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Oliver Hudson (Splitting Up Together) and Malin Akerman (Billions) are set to star in CBS comedy pilot, The Three of Us, from writer Frank Pines, Fulwell 73 and CBS TV Studios. Written by Pines, The Three of Us follows adult siblings — two of them played by Hudson and Akerman — who are children of divorce and must…

Shoot is due to get underway next month in Canada on thriller Cold Providence, which is set to star Karl Urban (The Boys) and Malin Akerman (Billions). Bill Jones and Ben Timlett are directing. James Gammon has written from a story by Ken Tuohy. Bleiberg/Dimbort is handling world sales at the EFM in Berlin this week…

EXCLUSIVE: Alec Baldwin and Bella Thorne have joined the cast of Chick Fight, the indie action comedy starring and to be produced by Malin Akerman. Paul Leyden is directing Joseph Downey’s original script for the pic, which is being produced by Yale Productions and Idiot Savant Pictures. A January shooting start is in…

EXCLUSIVE: Malin Akerman has come aboard to star in Chick Fight, an action comedy being directed by Paul Leyden. The new project is being produced by Akerman; Yale Productions' Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman and Michael J. Rothstein; Idiot Savant Pictures' Anne Clements; and Ash Christian. The film, which…

EXCLUSIVE: As part of Netflix’s growing slate of live-action family films aimed at kids and teens, the streamer has started production on the LD Entertainment production The Sleepover directed by Pitch Perfect 3 filmmaker Trish Sie. Pic, written by Sarah Rothschild, follows two siblings who discover their seemingly…

Billions‘ Malin Akerman is set as the lead of NBC’s legal drama pilot Prism, from Daniel and Ben Barnz's We're Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz. Akerman had been among the most sought-after actors for pilots this season. As we reported this week, her deal for Billions — where she co-stars as…

With the bulk of broadcast pilots picked up, the networks and studios are already busy drawing up their casting wish lists and sending out offers to their top picks. As usual, there are a few names that keep cropping up. Raking in early offers this year are The Leftovers, Fargo and The Sinner alumna Carrie Coon…

EXCLUSIVE: Billions co-star Malin Akerman, 2 Broke Girls alum Kat Dennings and Jane Seymour (Let’s Get Physical) are set to topline the ensemble comedy Friendsgiving, from first-time film director Nicol Paone. Akerman also will produce with her The Heartbreak Kid co-star Ben Stiller via his Red Hour shingle, alongside…

No word if Metallica is returning to Billions, but less than a month after the second season of the high-stakes drama debuted to large numbers, Showtime said today the series is coming back for a Season 3 for an expected early 2018 debut. “Billions continues to be a show on the rise, growing not only in audience, but…

Here is an exclusive clip from The Final Girls, the black horror comedy that makes its SXSW premiere tonight in Austin. It’s directed by A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas' Todd Strauss-Schulson and produced by Groundswell's Michael London and Janice Williams. Pic stars American Horror Story: Coven's Taissa Farmiga, Mal…

EXCLUSIVE: Check out this exclusive trailer from Yahoo for its new episodic series, Sin City Saints, starring Malin Akerman, Tom Arnold and Andrew Santino. Developed by Mike Tollin (One Tree Hill, Smallville, Varsity Blues), Bryan Gordon and Mandalay Sports Media, the series debuts March 23 on the company’s Yahoo…

Malin Akerman (Watchmen, Trophy Wife) has been cast opposite Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis in the Showtime drama pilot Billions. Written and executive produced by Brian Koppelman and David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin, Billions takes a forensic look at the world of high finance by tracking the approaching collision…