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TV writer Daley Haggar is “snitching on Hollywood sexism” in a Lenny Letter published Friday. The “Anger Management,” “Cristela” and “Friends With Benefits” alum says she was fired from a gig after being sexually harassed by a senior staff member she identified as “Carlton.” Haggar, who per IMDb was once a task producer and consultant on “The Apprentice,” did not identify which series the story was referring to — but she shared her motivation for the essay’s timing. “I had drinks with a group of friends — all younger female writers,” Haggar wrote for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s website.

American Horror Story: Roanoke alum André Holland is no scaredy-cat.

The actor has nabbed the lead role in another fright-filled show: Hulu’s upcoming psychological horror drama series Castle Rock, from executive producer J.J. Abrams and author Stephen King, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Set in King’s multiverse, the show weaves together an epic saga of darkness and light, played out in the woodland town of Castle Rock, Maine, which is often featured in King’s works. Holland will play Henry, a death-row attorney with a...

Jensen Ackles has this twin thing down pat!

The Supernatural hunk shared what might be the most adorable daddy duty pic ever on Instagram on Monday.

Watch: ‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Shares First Photo of Newborn Twins

The cute snap shows the 39-year-old star plopped on the couch bottle-feeding his 4-month-old twins, daughter Arrow Rhodes and son Zeppelin Bram.

“When the remote control is right between your legs and you can't change the channel. #twins,” Ackles captioned the pic.

The actor’s wife, Danneel Harris Ackles, who has starred in One Tree Hill and Friends With Benefits, also shared the photo, tagging it “#mancrushmonday.”

The couple, who have been married for nearly seven years, welcomed the babies in December. They also have a 6-year-old daughter, Justice Jay.

Watch: ‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Welcome Twins -- Find Out Their Unique Names!

See more on the television star and his beautiful family below.

ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to the single-camera comedy “Family Style,” from executive producer Amy Poehler. Described as a multi-generational comedy about two men from different cultures who find love in a family-run restaurant in Miami, “Family Style” comes from writer Claudia Lonow, whose recent TV credits include “Crowded,” “How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)” and “Friends With Benefits.” Lonow will also serve as executive producer on the series from Universal Television, alongside Poehler and Brooke Posch of Paper Kite Productions and Dave Becky and Scott King of 3 Arts. Also Read: ABC Orders Va Hospital.

In the new short film “More Than Four Hours,” young algebra teacher Bill Whiting (Zach Cregger) is very nervous about his first day of school. On the morning of, his wife (Schuyler Fisk) tells him to take a Xanax to calm his nerves, but when he arrives at school, he realizes that he has accidentally taken Viagra instead.

Amidst his frayed nerves, he must now contend with the problem in his pants as he faces a class of scary, judgmental students for the first time. It also stars Wilfredo Ruiz Jr. (“Street Stories”) and Andrew Edison (“Bindlestiffs”). Watch “More Than Four Hours” above.

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“More Than Four Hours” is written and directed by Bryan Poyser. His previous credits include “Love & Air Sex,” about a brokenhearted man who travels to Austin to win his girlfriend back during the weekend of the Air Sex World Championships, which premiered at the 2013 South by Southwest Film Festival, and “Lovers of Hate,” starring Chris Doubek and Alex Karpovsky as two brothers who fall for the same woman, which premiered at Sundance in 2010.

Star Zach Cregger is best known as a member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’Know, who had a IFC TV series from 2007 through 2012. He also had recurring roles on sitcoms like “Friends With Benefits,” “Guys With Kids,” and “About a Boy.” He also wrote, directed, and starred in “Miss March” opposite Whitest Kids U’Know member Trevor Moore. Cregger can currently be seen in the TBS half-hour comedy “Wrecked.”

“More Than Four Hours” first premiered at Fantastic Fest last September.

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The characters fortunate enough to survive the blood-splattered brawl at the end of Season 2 will return in the upcoming third season of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, and to help hold over fans with a culebra-like thirst for new episodes, Miramax and El Rey Network have revealed Season 3’s directors and additional cast members.

