Jennifer Beals is set for a key recurring role opposite Crystal Reed and Maria Sten on Swamp Thing, the upcoming streaming drama series based on the DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. The project, which hails from James Wan's Atomic Monster in association with Warner Bros. Television, is set to…

Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher have joined the cast of After, the movie based on Anna Todd’s bestselling novels that started out as a blowout fan-fiction success on Wattpad. They join Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin who are toplining the pic, which Jenny Gage is directing from Susan McMartin’s script. Av…

One of Showtime’s signature series is mounting a comeback. The premium cable network is developing a sequel to its influential 2004 drama series The L Word, which revolved around a group of lesbians in West Hollywood and their friends, family and lovers. Three of the original series’ lead cast members, Jennifer Beals…

The Season 2 cast of NBC’s drama series Taken is going to have a very different look. Only series regulars Clive Standen (Bryan Mills), and Jennifer Beals (Christina Hart) will return for the second season. The shakeup is tied to the show’s change in creative direction under new showrunner Greg Plageman; he succeeds…

“We’re watching the planting of the seed and watching the plant grow.” That’s Taken co-star Jennifer Beals’ take on the TV series origin story of Bryan Mills, the CIA agent with a particular set of skills made famous by Liam Neeson on the big screen but played in the upcoming Europa/NBC show by Clive Standen. “It's…

Jennifer Beals has booked a recurring role on Amazon’s The Last Tycoon, opposite stars Matt Bomer, Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins and Rosemarie DeWitt. Written and directed by Billy Ray based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's final unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, from Sony TV’s TriStar Television, was inspired by the life of…

Jennifer Beals, star of one of the most iconic dance movies ever, Flashdance, has teamed with Kenny Ortega, choreographer and director-producer of the High School Musical franchise, and James Larosa, creator of VH1’s cheerleading drama series Hit the Floor, for The Edge, a dance drama that has been set up at <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/fox/" id="auto-tag_fox"…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals is set as the female lead opposite Clive Standen in Taken, NBC's straight-to-series adaptation of the hit movie franchise. Written and executive produced by Alex Cary, who serves as showrunner, the Taken TV series is a modern-day prequel to the film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills…

Proof alum Jennifer Beals has booked a major recurring role on the third season of NBC’s medical drama The Night Shift. Beals will play Doctor Syd Jennings, a Major in the Army. She has worked with the Culture Support Teams (CST) in conjunction with Ranger and Special Forces units in addition to her medical duties…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals has landed co-starring role opposite Zoey Deutch in director Ry Russo-Young's Before I Fall, the adaptation of Lauren Oliver’s YA novel that’s being put together by Awesomeness Films. Shooting is set to start this month and Good Universe is handling international sales at this week’s American…

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Beals is set as the lead in the TNT pilot Proof, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Kyra Sedgwick. Written by Rob Bragin and directed by Alex Graves, Proof centers on Dr. Carolyn Tyler (Beals), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon with a caustic edge who has been…

UPDATED: Jennifer Beals and Paula Marshall are set to co-star opposite John Corbett in the CBS drama pilot Widow Detective, written by David Hubbard and produced by CSI maven Carol Mendelsohn. The CBS TV Studios project, directed by Davis Guggenheim, centers on Denny Brennan (Corbett), a decorated police detective…