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Kevin Hart In Talks To Play Escaped Convict Turned College Frat Student in "Con Ed;" Will Packer Produces

Kevin Hart is currently in negotiations with Alcon Entertainment to star in its long-in-gestation comedy Con Ed, directed by Drumline helmer Charles Stone III, who last directed 2004's baseball comedy Mr. 3000, which starred the late Bernie Mac.

Robbie Jones Goes Back in Time To Change The Future in Syfy's Pilot "Rewind"

Robbie Jones (Hellcats), who will be seen next on the big screen in Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor, due out next year, has joined Syfy's two-hour pilot Rewind.

John Amos & Sydney Park Join Martin Lawrence & Regina Hall in CBS Comedy Pilot

Forest Whitaker Circles Role of 'Sleazy Bookie' in "Out of the Furnace" (Zoe Saldana Co-Stars)

I announced Zoe Saldana's attachment to play Christian Bale's ex-wife in the drama Out of the Furnace last month. Now, thanks to a heads up from the playlist, it looks like Forest Whitaker is in negotiations for a supporting turn in the Scott Cooper-helmed film.

Jennifer Beals Slated To Co-Star in CBS Drama Pilot "Widow Detective"

Jennifer Beals will join Paula Marsha and John Corbett in the CBS drama pilot Widow Detective, directed by Davis Guggenheim. Beals will play Lainey, a "sexy, wry-humored" hair salon owner in the San Francisco valley who loses her LAPD husband on the job. Corbett will play Denny Brennan, a ...

Thandie Newton In Talks To Battle Gangster in DirecTV Drama Series "Rogue"

Thandie Newton is in negotiations to star in 10 episodes of the DirecTV-greenlit cop drama series Rogue, written by Matthew Parkhill (U.K.'s "The Caller")

Meagan Good Headlines NBC Drama Pilot "Notorious" Playing Detective

For the first time, Meagan Good has landed a lead role as a regular in a TV series!

Derek Luke, Evan Ross, Lela Rochon Join Danny Glover in "Supremacy" (White Supremacist Takes Blk Family Hostage)

We posted about this film last month, when Tambay announced that Danny Glover was slated to star in Supremacy, a film based on the real life story of a white supremacist who takes a black family hostage after killing a cop.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield To Co-Star in NBC Comedy Pilot "Downwardly Mobile"

Salli Richardson-Whitfield is slated to co-star as an unhappy trailer park dweller in Downwardly Mobile, a Roseanne Barr NBC comedy pilot. Downwardly, co-created by Barr, John Argent and Eric Gilliland, stars Barr as a mobile home park proprietor and "surrogate mother" to her neighbors in ...