"Ian McShane, who plays brothel owner Al Swearengen in HBO's "Deadwood," will spend his hiatus back home in England, where he will join the ensemble cast Woody Allen is putting together for his next feature in London. Thesp joins Scarlett Johannson, who will be making her second film with Allen after "Match Point." That pic premiered at Cannes and will be distributed by DreamWorks. McShane will make the Allen pic and be back in time to film the third season of the HBO Western..." (full details)
"Eric Stoltz and Catherine Bell have joined the cast of Sci Fi Channel's six-hour miniseries The Triangle, which starts production this week in Cape Town, South Africa. Michael Rodgers, Bruce Davison and Sam Neill also star in the mini, which focuses on a disparate group of professionals who are brought together to investigate the dangerous truths behind the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. The Triangle is set to premiere in December..." (full details)
"Vine Entertainment has picked up the script "Silver" by tyro scribes Chrisanna Northrup and Halle Eavelyn, after the duo took out an ad in the trades plugging the screenplay. Filming is skedded to begin in San Diego and Mexico in November. Script, inspired by Northrup's own horrific experiences with a nanny, intertwines three storylines and focuses on loopholes in the U.S legal system that leave a family exposed and a criminal at large. Thriller follows a mother fighting for her family in the wake of a sex scandal, kidnapping and murder..." (full details)
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