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#casting

As it goes, her eventual co-star Hugh Jackman saw Hudson performing and chatting on "CBS Sunday Morning" in 2024, where the actress and Oscar nominee was promoting her soon-to-be-released solo album, "Glorious." Jackman, who was already on board to star as Mike Sardina in Craig Brewer's fact-based film, was so taken by Hudson's energy (and singing!) that he immediately texted Brewer that he had found their Claire.

The first thing longtime Star Trek fans will likely notice about the new series, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, is that the cast is big. Not only are we getting a new crew of cadets - which, by the second episode, includes six regular characters - but also a whole host of supporting cadets, as well as the teachers and Starfleet officers that populate the USS Athena and Starfleet on Earth. And none of that includes guest characters, most notably, Paul Giamatti's new villain, Nus Braka.

While 10 actors have been confirmed, most of the roles remain mysterious. We do know that Sophie Turner is playing Lara Croft and Sigourney Weaver is playing someone named Wallace. Weaver herself volunteered this information in a media interview, but Prime Video has not confirmed it. Wallace may be a new character created for the show. The Tomb Raider TV show is set to begin filming this month.

Tom Daley is at home ranting about the flabbergasted Kate Garraway. That means just one thing: the roundtable room is empty, and Claudia Winkleman is waiting for a new batch of players. As The Traitors arrives back on the BBC for season four today (1 January), a whole new group of strangers will be hoping to trick, lie and scheme their way to glory. Or, if they're Faithfuls, they'll just be praying they don't get murdered in their sleep.

The original Enterprise crew is nearly complete. When Strange New Worlds drops its final season in 2027, the classic crew will be complete. In a just-confirmed press release, Paramount+ has revealed that the characters of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy and Hikaru Sulu, originated by DeForest Kelley and George Takei in Star Trek: The Original Series, will appear in the very last episode of Strange New Worlds Season 5.

And, thanks to some surprising casting, one comics-famous Supe villain, Brainiac, will be appropriately creepy as hell. Actor Lars Eidinger has been confirmed to be playing Brainiac in the 2027 Superman sequel, Man of Tomorrow. But who is this actor? And will this casting finally make Brainiac cool?

Going into the woods can evoke scary thoughts of wild animals and creepy people, but not so for the magical forest displayed in SF Playhouse's stunning production of Into the Woods. Beautifully designed by Heather Kenyon, these woods feature lush trees and foliage with one tall tree rotating to become Rapunzel's tower. Bill English cleverly directs his impressive cast with just the right amount of sarcasm, humor and tender moments. His slightly over-the-top look at storybook characters gone awry

Oscar-nominated actor Sigourney Weaver has confirmed the reports that she will appear in the upcoming live-action Tomb Raider series on Prime Video. Speaking to Deadline, Weaver said she is "very excited" to join the cast and work with writer-producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the project. "The scripts are incredible and very funny, very charming, very witty, as we've come to expect from Ms. Waller-Bridge," she said. "I've always been a huge fan of hers. So I am delighted."

this is the first actual proper major Sondheim revival to be staged in this country since the great man's passing. And the main thing worth saying about 1986's Into the Woods is that it's the work of a genius at the peak of his powers: a clever send up of fairytales that pushes familiar stories into absurd, existential, eventually very moving territory. It's both playful and profound, mischievous and sincere, cleverly meta but also a ripping yarn.

On The Red Carpet caught up with Rodriguez on board the Disney Destiny cruise ship. Rodriguez reacted to the Season 2 news, "I'm so excited to see where these characters go. We left off on a huge cliffhanger at the end of season one, so I think myself and everybody who loved and watched the show are very anxious to see what happens next."

Scarlett Johansson might have escaped the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but she's been collecting an Infinity Gauntlet's worth of other franchises ever since. In addition to her recent starring role in Jurassic World Rebirth as well as an upcoming role in Mike Flanagan's The Exorcist, Johansson is now in final talks to join the cast of Matt Reeves' The Batman II opposite Robert Pattinson.

Tarantino listed his 20 favorite movies on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, and when discussing his no. 5 pick, Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood, he had a shocking view of Paul Dano's performance as twins Paul & Eli Sunday. " There Will Be Blood would stand a good chance at being no. 1 or 2 if it didn't have a big, giant flaw in it ... and the flaw is Paul Dano," Tarantino shared as he compared Dano's performance to Daniel Day-Lewis.

A single dad, played by Mark Ruffalo, is driving his 7- and 9-year-old children, Hal and Harper, home from school. It's been five years since his wife's suicide, and he's finally emerging from the fog of grief and trying to be a present father. "So, who fills up your bucket at school?" he reads awkwardly from a list of questions printed off the internet. "Well, I didn't play with a bucket today ..." an earnestly confused Hal responds. Harper rolls her eyes in silence.

I wouldn't say that anyone who is going to play Harry has to [call me], adding: I wrote to Dominic and I sent him a letter and he sent me a very sweet note back.

We finally got a sneak peak, albeit an unofficial one, of the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie. Over the weekend, footage of the film's production in New Zealand leaked on social media. It's a short clip, and nothing can be heard over the sound of the wind, but they hint that the princess' Sheikah bodyguard Impa will have a role to play in the live-action adaptation.

We're still about four months away from One Piece Season 2's premiere, but casting announcements are already being made for Season 3. Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Cole Escola has been announced as Bon Clay, a flamboyant villain-turned-ally, while Cobra Kai and Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña will play Portgas D. Ace, a fan-favorite blood brother of Monkey D. Luffy.

The teaser begins by regaling the audience with all the ways the original Pump Rulers entertained us through the years. It starts with Stassi Schroeder promising in the show's very first episode that "I am the devil, and don't you forget it" and ends with Scandoval. That's probably a mistake. Any trailer would suffer by comparison to 11 years' worth of great moments, and this one is no exception.

Sony Pictures has officially announced more cast members of Sam Mendes' Beatles movies. As previously reported, Saoirse Ronan will play Linda McCartney. Meanwhile, Mia McKenna-Bruce will portray Ringo Starr's late first wife, Maureen Starkey Tigrett; Shogun's Anna Sawai will take on the role of Yoko Ono; and White Lotus breakout Aimee Lou Wood will play Pattie Boyd, who was married to George Harrison between 1966 and 1977.

Jackson will voice the role of Professor Trelawney, Martin will play journalist Rita Skeeter, and Nighy, who played Rufus Scrimgeour in the Harry Potter movies, will voice Professor Slughorn in the Audible series. Other stars announced yesterday (22 October) include David Holmes - who was a stunt double in the films - playing Stan Shunpike, Slow Horses star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Sirius Black, The Office star Mackenzie Crook as Kreacher, comedian Stephen Mangan as Nearly Headless Nick, and EastEnders actress Tracy-Ann Oberman as Madam Hooch.

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Dispatch, an interactive superhero workplace comedy from Adhoc Studios, is an ambitious project. The story has to balance comedy and personal drama, the animation needs polish worthy of a high-budget TV series, and the cast must be strong enough to support the lofty vision. When creative director Nick Herman and director Dennis Lenart were looking for a lead, one actor stood out above all the others: Aaron Paul, star of Breaking Bad and Bojack Horseman. There was just one problem.

The London hit musical Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is heading to Broadway, and Playbill has an early look at three tracks from the romantic musical comedy. The show will play Broadway's Longacre Theatre beginning November 1 prior to an official opening November 20. Written by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan, Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) follows a naïve and impossibly upbeat Brit, Dougal, who has just landed in New York for his estranged father's second wedding.