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Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman is joining the cast of Amazon and BBC's supernatural drama Good Omens. Offerman will play the U.S. Ambassador and father of the child Warlock in the six-part series, which is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. He is the latest high-profile star to join the…

Epix has sets its correspondents for Season 2 of America Divided, which looks at the most provocative news headlines and cultural topics in recent months. Set for the second go-round are Gretchen Carlson, Diane Guerrero, Nick Offerman, Jussie Smollett and Martin Sensmeier. Carlson is the former Fox News Channel host…

An Oscar winner for his 2013 animated short Mr Hublot, Alexandre Espigares makes his feature debut with White Fang, which premiered at Sundance yesterday. In contrast to previous adaptations of Jack London’s classic novel, Espigares’ animated feature is told through the perspective of the dog, White Fang. “It's a…

Yesterday was a good day for Sundance regular Brett Haley (I’ll See You In My Dreams, The Hero), seeing Sony acquire international rights to his latest directorial outing, Hearts Beat Loud. Haley’s first musically-oriented film, Hearts Beat Loud follows single dad Frank (Nick Offerman) as he prepares to send his…

In one of the first deals of the Sundance Film Festival, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has acquired international rights to Brett Haley's Hearts Beat Loud after a packed sneak peek screening last night in Park City. The film starring Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons has its world premiere next Friday at the…

EXCLUSIVE: Parks and Recreation alums Rashida Jones and Nick Offerman are reuniting to voice the lead roles in White Fang, the animated film based on Jack London’s classic 1906 novel. Alexandre Espirages, an Oscar winner for his short film Mr. Hublot, is attached to direct the pic, with Big Beach, French animation…

Nick Offerman has been set as the lead of Hearts Beat Loud, a music-driven indie film that will reunite him with his The Hero director Brett Haley. Kiersey Clemons co-stars in the pic that has also cast Ted Danson, Sasha Lane, Blythe Danner and Toni Collette. Haley and Marc Basch co-wrote the script and shooting in…

As an ailing Western actor suddenly facing is own mortality, the value of his life and how he has lived it, Sam Elliott not only excels but also has the role of his nearly half-century career. The Hero is one of those movies that creeps up on you as it goes along and by its conclusion has knocked you out with an…

Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions are making a foray into unscripted TV with The Handmade Project, a competition reality show which has received a six-episode straight-to-series order by NBC. Poehler is reuniting with her former Parks and Recreation co-star Nick Offerman on the show, which celebrates…

EXCLUSIVE: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman have acquired movie rights to Lincoln In The Bardo, the bestselling novel from George Saunders that hit shelves last month. The pair will produce the adaptation with Saunders, and no director or cast has been set. Published by Random House, short-story writer Saunders’ first…

SXSW has released a list of additional keynote and featured speakers who will be in attendance at this month’s film festival in Austin. The extended lineup includes Game Of Thrones actresses Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams, Parks and Rec‘s Nick Offerman, Fargo creator Noah Hawley, and rapper-actor T.I. In addition…

My Life as a Zucchini, the animated French-Swiss film from director Claude Barras, has just released a new clip with English dubbing. The film, which is sitting alongside other Animated Feature Oscar nominees Zootopia, Moana, The Red Turtle and Kubo and the Two Strings, bows in select theaters on February 24. The…