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In 2016, Freeform announced at its upfront in New York plans to bring back the original alumni of the Cyprus-Rhodes University for Greek: The Reunion movie, set five years after the show ended, which was expected to air during the holiday frame.

The cast and executive producers reunited at the Atx Television Festival, and of course were asked Friday whether the reunion was still happening.

While there is still no word on when or if the special would take place, creator and executive producer Patrick Sean Smith told festival goers that “there was a script that was written for the reunion. I hope we get to do a reunion at some point with somebody who wants to do it.”

Without going far into detail about what the hold is, Smith shared a storyline he planned to explore in the update.

“The one thing that I was excited about for Casey’s...

Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.

– L.A.-based outfit Strand Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to Michael O’Shea’s Cannes premiere “The Transfiguration.” The film was sold by Protagonist Pictures at Toronto, and it marks the feature debut of writer-director Michael O’Shea. The atmospheric feature puts a new spin on the vampire movie.

“Mr. O’Shea’s film is a unique hybrid that audiences and critics will be compelled by,” said Strand Releasing’s partner Jon Gerrans, who discovered the film at Cannes. No word yet on release plans.

– Oscilloscope Laboratories has announced that Joel Potrykus’s latest dark comedy, “The Alchemist Cookbook,” will be available worldwide for pay-what-you-wish via BitTorrent Now on October 7, before it screens in select theaters across the country.

Michael Greyeyes, Sam, Ciaran Hinds, Chaske Spencer and Bill Camp have joined Jessica Chastain on Susanna White’s Woman Walks Ahead.

Production is underway in New Mexico on the story of Catherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn who travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull, and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples’ struggle over the rights to their land. Steven Knight wrote the screenplay.

Im Global handles international sales, while CAA represents Us rights.

Black Bicycle Entertainment is financing and producing alongside Bedford Falls in association with Potboiler.

Broad Green Pictures has hired Richard Fay as president of distribution. Broad Green’s upcoming slate includes Bad Santa 2, set to open on November 23, and 2017 release Villa Capri. Fay most recently served as president of domestic theatrical distribution at Lionsgate.James Le Gros, Kevin J. O’Connor, Amy Hargreaves, Jim Parrack and Angus Macfayden and Nolan Lyons have joined the drama Buck Run, which...

At its April 7th Upfront presentation, Freeform announced it is making a holiday movie reuniting the characters from the network's Greek TV series. Greek: The Reunion movie will revisit the characters from the original series, with a five-year reunion at Cypress Rhodes University. Greek was cancelled by ABC Family in 2011, after four seasons of 74 episodes.

Greek creator Patrick Sean Smith is discussing the project, which is currently in development. He also talks about how the stars feel. The cast of Greek includes: Clark Duke, Scott Michael Foster, Spencer Grammer, Paul James, Jake McDorman, Amber Stevens West, Dilshad Vadsaria, Jacob Zachar, Aaron Hill, and Zack Lively.

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Indie sex comedy "Do Over," about a group of friends who decide to hook up with the people they lost their virginity to years earlier (a "re-booty call"), will premiere for buyers in Berlin at the European Film Market. The film is the debut feature from actor Ryan Francis ("Sisters"), who co-wrote the script with producer Kevin J. Foxe from an original story by producer and star Gina Field. Watch an exclusive clip above, and see the exclusive "Do Over" trailer and poster below.   Also featured in the ensemble cast are Drew Seeley "(High School Musical"), Amy Paffrath ("The Purge: Anarchy"), Zack Lively ("Greek"), Jonathan Bennett ("Mean Girls"), and Hayley Marie Norman ("Beyond the Lights").  "Do Over" is executive produced by Brandon Edwards, with Lon Haber & Co. handling worldwide rights.     ...

A classroom full of pupils pass out and so does the teacher. McGee (Sean Murray) is tasked with showing around Interns and assigning them to their designated departments. He introduces Tony (Michael Weatherly) as "our senior agent, very Special Agent, Anthony Dinozzo." Tony and Ziva (Cote de Pablo) both tell them Gibbs (Mark Harmon) doesn't like interns nor does he want any. But Tony fails to answer why that is cos if he does then he'll walk up behind him - which he does and slaps him with a file. The interns are here for a week. Sarah (Elizabeth Wright) is assigned to autopsy; Michael (David Magidoff) to forensics and Conrad (Zack Lively) stays with McGee. Ducky (David McCallum) is already at the school too, though there's no body and Sarah tells him a story. Well he's at home having her around. Whoever Ducky gets in autopsy always ends up telling their own stories.

