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  Thesps sign up for ‘Long Time Gone’

  August 30, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: “Hellcats” star Aly Michalka, model-turned-actor Travis Fimmel and “Californication” thesp Madeline Zima have joined the cast of Smokewood Entertainment’s “Long Time Gone.” “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness makes her directorial debut with the pic, which stars Meg Ryan as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Zach Gilford and Graham Rogers co-star as her two sons who, along with the latter’s live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew), attempt to comfort Ryan in her time of [...]

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  Graham Rogers plans for ‘Long Time Gone’

  August 25, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: “Precious” producer Sarah Siegel-Magness has tapped Graham Rogers for her directorial debut “Long Time Gone.” Ryan toplines the Smokewood Entertainment production as a woman who suffers a nervous breakdown after her cheating husband leaves her. Rogers will play Ryan’s 18-year-old son Henry, a good-hearted stoner who has flunked out of high school and is determined to comfort her with the help of his estranged older brother (Zach Gilford, “Friday Night Lights”) and live-in girlfriend (Amanda Crew, “Sex Drive”). [...]

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  Kim Fields Added to ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’ Cast

  August 8, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: Kim Fields has joined the cast of What to Expect When You’re Expecting, Lionsgate’s ensemble feature based on the bestselling pregnancy-book series. Cameron Diaz, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock and Anna Kendrick are among the film’s stars. Fields will play a social worker who helps out a couple with an adoption. This is the actress’s first studio feature. Fields has directed dozens of episodes of the Tyler Perry-created series Meet the Browns and House [...]

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  Expect to see Lennon, Talai in ‘Expecting’

  August 4, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Thomas Lennon and Amir Talai are set to round out the cast of Lionsgate’s motherhood comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Duo will play new dads who join Chris Rock’s “dude group” and are counseled in the ways of fatherhood along with Rob Huebel. Kirk Jones is directing the Shauna Cross-scripted pic, which is skedded for release on May 11, 2012. Lennon, who recently appeared in both “Cedar Rapids” and “Bad Teacher,” recently wrapped Lionsgate’s “Rapturepalooza” and [...]

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  Genesis Rodriguez is ‘Expecting’

  August 4, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Genesis Rodriguez has rounded out the cast of Lionsgate’s “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” The ensemble already stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Anna Kendrick, Chris Rock, Matthew Morrison, Chace Crawford and Brooklyn Decker. Lionsgate had no comment on the casting. Kirk Jones will helm the pic that is based on the Heidi Murkoff tome and follows four couples as they prepare for parenthood. Rodriguez will play Kendrick’s roommate. Heather Hach wrote the first draft and Shauna Cross [...]

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  AMC Announces Premiere Date for ‘Hell on Wheels’

  July 28, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Hollywood Reporter: AMC’s upcoming drama Hell on Wheels has a premiere date. The network announced that the Western starring Anson Mount, Common and Colm Meaney will begin airing on Sunday, Nov. 6 at 10 p.m. Ben Esler, Philip Burke and Eddie Spears co-star in the Joe and Tony Gayton-created drama. Hell on Wheels, set in post-Civil War America, examines the struggles and hardships of rebuilding and repairing the country after the war. The series revolves around Confederate soldier [...]

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  Mimi Gianopulos joins ‘What to Expect’

  July 22, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Variety: Mimi Gianopulos has booked a supporting role in Lionsgate’s motherhood comedy “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” which will mark her studio pic debut. Gianopulos will play Molly, Anna Kendrick’s funny roommate who comforts and supports her. Thesp joins a starry ensemble that includes Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chris Rock, Dennis Quaid, Matthew Morrison, Chace Crawford, Joe Manganiello, Rodrigo Santoro, Rob Huebel, Brooklyn Decker and Wendi McLendon-Covey. Kirk Jones is directing from a script by Shauna [...]

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  Dennis Quaid Signs Onto ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’

  July 19, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via  The Wrap: Dennis Quaid is rounding out the cast of Lionsgate’s “What to Expect When You’re Expecting,” the studio announced Monday. He’ll play Ramsey, whose much younger wife, Skyler (played by Brooklyn Decker) is giving birth to twins. According to Lionsgate, “impending fatherhood is just another way for the hilariously competitive Ramsey to try to one-up his adult son Colin, who is also expecting his first child.” The ensemble comedy also stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Anna [...]

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  ‘Reno 911!’ & ‘Bridesmaids’ Star Wendi McLendon-Covey Joins ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

  July 18, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via The Playlist: The upcoming big screen pregnancy movie keeps growing, with a cast that is getting bigger and a plot that is getting wackier. Continuing the good fortune for the cast members of “Bridesmaids,” Wendi McLendon-Covey who played the married and harried Rita in the film (and who comedy buffs already knew from “Reno 911!”) has joined “What to Expect When You’re Expecting.” Her acting skills will be put to the test as she will play J.Lo‘s co-worker and [...]

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  AMC’s Hell on Wheels Trailer

  July 18, 2011 / News, Trailers, Videos

  Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on a Confederate soldier (Mount) who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who have killed his wife.  His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time. The series documents the railroad’s incredible feat of engineering and construction [...]

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  Matthew Morrison Joins Lionsgate’s ‘What To Expect When You’re Expecting’

  July 15, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Deadline Hollywood: Matthew Morrison has signed on (along with seemingly everybody else in town) for Lionsgate’s What to Expect When You’re Expecting, the adaptation of the bestselling pregnancy guidebook. The Glee star will play Evan, who teams with Cameron Diaz’s character on a celebrity dance show and eventually teams on a pregnancy, forcing them to re-evaluate what’s important in life. Chace Crawford and Rob Heubel also have recently joined the cast, which includes Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Elizabeth Banks, [...]

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  ‘True Blood’ star Joe Manganiello joins ‘What to Expect When You’re Expecting’

  July 14, 2011 / Articles, News

  Via Entertainment Weekly: What to Expect When You’re Expecting? How about a really hot werewolf? EW has confirmed exclusively that True Blood‘s Joe Manganiello has joined the growing ensemble cast as Davis, a ladies man whose jet-setting lifestyle as a photographer of international surfing competitions is the envy of a father support group that includes Chris Rock and Rob Huebel (Children’s Hospital). Based on the best-selling pregnancy guidebook by Heidi Murkoff, the cast also includes Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Chace Crawford and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids). [...]

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