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EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Mackie has set his feature directorial debut with Spark. The drama will star Saniyya Sidney as Claudette Colvin, an unsung pioneer of the Civil Rights era. Sidney is coming off a breakout performance as Venus Williams in King Richard. Mackie is producing with Kellon Akeem, Jason Michael Berman and…

Open Road Films has picked up domestic rights to Spark, an animated sci-fi feature by Canadian filmmaker Aaron Woodley that headlines the voice-over talent of Hilary Swank, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Stewart, Jessica Biel and Jace Norman of Nickelodeon’s Henry Danger. The pic will hit theaters on April 14. Spark is…

When newcomer Rege-Jean Page got the part of Chicken George in the limited series Roots, he found it "massively intimidating. It was a huge responsibility and quite a weight to carry going in,” he says. “It was very, very heavy." The 1977 version of the slave saga still loomed large in his mind as the…

Epic Pictures is launching international sales at the upcoming Cannes market for Redcon-1, an apocalyptic thriller from writer-director-producer Chee Keong Cheung (Bodyguard: A New Beginning). Set in the aftermath of a viral outbreak that sees half of Britain quarantined, the pic follows a squad of eight Special…

Keir O’Donnell (Fargo, American Sniper) has booked a series regular role in Million Dollar Quartet (working title), CMT's upcoming eight-episode scripted drama inspired by the Broadway musical. Produced by Leslie Greif and directed by Roland Joffé, Million Dollar Quartet is a coming-of-age story set in Memphis during…

Rege-Jean Page (Roots) is set as a male lead in ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on…

In-demand British actress Antonia Thomas has been tapped to play the lead in the ABC drama pilot Spark, from ABC Studios. Written by Michael Cooney, Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the…

Awkward alumna Nikki DeLoach is set as a series regular opposite Jeremy Sisto, Archie Panjabi and Kevin Rankin in ABC's murder trial drama pilot, The Jury. Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli, and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, The Jury examines "the ultimate social experiment" that happens thousands of…

Actress, comedian and writer Beth Hoyt is set as a series regular on Real Good People, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot written/executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Greg Garcia. The project (aka Y'all in the Family) centers on a conservative, small-town family forced to reconcile…

Lena Olin (Welcome To Sweden) and Tom Brittney (The Syndicate) are set as series regulars as mother and son in ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate…

Tracy Ifeachor (The Originals) has joined the series regular cast of ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world…

Hilary Swank and Susan Sarandon join Jessica Biel in the 3D animated pic Spark, directed by Aaron Woodley for Toonbox Entertainment, Redrover and Gulfstream, the team behind The Nut Job. It’s a big space-age battle between good and evil. From a screenplay by Doug Hadders, Adam Rotstein and Woodley, the action-packed…