Press Release: June 7, 2016 (Los Angeles, CA / Austin, TX) – Miramax® and El Rey Network released today the list of directors that will helm the 10 episodes of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series season three. Additionally, Nicky Whelan (House of Lies, The Wedding Ringer) and Maurice Compte (Breaking Bad, Narcos) have joined the cast of season three. Compte will play Brassa a mysterious Rasputin-like figure who takes on the Gecko brothers. Whelan’s character will be revealed on air.

The list of directors includes several newcomers to the series including Eagle Egilsson, who is known for...

Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger have closed a two-year overall deal at 20th Century Fox Television Studios (Tcftv). There, they’ll not only develop new projects, but also join Fox’s fall comedy “Grandfathered” as supervising producers. “We’ve loved Isaac and Elizabeth ever since we worked with them on ‘Friends With Benefits,’ and while that show didn’t go the distance, we knew we wanted to get them back on our lot and watch them grow,” said Tcftv President of Creative Affairs Jonnie Davis. “They’ll start out on ‘Grandfathered,’ which is a very big priority for us this fall,...

Comedy writer-producers Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger (The Neighbors) have signed a two-year overall deal at 20th Century Fox TV Studios. Under the agreement, they will develop projects with the studio and join Fox’s fall comedy Grandfathered as supervising producers. It’s a reunion of sorts for the pair, who got their first professional writing gig at 20th on the Fox show Friends With Benefits and spent two seasons working with Grandfathered Ep Dan Fogelman on ABC’s…...

According to a recent report from TV Line, the Gotham season 2 peeps have brought on hottie actress, Jessica Lucas (left), to come on and play character, Tabitha Galavan aka Tigress. Tigress is described as being the lead enforcer for her brother ,Theo, who is a billionaire industrialist hell-bent on taking over Gotham (and to be played by go-to bad guy James Frain). She's sexy and violent, and totes a bullwhip! She’s the opposite of her cold and calculating brother, getting a sensual pleasure from the mayhem she’s tasked with making. Jessica Lucas' acting credits include roles in: Fox’s Gracepoint, The CW’s Melrose Place, 90210 and Cult, Friends With Benefits, CSI and the Canadian series Edgemont. Season 2 premieres on Monday night, September 21st at 7pm central time on Fox.

Sneak Peek DC Comics 1938 super-villain 'Tigress', on the news that actress Jessica Lucas ("Friends With Benefits") will play the character in Season 2 of "Gotham", premiering September 21, 2015:

"...'Tigress' has superhuman fighting skills and is highly trained.

"She is an expert marksman with her crossbow. 

"She has an enhanced sense of smell that allows her to track individuals.

"She carries a compact crossbow...

"...and a quiver of arrows, with knives, nets and bolas..."

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Tigress is coming to Gotham, and she will be played by Gracepoint star Jessica Lucas. You might also recognise the actress from shows like Melrose Place, 90210, and Friends With Benefits. In the series, Lucas will play Tabitha Galavan, the lead enforcer for her brother Theo, a billionaire industrialist hell-bent on taking over Gotham. Described as sexy and violent — and toting a bullwhip! — she’s the opposite of her cold and calculating brother, deriving a sensual pleasure from the mayhem she’s tasked with making. Forgetting the fact that she'll probably be in her 40s by the time Bruce Wayne becomes Batman in this timeline, this is solid bit of casting. What do you think?...

Fox’s Gotham is ready to unleash its Tigress.

Jessica Lucas, who recently wrapped a run on Fox’s Gracepoint, has landed the Season 2 role of Tabitha Galavan aka Tigress, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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On the DC Comics-based drama, Tabitha is the lead enforcer for her brother Theo, a billionaire industrialist hell-bent on taking over Gotham (and to be played by go-to bad guy James Frain). Described as sexy and violent — and toting a bullwhip! — she’s the opposite of her cold and calculating brother, deriving...

