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Yellowstone finished its fourth season as something of an anomaly. So far into its run, how many series can lay claim to still-escalating ratings, and suddenly being noticed by the awards crowd as evidenced by a SAG Award nomination for Best Ensemble? Far and away the top-rated cable show once again, Yellowstone's…

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Sheridan had to push back an hour on his Deadline Emmy nomination week interview, e-mailing simply, "I gotta move cows." Sheridan is the real thing, owner of a working cattle ranch in Weatherford, Texas, and co-creator with John Linson, writer of every episode and director of most in the Paramount Net…

Cole Hauser is set to co-star opposite Kevin Costner in Yellowstone, Paramount Network's upcoming straight-to-series drama series. Also cast in the project, written and executive produced by Oscar-nominated Hell Or High Water and Sicario screenwriter Taylor Sheridan, are Wes Bentley and Kelly Reilly. Yellowstone, from…

XLrator Media has picked up North American rights to Amnesiac from director Michael Polish (Twin Falls Idaho) for a summer release through its Macabre genre label. Kate Bosworth stars opposite Wes Bentley in the Misery-esque tale of a man who wakes up in bed after an accident, suffering from memory loss. He begins to…

Entertainment One Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Saar Klein's After The Fall starring Wes Bentley, Vinessa Shaw and Jason Issacs. It will be released December 12 day-and-date in theaters and on VOD. The pic, which world premiered in Berlin’s Panorama section this winter as Things People Do…

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley is joining Zac Efron in drama We Are Your Friends, the story of a troubled aspiring DJ named Cole who finds his place in the world of electronic dance music. Bentley, who’s been racking up credits since appearing in Summit’s hit The Hunger Games, will play James, a wealthy, binge-drinking DJ who…

LOS ANGELES, JULY 29, 2013– Wes Bentley, Joan Cusack, James Marsden and Alan Tudyk have joined the cast of WELCOME TO ME starring Kristen Wiig and produced by Gary Sanchez Productions and Bron Studios, it was announced today. Directing is Shira Piven (Fully Loaded), from a screenplay by Eliot Laurence. The dramatic…

Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games) is set to star in Open, HBO’s drama pilot from Glee and American Horror Story co-creator Ryan Murphy. The project, which Murphy co-wrote with Lauren Gussis, is described as a modern, provocative exploration of human sexuality and relationships. Bentley will play the handsome but arrogant…

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley will lead the cast of Saar Klein’s Things People Do, about a family man who loses his job and embarks on a life of crime. Also set for the drama shooting April 3 in New Mexico are Vinessa Shaw as Bentley’s wife, Jason Isaacs as a detective he befriends, and Haley Bennett as a stranger he meets…

Final Girl stars Abigail Breslin in photographer Tyler Shields’ directorial debut, a psychological thriller about a teenage girl new in town who is lured into the woods by a group of senior boys to be the victim in their final initiation. They pick the wrong girl. Wes Bentley has been cast as her trainer, who turns…

EXCLUSIVE: Wes Bentley has been cast the first teacher of the future 16th U.S. president in The Green Blade Rises, the Terrence Malick-produced film that chronicles Abraham Lincoln's youth and those who influenced him growing up. Brit Marling will play Lincoln's mother Nancy, who died when Lincoln was 9. The duo join…

After receiving strong reviews at Sundance for his performance in Robot & Frank, Frank Langella has joined another two-hander. He’ll star in the indie The Time Being, alongside Wes Bentley. Richard Gladstein is producing and also co-wrote the script with first-time writer-director Nenad Cicin-Sain. The logline: Out of…