'This Is Us' Gets An Unconventional 3-Season Renewal By NBC
In an unprecedented move, NBC has had This is Us renewed for three additional seasons, taking the show into its fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.
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Rumor: 'Indiana Jones 5' Now Being Written By 'This Is Us' Creator; Learn Plot Details Of Jon Kasdan's Abandoned Draft [Updated]
A new rumor claims a new Indiana Jones 5 writer has been hired: Dan Fogelman, the creator of This Is Us and writer of films like Cars and Last Vegas.
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'Life Itself' Director Dan Fogelman Blames White Male Critics For Universally Bad Reviews
This is Us creator Dan Fogelman was quick to blame critics, specifically, white male critics, for the near-universally bad Life Itself reviews.
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'Life Itself' Trailer: Oscar Isaac Charms The Hell Out Of Olivia Wilde In A Drama From 'This Is Us' Creator Dan Fogelman
Amazon has released the full Life Itself trailer, teasing the new family drama from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman, starring Oscar Isaac and Olivia Wilde.
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'Life Itself' Trailer: The Creator Of 'This Is Us' Crafts A Love Story That Will Probably Make You Cry
This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman is clearly trying to make more people cry in the first Life Itself trailer, the sophomore directing effort from the writer of Crazy Stupid Love.
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'This Is Us' Renewed For Two More Seasons; Katie Couric And Brian Tyree Henry Guest-Starring Soon
NBC's hit new drama, This Is Us, has been picked up for two more seasons. 36 more episodes of the drama are confirmed. Learn about This Is Us season two.
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That Big 'This Is Us' Twist: Lets Talk About It, & What It Will Mean For The Rest Of The Series
Let's discuss that big This Is Us twist and find out what it might mean for the rest of this NBC dramatic television series.
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Bradley Cooper Eyes 'Honeymoon With Harry' As Directorial Debut
Bradley Cooper wants to be a director. He's eyeing the dramedy Honeymoon With Harry as his debut. He'll also star, opposite Robert De Niro.
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This Week In Trailers: After The Fall, When Animals Dream, Danny Collins, Lily
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week…
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Bret Easton Ellis Won't Adapt 'Fifty Shades Of Grey', But 'Cars 2', 'The Killing', Or 'Saving Mr. Banks' Scribes Might
Plenty of high-profile actors and filmmakers have devoted time to deflecting Fifty Shades of Grey movie rumors in recent months, but one industry figure who's made no secret of his burning desire to bring the S&M novel to life is Bret Easton Ellis. The American Psycho author has been pushing hard for the screenwriting job over…
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Morgan Freeman To Party With Michael Douglas And Robert De Niro In 'Last Vegas'
While youth tends to rule in Hollywood, the next pack of legendary onscreen partiers looks to be neither the rowdy teens of the Project X films nor the thirtysomethings of The Hangover franchise, but the senior citizens of Last Vegas. Morgan Freeman has just joined Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas in the "Grumpy Old Men meets The…
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Robert De Niro Joins Michael Douglas In 'Last Vegas'
It's The Hangover meets Grumpy Old Men and now it's got some real star power too. Robert De Niro and Michael Douglas have joined the cast of Last Vegas, a comedy written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love) and directed by Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice). The film follows four friends who head…
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Ben Affleck To Star In Political Comedy 'Nathan Decker'
I really respect the way Ben Affleck turned his career around. The actor had a pretty bad few years a while back thanks to his over-publicized relationship with Jennifer Lopez and a handful of big films that were not the best fit for his personality. Then he proved his directorial skill with Gone Baby Gone,…
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Jon Turteltaub To Direct 'Last Vegas,' Aka 'The Hangover' For Seniors