He's got a new gal! After quietly splitting from girlfriend Erin David, Will Arnett is now dating actress Arielle Vandenberg, Us Weekly can confirm. The couple were recently spotted out together at the 25th annual Kroq Acoustic Christmas in L.A. last month. "She loves to laugh," a source tells Us. "The past few girls haven't been fun enough for him, he's a child at heart." Vandenberg, 28, has made guest appearances on TV shows such as Greek, Friends with Benefits, Go On, and For Better or Worse. She's [...]...

A Fringe alum is now a Person of Interest.

Blair Brown — who played multiple versions of Nina Sharp on the defunct Fox series — will appear in a February episode of the CBS drama as Emma, an elegant and warm former public school teacher, IGN reports.

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Emma was forced into early retirement, but a jury summons brings the promise of some excitement (at least in the form of Reese and Finch) back into her life.

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* New Girl has tapped Meaghan Rath...

ABC has bought a comedy project based on Robbie Rogers, the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league, titled “Men in Shorts,” a Universal Television TheWrap. The single-camera, half-hour comedy will be written by Jordan Nardino and Claudia Lonow (“Friends with Benefits,” “Cashmere Mafia”) who will serve as showrunner. Inspired by Rogers’ life as the first out gay man to play for a major American sport, the show describes him as taking “one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight.” Also read: ‘No Good Deed’ Producer Sells Father-Son Comedy.

NBC has picked up a comedy pilot from Ellen DeGeneres’ production company A Very Good Production. “One Big Happy” will be written and executive-produced by Liz Feldman (“2 Broke Girls,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”) and follows when gay and straight best friends decide to have a baby together and things get complicated when one of them finds the love of their life. Also read: ‘Money Pit’ Adaptation, Mark Gordon Friends Comedy Ordered to Pilot by NBC Jeff Kleeman (“Friends With Benefits”) will also executive produced on the half-hour, multi-camera project. This project goes into contention for a series pickup from NBC...

Exclusive: A half-hour project, First Timers, has sold at ABC in a competitive situation, and it couldn’t have had a more perfect title. Because it marks the first sale for Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage‘s Fake Empire under the company’s rich three-year overall deal with ABC Studios. It also marks the first sale for up-and-coming writing duo Isaac Aptaker & Elizabeth Berger, currently serving as producers on the ABC/ABC Studios comedy The Neighbors. Penned by Aptaker and Berger loosely based on their own relationship, First Timers centers on twentysomething male/female business partners. The two will executive produce alongside Fake Empire’s Schwartz, Savage and Len Goldstein. Starting their ABC Studios relationship with a comedy sale is symbolic for Fake Empire as expansion into half-hour comedy under the new deal has been a priority for the company, known primarily as a drama series producer. ABC Studios introduced...

Patrick Heusinger and Fabrizio Guido board NBC's Revolution, Welcome to the Family respectively NBC‘s Revolution has added Patrick Heusinger to the cast as a guest-star in a recurring role where he'll play Adam in the post-apocalyptic series created by Eric Kripke, reports Deadline. Heusinger's credits include The Nanny Diaries, Gossip Girl, Submissions Only, Friends with Benefits, a small part in Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan and the recent Frances Ha, starring Greta Gerwig. Revolution hits its second season premiere on September 25th, and stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Billy Burke and Tracy Spiridakos.

In 2009, screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber willfully threw out the book on romantic comedies for (500) Days of Summer. The indie centered on a love affair between a hopeless romantic and could-be dream girl who insists she doesn.t crave commitment. With the combined star power of the ever-charming Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the adorkable Zooey Deschanel, this unconventional comedy with a whip-smart script became a sleeper hit, launching everyone involved to the next level. While director Marc Webb went on to reboot The Amazing Spider-Man, Neustadter and Weber created a short-lived sitcom (Friends With Benefits) before returning to film with another tale of love called The Spectacular Now. This time around, Neustadter and Webb put their observational eye and skill for banter to a story of a teen romance that blossoms between two unlikely lovers. Miles Teller stars as party animal and general screw-up Sutter Keely; Shailene Woodley, who...

Billy Grimm is watching. And you should probably watch "Cult" too.

