NBC Planning Live ‘Bye Bye, Birdie’ Starring Jennifer Lopez For Holidays 2017https://t.co/V2gDdI89j2
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) October 28, 2016
JLo will star in NBC's next live musical as Rosie, whom was played by Chita Rivera originally. The musical is about an Elvis-like musician who causes a frenzy in a small town right before he's drafted. Will this be a Peter Pan or will it be a Grease, let's wait and see.
Joachim Rønning Attached To Direct David Heyman’s ‘Methuselah’ With Tom Cruise https://t.co/8mq23kF1Qlpic.twitter.com/0RSFa0L594
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) October 28, 2016
Tom Cruise will play the biblical title role (huh), a man who lived for almost 1,000 years without ageing. So, The Tom Cruise Story. And ol' Methu has an "unparalleled set of survival skills." The script has gotten good buzz.
‘Sharon Tate’ Biopic In The Works With Kate Bosworth To Star https://t.co/EKLUArJBZipic.twitter.com/XgbFi5p076
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) October 28, 2016
Kate Bosworth will star as Sharon Tate in the first biopic on the beautiful up and coming actress (and Roman Polanski's wife), who was murdered by the Manson family while nine months pregnant in 1969. It will be based on the book Sharon Tate And The Manson Murders, and will surely do no justice to Sharon.
Casey Affleck Writes & Stars In ‘Villain,’ Directed By Swedish Helmer Mikael Marcimain https://t.co/kLdLEtNEZxpic.twitter.com/ExQXvE80Kt
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) October 28, 2016
This shady individual has been cast in the thriller Villain, about a vigilante with the power to see the past, present and future. He becomes a local hero until his revenge killings become more violent and the city turns on him.
Rebecca Ferguson Set To Star In ‘The Lady And The Panda’ — AFM https://t.co/1tu8a6DGMvpic.twitter.com/qShf9zpAyj
— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) October 28, 2016
Rebecca Ferguson will star as Ruth Harkness, the first person to bring a live giant panda out of China. This is rich people problems because she soon realizes "the animals are best preserved in their natural habitat."
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