Are CBS Films and Mandate Pictures looking to ride The Hangover's train to success? Seems that way, as the companies are close to signing Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, The Sorcerer's Apprentice) to direct Last Vegas, a comedy written by Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love.). We've got no casting info at this point, but the story…
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Casting Bits: Anna Kendrick And Natalie Martinez In 'End Of Watch;' Bill Moseley In 'Leatherface 3D;' Adam Scott In 'My Mother's Curse'
David Ayers wrote and will direct End of Watch, which already has Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena cast as two LAPD officers who "confront marriage, love, fatherhood and the harsh realities of the Los Angeles streets." Now Anna Kendrick and Natalie Martinez (Detroit 1-8-7) are in talks to play the respective love interests in the…
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Casting Bits: Al Pacino In 'Imagine', Olivia Munn In 'The Babymakers', Three More For Woody Allen's 'Bop Decameron'
Al Pacino is in talks to star in Imagine, playing an aging rocker who "decides to change his life after discovering a letter written to him by John Lennon." The note inspires him to reach out to his biological son, whom he's never met. Imagine will be the directorial debut of Dan Fogelman, the screenwriter…
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Casting Bits: Elijah Wood In 'Celese And Jesse Forever;' Colin Hanks In 'My Mother's Curse;' Paul Schneider In 'Baby Makers'
We reported on the last round of casting for Celeste and Jesse Forever just the other day, when Emma Roberts, Ari Graynor and Chris Messina joined the cast of the film that follows Rashida Jones (who co-wrote) and Andy Samberg as a couple who tries to maintain their friendship while still living in the same…
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Casting Bits: Kiefer Sutherland And Kate Bosworth In 'Fairytale Of New York;' Yvonne Strahovski In 'My Mother's Curse;' Two New Projects For 'Bridesmaids' Co-Star Melissa McCarthy
While he waits for the 24 film to move forward, Kiefer Sutherland is going to romance Kate Bosworth in New York. A film called Fairytale of New York (which only conjures up memories of the Pogues song) has been written by Jeff Murphy and will follow an Irish standup comic who meets an American woman…
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Warner Bros. Buys Dan Fogelman Pitch; Tom Cruise Attached To Play PR-Damaged Politician
Briefly: Are Tom Cruise and writer Dan Fogelman teaming for Jerry Maguire 2? Not quite, but they star and the Cars/Crazy, Stupid, Love writer have a project brewing that sounds like it might be in a similar vein. Dan Fogelman has just sold a pitch to Warner Bros. that has Cruise attached to play a…
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Casting Bits: Abbie Cornish Rumored For 'Whisperings And Lies;' Seth Rogen And Barbara Streisand In 'My Mother's Curse;' Katherine Heigl Replaces Halle Berry In 'New Year's Eve'
With everyone sleeping off the end of Sundance and taking a breather after the Superman casting announcement, there isn't a lot of big casting news today. But here are a couple of quick hits. First up, there's word that Abbie Cornish (Bright Star, Sucker Punch) has joined the cast of Whisperings and Lies, which was…
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Steve Carell To Star In 'Imagine', From 'Cars' And 'Tangled' Writer Dan Fogelman
Steve Carell is playing the son of a rock star in Imagine, a film that will see him reunited with writer-turned-director Dan Fogelman. The film centers around "a musician in his 60s who tries to live his life differently after reading an old letter written to him by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The rocker…
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Jack Nicholson To Star In LASt VEGAS, Aka 'The Hangover Meets Gumpy Old Men?'
Hollywood is even more youth-obsessed than usual of late, so the very fact that a studio might make a film that could be vaguely compared to Grumpy Old Men is enough to make me happy. Dan Fogelman, the screenwriter behind the Steve Carell / Ryan Gosling comedy that still doesn't have a name, has a…
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Casting Notes: De Niro In Dark Fields; McAdams Works With Woody Allen; Gosling Joining Carell Comedy?
Often with these aggregated casting pieces the idea is to group together a number of fairly small stories. In this case the names are big -- Robert De Niro, Rachel McAdams, Woody Allen, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carrell -- but the films are either ones we don't know much about or have recently covered in detail.…
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