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Julia Stiles & America Ferrera Book Indie Comedy ‘It’s A Disaster’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 14, 2011 @ 5:03pm PDTTags: America Ferrera, Film Castings, Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles and America Ferrera have signed on to star in writer-director Todd Berger’s It’s a Disaster, a Vacationeer Productions comedy about four couples who meet for Sunday brunch but get stranded in a house as the world may be about to end. Kevin M. Brennan, Jeff Grace, Blaise Miller and Berger of comedy troupe The Vacationeers also will star in the film, which will shoot in Los Angeles in the fall. Berger penned the Lionsgate/Jim Henson Co film Happytime Murders and wrote and directed The Scenesters, an indie film that played at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. Stiles, repped by ICM and Untitled Entertainment, was just nominated for an outstanding guest actress in a drama series Emmy for her turn on Showtime’s Dexter, her first TV work. Ferrera, repped by ICM and Authentic, next appears on the big screen in David Ayer’s End of Watch opposite Jake Gyllenhaal.

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ICM Signs America Ferrera

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 17, 2011 @ 10:57am PDTTags: Agency Signing, America Ferrera, ICM, talent agency
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EXCLUSIVE: Former Ugly Betty star America Ferrera has signed with ICM. The Emmy-winning actress had been without an agent for the past few months since leaving WME, where she was a long-time client from the Endeavor side of the company. … Read More »

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TV Castings: America Ferrera To Recur On ‘Good Wife,’ Ashley Johnson On ‘Killing’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 12:53pm PSTTags: AMC The Killing, America Ferrera, The Good Wife, The Good Wife Casting, The Killing, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals
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In her first TV series gig since the end of Ugly Betty, the ABC dramedy’s star America Ferrera is set to do an arc on CBS’ legal drama The Good Wife, TVLine reports. The WME-repped actress will play Natalie, a graduate student in whom Eli (Alan Cumming) develops a romantic interest. “We’ve been watching and loving America for years now on Ugly Betty, and it’ll be fantastic to see her take on a completely different role: especially one that puts her across from Alan Cumming,” Good Wife creator-executive producer Robert King said. Read More »

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‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Sequel Details

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday October 11, 2010 @ 8:02am PDTTags: America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, DreamWorks Animation, How to Train Your Dragon Sequel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Movies

DreamWorks Animation is giving some details surrounding the 2013 3D sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. Most of the the voice cast – including Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill and Kristin Wiig — will be back. Dean Deblois will … Read More »

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5TH UPDATE: ‘Nailed’ Tip Of The Iceberg: Capitol Films’ Cash Woes Impact Indies

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday May 12, 2008 @ 4:22pm PDTTags: Actors, America Ferrera, An Invisable Sign Of My Own, Capitol Films, Capitol Films Finance, Finance, IATSE, Movies, SAG, Studios

MONDAY 11:30 PM: Tonight I’ve been informed by a reliable source that “Capitol Films just had another movie shut down” — identified as An Invisible Sign Of My Own starring America Ferrera, the star of ABC’s Ugly Betty.

So add her name to the star actors and directors like John Cusack, Helen Mirren, Gina … Read More »

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