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Exclusive: CAA has signed Evan Ross, who recently wrapped The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2. The actor will soon be seen starring in the gritty drama Supremacy and The Wilderness Of James. Ross’s credits include Squatters, Jeff Who Lives At Home, Life Is Hot In Cracktown and 96 Minutes. The latter won him the Jury Award for Best Breakthrough Performance at SXSW. Ross also just signed with Capitol Records and will release an album in the fall.

Ross had been at Paradigm and continues to be managed by Link and lawyered by Ziffren Brittenham.

Billed as a “multi-levelled story with tension and twists at all turns”, Squatters is a debut feature from actor-come-writer Justin Shilton. Set in southern California, Squatters begins by showing the perspective of Jonas (Thomas Dekker) and Kelly (Gabriella Wilde), two grimy young homeless teens.

Opening scenes of Kelly and Jonas fretting over scoring weed, rooting through dumpsters and shop-lifting are supposed to elicit sympathy but do little to arouse any form of empathy for lead characters’ situations – especially after the self-indulgent slowed-down beach party scene. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure my friend – especially if that man is a rich prick,” jeers Jonas, again doing little to improve his likability.

Today sees the DVD and digital release of Squatters, a straight to video release by director Martin Weisz. The film follows a couple of homeless drifters, played by Gabriella Wilde and Thomas Dekker.

When they hear of a family who are going away on vacation, they move into their home, intent on making as much money from the property as they can before the owners return. The family, however, come home early… Squatters also stars Richard Dreyfuss as the man of the house, a welcome appearance by an actor who seems to be spending less time than ever on-screen. Dreyfuss, however, is a talented actor, with many memorable roles on his CV. Here, we take a look at six of the best.

American Graffiti (1973)

Dreyfuss’s first major movie breakthrough was in George Lucas’s love letter to his youth, and fifties American car culture, American Graffiti. The film followed three main characters,...

Welcome to the first in a new feature here on Nerdly where we take a look at some of the weeks new releases in smaller, more succinct capsule reviews with a rating to let you know whether to Rent, Buy, or wait for Netflix and/or other streaming services…

Demon Legacy

Stars: Anna Maria Demara, Kati Sharp, Grant Alan, Nancy McCrumb, Cortney Palm | Written by Tracy Morse | Directed by Rand Vossler

In a remote mountain lodge, ­ five college friends are spending time together to help one of them get over a break up. After a late night drunken party the friends decide to play with a Ouija board, with terrible consequences. An unholy evil is unleashed and the friends must battle evil and each other, as the lines between reality and imagination blur the struggle to save them begins.

Demon Legacy has one hell of a pedigree: a first-time feature from director Rand Vossler who,...

Imagine this: You go away on holiday, but things don’t go according to plan. So, you go home early. When you arrive, however, it turns out your empty house isn’t quite so empty… This is the plot of Squatters, the latest film from film by director Martin Weisz, available this Monday on DVD and digital download.

A frightening premise, to be sure, but there have been several other, arguably scarier, films revolving around home invasions. Here we take a look at six of the best.

Panic Room (2002)

David Fincher’s 2002 thriller didn’t get the acclaim of some of his other films, but he certainly put his heart and soul into it. With as many effects shots as any summer blockbuster, Fincher’s movie is an underrated gem, the rare film that instils a genuine sense of unease in its audience. Second choice lead actress Jodie Foster puts...

Another update surrounding the upcoming "Fifty Shades of Grey" film just went public: Luke Grimes of "True Blood" has just joined the cast, as of today (October 25).

Cast to play Christian Grey’s adopted brother Elliot in the romantic drama, Grimes joins the duo of Jamie Dornan of "Once Upon a Time" as Christian, and "21 Jump Street's" Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele.

In related news, Grimes is coming at us with four upcoming movies, the latest of which is the completed "Squatters," set for release toward the end of 2013.