This new and very original series premieres on The CW on Tuesday, Feb. 19. It's worth a chance, especially if you're the type who gets bored by the standard show on television. Because if nothing else, "Cult" is as original as they come.

What is "Cult"? While difficult to explain, the story is deceptively simple. There is a TV show (also called "Cult") which has low ratings and a passionate -- possibly obsessed -- fan base. These fans may, in fact, be committing crimes in the name of their beloved show.

The result is a head trip through realities in realities where nothing is as it seems. It's pretty cool.

The series comes from Rockne S. O'Bannon, the fan-beloved creator of "Farscape," and definitely owes some of its obsessive-fan theme to that earlier project (for the record, O'Bannon professes great...

NBC is trying to keep at least some of "The Office" family in the fold after the show ends.

Craig Robinson, who plays warehouse manager Darryl Philbin on the show, is teaming up with "Office" executive producer Greg Daniels and writer Owen Ellickson for a comedy pilot. Robinson will play a musician who gets a job teaching music at a middle school (Robinson himself is a proficient piano player).

Ellickson, who's also worked on "The King of Queens" and "Friends With Benefits," is writing the pilot and executive producing with Daniels, Tracy Katsky, Howard Klein and Mark Schulman. Robinson will have a producer credit.

Other pilot pickups and castings:

- CBS has greenlit a comedy pilot based on the movie "Bad Teacher." Hillary Winston ("Community," "Happy Endings") is writing it, and the movie's writers, Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky, are among the executive producers.

- Also at CBS, drama pilot...

Writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webber have certainly kept busy since the release of their first produced project, the indie hit (500) Days of Summer. After scripting the sequel The Pink Panther 2 the pair went on to create the short lived series Friends With Benefits and this year will see the release of their next film, an adaptation of the Tim Tharp novel The Spectacular Now. And now they're set to tackle their next project, a new film based on the book Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Already a best seller despite only hitting bookshelves on December 21st, the story, based on the book by Maria Semple, follows a husband and daughter team who go on the hunt for their missing wife/mother, " a once-famous Los Angeles architect-turned-recluse" who one day suddenly disappears. The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news about the developing project, says that Megan Ellison.s Annapurna Pictures...

Supernatural star Jensen Ackles is about to step into his biggest role yet: dad. The 34-year-old actor and his wife, One Tree Hill actress Danneel Harris, are expecting their first child later this year, his rep confirms to Us Weekly. "Thank you for all the well wishes," the mom-to-be tweeted on Jan. 7. "We are very excited about our soon to be new addition." Harris, 33, who also starred in the short-lived sitcom Friends With Benefits, accepted Ackles' proposal in 2009 after three years of dating. The couple married [...]...

Media and mystery are both at the center of the CW network’s brand new series, Cult. The thrilling new drama investigates the dark side of media popularity as two people, Jeff, a journalist/ blogger, and Skye, a production assistant on the intensely popular TV crime series called Cult, piece together what could be the crime spree of the century. Are fans of Cult re-creating the crimes featured on the show?

Cult stars the Vampire Diaries actor Matt Davis as Jeff and Melrose Place actress Jessica Lucas as Skye. The CW recently announced the premier date for the new series. You can mark your calendars for Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 9/8c. Since you now have something to do Tuesday night, go ahead and make plans for Mondays, too. Another midseason CW series, The Carrie Diaries will premiere Monday, Jan. 14 at 8/7c.

Robert Knepper and Alona Tal also star in the show...

"Guys with Kids," NBC's new sitcom set in a mythical version of New York where no one locks apartment doors and people are fine with babies in bars, has its sneak peek Wednesday, Sept. 12.

The half-hour sitcom then settles into its regular time slot two Wednesdays later. It isn't fantastical the way "Grimm" is but rather conveniently mythical the way Hollywood likes life, with incredibly nasty ex-wives walking all over spineless men and kids running roughshod over befuddled parents.

Though a knee-jerk reaction would be that this is inherently sexist -- why should it be funny just because males are minding the children? -- the show is neither incredibly funny nor offensively sexist, and it has promise based on one of the couples.

