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| 'Baywatch' reboot to hold open auditions in February | Fox Entertainment and Fremantle announced Thursday that they will hold open auditions for a reboot of Baywatch Feb. 18 at the Marina Del Rey, Calif., Marriott. Fox is inviting aspiring actors 18 and older of all genders and ethnicities to audition. These roles could be series regulars, recurring or guest star roles as lifeguards, beachgoers, bartenders and more, including not yet written. Auditioners are encouraged to dress for the beach but not in "overly revealing styles and costumes." They can register at www.baywatchcastingcall.com by Feb. 17. Burn Notice creator Matt Nix is showrunner of the reboot and executive produces with Mike Horowitz, Dante Di Loreto and Baywatch creators Michael Berk, Greg Bonann and Doug Schwartz. |
| Jessie Buckley's 'The Bride,' Christian Bale monster visit New York | Warner Bros. released the trailer for The Bride! on Thursday. The film opens March 6. Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed the adaptation of The Bride of Frankenstein. The trailer, set to Florence + the Machine's "Everybody Scream," shows Jessie Buckley die in a fall down stairs. She wakes up in a lab. The monster (Christian Bale) explains that he assisted a scientist (Annette Bening) in digging her up and bringing her back. At the end of the trailer, Buckley names herself "The Bride." The monster adds "of Frankenstein" but she corrects him, "No, just The Bride." The monster and The Bride hit New York City earlier in the trailer. The Bride also holds a fancy party hostage at gunpoint. |
| Anne Hathaway to play Stephen Morin survivor in Paramount+ series | Paramount+ announced Thursday it has greenlit the series Fear Not. It will air in 2027. Anne Hathaway stars as Margy Palm, the last woman kidnapped by serial killer Stephen Morin. Morin has not been cast yet. Palm turned to her faith during captivity, believing Morin could be saved. Palm was ultimately returned and Morin was convicted and sentenced to death. MGM Television will produce Fear Not. Bash Doran adapted the book Sympathy for the Devil by Julie Miller. The series will have six episodes. Hathaway is also an executive producer and stars in the films The Devil Wears Prada 2, The Odyssey and more 2026 movies. Her previous TV role was two episodes of the Prime Video series Modern Love. |
| 'American Classic' pics show Kline, Linney, Shalhoub Broadway drama | MGM+ released three photos from the upcoming series American Classic on Thursday. The show premieres March 1 on MGM+ and airs weekly. Kevin Kline stars as Richard Bean, a theater actor who returns home to his family theater after a Broadway meltdown. Laura Linney and Jon Tenney play his wife and son. Tony Shalhoub guest stars as Alvy, Richard's agent. The photo shows Alvy making a phone call from the Alvy Stritch agency. Other photos show Kline and Linney at a dinner table, and Linney and Tenney speaking at a podium. MGM+ also announced Stephen Spinella and Aaron Tveit joining the cast as a theater critic and his partner respectively. Each season will tell the story of a different Bean production with family stories unfolding around them. |
| Erotic thriller 'Scorn' casts Adria Arjona, Kingsley Ben-Adir | Topic Studios announced casting for the film Scorn on Thursday. The erotic thriller will star Adria Arjona and Kingsley Ben-Adir. Sarah-Violet Bliss wrote and will direct the film. Production begins at the end of the month in the U.K. Arjona will play a woman who has an affair with a married man (Ben-Adir). The man decides it was "just a fling" according to the logline, but the woman won't leave. Arjona recently starred in Splitsville, also with Topic, Andor, Blink Twice and Hit Man. Ben-Adir played Bob Marley in Bob Marley: One Love, Malcolm X in One Night in Miami... and a Ken in Barbie. Bliss co-created the comedy Search Party and wrote for the Wet Hot American Summer Netflix series. |