5:45AM Seth | · The Coen brothers have cast Broadway actor Michael Stuhlbarg and veteran sitcom loudmouth Richard Kind in
A Serious Man, a black comedy set in the Midwest of 1967. Gentlemen: you may now commence crapping your pants with excitement, followed 11 months later by the public at large. [
Variety] · Toronto Film Festival organizers were thrilled to receive RSVPs from the likes of Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, and Ontario’s own Rachel McAdams. Seven world premieres are scheduled for next month’s festival, including
Pride and Glory,
Dean Spanley, and
The Lucky Ones. [
Variety] ·
The Office writer Michael Schur signed a seven-figure deal with Universal Media Studios that will include shared showrunner duties on this mysterious Amy Poehler not-an-
Office-spinoff whose arrival will bring an end to all injustice and world suffering. But no pressure, Amy and Michael. [
Variety] · Subway Sandwich 911-caller
doppelganger F. Gary Grey has signed on to direct
Julius, a “contempo urban crime” graphic novel based on Shakespeare’s
Julius Caesar. Maybe it will star Mark Anthony and Lil’ Romeo! [
Variety] · After a summer test run in which they were pleased to see the host plunging two thumb-talons into Omarosa’s eye-sockets in an impromptu display of
thrilling daytime bloodsport, Fox has decided to launch
The Wendy Williams Show nationally. [
TV Week]
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