The strongest is Tempestt Bledsoe (the all grown-up Vanessa from "The Cosby Show") and Anthony Anderson ("Law & Order") as Marny and Gary. She has a corporate job...

On TV this Wednesday: Glenn Close and Rose Byrne do Damages for the last time, Britney Spears joins in the search for singers with The X Factor, the housemates must go back to The Real World when they leave St. Thomas and brews and babies mingle when we meet Guys With Kids. Here are nine programs to keep on your radar.

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The following are not reviews, but rather first impressions of NBC’s upcoming new comedies debuting this fall: Guys with Kids, Animal Practice, Go On, and The New Normal. A few of them have premiered already–Go On and The New Normal–during the Olympics but we’ve had the opportunity to see all of them and wanted to share our quick impressions of all of them.

Guys With Kids – Premiere Date: September 26, Wednesdays at 8/7C

Synopsis: “Guys with Kids” is a new comedy from Jimmy Fallon about three 30-something dads who try to hold on to their youth as they face the responsibilities of having kids. Thankfully, Gary (Anthony Anderson, Law & Order), Chris (Jesse Bradford, The West Wing) and Nick (Zach Cregger, Friends with Benefits) have each other to help navigate the highs and lows of fatherhood – while still trying desperately to remain dudes.

What We Focused On:

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CBS’ Partners is adding a real Workaholic to the cast.

Jillian Bell (Workaholics) has landed a recurring role on the new comedy series as Renata, the second cousin of Sophia Bush’s character, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Not only is Renata related to Bush’s Ali, she’s also employed at her jewelry store. Described as “a work-in-progress,” Renata is a bit of a personal and professional mess, who’s suffered a string of bad relationships and recently got fired from her truck stop diner job because of nerves.

Studio executive-turned-producer Jeff Kleeman has been tapped to run A Very Good Production, Ellen DeGeneres’ Warner Bros. TV Group-based production company. Kleeman succeeds Lauren Corrao who left in June after two years on the job. Kleeman will shepherd development for the company, which has a multi-faceted deal with Warner Bros TV Group spanning several divisions. “I’m thrilled that Jeff Kleeman is joining my company,” DeGeneres said. “He’s known for being incredibly creative, smart and accomplished. And I look forward to meeting him one day.” Kleeman’s resume includes executive stints at Paramount Pictures, MGM/UA and Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope. As a producer, his credits include the NBC comedy Friends With Benefits, which he executive produced. He also co-created and executive produced the 2006 WB comedy series Misconceptions. “One of my favorite themes in Ellen’s work is the world is even bigger and better than you know,...

Veteran Imagine TV executive Robin Gurney, who recently left the company after a seven-year tenure, is reuniting with her former Imagine TV boss David Nevins at Showtime. Gurney is joining the pay cable network as Svp Original Programming. She will develop and oversee original series, reporting to Evp Original Programming Gary Levine. “Robin and I had a great, creative working relationship for five years at Imagine,” Showtime’s entertainment president David Nevins said. “I am so thrilled to finally have an opportunity to work together here at Showtime.” At Imagine TV, Gurney most recently served as Senior Evp Development and Production. During her seven-year tenure at the company, she worked on the development and day-to-day creative supervision of such series as Friday Night Lights, Shark, Lie To Me, Friends With Benefits, and ABC’s new fall comedy How To Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life. Before Imagine,...

Exclusive: Veteran Imagine TV executive Robin Gurney, Senior Evp Development & Production, is leaving the company after a seven-year tenure. At the 20th Century Fox TV-based company, Gurney developed and produced such shows as Friday Night Lights, Shark, Lie To Me, Friends With Benefits and The Playboy Club. “I am very proud of the work I have a accomplished while at Imagine and will truly miss this amazing company” said Gurney. “Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are incredibly inspiring on so many levels and I am grateful for their continued support. That said, it is time to move on and I am excited to seek new professional challenges.” In addition to Imagine principals Howard and Grazer, Gurney has worked at the company’s TV division with former Imagine TV president David Nevins and his successor, Francie Calfo. “Robin has been a tremendous asset to the company and a valued member of the Imagine family,...

