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Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire) has been cast in a lead role opposite Jonathan Majors in HBO's high-profile straight-to-series drama Lovecraft Country, from Oscar winner Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot, Misha Green and Warner Bros Television. Penned by Green based on the 2016…

After three seasons on SundanceTV, Hap and Leonard won't be getting another kick at the East Texas can, it seems The cancellation of the James Purefoy and Michael Kenneth Williams led series based on Joe R. Lansdale's nuanced and rollicking 1980s set novels of two mainly unlucky Lone Star state buddies’ misadventures…

EXCLUSIVE: After spending 10 years at Stan Rosenfield & Associates, talent publicist Marianna Shafran is launching her own PR company, Shafran PR. The company will be based in Los Angeles and she will handle personal PR for film and television actors. Among the clients following her are: John Goodman, Kit Harington, Mi…

HBO has set an April 6 return date for Season 6 of Vice, its Emmy-winning weekly news magazine that this season will include 35 episodes, a boost of five over last year. The new season, says HBO, will continue the series’ commitment to under-covered global stories with exclusive reports from Iraq, Russia, the Central…

The Night Of actor Michael Kenneth Williams will receive a Made in NY Award at tonight’s IFP Gotham Awards ceremony. The award, presented by the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, recognizes excellence in New York City's creative community and achievements of individuals and organizations that have made…

Today on Force Friday, Star Wars Han Solo director Ron Howard tweeted out a photo of Paul Bettany with the message, “The Outer Rim just got a little bit wilder #PaulBettany #Force Friday”. Seth Rogen responded to Howard on Twitter saying, “If he’s just visiting he dresses funny.” Howard followed it up with the second…

When Michael Kenneth Williams calls from the South African set of his latest movie, The Red Sea Diving Resort, he's about to head out to dinner with co-stars Sir Ben Kingsley and Chris Evans for what is presumably a much-needed night off in Williams' extremely busy schedule. Currently Emmy nominated for his turn as…

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Kenneth Williams, an Emmy nominee for his supporting role in HBO’s The Night Of, will not be in the new Star Wars stand-alone Han Solo movie after all. His part has been cut amid the reshoots now underway with new director Ron Howard. Williams said the revamped production schedule conflicted with…

EXCLUSIVE: Crack open a cold one from the 1980s because those East Texas boys from Joe R. Lansdale’s eminently readable Hap and Leonard books will return to SundanceTV for a third season next year. Based on Lansdale's 1995 novel The Two-Bear Mambo, Season 3 of Hap and Leonard will return James Purefoy and Michael Kenn…

Debuting on February 27 and running for most of next week, ABC's miniseries When We Rise is an ambitious and ultimately too dense effort that seemingly forgot that less is often more. Still, as I also say in my video review above, the fact that a miniseries like this from Oscar-winning Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Bl…

UPDATE, 6:40 AM: Deadline previously reported that SundanceTV was close to renewing Hap and Leonard, and now star James Purefoy has confirmed it’s official. On a brighter note @HapAndLeonard has been officially picked up for Season 2.. — James Purefoy (@JamesPurefoy) June 27, 2016 John Wirth has joined the show as…

As the great Elmore Leonard surely discovered once or twice, adaptations of first-rate thrillers and crime novels can quickly go south in clumsy hands. That's not something fans of author Joe R. Lansdale's novels and stories need to worry about with Sundance TV's Hap And Leonard, which debuts on March 2. The…