Netflix’s original film The Most Hated Woman in America had its SXSW premiere today, ahead of its March 24 debut on the streaming site. Based on a true story, Melissa Leo stars as Madalyn Murray O’Hair, the outspoken and shady founder of American Atheists who is kidnapped and murdered, along with her son and…

Nathan Parsons, Jackson Rathbone and Lesley-Anne Down have joined the cast of Justice, an indie Western starring Jamie Lynn Sigler and Stephen Lang. Set in 1868, it centers on an old abandoned mine that is being transformed into a military stronghold by a corrupt mayor and a band of outlaws hellbent on re-energizing…

Jimmy O. Yang (Silicon Valley) has joined the cast of Patriots Day, the CBS Films and Lionsgate pic that chronicles the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Yang will play Dun Meng, a sweet and likable Chinese national who is tech savvy — from social media to writing computer code — and has a direct…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Fonda is set for a starring role in The Most Hated Woman in America, the true story of Madalyn O'Hair, an atheist who got the Supreme Court to overturn prayer in public schools. Netflix is financing the motion picture with Melissa Leo starring and Tommy O’Haver directing from his own script (which he…