Melora Walters (Venom, Boogie Nights), Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite, upcoming Stuber comedy at Fox), and Gil Bellows (The Shawshank Redemption, Ally McBeal) are set as leads in Drowning, an indie film written and being directed by Walters. It’s based on Walters’ real-life account of the time her young…

Preacher‘s Julie Ann Emery is for a recurring role opposite George Clooney and Christopher Abbott in Catch-22, Hulu's high-profile limited series, directed and executive produced by Clooney. Hugh Laurie, Kyle Chandler also star in the series, written by Luke Davies and David Michôd based on the seminal Joseph Heller…

UPDATED: I hear ABC Studios has extended the options on four actors from its untitled ABC Johnny Knoxville comedy pilot: David Koechner, Julie Ann Emery, Brad Carter and Lavell Crawford. Knoxville, on whose life the project is based, will continue as narrator. I hear the idea is to re-conceive the project with a new…