Chicago – NBC revealed their Fall schedule today and there were multiple surprises including comedies moving to Tuesday and Friday nights (we were wondering where all of the sitcoms would go) and a Fall cycle of the hit singing show “The Voice.” Other major news is that “Smash” is being held for mid-season. The network also revealed that six new shows — two dramas, four comedies — will premiere in the Fall.

The big news for comedy fans is that Thursdays have been tinkered with again as the final season of “30 Rock” will kick off the night at 7pm Cst, followed by “Up All Night,” “The Office,” and “Parks and Recreation.” In the 9pm Cst timeslot that was the kiss of death last season with “Prime Suspect,” “The Firm,” and “Awake,” the network has given up and will air the low-rated but inexpensive “Rock Center with Brian Williams.”

“Whitney” and “Community” move to Friday nights,...

NBC has picked up the Jimmy Fallon-produced comedy Guys With Kids for its growing fall slate.

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The series stars Anthony Anderson (Law & Order), Jesse Bradford (The West Wing) and Zach Cregger (Friends With Benefits) as three 30-something guys who enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact they haven’t grown up themselves. Rounding out the ensemble are Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos), Sara Rue (Rules of Engagement) and Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show).

That brings to nine the number of new shows NBC has already ordered for fall,...

Having just watched (500) Days of Summer for the (embarrassing number deleted)th time, I found myself wondering what Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber has been up to since they penned the delightful, adorable, twee and surprisingly honest 2009 romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.

It turns out they've been keeping busy as the creators of a TV show called "Friends with Benefits" - not to be mistaken for the Timberlake-Kunis joint from last summer - and have a Shakespearean adaptation called Rosaline coming in 2013. But the real (good) news is that their next gig will be writing for Shailene Woodley, last year's break-out actress and Oscar nominee, in coming-of-age drama The Spectacular Now.

Having just watched (500) Days of Summer for the (embarrassing number deleted)th time, I found myself wondering what Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber has been up to since they penned the delightful, adorable, twee and surprisingly honest 2009 romantic comedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel.

It turns out they've been keeping busy as the creators of a TV show called "Friends with Benefits" - not to be mistaken for the Timberlake-Kunis joint from last summer - and have a Shakespearean adaptation called Rosaline coming in 2013. But the real (good) news is that their next gig will be writing for Shailene Woodley, last year's break-out actress and Oscar nominee, in coming-of-age drama The Spectacular Now.

Novel adaptation The Fault in Our Stars lands Scott Neustadter, Mark Weber. Temple Hill Productions and Fox 2000 film will be scripted by the (500) Days of Summer duo, based on the John Green novel, reports Deadline. The Dutton Juvenile-published book tells of Hazel, a sixteen-year-old with terminal cancer who befriends Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group. Although facing their own mortality, they boost each other's spirits with the use of humor. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen Temple Hill (The Twilight Saga) are set to produce. Neustadter and Weber's other credits include The Pink Panther 2 and they created TV's Friends with Benefits series...

Novel adaptation The Fault in Our Stars lands Scott Neustadter, Mark Weber. Temple Hill Productions and Fox 2000 film will be scripted by the (500) Days of Summer duo, based on the John Green novel, reports Deadline. The Dutton Juvenile-published book tells of Hazel, a sixteen-year-old with terminal cancer who befriends Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group. Although facing their own mortality, they boost each other's spirits with the use of humor. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen Temple Hill (The Twilight Saga) are set to produce. Neustadter and Weber's other credits include The Pink Panther 2 and they created TV's Friends with Benefits series...

