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- Deadline· 9 OctEd Quinn & Stephanie Koenig To Recur On ‘Scrubs’ For Season 2; Punkie Johnson & Kellan Tetlow To Guest Star
EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s Scrubs has added four new cast members for Season 2: Ed Quinn (The Oval), Stephanie Koenig (Lessons in Chemistry), Punkie Johnson (The Chi) and Kellan Tetlow (This Is Us). In Season 2 of the 30-minute revival, J.D.
- Deadline· 9 OctSadie Sink And Lorene Scafaria Eyeing Adaptation Of Emma Cline’s ‘The Guest’ At A24 And Square Peg
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Cline’s bestselling novel The Guest, looks to be headed to the big screen as Deadline is hearing A24 and Square Peg are in negotiations for rights to the book, with Sadie Sink in talks to star in and Lorene Scafaria in talks to write and direct a feature film.
- Deadline· 9 OctPhiladelphia Film Festival To Honor Tim Blake Nelson For Artistic Achievement In Directing
Tim Blake Nelson will accompany his TIFF-premiering prison drama The Life And Deaths Of Wilson Shedd to the Philadelphia Film Festival later this month to be honored with the Artistic Achievement in Directing Award. PFF’s 35th edition is set for Oct.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctDarth Vader’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Lightsaber Heads to Auction, Expected to Top $1 Million
Will Vader's lightsaber beat the auction record set by Luke Skywalker's lightsaber? While 'Revenge of the Sith' lightsabers are bargain priced.
The Empire Strikes Back - Variety· 9 Oct‘Pretty Little Liars’ Star Keegan Allen Says He Was Beaten and Robbed at Gunpoint, Posts Video After Alleged Attack
“Pretty Little Liars” actor Keegan Allen posted a video on social media saying he was attacked and robbed of his watch Thursday in a West Hollywood incident that was caught on camera. Allen posted a graphic video via his Instagram page.
- TVLine· 9 OctCarrie Finale: Mike Flanagan And Cast Talk Recreating Carrie White's Iconic (And Very Bloody) Prom — Watch
Mike Flanagan and the cast of Carrie break down everything that went into filming that legendary climax sequence in the Prime Video adaptation's big finale.
- Variety· 9 OctVIFF Winner Marie Clements Unpacks Musical Doc ‘Reclaim My Skin,’ Made During a ‘Renaissance Time for Indigenous Filmmakers’
Métis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements brings her new three-part musical documentary series “Reclaim My Skin” to the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct.
- Deadline· 9 OctJinko Gotoh Succeeding Marge Dean As President Of WIA
EXCLUSIVE: WIA, the global nonprofit championing women, non-binary, and underrepresented talent across animation, VFX, and gaming, has named Oscar-nominated producer Jinko Gotoh as its new President.
- Deadline· 9 Oct‘Lioness’ Actor Dave Annable Signs With Range Media Partners
EXCLUSIVE: Range has signed actor Dave Annable for representation. Annable stars in Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ series Lioness playing the husband of station chief Zoe Saldaña.
- Deadline· 9 OctFCC Chairman Declines To Say Whether Broadcast Outlets Should Be Allowed To Air Live Execution, But It’s Doubtful Networks Would Show It Anyway
The Pentagon announcement that it plans to livestream the execution of the Fort Hood shooter in December has generated an outcry from public officials and religious figures, including the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
- Deadline· 9 OctChanning Dungey Re-Ups Contract As She Takes On Expanded Skydance Role With Title Still TBD
During her decades-long career of top network and studio executive, Channing Dungey has used working titles on numerous shows; now the term applies to her. Three days after she assumed a new position at the new Skydance company when Paramount’s $110B acquisition of Warner Bros.
- Variety· 9 OctVariety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch for 2026 Include Scribes Behind ‘Being Heumann,’ ‘Clarissa’ and ‘A Different World’
The best movies and TV shows rest on one solid foundation: the script, and Variety has selected 10 of the up-and-coming scribes to celebrate in our Screenwriter to Watch class of 2026. The writers will be honored at a panel taking place at the Santa Fe Intl. Film Festival.
- Variety· 9 Oct‘Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos’ Ordered to Series at Paramount+
A new show in the “Avatar: The Last Airbender” universe is on the way — covering an Avatar from generations past. Paramount+ has ordered “Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos,” an animated series focused on the Water Tribe Avatar three generations before Avatar Aang.
- Deadline· 9 OctDisney Heist Doc ‘Stolen Kingdom’ Heads To Mipcom
EXCLUSIVE: Stolen Kingdom, Joshua Bailey’s documentary about the lucrative black market for stolen props at Walt Disney World, is heading to Mipcom after BayView Entertainment acquired the international rights.
- Vulture· 9 OctNice Try, Other Mommy
Jessica Chastain’s new horror film has some fun imagery and some troubling ideas, but it doesn’t know what to do with any of it.
- Deadline· 9 OctNetflix’s ‘Little House On The Prairie’ Season 2 Casts Peter Ingalls, Mrs. Nelson & More As Production Wraps
The second season of Netflix’s Little House on the Prairie reimagining has rounded out its ensemble cast with a wrap on production.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctJames Bond Comic Book Series in the Works from Grant Morrison, IDW (Exclusive)
It will feature new gadgets and a new ultimate villain ripped straight from the headlines.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctReview‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Review: Kal Penn Plays Anna Nicole Smith’s Physician in a Moldy and Misguided Bio-Dramedy
Abbie Cornish co-stars as the famous model and reality TV star in this film about the man charged with various crimes after her death from a drug overdose.
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor - Vulture· 9 OctThe Specific Reason Crystal Lake Had to Be Set in the ’70s
And it’s not just because there were no cell phones.
- The Hollywood Reporter· 9 OctThe Netflix Ax Is Coming as Stock Languishes
In the last several weeks, reports have suggested cuts in the 5 percent range, or more, at the company.
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