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It would have been a whole different vibe in the film Big if a major casting decision hadn’t come unraveled. Actress Elizabeth Perkins, who played adult Josh's love interest in the 1988 film, appeared on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen and revealed that Robert De Niro was originally cast in the role that Tom…

Fox is in the mood for more Moodys. The network has set an April Fool’s Day premiere for Season 2 of The Moodys, its family comedy starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins. Have a look at the new promo above. The series follows Sean Sr. and Ann Moody (Leary and Perkins) and their three adult children Dan (Francois…

The Moody family will be back. Fox has picked up a second season of comedy The Moodys, starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins. The show, based on Australian series A Moody Christmas, started as a holiday event comedy series with the first installment airing during the holiday season last year. The second season…

The adult kids just aren’t that into Christmas this year. So their dad sits them down, wags his finger and lays down the Claus: “You are putting up tinsel, and you’re gonna eat cookies — and you’re gonna do it all while acting really, really festive!” Ho-ho-hope that gets the message across. Here is our first look at T…

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Perkins is set to star opposite Denis Leary in The Moodys (fka A Moody Christmas), Fox's half-hour holiday event series adaptation of the Australian series. Slated to air in December, the single-camera comedy series hails from CBS TV Studios, which will co-produce with Fox Entertainment. Written…

Apple has assembled a star-studded cast for its Octavia Spencer series Are You Sleeping, from Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine and the scripted drama venture of Peter Chernin's Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content. Joining Spencer in the 10-episode thriller drama are Aaron Paul (The Path, Breaking Bad), Weeds…

Elizabeth Perkins and Madison Davenport (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) are set to co-star opposite Amy Adams and Patricia Clarkson in Sharp Objects, HBO’s eight-episode drama series from Entertainment One. Additionally, Weeds alumna Perkins will guest star on the upcoming new season of HBO’s Larry David comedy…

Former Weeds co-stars Elizabeth Perkins and Kevin Nealon are reuniting on another comedy project, NBC's untitled royal family comedy pilot (aka Dumb Prince) written by Charlie Grandy and executive produced and directed by Amy Poehler. The comedy is set in the country of Modaria, known for the manufacture of mopeds and…

Weeds alumna Elizabeth Perkins is set for a co-starring role opposite Dominic Cooper in AMC drama pilot Preacher, based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's cult 1990s comic. The project, from Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg, Sony TV and AMC Studios, centers on Jesse Custer (Cooper), a conflicted preacher in a small Texas…

Weeds alumna Elizabeth Perkins has been tapped for a co-starring role on TNT's Untitled Miami Project from Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay. Written by Masters Of Sex creator/executive producer Michelle Ashford, the serialized character drama is set in the wild and unpredictable world of the Florida drug trade in the…

Weeds alumna Elizabeth Perkins is set to star opposite Sarah Chalke in Claudia Lonow's ABC comedy pilot How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life. The multi-camera/hybrid comedy, from 20th TV and Imagine, centers on Polly (Chalke), a recently divorced single mom, who moves in with her eccentric parents…