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Simon Pegg and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons have been set to star in My Only Sunshine, a comedy heist thriller being directed by Penelope helmer Mark Palansky. The pic penned by J.T. Petty and K. Reed Petty will begin production in the fall, with XYZ Films handling worldwide sales beginning at next month’s Toronto Film…

EXCLUSIVE: STX and AGBO are moving their Chadwick Boseman-starrer 21 Bridges from September 27 to November 22 on the release date calendar. The Brian Kirk-directed cop thriller, which also stars Sienna Miller, Stephan James, Keith David, Taylor Kitsch and J.K. Simmons, is stepping into a Thanksgiving corridor and a…

EXCLUSIVE: Phoenix International is selling the Brian Dennehy family comedy Life Support (working title) at Cannes which stars Whiplash Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, Victor Victoria Oscar-nominated actress Lesley Ann Warren, Tom Arnold, and Anchorman‘s David Koechner. Pic directed and written by stage and film actor…

EXCLUSIVE: In its first go picture, Limelight has set an April start date for Palm Springs, a Max Barbakow-directed comedy that will star Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti and J.K. Simmons. The comedy has a script by Andy Siara (Lodge 49), and it will be produced by Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Becky…

EXCLUSIVE: The SAG-AFTRA national board of directors will meet Saturday to review the union's proposals for a new commercials contract that generates more than $1 billion for its members, but has been in decline in recent years. The current contract expires March 31, and the ad industry is already gearing up for a poss…

Steven Yeun and J.K. Simmons have been set to lead an A-list voice cast of Invincible, Amazon Prime Video’s eight-episode animated series adapting Robert Kirkman’s comic book series. Amazon greenlighted the hourlong series last June  and is now planning to premiere it globally in 2020. The streaming service said today…

Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons, Sienna Miller, and Friday Night Lights alum Taylor Kitsch are set to co-star in 17 Bridges, the action thriller that will be led by Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. The pic hails from STXfilms, which acquired the spec in 2016. MWM Studios, the company behind the Oscar-nominated film, Hell…

One of the most prolific actors of our time, J.K. Simmons never seems to slow down, with a resume far too long to list here, but which includes everything from Juno to La La Land, to The Closer, True Grit, Justice League, and an Oscar and Globe-winning turn in Whiplash. His latest incarnation in Starz's Counterpart…

A column chronicling conversations and events during the Emmy awards season. With House of Cards completely out of the picture in terms of this year’s Emmy Awards, the Television Academy dodged a bullet in terms of dealing with any problem arising from having to answer questions about Kevin Spacey, who was dropped…

Asked what it’s like playing opposite himself in Starz’s upcoming sci-fi espionage series Counterpart, J.K. Simmons joked that he’s "my favorite actor to work with." But he acknowledged that it presents certain technical challenges to him and anyone else who “had the misfortune” to be in the scenes. Another actor…

Brian Dennehy and J.K. Simmons have joined the cast of Larry Clarke’s feature directorial debut Life Support, which is currently shooting around Los Angeles.  Taylor & Dodge is handling foreign, and will be selling the film at AFM from Nov. 1-8. Conduit will be handling domestic. Also joining Dennehy and Simmons is Les…

EXCLUSIVE: Twenty-two years ago — longer than the young star of The Bachelors Josh Wiggins has been alive — writer-director Kurt Voelker and then-producer Matt Baer began a friendship. Kurt was just out of film school, and Baer was working at management company Brillstein-Grey. They began working on a film based on a…