves around a married couple (Cuoco…

The 72nd Berlin Film Festival begins in physical form today with M. Night Shyamalan leading the main competition jury. Also notable among panelists is Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi whose Drive My Car this week became the first Japanese movie ever nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award. Hamaguchi was actually…

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to A Week in Paradise, a Caribbean-set romantic comedy starring Malin Akerman (The Final Girls), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), Philip Winchester (Flyboys) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis), with plans for a day-and-date release early next year. The film directed…

EXCLUSIVE: Malin Åkerman (Watchmen), Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), Philip Winchester (Strike Back) and Jack Donnelly (Atlantis) have been cast in romantic comedy feature film A Week in Paradise that will start shooting this week on Caribbean island Nevis. The film is the first film to start production under the…

OK, following in the footsteps of Clint, Bronson, Sly, Arnie, Bruce, The Rock and who knows who else comes the movies’ latest kickass action superstar. And it is — wait for it — Bob Odenkirk? Don’t be fooled by the initial concept or the title of the Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad actor’s first starring macho…

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…