EXCLUSIVE: Futurism Studios, the film and TV arm of online tech and science forum Futurism, is joining its first narrative feature in the shape of Oz sci-fi 2067, starring X-Men's Kodi Smit-McPhee and True Blood's Ryan Kwanten. Futurism’s Jason Taylor, previously president of production at Bryan Singer's Bad Hat Harry…

EXCLUSIVE: Ambitious Chinese buyer JL Vision has picked up rights to Oz sci-fi-thriller 2067 starring X-Men's Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood). JL Vision is lining up a 10,000+ screen release next year in China for the recently shot film which is set in a deforested and oxygen-deprived world reeling from…

Sony Crackle has dropped the official trailer for the upcoming Season 2 of The Oath, the cops-and-cartel action series starring Ryan Kwanten, Cory Hardrict and Katrina Law. The eight all-new episodes will be available on the streaming service Thursday, Feb. 21 (with a sneak peek on Amazon devices through the Sony…

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (X-Men Apocalypse) lead cast in climate-change sci-fi-thriller 2067, which is now underway in Australia. Also starring are Deborah Mailman (The Sapphires), Aaron Glenane (Killing Ground), Damian Walshe-Howling (Mystery Road), Leeanna Walsman (Safe Harbour)…

Ryan Kwanten (True Blood, The Oath) and Anabelle Acosta (Quantico, Ballers) are co-starring in Kill Chain, the thriller from Millennium Media and CineTel Films that is being toplined by Nicolas Cage. Reef Break, Blue Bloods and Numbers alum Ken Sanzel wrote and directed the pic, which has just wrapped production in…

Former True Blood star Ryan Kwanten is set for a lead role opposite Sean Bean in Crackle’s upcoming drama series The Oath, executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (Power) and his G-Unit Film & Television. In addition, Kwanten will serve as a producer on the series. Kwanten will play Steve Hammond, son of Tom…

About a dozen actors have committed to joining their agent, Sean Grumman, at WME. The talent representative landed at WME last month after a long stint at CAA. Following him to WME are Milo Ventimiglia, star of NBC's breakout new drama This Is Us; Troy Garity (Ballers, Boss); Ryan Kwanten (True Blood); Rosewood star Ja…

Ryan Kwanten has joined Maggie Grace and John Malcovich in Supercon, the comedy heist pic from Zak Knutson. The casting reunites the Aussie-born Kwanten and Grace, who also team in Rob Cohen’s action thriller Category 5. Supercon follows a motley group of comic book artists and former TV stars earning a living working…

Maggie Grace, who starred opposite Liam Neeson in the Taken trilogy, Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Ralph Ineson (The Witch, The Huntsman: Winter’s War) have been set to star alongside Toby Kebbell (Ben-Hur) in Rob Cohen’ new action/thriller Category 5. Scripted by Cohen, Scott Windhauser, Jeff Dixon, Anthony…

Anthony Hopkins leads the cast of Informant Media’s Kidnapping Freddy Heineken, about the 1983 kidnapping of the Dutch beer heir and his chauffeur, Ab Doderer. The famous crime resulted in what was at the time the largest ransom ever paid for an individual at 35 million Dutch guldens, or roughly $50 million today. Jim…

First unveiled at Comic-Con, the 17-minute short Truth in Journalism is scoring with the geek crowd after debuting online today with a Marvel-ous twist. Filmmaker Joe Lynch (Wrong Turn 2) tapped his Knights of Badassdom star Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) for the faux cinema verite pic, which is shot through the lens of a…

Don Groves is a Deadline contributor based in Sydney. EXCLUSIVE: Sullivan Stapleton and Ryan Kwanten will play ex-cons who set fire to a nightclub, killing 15 people in Cut Snake, an Australian thriller to be produced by Matchbox Pictures. Also attached is Rachael Taylor, who will play the girlfriend of Kwanten's…