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He’s checking out of Bates Motel soon, but Max Thieriot already has his next TV destination mapped out.

The actor has signed to star in CBS’ untitled Navy Seal drama pilot, according to our sister site Deadline. The pilot, penned by Ben Cavell (Justified), follows a team of Navy SEALs as they plan and carry out death-defying missions around the world. Thieriot will play Clay, a young Seal who’s extremely capable, but whose outward swagger covers up a deep insecurity.

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The gears in composer Alexandre Desplat’s head are always turning. They have to be; even with a packed scheduled — he’ll see five films hit American screens before the end of 2014 — his artistic process is still one of care and contemplation. With each new score, Desplat chisels out a sound that’s recognizably story-driven, interwoven with theme and individual from his other works. In his new film, "The Imitation Game," the composer translates Alan Turing’s life into a fractaling piano score that encompasses both the mathematician’s achievements — cracking the Nazi’s "Enigma Code" with a proto-computer known as the Turing Machine — and an emotional frustration bubbling underneath the surface. If Desplat’s espionage sounds click with Oscar voters, "The Imitation Game" would net him his seventh Academy Award nomination. He previously nabbed a spot in the top five with "The Queen," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,...

History Channel has greenlit its next miniserie, which will star Bill Paxton, Brendan Fraser, Ray Liotta and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

The eight-hour series, dubbed Texas Rising, will premiere in 2015 and focus on the Texas Revolution against Mexico, which led to the rise of the Texas Rangers. Roland Joffé (The Killing Fields) will direct. Paxton (Hatfields & McCoys) will play Sam Houston, the father of Texas; Frasier (The Mummy) is Billy Anderson, a Texas Ranger with Comanche Indian ties; Liotta (Goodfellas) will play Lorca, an Alamo survivor seeking brutal revenge; and Morgan (Magic City) will play “Deaf” Smith, a deaf and grizzled...