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Playwrights Horizons has announced additional casting for its upcoming 2015/2016 Season.

Spotlight Pictures continues to add to its robust slate on the Croisette and has announced foreign sales rights for 7 CHINESE BROTHERS written and directed by Bob Byington

The weather outside may be frightful, but FOX's programming sure will be delightful with this year's new and returning Thanksgiving and holiday favorites.

SELMAIn SELMA, David Oyelowo stars as Martin Luther King, Jr. The feature focuses on King's efforts to gain equal voting rights for all, ending with the march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., followed by President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Click below to watch the first trailer for the film!

Season two of Disney's popular animated comedy series 'Gravity Falls,' starring Jason Ritter ('Parenthood') and Kristen Schaal ('The Daily Show with Jon Stewart') as Dipper and Mabel Pines, twins who spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan (aka Grunkle Stan), debuts TONIGHT, AUGUST 1 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and MONDAY, AUGUST 4 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. Thereafter new episodes will debut on Disney XD with subsequent airings on Disney Channel.

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns to the Japanese Garden at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Campus for the third consecutive summer, with a Los Angeles-centric summer production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- directed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre alum Kenn Sabberton -- for seventeen performances only, today, July 8 to 26 (press opening July 13).

Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles (SCLA), under the artistic direction of Ben Donenberg, returns to the Japanese Garden at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Campus for the third consecutive summer, with a Los Angeles-centric summer production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet -- directed by Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre alum Kenn Sabberton -- for seventeen performances only, July 8 to 26 (press opening July 13).

Deadline reports that Ava DuVernay's upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. film will feature Broadway's Colman Domingo (The Scottsboro Boys) as 'Ralph Abernathy'.

Season two of Disney's popular animated comedy series 'Gravity Falls,' starring Jason Ritter ('Parenthood') and Kristen Schaal ('The Daily Show with Jon Stewart') as Dipper and Mabel Pines, twins who spend the summer with their eccentric Great Uncle Stan (aka Grunkle Stan), debuts FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and MONDAY, AUGUST 4 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. Thereafter new episodes will debut on Disney XD with subsequent airings on Disney Channel.

Based upon the Academy Award(R)-nominated film, How To Train Your Dragon, DREAMWORKS DRAGONS is back for its second season of epic adventures and high-flying hijinks tonight, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network.

Based upon the Academy Award(R)-nominated film, How To Train Your Dragon, DREAMWORKS DRAGONS is back for its second season of epic adventures and high-flying hijinks on Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7:30 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network.

A second season of the hit Disney Channel series 'Gravity Falls' has been ordered, it was announced today by Eric Coleman, Senior Vice President, Original Series, Disney Television Animation. The animated comedy, created and executive-produced by Alex Hirsch, follows twin brother and sister Dipper (voiced by Jason Ritter) and Mabel Pines (voiced by Kristen Schaal) as they spend summer with their eccentric great uncle Stan (voiced by Hirsch), in the wondrous town of Gravity Falls. The series' growing fan base looks for the unique 'secret message' at the end of each episode's credits. The key for decoding the message is incorporated in various episodes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the FOX network and Warner Bros. Television have extended the options on stars Brittany Snow, Stephen Root, Catherine O'Hara and Jillian Bell who had been cast in the proposed pilot series, TO MY FUTURE ASSISTANTS

IFC announced today a roster of notable voices guesting on the network's upcoming original animated series, OUT THERE.

Award-winning writer and director, Brett Truett, has teamed up with renowned artist and animator, Francisco Enciso, to create HELL ON EARTH - an animated rock opera series for mature audiences.

The Emmy(R)- and Golden Globe-winning drama series kicks off its 12-episode third season TONIGHT, SEPT. 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

DreamWorks DRAGONS: RIDERS OF BERK premieres tonight, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network.

Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for Robert Redford's THE COMPANY YOU KEEP, based on the Neil Gordon novel and starring Shia LaBeouf, Robert Redford, Julie Christie, Richard Jenkins, Susan Sarandon, Stephen Root, Sam Elliott, Brendan Gleeson, Terrence Howard, Anna Kendrick and Jackie Evancho. Check out the trailer below!

The Emmy(R)- and Golden Globe-winning drama series kicks off its 12-episode third season SUNDAY, SEPT. 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, followed by other episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

DreamWorks DRAGONS: RIDERS OF BERK premieres Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Cartoon Network.