Novel adaptation The Fault in Our Stars lands Scott Neustadter, Mark Weber. Temple Hill Productions and Fox 2000 film will be scripted by the (500) Days of Summer duo, based on the John Green novel, reports Deadline. The Dutton Juvenile-published book tells of Hazel, a sixteen-year-old with terminal cancer who befriends Augustus at a kids-with-cancer support group. Although facing their own mortality, they boost each other's spirits with the use of humor. Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen Temple Hill (The Twilight Saga) are set to produce. Neustadter and Weber's other credits include The Pink Panther 2 and they created TV's Friends with Benefits series...

An alumnus from J.J. Abrams’ Lost is on her way to the set of Fringe on Fox. In fact, we hear another Lost actor, Maggie Grace, also has a new gig. It’s for a killer new pilot. But let’s focus on Fringe, shall we?

Fans of Fringe will remember seeing a season finale last year that delivered the disappearance of Peter. Someone is always disappearing on that series. This time around, on the upcoming May season ender, someone will appear instead of disappear and that person is Lost‘s Rebecca Mader, who played Charlotte once upon a time.

For Fringe, Mader will play Jessica, someone who will connect heavily with Olivia. We’ll see her work beginning in the final two episodes of the season. And get this, producers tell TV Guide that Jessica is linked to the super villain David Robert Jones. She’s also a tough chick.

Variety reports that Millennium NuImage have just purchased the rom-com spec Lauren Pemberton is No Longer in a Relationship; Robert Cort will produce.

Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger teamed to write the script, which “focuses on a guy who reconnects with his high school crush through Facebook when he discovers she is single only to find out that he is not the only one in pursuit.” In a world consumed by Facebook and social media, it was only a matter of time before it took over Hollywood as well; look at the Darren Aronofsky-produced Xoxo, a “Fatal Attraction for the digital age.” We’ve come a long way since 1998, when You’ve Got Mail seemed hi-tech.

This script also led Berger and Aptaker to obtain staff writing positions on NBC’s Friends With Benefits, and currently serve as executive story editors on MTV’s Zach Stone is Gonna Be Famous.

Tempestt Bledsoe has joined Jimmy Fallon's NBC comedy pilot. The untitled sitcom, which has the working title DILFs, will focus on a trio of young fathers who struggle to adjust to adult life. Bledsoe has been cast as the wife of one of the men, played by Transformers star Anthony Anderson, according to TVLine. The 38-year-old is best known for playing Vanessa Huxtable on long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. Other stars attached to DILFs include Jesse Bradford (Flags of Our Fathers) and Zach Cregger (Friends with Benefits) as the other (more)...

Jessica Lucas in talks, Elizabeth Blackmore cast in The Evil Dead. Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore being cast in The Evil Dead (2013) adds to the Fede Alvarez directed film that already has Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, and Lou Taylor Pucci.

On the characters they and the other will play in The Evil Dead:

Levy leads the cast as Mia, a troubled young woman struggling to come to terms with the recent death of her mother. She retreats into a remote cabin to detox from her drug addiction, along with a circle of friends that includes her Bff (Lucas), her estranged brother David (Fernandez), his fiancee (Blackmore), and the gang’s academic pal Eric (Pucci). While in isolation, however, the group discovers the Book of the Dead and unwittingly unleashes malicious supernatural forces.

More on the plot of the film can be found here: The Evil Dead (2013): Plot Synopsis for Fede Alvarez Remake.

Gabrielle Union has landed the lead in the BET pilot Single Black Female.

Also among the latest pilot castings: a Pan Am star flies to a new drama, a Taxi vet teams with Melissa McCarthy and more.

Single Black Female — from The Game producers Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil — chronicles the life of the host of a popular Atlanta-based talk show (Union). Deadline first reported the news.

Union’s recent TV credits include an episode of Army Wives, as well as arcs on the short-lived FlashForward and Life.

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Andre Holland has joined the cast of NBC's presidential comedy pilot "1600 Penn." "Friends With Benefits" actor Holland will play Marshall Malloy, the White House press secretary. Also read: Bill Pullman to Play the U.S. President -- Again -- in NBC Comedy "1600 Penn" The pilot, which follows a dysfunctional First Family, is co-written and co-executive produced by "Book of Mormon" co-star Josh Gad, who will also star as the out-of-control oldest son of the family, who returns home and "becomes not only it’s biggest liability but also the glue holding...

