TV News: Crisis, Stand, Akiva, Claws, Hollywood

Crisis On Infinite Earths
Actress Elizabeth Tulloch, who has starred as Lois Lane on The CW’s “Supergirl,” has posted a behind-the-scenes picture of herself alongside two actors who’ve played Superman on TV – her co-star Tyler Hoechlin and former “Smallville” leading man Tom Welling.

The trio will share the screen in the upcoming five-part ‘Crisis on Infinite Earth’ crossover event on The CW from December along with “Superman Returns” actor Brandon Routh. [Source: Twitter]

The Stand
Nat Wolff (“Death Note,” “The Kill Team”) has been cast as Lloyd Henreid, a petty criminal who becomes fiercely loyal to Randall Flagg (Alexander Skarsgard), in the upcoming event series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel “The Stand” for CBS All Access. Miguel Ferrer played the role in the 1994 mini-series.

Set against a world decimated by plague, an elemental struggle between good and evil unfolds. James Marsden, Amber Heard, Odessa Young, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Henry Zaga, Brad William Henke and Whoopi Goldberg co-star in the Josh Boone and Ben Cavell-penned drama which is currently filming in Vancouver. [Source: Deadline]

Akiva Goldsman
Veteran writer/producer Akiva Goldsman has closed a first-look deal with MGM Television. Goldsman, who is an executive producer on “Titans,” “Underground” and the upcoming “Star Trek: Picard,” will develop scripted dramas for the studio. Goldsman will write and executive produce MGM’s previously announced series “Ringworld” for Amazon, and the young adult novel adaptation “Aurora Rising” amongst others. [Source: Variety]

Claws
TNT has announced that “Claws” is set to end with a renewal order handed out for a fourth and final season. The news comes hot on the heels of the show’s third season finishing up in August. Claws follows the rise of five treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisans of Manatee County salon. Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Harold Perrineau and Dean Norris co-star. [Source: TNT]

Hollywood
The cast for Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” series on Netflix continues to fill out. Dylan McDermott, Jim Parsons, Samara Weaving, Maude Apatow, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier and Jake Picking will join the previous announced Darren Criss, Jeremy Pope and David Corenswet in the project which is set in the 1940s and is dubbed a “love letter to the Golden Age of Tinseltown”. It is slated to premiere on Netflix in May 2020. [Source: Variety]