EXCLUSIVE: Shea Whigham, two-time Oscar nominee Bruce Dern and Zach Avery have joined The Gateway alongside previously announced Olivia Munn.  Emmy Award nominee Michele Civetta (The Executrix, Premonitions) is attached to direct.  Andrew Levitas will produce under his Metalwork Pictures banner alongside Stephen…

Scott Teems’ The Quarry starring Michael Shannon and Shea Whigham has commenced production down in New Orleans, LA.

The two actors have worked together numerous times before including the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire and Paramount Network’s Waco last year, but also such movies as Take Shelter, Tigerland, and Bad Lieu…

Mark Webber (Green Room), Shea Whigham (Boardwalk Empire) and Alana Arenas (Electric Dreams) have booked lead roles opposite Brian J. Smith and Walton Goggins in CBS drama pilot L.A. Confidential, based on James Ellroy's classic noir novel. It comes from Arnon Milchan, producer of the acclaimed 1997 L.A. Confidential…

Shea Whigham is set to appear in two hotly-anticipated films. The actor will play Wayne Vincent, father to Lynne Cheney, in the Adam McKay-directed Dick Cheney biopic, which details the career of Cheney from Halliburton CEO to the most power Vice President in history. The pic stars Christian Bale and Amy Adams. McKay…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Wilkinson, Connie Nielsen and Shea Whigham have joined war drama Catcher Was A Spy, with Ben Lewin at the helm. The script, by Saving Private Ryan scribe Robert Rodat, is based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s New York Times' bestselling book and follows the true story of Moe Berg, professional baseball player…

UPDATED: Fargo is rounding out its cast for the third installment of FX’s Emmy-winning anthology series.

Boardwalk Empire alum Michael Stuhlbarg joins in a recurring role as Sy Feltz, Emmit’s right-hand man and consigliere. Additional Season 3 cast members include David Thewliss (Harry Potter films, Wonder Woman) as…

Xander Berkeley, Shea Whigham, Wynn Everett, and Toby Huss have been added to the cast of LAbyrinth, the Tupac-Biggie crime drama that stars Johnny Depp and Forest Whitaker. Brad Furman is directing the film, which commenced production today in Los Angeles. Christian Contreras adapted the screenplay from Randall…

Boardwalk Empire alum Shea Whigham and Dawnn Lewis (Major Crimes) have been tapped for co-starring roles opposite John Hawkes in the Amazon comedy pilot The Legend of Master Legend, directed by James Ponsoldt.

Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster based on Joshuah Bearman's Rolling Stone article about real-li…

Shea Whigham, the Boardwalk Empire alum who’s next up in Star Trek Beyond and HBO’s new comedy series Vice Principals, has joined the cast of Netflix’s Death Note. That’s the feature remake of the Japanese manga that stars Nat Wolff and Margaret Qualley, and the streaming service added to its film slate earlier this…

EXCLUSIVE: John Ortiz and Shea Whigham are the latest regular-size primates to join the cast of Legendary’s Kong: Skull Island for director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. The story is about a man (Tom Hiddleston) who travels to the mythical island and home of the king of the apes. A team of explorers ventures inside what they…

Coalition Group has set Boardwalk Empire‘s Shea Whigham and The Witch‘s Anya Taylor-Joy to star star in Huntsville, a 2014 Black List script by Anthony Ragnone that will be directed by Eric England (Contracted). The Witch plays the Toronto Film Festival tomorrow after premiering at Sundance and getting bought by A24. H…

In his biggest comedy series commitment to date, Justified, Sons Of Anarchy and The Shield‘s Walton Goggins has been cast as the co-lead opposite Danny McBride in Vice Principals, HBO's comedy from Eastbound & Down creators McBride and Jody Hill. Also cast in the 18-episode series is another actor known for drama TV…