Jackson Rathbone, best known for his role as Jasper Hale from the Twilight Saga films, has signed on as one of the leads in Dreaming Grand Avenue, a Chicago-set indie written and directed by Hugh Schulze (CASS). The pic, which marks Schulze’s second feature, follows Jimmy (Rathbone) and Maggie, who have never met in…

In the first trailer for the Angela Shelton-directed Heart, Baby! Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire, The Deuce) puts on the gloves and enters the ring as real-life George Lee Martin who becomes an unbeatable prison boxer while serving time in the Central Tennessee State Penitentiary.

Heart, Baby! marks the directorial debut…

Glynn Turman (House of Lies, Queen Sugar, How To Get Away With Murder) is set to co-star in Stephanie Turner’s directorial debut drama, Justine, which she also wrote and is starring in. It follows Lisa Wade (Turner), a single mom who is forced to move in with her father-in-law after the death of her husband. She takes…

EXCLUSIVE: Twilight alum Jackson Rathbone, Esai Morales (How To Get Away With Murder), and Alex Meneses (Everybody Loves Raymond) have been cast in the indie film, The Wall Of Mexico, along with Marisol Sacramento, Moises Arias, and Rosanna Arquette. The political comedic drama is being co-directed by Magdalena Zyzak…

Jackson Rathbone (Finding Carter) has joined the Season 4 cast of The Last Ship, TNT’s drama that already has been renewed for a fifth season. Created by Hank Steinberg and Steven Kane based on William Brinkley's popular novel, The Last Ship chronicles the aftermath of a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the…

Nathan Parsons, Jackson Rathbone and Lesley-Anne Down have joined the cast of Justice, an indie Western starring Jamie Lynn Sigler and Stephen Lang. Set in 1868, it centers on an old abandoned mine that is being transformed into a military stronghold by a corrupt mayor and a band of outlaws hellbent on re-energizing…

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Wilson Bethel (The Astronaut Wives Club) has joined ABC’s new fall drama series Blood & Oil in a recurring role. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and executive produced by Tony Krantz, Blood & Oil centers on a young working-class couple (Chace Crawford, Rebecca Rittenhouse) who move to "The Bakken" in North…

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