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Chris Longo Nov 8, 2019

Starz is working on a revival for Weeds, which originally ran on Showtime from 2005-2012.

Weeds, the hit pot dramedy that ran on Showtime from 2005-2012, may enter the legalization era. Starz is readying a sequel series set to follow the Botwin family 10 years after the events of the show’s initial run. Mary-Louise Parker, who starred as family matratich and weed kingpin Nancy Botwin, is set to reprise her role and executive produce the new series. Lionsgate, the studio behind the original show, is producing the project according to an exclusive from Variety.

Victoria Morrow, a writer and executive producer on Weeds, conceived the revival. Her other notable credits include Rectify and Hulu’s Chance. Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, who just capped off her critical darling Orange is the New Black with its seventh and final season, is not currently involved in the project.

According to the Variety report,...

Auditions for Lucasfilm's Han Solo "Star Wars" anthology film are reportedly underway with over 2,500 actors having tried out for the role of the younger version of Harrison Ford's character says Heat Vision.

Though previously producer Kathleen Kennedy said the character would be in his late teens/early 20's, they've auditioned numerous actors well into their thirties. Amongst the candidates who have tried out or who are under consideration:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson ("Avengers: Age of Ultron"), Miles Teller ("Fantastic Four"), Hunter Parish ("Weeds"), Dave Franco ("21 Jump Street"), Rami Malek ("Mr. Robot"), Chandler Riggs ("The Walking Dead"), Leo Howard ("Kickin' It"), Nick Robinson ("Jurassic World"), Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in Our Stars"), Jack Reynor ("Transformers: Age of Extinction"), Logan Lerman ("Fury,"), Landon Liboiron ("Hemlock Grove"), Colton Haynes ("Arrow"), Max Thieriot (“Bates Motel"), Ed Westwick ("Gossip Girl"), Tom Felton ("Harry Potter") and Joshua Sasse ("Galavant") and Tony Oller ("The Purge").

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Covering the awards season beat means you are often lucky enough to spend some time moderating post screening Q&As with some of the most talented filmmakers and actors in the world.  I've seen some amazing reactions from audiences to some great films and some incredible talent on hand.  What I hadn't seen before this season was a sold out theater give a standing ovation to a star at the beginning of a Q&A and then give another standing o after the Q&A was completed. That, ladies and gentlemen, was for the one and only Julianne Moore. It's been something of a foregone conclusion that Moore will not only earn her fifth Academy Award nomination, but finally take home a coveted Oscar statue this February.  Yes, considering her amazing career she's absolutely "due," but to chalk up her expected win as some sort of lifetime achievement (as some...

Hollywood — It was an emotional evening at the Egyptian Theatre Wednesday night as "Still Alice" finally came "home." Co-directors and husbands Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland are longtime Los Angelinos and the latter remarked how both men had spent many nights watching films in this same venue, which is the Hollywood home of the American Cinematheque. More importantly, this AFI Fest screening afforded Glatzer, who is in advance stages of Als, to finally see the movie on the big screen with an audience. He missed the amazing reception at the Toronto Film Festival. He missed the Rome Film Festival. He missed the Hamptons Film Festival. He was not going to miss seeing "Still Alice" in his hometown. Based on Lisa Genova's bestselling novel, "Alice" chronicles the heartbreaking progression of early on set Alzheimer's disease for Dr. Alice Howard (Julianne Moore), a 50-year-old accomplished Columbia University professor and mother of three grown children.