TV Casting: GOTHAM, SHAMELESS, Anne Hathaway in THE AMBASSADOR’S WIFE

Running Wild

Sharon Stone is set to star in Running Wild…Alex Ranarivelo is directing the film, from a script by Christina Moore and Brian Rudnick…The pic centers on Stella Davis, a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd of wild horses that wandered on to her property. She must fight prejudice, greed, bureaucracy and vanity –- including her own –- to finally understand that there is no better remedy to misfortune than helping another living creature. Stone will play the baddie role of Meredith.

Bastards

Ving Rhames…is joining Ed Helms, Owen Wilson, JK Simmons and Terry Bradshaw in the comedy Bastards. The film, which marks the directorial debut of cinematographer Lawrence Sher, is about two brothers whose eccentric mother has fabricated the story that their father had died when they were young. When they find out the story is false, they make it their mission to find their real father.

Rhames will play Rod Hamilton, the ex-teammate of football great Bradshaw (who plays himself in the picture). Of course, the mother points the finger to Bradshaw as the possible father of one of of of the boys (Helms); Rhames’ character helps Bradshaw figure out whether or not he’s the kid’s father.

The comedy [is] scripted by Justin Malen

The Durrells (ITV)

Keeley Hawes has now been set to star as Louisa Durrell with legendary French actress Leslie Caron as the shrewd and exotic Countess Mavrodaki. Written by Simon Nye…The Durrells is based on conservationist Gerald Durrell’s trilogy of Corfu memoirs including My Family And Other Animals.

Other cast now lined up includes Josh O’Connor (Peaky Blinders), newcomer Callum Woodhouse, Daisy Waterstone (Silent Witness, Testament Of Youth) and Milo Parker (Mr Holmes).

The story focuses on Louisa Durrell whose life is in meltdown and whose children (some of whom are entering adulthood) are going off the rails. It’s the 1930s, and a woman’s options are limited. So, Louisa decides to take the family to the untamed paradise of Corfu.

Greek cast will include Alexis Georgoulis (My Life In Ruins) as the handsome Spiro Hakaiopulos; Yorgos Karamihos (Ben-Hur) as helpful local Theodore; and Christopher Sciueref (300: Rise Of An Empire, Skyfall) as convict Kosti.

Coach (NBC)

Malcolm Barrett has landed a series regular role opposite Craig T. Nelson in Universal TV’s new Coach series for NBC. Barrett will play Waddell, president of the university.

Luna: New Moon (CBS)

CBS Television Studios have secured the rights to Luna: New Moon, the first book in an upcoming science fiction series by Ian McDonald. Brennan is set to write the adaptation.

Luna is set in the year 2110 on the moon, which over the previous 60 years has been colonized and industrialized. It is controlled by five powerful, highly competitive dynastic corporate families (known as the Five Dragons) who run their various business enterprises with an iron fist in a near-feudal society. The moon, under the control of the Five Dragons, is a lucrative source of valuable resources such as Helium-3, carbon, water ice and rare metals, which are exported back to Earth for huge profits.

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Forty years ago, Adriana wrested control of the moon’s lucrative Helium-3 industry from the powerful Mackenzie Metal corporation. Now, in the twilight of her life, Adriana finds her corporation, Corta Helio, surrounded by the many enemies she made during her meteoric rise. If the Corta family is to survive, Adriana’s five children must defend their mother’s empire from her many enemies… and each other.