Andre Holland is heading to White House. The Friends With Benefits actor has joined the cast of NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot 1600 Penn, which revolves around a dysfunctional first family whose out-of-control oldest son (Josh Gad) returns home and becomes not only its biggest liability but also the glue holding everyone together. Holland will play White House Press Secretary Marshall Malloy. He joins Gad and Gad’s fictional overachieving sister Brittany Snow as well as Bill Pullman, who has been tapped to play the president in the Twentieth Century Fox TV project. Modern Family director Jason Winer, former Barack Obama speechwriter Jonathan

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Jamie-Lynn Sigler has joined a new comedy pilot from Jimmy Fallon. The NBC project, which has the working title DILFs, will focus on a trio of young fathers who struggle to adjust to adult life. Sopranos star Sigler will play the wife of one of the three leads, according to Deadline. Her husband will be portrayed by the previously-cast Zach Cregger, best known for his role on NBC's short-lived sitcom Friends with Benefits. Sigler has also appeared on Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother (more)...

Tim Guinee, who as of late has been doing some sleuthing on The Good Wife, has booked a guest-starring role on ABC’s Castle.

TVLine has learned exclusively that the actor will appear in this season’s 19th episode, titled “47 Seconds,” as an activist who is critical of an anti-Wall Street movement and witnesses a bombing of a protest rally in a New York City Plaza.

Guinee’s TV credits also include Person of Interest, Covert Affairs and Lie to Me.

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"House" regular Peter Jacobson won't have a lot of downtime between the end of his current series and his possible next series role.

Jacobson, who's joined "House" in its fourth season, has taken a role in the Showtime drama pilot "Ray Donovan," according to Deadline. He's the first "House" cast member to line up pilot work since the announcement of the show's end date.

"Ray Donovan" star Liev Schreiber as a professional trouble-shooter (a la "Michael Clayton") who works for the wealthy and powerful of Los Angeles but has a boatload of issues within his own family. Jacobson, whose credits also include "The Starter Wife" and "The Lost Room," will have a recurring part as a colleague who often turns to Ray when he needs a problem fixed.

The series will also star Jon Voight as Ray's dad, Elliott Gould as Ray's professional mentor and Paula Malcomson ("Deadwood") as his wife,...

Exclusive: Peter Jacobson has become the first House co-star to line up a new TV gig following the recent announcement that the veteran Fox medical drama will end its run in May. Jacobson has joined Showtime’s drama pilot Ray Donovan starring Liev Schreiber in a recurring role. Written by Ann Biderman and directed by Allen Coulter, the Showtime-produced project centers on Ray (Schreiber), a professional “fixer” for La’s rich and famous who can make anyone’s problems disappear, except the ones created by his own family. Jacobson will play Lee Drexler, a hard-driving, foul-mouthed wheeler-dealer who relies on Ray as Mr. Fixit whenever his high-profile clients get into hot water. Lee also loves to bust Ray’s chops at every opportunity. Zach Cregger has landed one of the leads in NBC’s untitled Jimmy Fallon comedy pilot. The multicamera comedy, written by Charlie Grandy, centers on three 30-something...

Party Down and Veronica Mars alum Ryan Hansen has landed the lead in the Fox comedy pilot El Jefe. The project, from writers David Guarascio & Moses Port and Sony TV, centers on an affable but lost 30-year-old (Hansen) who, tossed out of his Brentwood home, moves in with his longtime Latin American nanny and goes head to head with her strong-willed son and finds himself in a family and work life very different than the ones he grew up in. Gersh-repped Hansen recently co-starred on NBC’s Friends With Benefits. Heather Burns (HBO’s Bored To Dead) has joined the NBC/Sony TV comedy pilot Save Me, starring Anne Heche as a woman who, after an accident, starts to believe she is channeling God. ICM-repped Burns will play her friend. Also cast in the pilot is Lamon Rucker as Dr. John Wilkins. Mousa Kraish has been added to the NBC...