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Sony Pictures will open Legendary Pictures' The Machine on May 26.  The Peter Atencio directed movie takes place 23 years after the original story that inspired it. In the pic, comedian-star Bert Kreischer faces a familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father (Mark Hamill) when the ghost of…

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Tatro is set to join Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill in the upcoming feature film The Machine, based on Kreischer's hit viral story. Jess Gabor is also on board. The film will be directed by Peter Atencio and written by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes. Kreischer will also produce with Legendary's Cale…

EXCLUSIVE: Mercedes de La Cruz is set to join Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill in the upcoming feature film The Machine, based on Kreischer's hit viral story. Jess Gabor is also on board. The film will be directed by Peter Atencio and written by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes. Kreischer will also produce along with…

EXCLUSIVE: Stephanie Kurtzuba is set to join Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill in the upcoming feature film The Machine, based on Kreischer's hit viral story. Jess Gabor is also on board. The film will be directed by Peter Atencio and written by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes. Kreischer will also produce along with…

EXCLUSIVE: Jess Gabor is set to join Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill in the upcoming feature film The Machine, based on Kreischer's hit viral story. The film will be directed by Peter Atencio and written by Kevin Biegel and Scotty Landes. Kreischer will also produce along with Legendary's Cale Boyter and Levity's Judi…

Legendary has set filmmaker Peter Atencio to direct The Machine with Comedian Bert Kreischer and Mark Hamill set to co-star in the film inspired by Kreischer's hit viral story. Atencio, Kreischer and Judi Marmel are producing the project.  Described as The Hangover meets Midnight Run, The Machine is a genre-bending…

Comedian Bert Kreischer has found the force for his feature The Machine as Mark Hamill has closed a deal to co-star in the Legendary film opposite Kreischer in the film inspired by his hit story. Kreischer and Judi Marmel are producing the project. Described as The Hangover meets Midnight Run, The Machine is a…

EXCLUSIVE: TheMachine, the Los Angeles-based management and production company run by former Gersh agent Kevin Herrera and Maker studios co-founder Rawn Erickson II, has named its first VP of Talent with the hiring of former Fullscreen  manager Blake Reading. Reading has been in situ for a few months now after leaving…

Syfy has opted not to proceed with its artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine.  The decision took awhile — the pilot was cast back in February. I hear that is because there was an effort by Syfy brass to rework the pilot. I hear the recut pilot was better received but in the end came short of a series…

Battlestar Galactica alumna Katee Sackhoff, Lance Henriksen (Aliens) and Jaeden Bettencourt (Hotel Transylvania 2) have joined the voice cast of Syfy's artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine. Based on the 2013 cult film, The Machine is set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial…

Bridger Zadina (Law & Order: SVU) and Olly Rix (Of Kings and Prophets) are set as series regulars and Malachi Kirby (Roots) as recurring on Syfy's artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine. Additionally, Game Of Thrones’ Indira Varma is rumored for a lead role in the project, from Universal Cable…

The Americans alumna Annet Mahendru has signed on to Syfy’s artificial intelligence drama pilot The Machine in a regular role. The Machine, from Universal Cable Productions, is set in a world that is being transformed by the emergence of artificial intelligence. The project explores the epic conflict between man and…