Billy Connolly is set to star in "Fido" for Lions Gate Films and Anagram Pictures. He joins Dylan Baker, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tim Blake Nelson and Henry Czerny in the horror comedy, which begins shooting Wednesday in Canada. Andrew Currie is set to direct from a script he co-wrote with Robert Chomiak and Dennis Heaton. Lions Gate is co-producing and will distribute the film outside of Canada. TVA Films is handling the picture in Canada. Anagram's Blake Corbet and Mary Anne Waterhouse are producing with backing from Telefilm Canada and British Columbia Film..." (full details)
Michael Angarano ("Lords of Dogtown," "Sky High," TV's "Will & Grace") will star in Brad Gann's coming-of-age indie drama "Black Irish," which begins lensing Monday in Boston. Angarano will play a 15-year-old who longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father. Gann is writer-director on the project. His screenplay credits include "Invincible," a Walt Disney pic starring Mark Wahlberg that Ericson Core is directing this summer. In "Black Irish," Angarano joins a cast that includes Brendan Gleeson, Tom Guiry, Emily Van Camp and Melissa Leo..." (full details)
Kim Delaney, Beau Bridges and David Cubitt will star in a sequel to NBC's hit miniseries 10.5. Delaney will reprise her role as top seismologist Dr. Samantha Hill in "10.5: Apocalypse", while Bridges is back as President Hollister and Cubitt returns as Dr. Jordan Fisher. Actors joining the cast for the second disaster include Frank Langella, who will play Dr. Hill's father. Also added are Dean Cain, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Oliver Hudson, Carlos Bernard, Carly Pope and Tamara Hope. Melissa Sue Anderson and Barbara Eve Harris will also star. 10.5: Apocalypse picks up in the aftermath of the original chain of events in 10.5, when another round of quakes threaten to destroy North America. The sequel, which began filming last week in Montreal, will air on NBC sometime this fall..." (full details)
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