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EXCLUSIVE: Erika Alexander (American Fiction, Living Single) has joined the cast of NBC’s Untitled Tracy Morgan pilot from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and writer Sam Means. Written by Carlock and Means, the new comedy stars Morgan as a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate…

Jason Ritter is set for a key recurring role in Lanterns, HBO's drama series based on the Green Lantern DC comic. He joins leads Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre and series regular Kelly MacDonald. The series, from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King, follows new recruit John Stewart (Pierre)…

EXCLUSIVE: Following her breakout role in the Paramount+ series 1883, Isabel May is going from the frontier to a football stadium as she is in negotiations to join David Corenswet in the Skydance Sports football drama Mr. Irrelevant. The movie is about John Tuggle, who was given the title after being…

Catherine Hardwicke’s new film Street Smart has rounded out its supporting cast with seven actors: Skeet Ulrich (Scream), Paris Jackson (American Horror Stories), Skylar Astin (So Help Me Todd), Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), Virginia Madsen (Prey for the Devil Sideways), Sally Struthers (All in th…

A Single White Female remake is moving at Sony and 3000 Pictures with Wednesday star Jenna Ortega and Taylor Russell (Bones and All) in talks to star. There's no word on who might direct the remake, which was first reported on in The Insneider. We understand the film is in the very early stages…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s popular romantic drama Virgin River has cast Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries) and Cody Kearsley (Riverdale) in recurring roles for the upcoming seventh season, which has begun production, with Deadline able to share two behind the scenes images from the set in Vancouver…

Hulu and 20th Television’s Prison Break pilot from Elgin James (Mayans M.C., The Outlaws) is coming together as Emily Browning (One More Shot, American Gods), Lukas Gage (Euphoria, White Lotus) and Drake Rodger (Landman, The Winchesters) have been set as series regulars. As we previously…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the success of Mufasa: The Lion King, Barry Jenkins has found his next big studio film and has landed one of Hollywood’s busiest A-listers to star in it. Sources tell Deadline that Universal has landed the hot package The Natural Order, with Jenkins on board to direct and Powell…

Phoebe Dynevor is in negotiations to star opposite Jake Gyllenhaal in M. Night Shyamalan's upcoming film, a supernatural romantic thriller based on an original story co-created by Shyamalan and global bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks. Shyamalan and Sparks are independently writing a screenplay…

EXCLUSIVE: Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) has been set to star in serial-killer thriller The Edge Of Normal, the first English-language feature from director Carlota Pereda (Piggy). Pic was written by Matt Venne (Dexter: Resurrection) with revisions by Lori Evans Taylor (Final Destination: Bloodl…

Industry has added four new cast members for the upcoming fourth season: Kiernan Shipka (Max's Sweethearts, The Last Showgirl), Jack Farthing (HBO's Rain Dogs, Next Life), Toheeb Jimoh (The Power, Ted Lasso) and Amy James-Kelly (Three Families). They join recently cast Max Minghella as the…

EXCLUSIVE: Rosanna Arquette (Pulp Fiction, Desperately Seeking Susan), Alexander Skarsgard (The Northman, Big Little Lies) and Trew Mullen (Blink Twice) have joined the cast of the Charli xcx-led and produced film The Moment from A24, sources tell Deadline. The mockumentary feature film follows…