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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter franchise) has been tapped as the male lead opposite Sophia Bush in Good Sam, CBS' family medical drama pilot from Katie Wech, Jennie Snyder Urman and her Sutton St. Productions, and CBS Television Studios, where Sutton St. is under a deal. Written by Wech, Good Sam centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: Harry Potter alum Jason Isaacs, Emmy winner Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney and Emmy-winning The Handmaid's Tale star Ann Dowd are set to lead Mass, an indie drama from first-time feature director Fran Kranz. Kranz is best known for his role as Topher Brink in Joss Whedon’s sci-fi series Dollhouse, and was…

EXCLUSIVE: Mark Wahlberg and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows actor Jason Isaacs are tooning up for Warner Bros’ animated Scooby-Doo movie Scoob from director Tony Cervone. Wahlberg will play the Blue Falcon, a superhero from the Hanna-Barbera canon who teamed with Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang to fight against…

EXCLUSIVE: The OA and Star Trek: Discovery actor Jason Isaacs has teamed up with British production company Alaska TV to shop a factual space project to broadcasters and streaming platforms in the U.S. and UK. The British actor is the latest A-list star to expand into the non-scripted world and has partnered with the…

Most people remember the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai, which ended with a bloody siege at the city's exclusive Taj Hotel. But what many may not realize is that some of the hotel staff deliberately put themselves at risk in order to protect the hotel's residents, adding new poignancy to their mantra, "The guest is…

Nothing's official yet but the announcement today that CBS All Access' Star Trek: Discovery will be expanded into new series may have been openly teased at New York Comic-Con last year. As the packed crowd at the Theater at Madison Square Garden roared for a surprise appearance by Michelle Yeoh on the cast filled…

How do you make the brutal life and miserable death of Stalin into one of the funniest films of the year? Ask Veep creator Armando Iannucci, who has done just that with The Death of Stalin, which premiered at TIFF before taking a Sundance bow this weekend. The secret? Play to the lunacy of the real history. “I just…

For those wondering whether The OA star Jason Isaacs gravitates toward villainous roles, or if these roles come to him, the answer is neither. A Golden Globe- and BAFTA Award-nominee with a gift for portraying darker characters with added nuance, the ever modest actor simply looks for well-written material which he…

Former Awake and Dig star Jason Isaacs has been cast in Star Trek: Discovery for CBS All Access as Captain Lorca, Captain of the Starship Discovery. It is a major role opposite lead Sonequa Martin- Green in the series, which eyes a debut in late summer or fall. Star Trek: Discovery will feature a new ship, new…

Gore Verbinski is a talented director who landed in movie jail with his bloated The Lone Ranger for Disney. But he hasn’t fared much better by shifting from Westerns to the horror genre with the intriguingly titled A Cure For Wellness, which at 146 minutes takes itself way too seriously while also taking its time. As…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Isaacs, probably best-known as Lucius Malfor in the Harry Potter franchise, has signed onto Thunder Road Pictures and Arclight Film’s Hotel Mumbai which is based on the 2009 documentary Surviving Mumbai — a true story of the 2008 Pakistani terrorist attacks on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India. The…

Playing a child-abductor in Lifetime's Stockholm, Pennsylvania is something of a departure for the very likeable Jason Isaacs. Yet he manages to bring his unique brand of sympathetic depth to the character of Ben McKay, who kidnapped Leia (Saoirse Ronan) as a child. The film begins when Leia is returned to her mother…