John Carter News

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Taylor Kitsch and Brendan Gleeson will star in the upcoming film THE GRAND SEDUCTION. The movie is an English-language reboot of the Canadian film La Grand Seduction.

According to the Daily Mail, Dominic West will make his musical debut as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, alongside Carly Bawden as Eliza Doolittle.

Deadline.com reports that 'John Carter' director Andrew Stanton is set to helm the sequel to Disney Pixar's FINDING NEMO. Stanton reportedly 'has a concept the studio loves' for the upcoming film.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, director Jon Favreau is among the top contenders to direct the JERSEY BOYS film, which is being adapted by RED playwright John Logan. Today, Deadline.com reports that Favreau has begun negotiations to close the deal.

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, JERSEY BOYS is headed to the silver screen, adapted by RED scribe John Logan. Today, Variety reports that IRON MAN director Jon Favreau is a frontrunner to helm the film.

Golden Globe(R) Award winning actress Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under) and music pioneer John Doe (X) have joined the cast of the Lifetime Original Movie RING OF FIRE (fka The June Carter Cash Story), starring four-time Grammy(R) Award-nominee Jewel as legendary country artist June Carter Cash.

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Pulitzer Prize-winning cancer researcher Siddhartha Mukherjee headline the 1,000th performance by The Moth, the non-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling, as part of the 5th Annual World Science Festival.

BBC AMERICA's Dramaville presents US premiere of WHITE HEAT, starring ensemble cast including Sam Claflin, Claire Foy and MyAnna Buring. WHITE HEAT, the next instalment of BBC AMERICA's Dramaville, charts the lives of seven friends from 1965 through to present day.

Lifetime has green lit the Original Movie THE JUNE CARTER CASH STORY (working title), starring four-time Grammy(R) Award-nominee Jewel and based on John Carter Cash's narrative of his mother June Carter Cash's life, Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash.

Rehearsals begin today, 30th April, for Harvey Fierstein's acclaimed Torch Song Trilogy. The production will be directed by Douglas Hodge and will play at the Menier Chocolate Factory 30 May - 12 August. Full casting is confirmed as follows: David Bedella will be playing Arnold Beckoff, Joe McFadden will be playing Ed, Sara Kestelman will be playing Mrs Beckoff, Tom Harries will be playing Alan, Perry Millward will be playing David and Laura Pyper will be playing Laurel.

James Purefoy will guest star on the April 18th episode of ABC's REVENGE entitled 'Doubt'. On the episode, Daniel's imprisonment sends Victoria to depths that no one thought possible, as the surprise return of a past love (Purefoy as Dominik Wright) provides a destructive but welcome distraction from her family's struggles.

BBC AMERICA's Dramaville presents US premiere of WHITE HEAT, starring ensemble cast including Sam Claflin, Claire Foy and MyAnna Buring. WHITE HEAT, the next instalment of BBC AMERICA's Dramaville, charts the lives of seven friends from 1965 through to present day.

James Purefoy will guest star on the April 18th episode of ABC's REVENGE entitled 'Doubt'. On the episode, Daniel's imprisonment sends Victoria to depths that no one thought possible, as the surprise return of a past love (Purefoy as Dominik Wright) provides a destructive but welcome distraction from her family's struggles.

SFX supervisor and model maker Roland Stevenson who's films include 'GLADIATOR', 'BLACK HAWK DOWN', 'KINGDOM OF HEAVEN' and the eagerly anticipated Sci-Fi horror 'PROMETHEUS', directed by Ridley Scott, has kindly offered his services to a play by producers Revera Productions ltd. Melody Roche, Co-producer and the lead in 'BUG' is delighted; 'It's fantastic to have input from such a respected figure in the film industry'.

Actors Theatre of Louisville today unveiled the official poster design for the 36th Annual Humana Festival of New American Plays.

The Finborough Theatre's 'Celebrating British Music Theatre' series follows Perchance to Dream with Ivor Novello's last musical.

Syndicated morning show LIVE! WITH KELLY! announces the latest lineup of co-hosts who will join host Kelly Ripa during the week of February 27-March 2, 2012, including her co-host for the show's first-ever post-Oscar(R) broadcast with co-host Neil Patrick Harris. The show will be broadcast live on location from the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center

The Finborough Theatre's 'Celebrating British Music Theatre' series follows Perchance to Dream with Ivor Novello's last musical.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor James Purefoy has been cast in the ABC drama series REVENGE. The actor will play a romantic love interest to the show's Victoria Grayson. Purefoy will first be seen on the drama series in an episode to air on late February.

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