Buzz News Roundup, 7/17
- Latest Twilight news: Australian actor Xavier Samuel has been cast as Riley, the first new role to be cast for Eclipse. — Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz
- Ed Helms will follow The Hangover by playing a "sad-sack insurance agent" in the comedy Cedar Rapids. — ComingSoon
- John Goodman is returning to the small screen for The Station, a new CIA comedy series directed by David Wain and produced by Ben Stiller. — The Hollywood Reporter
- The latest Harry Potter movie cast a $104 million spell over worldwide box offices during its first day in theaters, setting a new record. — Reuters
- NBC has picked up Persons Unknown, a drama series from Christopher McQuarrie, the Oscar-winning writer of The Usual Suspects. — Reuters
- Michael Hirst, creator of The Tudors, has been hired to adapt Bernard Cornwell's best-seller Agincourt, all about Nicholas Hook, the humble archer who fought the French alongside Henry V in 1415. — ComingSoon
- Patrick Dempsey will play a race-car driver in a film adaptation of the novel The Art of Racing in the Rain. — Variety
- Former Shark actress Sarah Carter has joined the cast of CSI: NY as a regular. — The Hollywood Reporter
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