According to the movie's synopsis, "Home early from their vacation, a wealthy Pacific Palisades couple discovers a pair of homeless young lovers have moved into their home."...

With Cate Blanchett in negotiations to play the evil stepmother in Disney’s re-imagining of the classic fairytale Cinderella, Untitled Cinderella Story, the studio has begun narrowing its search for the title character.

The three foreign-born actresses that will reportedly soon be testing for the role are already established Irish teen thesp Saoirse Ronan (The Host), Alicia Vikander, the lovely Swedis-born actress from A Royal Affair and Britain’s Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers) who has signed on to play the role of Sue Snell in Carrie remake.

Chris Weitz (About a Boy) wrote the script and Simon Kinberg (X-Men) will produce Mark Romanek’s live-action adaptation. Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the initial draft and Disney set the project up in the wake of its success with Alice in Wonderland in May 2010.

The film follows the prince, who set for a politically arranged marriage, until the evil plan is threatened when the prince meets Cinderella,...

Fans are still up in arms that The CW canceled The Secret Circle on May 11 and now star Thomas Dekker is opening up, for the first time, about the show's passing.

I caught up with Thomas on the set of Squatters, a dramatic new film very close to his heart (but more on that at a later date), when talk naturally turned to Secret Circle. And while Thomas was sad to say goodbye to the cast and crew, he wasn't exactly torn up about losing the job.

TheInsider.com: How did you find out about the show's cancellation?

Thomas Dekker: I actually found out the show was canceled the first day of filming on Squatters, so I feel very lucky to have something to jump into. I admire and am very grateful for the season I got of that show because I worked with such an incredible cast, but I never really felt the show and...

Rising starlet Imogen Poots has joined the film adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel "A Long Way Down," which has Pascal Chaumeil at the helm. She'll star along side Toni Collette, Pierce Brosnan and Emile Hirsch, who previously joined the tale of four disparate individuals who meet one another on a London rooftop on New Year's Eve, all with the same intention to commit suicide. Instead of jumping, these complete strangers make a pact to stay alive and stay together until at least Valentine's Day. Lensing begins this September in London from a script by Jack Thorne, whose debut film "The Scouting Book For Boys" earned major praise. [THR]

Michael Winterbottom's "24 Hour Party People" featured an excellent performance by the versatile Steve Coogan as Factory Records head Tony Martin, and the actor is now set to return to the '70's British music scene. Coogan is joining Elaine Constantine's "Northern Soul,...

Felony

"Warrior" and "The Thing" actor Joel Edgerton will both pen and star in "Noise" filmmaker Matthew Saville's new thriller "Felony".

Edgerton plays a decorated police officer who is involved in a hit-and-run with a young cyclist. Lying about the accident leads only to far worse consequences. [Source: The Herald Sun]

Coming Together

"New Girl" star Max Greenfield has joined Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler in David Wain's rom-com "They Came Together".

Greenfield will play the wayward couch surfing younger brother of Rudd’s character. Wain wrote the script with his "Wet Hot American Summer" co-scribe Michael Showalter. [Source: Yahoo Movies]

Mary Pickford

Lily Rabe ("All Good Things," "American Horror Story") will play silent actress and key film industry pioneer Mary Pickford in the untitled upcoming movie based on Eileen Whitfield’s biography at Poverty Row Entertainment.

Josh Fagin is penning the script with shooting to begin early next year. Producers Julie Pacino and Jennifer DeLia...

Richard Dreyfuss has joined the cast of “Squatters,” the latest film from "The Hills Have Eyes 2" director Martin Weisz. From a script by Justin Shilton, "Squatters" tells the story of a young homeless couple who move into a vacant mansion in the Pacific Palisades to escape. When the owners return, the couple tries to take advantage of the situation. Also joining the cast are Lolita Davidovich, Nancy Travis, Evan Ross, Luke Grimes and Andrew Howard. Thomas Dekker of "Foreverland" and Gabriella Wilde from "The Three Musketeers" had already signed on. Weisz, who has...