EXCLUSIVE: Crazy Rich Asians star and stand-up comedian Ken Jeong and Dope actress Kiersey Clemons are joining the Mystery Inc. gang in Warner Bros.’ animated Scooby-Doo movie Scoob from director Tony Cervone. Jeong will voice Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, a robot dog with mechanical robotic parts. He had his own…

AGC Studios is lining up a movie about Lauren Simmons, the youngest female trader to work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Kiersey Clemons (Dope) will star in and produce the feature after Stuart Ford’s AGC acquired life rights to Simmons’ story. In addition to being the only female trader to work…

Brandon Victor Dixon, Vanessa Hudgens, Kiersey Clemons and Jordan Fisher will be among the stars living la vie boheme in January when Fox stages its live musical presentation of the Broadway smash Rent. Fox announced the full cast today, including Brennin Hunt, Mario, Tinashe and RuPaul Drag Race star Valentina (see…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mayer, who recently directed the Annette Bening-Saoirse Ronan movie, The Seagull, has come on board to direct the feature take on Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s New York Times bestseller The Language of Flowers. Kiersey Clemons, star of Open Road’s cult comedy Dope and the upcoming Warner…

Not many teenagers would want to be in a band with their dad — but if your dad was Nick Offerman, you’d might reconsider. In the debut trailer for Hearts Beat Loud, we see the first look at the musically-driven father-daughter film that warmed hearts at Sundance earlier this year. Directed by Brett Haley (The Hero, I'l…

Yesterday was a good day for Sundance regular Brett Haley (I’ll See You In My Dreams, The Hero), seeing Sony acquire international rights to his latest directorial outing, Hearts Beat Loud. Haley’s first musically-oriented film, Hearts Beat Loud follows single dad Frank (Nick Offerman) as he prepares to send his…

In one of the first deals of the Sundance Film Festival, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired international rights to Brett Haley's Hearts Beat Loud after a packed sneak peek screening last night in Park City. The film starring Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons has its world premiere next Friday at the…

Kiersey Clemons is joining Rashida Jones and the rest of the cast of characters in the fourth season of TBS’ hit comedy series Angie Tribeca. Clemons has booked the series regular role of Maria Charo, a rebellious genius recruited from a local college who speaks 50 different languages but only at the tourist level…

Nick Offerman has been set as the lead of Hearts Beat Loud, a music-driven indie film that will reunite him with his The Hero director Brett Haley. Kiersey Clemons co-stars in the pic that has also cast Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner and Toni Collette. Haley and Marc Basch co-wrote the script and shooting in…

Gabriel Byrne and Kiersey Clemons are set to topline the Daniel Adams-directed comedy An L.A. Minute. The feature from Hyde Park International was written by Adams and Larry "Ratso" Sloman and filming is set to begin next month. The pic is said to be a satirical look at fame, success, the star-making machinery and the…

EXCLUSIVE: Kiersey Clemons, who stars alongside Shameik Moore and Tony Revolori in this year’s Sundance Film Festival darling Dope, has signed with UTA. Rick Famuyiwa’s feature was the focus of one of Park City’s biggest bidding battles in January — it landed with Open Road and Sony for a $7 million in minimum…