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Tori Katongo books a role in Up TV’s episodic show “Ties That Bind”.  Up’s first original scripted series, a hybrid police procedural and family drama, was created and executive produced by Sheryl J. Anderson (Charmed, UP’s The Town that Came A-Courtin) and Stan Spry (UP’s The Town that Came A-Courtin, A Place In The Sun).

It revolves around Allison McLean (Kelli Williams), a tough and experienced police detective, mother and wife in suburban Seattle. When she and her police partner (Dion Johnstone) must arrest her brother (Luke Perry) for aggravated assault, her world drastically changes as he’s convicted and sent to prison, leaving his two teenagers teetering on the brink of foster care. Ultimately, she takes them into her home, ending up with four teenagers to raise. ??“‘Ties That Bind‘ is series about a family, loyalty and the limits of love,”

Zack Lavoie books a recurring role on “The Romeo Section“.

From acclaimed showrunner Chris Haddock (Da Vinci’s Inquest, Intelligence), THE ROMEO SECTION is an hour-long serialized espionage drama set in Vancouver. It follows spymaster Professor Wolfgang McGee, an academic who secretly manages a roster of espionage assets. These assets, referred to as Romeo or Juliet spies, are informants engaged in intimate relations with intelligence targets. Wolfgang himself is a semi-retired Romeo operator, having worked his way up in an officially deniable “service” under the umbrella of Canada’s Intelligence Community. They operate in a seemingly serene cosmopolitan city whose underside acts as a haven for drug barons, fugitives and covert financiers. The series has Haddock reunited with fellow executive producer Laura Lightbown; director Stephen Surjik; producer Arvi Liimatainen; and writer/co-executive producer Jesse McKeown.

Parker Brando –
“Project Race” –
“Nascar” commercial,
North America (includes Puerto Rico & Mexico) & World Wide Web.

Michael Denis and Alex Pangburn have booked roles in “The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story“.

Lifetime Cable Network has greenlighted The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story.

Launched in 1992 as a companion to Beverly Hills, 90210, Melrose Place became a hit in its own right. Originally designed to be an authentic, grounded look at 20-something life in Los Angeles, the Aaron Spelling series created by Darren Star became 90210’s soapier, yet equally popular, cousin. It ran for seven seasons and 226 episodes on Fox from 1992-99 and spawned a short-lived reboot that ran for one season on The CW in 2009.

The original series starred Courtney Thorne-Smith, Andrew Shue, Grant Show, Doug Savant and later, Marcia Cross and Heather Locklear, among others.

Drawing on true stories and anecdotes from interviews with the original cast and crew, the Lifetime movie will highlight the remarkable behind-the-scenes moments that shaped the series — from early casting drama and Locklear arriving to “save” Melrose Place to the actors begging its writers for even wilder storylines to make them fan favorites. The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story will be executive produced by Michael Larkin (Secrets in the Walls) and Howard Braunstein (The Informant!), produced by Christian Bruyere (A Girl’s Best Friend) and written by Dana Schmalenberg (Single Ladies). Mark Griffiths (A Novel Romance) will direct.

Melrose Place becomes the fourth movie in Lifetime’s “unauthorized” series that launched with 2014’s Saved By the Bell and continues with the upcoming Full House and Beverly Hills, 90210 entries.

Chance Hurstfield just wrapped in Japan on the feature DARC.

He plays DARC JR. in this epic gangster film about human trafficking, starring the Emmy-winning actor Armand Assante, who will portray an agent who makes it his mission to seek revenge on the Yakuza after they kidnap the daughter of an Interpol agent. He solicits the services of a violent criminal — to be played by the film’s writer, Tony Schiena, an expert for counter-terrorism training and defensive tactics for Special Forces operators.

Nick Powell, whose credits include stunt work on well-known films such as Braveheart, Bourne Identity and Cinderella Man, will direct the project. Several notable Japanese actors and actresses, including Tetsu Watanabe, Kippei Shiina and Sho Ikushima, have also joined the cast.

Madeleine Arthur will star in the new series “The Family“.

ABC announced they are moving ahead with the stirring new thriller The Family, from Executive Producer Jenna Bans (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal) starring Academy Award®-nominee Joan Allen (The Bourne Ultimatum), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) and Andrew McCarthy (St. Elmo’s Fire).

The Family follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge—is he really who he says he is?

The Family stars Joan Allen as Claire, Alison Pill as Willa, Margot Bingham as Sergeant Nina Meyer, Zach Gilford as Danny, Liam James as Adam, Floriana Lima as Bridey, Madeleine Arthur as Young Willa, Rarmian Newton as Young Danny, Rupert Graves as John and Andrew McCarthy as Hank.

TRAILER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfyV4u1ckjI

WEBSITE
http://abc.go.com/shows/the-family

Ruairi MacDonald books a recurring role on Amazon’s series “Man in the High Castle“, a chilling look at an alternate history where the Second World War ended badly for the Allies.

What if the Nazis had won? That’s the chilling premise of “The Man in the High Castle”, based on a novel by Philip K. Dick, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), it became Amazon’s most-watched pilot ever and will now be expanded into a full series to be shown online.

Set in 1962, this alternate version of Earth history, has the forces of Japan and Germany winning the second World War and dividng the USA into puppet states, the Japanese on the west coast and the Nazis on the east, with a neutral zone in the middle.

TRAILERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Y697LmYiI

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-powerful-trailer-for-the-man-in-the-high-castle-2015-7

Luis Javier has wrapped Fear the Walking Dead, an upcoming American television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson scheduled to premiere on AMC in August 2015. It is a companion series to the horror drama television series, The Walking Dead which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.

Set in Los Angeles, the series follows a divorced male teacher, a female guidance counselor, and her two children – a son and a daughter – in the zombie apocalypse.

In this epic action packed “companion series”/prequel we learn how the zombie outbreak happens with a whole new cast and a lot of twists and turns throughout.

Cast includes:

Kim Dickens as Madison, a high school guidance counselor and a single mother to Alicia and Nick.  Cliff Curtis as Travis, Madison’s fiance and a divorced teacher who shares custody of his son Chris with ex-wife Liza.  Frank Dillane as Nick, Madison’s college-flunk out son who is battling a drug problem.  Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia, Madison’s high-achieving and ambitious daughter who is in a relationship with her jock boyfriend Matt.  Elizabeth Rodriguez as Liza, Travis’s ex-wife and mother to their son Chris. A free-spirited bohemian type.

WEBSITE
http://www.amc.com/shows/fear-the-walking-dead
TRAILER
http://www.amc.com/shows/fear-the-walking-dead/video-extras/official-comic-con-trailer-fear-the-walking-dead-world-premiere

Hannah Longworth has wrapped on the MOW – Cradle of Lies.

Producer: Kirk Shaw, Devi Singh
Director: David Winning
Starring Lochlyn Munro, Gina Holden and Nicole de Boer.

An abused wife leaves her alcoholic husband and moves with her children to another town. There their lives become entwined with another family in trouble.

Holly Barkwell (left) books a commercial for Ricky’s Restaurant for BC Alberta markets.

Everrett Shea (center) booked “Project Fire” in the Spot “One Touch” for Asia, UK, Europe, Brazil, ROW.

Kara McKnight (right) – Demo project for Circle Productions.
(Shot on Bowen Island).