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 pilotBillions. 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…
Malin Akerman (Watchmen, Couples Retreat) is joining Downton Abbey‘s Dan Stevens in The Ticket, an indie drama about a sightless man (Stevens) who suddenly regains his vision only to be “blinded” by his obsession with the superficial. Akerman is playing the wife Stevens leaves after getting back his sight. Pic is…
Besides star/co-creator Lisa Kudrow, Kellan Lutz and Malin Akerman are probably the biggest names among the alumni of HBO‘s cult comedy series The Comeback. After some juggling, I’ve learned that both are now set to reprise their roles as romantically linked Chris and Juna. None is expected to appear in all six…
Cottage Countryis a dark comedy starring Malin Akerman, Tyler Labine, Daniel Petronijevic and Lucy Punch and directed by Peter Wellington. Victor Elizalde of indie Viva Pictures and Uncork'd Entertainment's Keith Leopard said today they have acquired U.S. theatrical, VOD, home vid and digital rights while in Cannes…
Malin Akerman is now set to star in ABC‘s recently picked-up single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife, written and executive produced by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins and executive produced by Bad Teacher scribes Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky. Akermanhad been in negotiations for the lead in the project, which receiv…
EXCLUSIVE: ABC is moving swiftly on casting its newly picked up single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife, written and executive produced by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins and executive produced by Bad Teacher scribes Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky. Malin Akerman is in negotiations for the lead in the project, which rec…
Malin Akerman, who had been pursued for multiple comedy pilots this season, is set to star opposite Portia de Rossi in ABC’s dueling sisters comedy pilot The Smart One. The project, written by Don Todd, centers on a brilliant and successful woman (de Rossi) who has to go to work for her less brainy but more popular…
EXCLUSIVE: Tom Cruise has committed to star for Universal Pictures in Oblivion, the science fiction film that will be directed by Joseph Kosinski, who last helmed Tron: Legacy. Production will begin in October. Cruise had been loosely attached to the Radical Publishing graphic novel adaptation when Disney let it go…