Madeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny Get ABC's Revenge
Madeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny join RevengeMadeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny have signed on to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Revenge.
The show centers on Emily Thorn/Amanda Clarke (Emily VanCamp), a mysterious woman who comes to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the Graysons who destroyed her family.
Madeleine Stowe will play Victoria Grayson, the matriarch of the family and a social power broker. Having long ago masterminded the merciless destruction of Amanda's dad Kevin Clarke and the ostracism of his daughter to a life in foster homes, Victoria has no idea that Emily is actually Amanda and welcomes her as a friend and neighbor. Henry Czerny will play Victoria's husband Conrad.
Sources: Deadline
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Gore Verbinski Heads to The Brink
Gore Verbinski will executive produce the new Starz pilot The Brink Rango director Gore Verbinski will executive produce a new Starz pilot titled The Brink, which will be based off J.C. Hutchins' interactive novel entitled Personal Effects: Dark Art.
Stephen Susco wrote the adapted pilot, which centers on an art therapist named Zach Taylor who investigates the case of accused serial killer Martin Grace. The killer claims that he has foreseen the deaths of his victims, but did not commit the murders himself.
The book also branches out into online interactive ventures, where readers can call phone numbers and listen to voicemails of the characters, and also browse real, working web pages from the characters as well.
You can to visit author J.C. Hutchins' official website for more information on the book. As for the TV series, it isn't clear how interactive the show will be at this time.
Gore Verbinski will executive produce the pilot along with Jonathan Krauss.
Sources: Deadline
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Five Insidious Clips!
Saw creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell are back with the haunted house thriller Insidious, which pays homage to such creepy classics as Poltergeist and The Exorcist. To check out five scary scenes featuring stars Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne, click on the clips below.
Insidious comes to theaters April 1st, 2011 and stars Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Barbara Hershey, Angus Sampson, Ty Simpkins, Andrew Astor, J. LaRose, Derick Alexander. The film is directed by James Wan.
Sources: Fandango
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