Scott Rudin News

The debut date for the second season of the HBO drama series THE NEWSROOM has been confirmed.

Rachel McAdams is nearing a deal to join the untitled ensemble (and sort of wacky-sounding) romantic comedy from Cameron Crowe.

Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz,and Rafe Spall will star on Broadway in Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL, directed by ten-time Tony Award-winner Mike Nichols. BETRAYAL will begin performances on Tuesday, October 1 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street). Opening night is Sunday, November 3. BETRAYAL is a strictly limited engagement, running 14 weeks only, through January 5, 2014.

The Off-Broadway League today announced nominations in 14 categories and two additional special awards for the 2013 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway. The Lortel Awards will be handed out on Sunday, May 5, 2013 at NYU Skirball Center beginning at 7:00pm EST, and hosted by acclaimed stage and screen actors Aasif Mandvi and Maura Tierney. This year's event will once again benefit The Actors Fund.

Deadline reports that Paramount and Scott Rudin Productions have bought at auction the option for Jeff VanderMeer's novel ANNIHILATION as well as his two follow up books for a possible film trilogy. According to the report Rudin will also produce along with Eli Bush.

The producers of The Book of Mormon, which opened Thursday night at London's Prince of Wales Theatre, announced that the show set a record for the biggest single day of sales in West End and Broadway history. Between 10:00 AM and Midnight on Friday, March 22, the day after opening, £2,107,972 ($3,210,019) was taken in ticket sales. 150,000 additional tickets have been made available and the show is now booking until January 11, 2014.

Here are the first sneak peeks of The Book of Mormon on stage in the West End!

Check out the cast and other celebrities at the Book of Mormon London after party!

Check out the London company of The Book of Mormon taking their bows!

The Book of Mormon creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are in the West End tonight for the show's opening - and so are dozens of other stars!

Deadline reports that Chris Rock has teamed up with Scott Rudin and Barry Diller on his next film endeavor. The actor wrote and will direct and star in the yet to be titled project, shooting in New York this June.

Jon Stewart will go on hiatus from “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” beginning in June in order to direct his first feature film, entitled “Rosewater.'

Gavin Creel and Jared Gertner will play Elder Price and Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, which previews at the Prince of Wales Theatre from tonight, 25 February 2013.

According to Deadline, Constance Zimmer has officially landed a recurring role on the upcoming second season of Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama THE NEWSROOM.

HBO has officially lined up its leads for the upcoming SILICON VALLEY pilot, Deadline has confirmed.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. (MGM) has promoted Adam Rosenberg to Executive Vice President, Production, it was announced today by MGM's President of Motion Picture Group, Jonathan Glickman.

Jujamcyn Theaters (Jordan Roth, President) and True Colors Theatre Company (Kenny Leon, Co-Founding Artistic Director) have announced the 5th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition will take place on Monday, May 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the August Wilson Theatre (245 West 52nd Street). The event, which is free and open to the public, features high school students from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Pittsburgh and Seattle performing monologues by the late, legendary American playwright.

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) has announced its nominations and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre in 2012. The 44th annual LADCC Awards ceremony will take place on Monday, March 18 at historic, heralded Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street in downtown L.A.