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‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Competing Project Surfaces With Chinese Backing

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Poster for Disney's 1954 production of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Poster for Disney’s 1954 production of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

‘Suicide Squad’s’ Adam Beach Joins Christian Bale In Scott Cooper’s ‘Hostiles’

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Canadian First Nations actor Beach is known for his roles in Windtalkers, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and Skinwalkers. He’ll be seen in Suicide Squad as Slipknot.

Beach at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International - Image credit: Gage Skidmore

Beach at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International – Image credit: Gage Skidmore

Tessa Thompson Joins The Marvel Universe In ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

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…as Chris Hemsworth’s love interest!

Tessa Thompson (Photo Credit: MingleMediaTVNetwork)

Tessa Thompson (Photo Credit: MingleMediaTVNetwork)

Disney Slots Mira Nair’s ‘Queen Of Katwe’ For September 2016

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The adaptation of Tim Crothers’s novel stars Lupita N’yongo and David Oyelowo.

Actress Lupita N'yongo

Actor David Oyelowo

Kevin Hart & Lionsgate To Launch VOD Service That Includes Original Series

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Actor and comedian Kevin Hart at the Ride Along Red Carpet Premiere, Sydney Australia, 2014

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart at the Ride Along Red Carpet Premiere, Sydney Australia, 2014

Beals, Ali, and Hudson In Casting News From Deadline.com…

Actress Jennifer Beals at the GLAAD Awards in 2009

Actress Jennifer Beals at the GLAAD Awards in 2009

Looks like Jennifer Beals (The Bride, The Book of Eli, Flashdance) is set as the female lead in Taken, the NBC prequel to the Taken film franchise. Beals will co-star opposite Clive Standen in the role of Christina Hart the special deputy director of National Intelligence.

House Of Cards’ Mahershala Ali has joined the cast in director Ted Melfi’s Hidden Figures, the story of former NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Ali’s role? Love interest of main character, Johnson, played by Taraji Henson.

Also confirmed is Ernie Hudson of Ghostbusters fame (also set to appear in the “controversial” remake) as Sgt. Ed Conrad in the pilot for Fox detective show APB.

‘Blair Witch Project’ Co-Director Eduardo Sanchez To Direct ‘Sevenfold’ For Blumhouse – SXSW

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Key & Peele Action Comedy ‘Keanu’ To Screen Work-In-Progress At SXSW 2016

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‘Mr. Robot’ Adds Joey Bada$$ & Chris Conroy To Cast

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Hip hop artist and actor Joey Badass

Hip hop artist and actor Joey Badass

Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’ Gets TV Series Treatment With Pilot Order From Spike

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