Jason Isaacs News

Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

The surgical recovery room is the setting for KENDRA, a provocative new series launching today, November 26 on WIGS (www.youtube.com/wigs), the #1 channel for scripted drama on YouTube. Kendra, played by Sarah Jones (Vegas, Alcatraz), is a nurse who attends to patients post op.

The BBC's comedy series ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS was among the 38 nominees for the 40th International Emmy Awards announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom.

Talk Show Listings For Tuesday, August 21

Talk Show Listings For Tuesday, August 21

Julia Stiles stars in a new series, BLUE which is premiering now on the YouTube Channel, WIGS (www.youtube.com/wigs). In the series, Stiles stars as the title character, a single mom trying to protect her son from the consequences of her secret career.

Jennifer Garner and Alfred Molina star in SERENA, a short film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, a co-founder of WIGS along with Jon Avnet and Jake Avnet. Garner plays Serena, a woman who makes a series of shocking confessions to her Priest (Molina).

Today, award-winning filmmakers Jon Avnet ('Black Swan,' 'Fried Green Tomatoes,' 'Risky Business') and Rodrigo Garcia ('Albert Nobbs,' 'In Treatment,' 'Mother and Child') launch 'Jan,' the first WIGS series from a comprehensive slate of new, original programming.The digital channel's premiere series, 'Jan,' is written and directed by Jon Avnet. The series stars Caitlin Gerard ('The Social Network'), Virginia Madsen ('Sideways'), Stephen Moyer ('True Blood'), along with Alexandra Holden ('Friday Night Lights'), Jaime Murray ('Dexter,' 'Spartacus'), Kyle Gallner ('A Nightmare on Elm Street'), Iddo Goldberg ('Diary of a Call Girl,' 'Uprising'), Laura Spencer, Dorothy Davis, Allison McAtee, Andrea De Oliveira, John Ales, and Cass Castelow. Watch the first episode below!

On the Thursday April 5 episode of NBC's new drama series AWAKE entitled 'Thats Not My Penquin', while working a hostage situation with Detective Vega (Wilmer Valderrama), Detective Michael Britten (Jason Isaacs) unexpectedly finds himself collaborating with Dr. Lee (BD Wong).

NBC will premiere its intriguing new drama AWAKE on Thursday, March 1 (10-11 p.m. ET), starring Jason Isaacs ('Harry Potter,' 'Brotherhood') as a detective who finds he is leading a complex double life that defies reality. The series will continue on Thursdays (10-11 p.m. ET).

Helping Michael to navigate his two realities are his bureau-assigned therapists Dr. Evans (Tony Award-winner Cherry Jones; THE HEIRESS, DOUBT) and Dr. Lee (Tony Award-winner B.D. Wong; M. BUTTERFLY). While both therapists work to untangle his two worlds, Michael has no interest in proving either one is false. But when memories of the accident begin to haunt him, he is forced to confront the truth about what really happened the night of the crash. Hear what Wong and Jones had to say about the show, their roles and more below!

After airing only a handful of episodes, the NBC network has announced that is will be replacing its new drama series THE FIRM with its midseason replacement series AWAKE beginning March 1st.

NBC will premiere its intriguing new drama AWAKE on Thursday, March 1 (10-11 p.m. ET), starring Jason Isaacs ('Harry Potter,' 'Brotherhood') as a detective who finds he is leading a complex double life that defies reality. The series will continue on Thursdays (10-11 p.m. ET).

As first reported on EWonline.com, 'Alias' actor Kevin Weisman will be joining the cast of the upcoming NBC series AWAKE.

AWAKE is a new drama series coming to NBC in 2012 and tells the story of a man living a double life.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) has announced that it will add a British Designer Showcase to its 2011 Britannia Awards on Wednesday, November 30 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The Walt Disney Studios proudly announced today that the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood will host a limited return engagement of two of this year's most popular animated feature films, 'Cars 2' (in Disney 3D) and 'Winnie the Pooh.'

The Harry Potter film franchise will receive the "CinemaCon Hall of Fame Award," it was announced today by Mitch Neuhauser, managing director of CinemaCon, which will be held March 28-31, 2011, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Antonique Smith, known for her highly praised portrayal of Faith Evans in the 2009 hit bio-drama Notorious, has joined the cast of the upcoming action-thriller Abduction.

Green Zone celebrated it's premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square in NYC on February 25, 2010. In attendance was Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Julia Stiles, Howard Stern and more.