The Knick alum Eric Johnson is joining Season 6 of History's hit drama series Vikings as a series regular. Johnson will play Erik, a formidable warrior who is an outlaw living on his wits and martial skills. Vikings, which hails from creator and sole writer Michael Hirst, is a family saga that tells the tales of the…

Steven Baker has been promoted to Nightline Executive Producer, and Eric Johnson and Jenna Millman have joined as Senior Broadcast Producers. From ABC News chief James Goldston’s memo to staff: Team, I'm pleased to announce exciting news about Nightline. Steven Baker has been promoted to Executive Producer while Eric J…

UPDATED, 8:59 AM: More information has come to light this AM about the book and movie based on the New England Patriots superstar Tom Brady. Little, Brown and Company just won a bidding war for the book which is entitled 12 and written by authors Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge. The story chronicles the Patriot’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of The Fighter and who also penned the upcoming Boston Marathon bombing pic Patriots Day, have found a new project to kick around. The have been set to write a screenplay with Goal: The Dream Begins scribe Adrian Butchart about Leicester City…

Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, the scribes behind the Boston-based hero tale The Fighter and the currently shooting The Finest Hours, tell me after their newly minted CAA reps sold to Fox their feature script Boston Strong that director Daniel Espinosa plans to have his cameras filming at the Boston Marathon next…

Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson, Oscar-nominated writers of The Fighter, have partnered with Sam Raimi on the feature adaptation of Jake Tapper‘s bestselling book The Outpost: An Untold Story Of American Valor. Raimi will produce and supervise development of the script with an eye towards directing. Raimi will produce…