After the admittedly riveting conclusion to the seventh season, followed by last week's premiere, many fans (myself included) found themselves longing a bit for the NCIS of yore.

We got it and then some Tuesday night in "Worst Nightmare," an entire episode devoted to an intense, complex investigation with plenty of lighter, enjoyable moments throughout.

Our story begins in a classroom where Bernard from Lost is teaching, only to have the entire school temporarily pass out from a gas leak. A 13-year-old named Rebecca is missing.

A flustered Palmer, Gibbs and Ziva in "Worst Nightmare."

Great intrigue was provided by Nicholas Mason, the girl's grandfather and guardian while her parents are deployed. When he goes rogue to find her on his own, NCIS has its hands full.

When Gibbs learns that Mason has been communicating with Rebecca's kidnapper(s) directly, they begin to try to find ... well, either or both.

There's life after Lost for Sam Anderson.

The veteran actor, known to fans of that ABC drama as one half of beloved couple Bernard and Rose, will guest star on the September 28 episode of NCIS. He'll appear as Walter Carmichael, a teacher whose classroom becomes a crime scene when one of his middle school students is abducted.

William Devane will also be featured on this episode as the grandfather of the missing girl.

On this same installment, Zack Lively, David Magidoff and Elizabeth Wright Shapiro will take on the roles of interns who Gibbs allows to follow him and his team around.

NCIS premieres its eighth season on Tuesday, September 21. Check out photos from "Spider and the Fly" Now and visit our NCIS spoilers section for a more detailed look at what lies ahead.

In what will be a stunning upset to exactly no one aside from Bret Michaels (for whom many, many things must be stunning upsets, one can imagine), Tony Awards host Neil Patrick Harris has once again snagged the crown to become your Gay of the Week.

Find out by how much the fan-fave beat the others, after the jump!

Why he won: King Patrick Harris brought some serious wit and humor to his Tonys hosting gig (that sushi-eating Piven dig? Genius!) before knocking it out of the park with his closing medley.

How he won: Harris earned a whopping 63% of the vote, with Greek's bon-voyaging gay fratbrother Heath (Zack Lively) coming in second with 17%. Out Broadway star Gavin Creel pulled a respectable 16% for his bewigged Hair performance, and former crown-holder David Hyde Pierce earned only 4% of the votes, likely because he only came out three times this week (slacker!

Every Friday we pick the gays in television who have had the best week and leave it to you, the keepers of the flame, to decide who will be crowned Gay of the Week and enjoy their own fancy button over on the left. We'll announce the winner on Monday, and that champ will reign until a new set of challengers are introduced the following Friday to try to steal his title.

Last week you voted multi-talented out actor Neil Patrick Harris into the throne for the first time in 2009, and that was before he hosted The Tonys. Can this week's challengers compete with Nph's musical number and Bret Michaels jokes?

Check them out, and vote for your favorite!

This week's contenders:

Gavin Creel from Hair (Why?)

Heath (Zack Lively) from Greek (Why?)

Neil Patrick Harris on The Tony Awards (Why?)

David Hyde Pierce (Why?)

Vote for your favorite by 8 Am Edt on Monday,...

Today alpha scooper Michael Ausiello reported that one of the developments in Greek's next season will be that gay frat bro Calvin's new roommate will come out of the closet.

Intriguing (and potentially daydream-making) information, to say the least. But we happened to speak to series creator Sean Smith yesterday as well and have even more juicy details about what's in store for Calvin and his new bro...

Find out more after the break!

According to Smith, Calvin (Paul James) will indeed be getting a gay frat brother this season ... and he'll wind up being more than just a study buddy, if you know what I mean. Sean says that Calvin will have a romantic relationship with his gay bro that will end with a cliffhanger at the end of the season ... so may as well start getting ready for that now.

We also of course wanted to know...