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New Girl alum Lamorne Morris, Alisha Wainwright (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) and Oscar-nominated actors Haley Joel Osment and Jackie Earle Haley has signed on to star in Death of a Telemarketer, and indie comedy-drama from Datari Turner Productions. The film was written by recent USC Cinematic Arts graduate…

Hulu has given a series order to Woke, its live-action comedy pilot with animated sequences starring  New Girl alum Lamorne Morris, sources said. The project hails from Sony Pictures TV, Will Gluck's studio-based Olive Bridge Entertainment and Eric Christian Olsen's Cloud Nine Prods. Hulu had no comment. Courtesy of…

New Girl alum Lamorne Morris has been tapped as the lead of Woke, a live-action comedy with animated sequences. that quietly had been ordered to pilot at Hulu. The project hails from Sony Pictures TV, Will Gluck’s studio-based Olive Bridge Entertainment and Eric Christian Olsen’s Cloud Nine Prods. Woke is Inspired by…

EXCLUSIVE: Lamorne Morris, who recently finished 145 episodes on Fox’s New Girl as Winston Bishop, is boarding Sony’s sci-fi action superhero film Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel. Morris will play the role of Wilfred Wigans who is described as a young scientist who becomes Bloodshot’s unlikely ally. The actor joins Eiza…

EXCLUSIVE:  Lamorne Morris is boarding Universal/Working Title’s untitled Danny Boyle-directed-Richard Curtis-scripted comedy. The actor will play the role of Stephen. Morris, who has played the part of Winston Bishop for 145 episodes on Fox’s New Girl, joins Lily James, Himesh Patel, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran and Ana…

New Girl could have wrapped at the end of Season 6, but producers successfully got the show through its first on-the-bubble situation by lobbying for a final season, shot forward three years “to throw in new storylines and move things forward,” creator Elizabeth Meriwether told TV critics at TCA. The final eight…

After 13 years, Anthony Anderson is returning to Calvin’s, having signed on to appear in Barbershop 3. The Black-ish star will reprise his role as JD, the troubled ATM thief whose crimes nearly caused the closure of the titular shop in the original film. JD was arrested at the end of Barbershop, and subsequently…

How often does a TCA panel on a TV show includes a question to the star: “When did you first know that you were adorable?” That happened today during the session for Fox’s new comedy New Girl starring Zooey Deschanel as a dorky girl moving in with three guys. The indie darling was, well, adorable, in her responses…

Lamorne Morris has been cast in Fox’s New Girl, the Zooey Deschanel series that set to premiere Sept. 20. He will play Winston, a former athlete who is one of three roommates that takes in a fourth (Deschanel). … Callum Keith Rennie has been booked as a series regular on NBC’s midseason drama The Firm opposite Josh…

Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows has joined NBC’s untitled Kari Lizer project. The workplace comedy centers on Mary (Sarah Paulson), a relationship-challenged woman who, with the help of her co-workers, guides people through unexpected career transitions and downsizings. Meadows, repped by APA and Brillstein…