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Buzz News Roundup, 6/19

BuzzSugar — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:30:32 -0700

Brian Austin Green has been cast on Smallville as the DC Comics villain Metallo. - TV Guide
The date for the Primetime Emmys has changed again: the awards show is returning to the original airdate of Sept. 20 to avoid a conflict with the MTV Video Music Awards. - Reuters
Adrien Brody, Forest Whitaker, Elijah Wood, and Cam Gigandet will star in The Experiment, a remake of the German psychological thriller Das Experiment. - ComingSoon
The Travel Channel has picked up The Streets of America: The Search for America's Worst Driver, a reality competition series where motorists compete for the title of "worst driver." - The Hollywood Reporter
The Pulitzer- and Tony-winning Broadway play August: Osage County will close June 28. - Variety
A remake of the Michael J. Fox's Teen Wolf is in early development at Warner Bros. - Moviehole
MGM has hired Mike Mitchell to direct the live-action fantasy Once Upon a Time . . . - ComingSoon
Sony Pictures Classics will release Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, which won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes, on Christmas Day. - Variety

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Buzz News Roundup, 6/3

BuzzSugar — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:30:10 -0700

Disney is working on a new Winnie the Pooh hand-drawn animated movie which will get a theatrical release. - The Hollywood Reporter
Madeline Zima will join Heroes in a recurring role, while Brian Austin Green is in talks to join One Tree Hill full-time. - The Hollywood Reporter
Jay Leno's primetime show will debut Sept. 14; meanwhile, Conan O'Brien got good ratings in his first night at The Tonight Show. - TV.com
Universal Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. announced that their first feature film together, Stretch Armstrong, has been dated for theatrical release on April 15, 2011. - ComingSoon
90210 is adding a hot newcomer to its cast for Fall. - TV Guide
Alyssa Milano will star in and produce the romantic comedy My Girlfriend's Boyfriend. - The Hollywood Reporter

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Could Roseanne Return to TV? Plus, More Casting News

BuzzSugar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:30:30 -0700

The matriarch of '90s television comedy wants to make another run at TV: Roseanne Barr is developing a sitcom concept about a family in which, yes, she'd play the mom.

Barr's idea isn't tied to any network right now, though it has been pitched to Fox. She's developing the project with a former Roseanne producer, and the two of them have teamed with an Arrested Development writer to put the script together.

Could you imagine Barr back in prime time? Does Roseanne: The Next Generation have hope?

Meanwhile, a couple of other quick casting tidbits:

Elle Macpherson has signed up for a role on the CW's The Beautiful Life pilot, which also stars Mischa Barton.
Amanda Bynes will play one of the leads in Canned, an ABC comedy pilot about friends who are all fired on the same day.
Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Union are the latest additions to the CW's Body Politic, joining Minka Kelly and Jason Dohring.
Julia Ormond has joined the cast of Three Rivers, the CBS drama pilot also starring Alex O'Loughlin.

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TV Tonight: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

BuzzSugar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:30:06 -0700

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which returns to start its second season tonight on Fox, is one of the more interesting stories of last TV season. The show premiered during the doldrums of the writers' strike, got a mixed critical reaction, and somehow by the end of the season became a buzzed-about show.

How? I'm not sure, but I think the show's innovative casting probably had something to do with it. I mean, Brian Austin Green as a badass? (Showrunner Josh Friedman told the very funny story behind that one back at Comic-Con, ending with him asking the onetime 90210 star "When did you get to be so hot?") This year's entry into the Annals of Improbable Casting is Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson, who's playing a technology company CEO.

But choosing interesting actors won't go too far if the story's not good, and Terminator: TSCC seems to be picking things up on that front as well: At the show's Comic-Con panel, producers announced that someone on the stage would die before the end of season two. The cast reacted with relative horror; it seemed they didn't even know which one of them was the goner. I guess that's one of those things we just have to watch and see.

After the jump, you can check out the trailer for the new season, which starts tonight at 8 p.m. EDT and PDT. Will you be watching? To talk about it, just read more.

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