Posted 3/7/13 9:28 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Casting News, TV News
With its most important bachelorettes in place, "The Selection" is finally getting around to populating its royal palace—with a qualified gentleman to sit on the biggest throne!
The Hollywood Reporter has the dish that Anthony Head, former father figure to the stake-toting Buffy Summers on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," is officially on board to play King Clarkson.
Or, in other words: The King is Giles! LONG LIVE THE KING!
Posted 3/5/13 1:26 pm EST by Kat Rosenfield in Casting News, Movie News, Movies, Page Turners
Heads up, literati! The list of YA adaptations on which to keep your ever-watchful eyes looks like it might be getting a new addition: the long-awaited "Maze Runner" movie, based on the book by James Dashner, is eyeing a leading man.
Deadline reports that the perpetually babyfaced Will Poulter has been offered one of the main roles in the dystopian sci-fi drama, which has been in development in Hollywood since 2011.
"Maze Runner" is the story of Thomas, a teenage boy who wakes up in a mysterious concrete enclosure, surrounded by boys his own age and with no memory of how he got there. Soon, he discovers that his strange new home lies at the center of a constantly shifting maze full of deadly threats, watched over by a mysterious group known as the Creators. It's Thomas' destiny to conquer the maze and lead his new friends to freedom—if he doesn't die in the attempt.
Posted 3/5/13 12:30 pm EST by Jocelyn Vena in Casting News, TV News
Hot on the heels of all those renewals for shows like "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project," comes word that Alexis Bledel, America’s favorite Gilmore girl, has just been cast in the new Fox sitcom "Friends and Family."
Jason Ritter has been cast as her love interest on the single-camera pilot, which will be the American version of the BBC series "Gavin & Stacey." According to The Wrap, the show will focus on Alexis and Jason’s long-distance romance, and how their friends and family (oh, we get it!) keep interrupting their plans. Haven’t they heard the saying, “If the van is a rockin', don’t come a knockin'”?
Posted 3/5/13 10:00 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in Casting News, TV News
The Matthews family is growing!
TVLine reports that "Boy Meets World" spin-off "Girl Meets World" has found Cory and Topanga's son Elliott, who will be played by actor Teo Halm.
Elliott is also (obviously) the brother to titular "Girl" Riley, played by 11-year-old actress Rowan Blanchard. The character was described in earlier reports as "a thinking man's jock."
Posted 3/4/13 5:02 pm EST by Amy Wilkinson in Casting News, TV News
America Singer may be a lowly Five in the caste system of Illea, but she couldn't be luckier in love, with two handsome suitors fighting for her affections.
The revamped adaptation of Kiera Cass' "The Selection" already landed a royal hunk in the form of Michael Malarkey, who will play Prince Maxon, and now Deadline has the news that Lucien Laviscount will portray the third leg of this love triangle as neighbor Aspen Leger.
Apparently, the British thespian (and recording artist) has made quick work of pilot season, landing the plum role opposite star Yael Grobglas just three weeks after landing in L.A. His dark good looks seem to hem closer to the book's description of Aspen than those of fair-haired actor William Moseley, who played the boy next door in the original pilot.
Posted 3/4/13 9:25 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Casting News, TV News
With Lena, Alex, Julian, and even the smarmy, villainous Thomas Fineman in place, there was just one major character left to be seated on the "Delirium" casting couch—and here she is! Deadline has the scoop that the role of Hana, fellow lobotomee-to-be and best friend of Lena, will be played by Jeanine Mason.
"Delirium" is the story of a futuristic society in which love has been declared a dangerous disease, resulting in a government-mandated surgical procedure to "cure" the condition in all citizens over 18. Lena, the heroine of "Delirium" (played in the adaptation by Emma Roberts) does the unthinkable and falls in love just weeks before she's meant to undergo the romance-eradicating cure; Hana is Lena's childhood friend, a beautiful, rebellious girl who's also imminently destined for the operating table.
Posted 3/1/13 3:10 pm EST by MTV News in Casting News, Movie News, Movies
FROM MTV NEWS: Magical, indeed!
Former "Harry Potter" co-stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe have somehow managed to conjure casting news on the very same day! The Hogwarts graduates are in talk for separate films, though they both have literary back stories.
Posted 3/1/13 10:00 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Casting News, TV News
After scoring their brand-new America Singer early this week, the folks in charge of The CW's "The Selection" are seriously heating up their own selection of actors to star in the show!
Deadline reports that there are now two shapely new butts on the "Selection" casting couch: Officially attached to the production are Michael Malarkey, who'll heat things up as the brooding Prince Maxon, and Celia Massingham, who's snagged the role of arch nemesis bachelorette Celeste.
Posted 2/26/13 9:46 am EST by Kat Rosenfield in Casting News, Page Turners, TV News
Here's a cause for cautious celebration: "The Selection," the CW pilot based on Kiera Cass' YA dystopian dating-game drama, has a leading lady! Again! For real, this time! Deadline reports that Israeli actress Yael Grobglas has officially snagged the role of America Singer, the working-class heroine who must compete against a gaggle of fellow bachelorettes in a national, televised competition for the love of the dashing Prince Maxon.
Yael is looking to make a name for herself on American television after headlining a series in her native Israel, and snagging the lead in a highly anticipated YA book-to-film adaptation like this one could be a major coup for the as-yet-unknown actress. But more importantly, this is a big step forward for the pilot, which has been plagued by delays despite having its rights snapped up by Hollywood long before the book even hit shelves.
Posted 2/26/13 8:00 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in Casting News, Page Turners, TV News
Shailene Woodley isn't the only "Secret Life of the American Teenager" star to land a role in a highly anticipated YA adaptation following the series' cancellation. Deadline reports that cast mate Daren Kagasoff, who played Ricky Underwood for five seasons, will star in Fox's upcoming "Delirium" pilot, based on the dystopian novel by Lauren Oliver.
"Delirium" is set in a world in which love has been deemed a dirty disease, curable only with a labotomy-like procedure each citizen must undergo when they turn 18. Just weeks before Lena Haloway (played by Emma Roberts) is to go under the knife, she falls in love with the mysterious Alex Sheathes (played by Daren), leading her to question not only the cure but her society's rigid rules.
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