Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, Violet McGraw and Brian Cox have been added to the cast of Separation, joining Rupert Friend in the pic, a supernatural thriller directed by A Devil Inside helmer William Brent Bell. The film takes on the horrifying consequences of divorce, and is being described as a cross between Kramer…

The first look of the third season of True Detective is giving off some major season one vibes with its haunting and enigamatic imagery. In a trailer for the third installment of the anthology that played before the season finale of Sharp Objects, HBO seems like they are trading one unsettling story for another. Your…

Produced by Lookout Point, The Collection is the first UK original set by Amazon which earlier co-commissioned with BBC Worldwide. France Télévisions has now joined as co-commissioner for France 3. This co-production model is the first time a European public national broadcaster has collaborated with a major SVOD…

EXCLUSIVE: Romantic indie drama Echo Park had its world premiere at the 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival, and now Ava Duvernay’s Array has acquired worldwide rights to the pic. This will be the 11th theatrical release for the film collective, which the Selma director founded in 2010. "We're excited to introduce Amanda…

Shooting has started and cast been set on The Collection, a period family saga set in the post-war Paris fashion world. Leading the drama are Richard Coyle (Crossbones), Tom Riley (Da Vinci's Demons, Kill Your Friends), Frances de la Tour (The Lady In The Van, Vicious), and Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife, Ricki And The Fl…

Her name is Jess, and half her face and right arm have been severely burned during three tours of duty in Afghanistan, leaving her disfigured, disabled and angry. Sudden noises trigger flashbacks. Her sister and friends in the Florida town she has returned home to are sympathetic but keep a necessary distance from the…

UPDATES with video:  Is there anything Meryl Streep can’t do? In Ricki And The Flash she sings the hits and then manages to hit you in the heart as a lowly San Fernando Valley club rocker who never quite made it in the big time and suffers from a dysfunctional family she basically abandoned.  As I say in my video…

Sarah Jeffery (Rogue) has joined the cast of Shades Of Blue, NBC's straight-to-series drama directed by Barry Levinson. It follows a tight-knit crew of police officers who are effective at keeping the streets safe but also corrupt when it comes to lining their pockets and protecting their own. When one of the officers…

Mamie Gummer, star of the freshman CW drama series Emily Owens MD, is staying in the CBS family with a co-starring role opposite Rainn Wilson in drama pilot Backstrom for sister network CBS. Written by Bones creator Hart Hanson, Backstrom centers on Everett Backstrom (Wilson), an overweight, offensive, irascible…

EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Bell will star in The Lifeguard, the film written and to be directed by Liz W. Garcia. Bell, who stars in Showtime’s House Of Lies, will star with Mamie Gummer, Martin Starr, Alex Shaffer, Joshua Harto and Amy Madigan. The film, which was packaged by CAA (the agency is selling domestic rights), will…

Shannon Woodward has joined the cast of Claire's Cambodia. The Raising Hope star will play the title character, the middle sister in the sibling comedic drama that also stars the already announced Mary Kay Place and Sarah Paulson. Stacy Sherman is writing and directing the film. The Hunger Games scribe Billy Ray is…

With a new management regime and new upfront venue at New York City Center, the CW symbolically opened its presentation with “Let it Roll (Good Times)”, a new song by Flo Rida who did a medley to kick off the proceedings. “This is a transformative year for the CW with bigger and bolder programming,” said Mark…