Odette Annable & Bruce Greenwood To Star In ABC’s Pilot ‘Venice’ Directed By McG

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 3:30pm PST
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Bruce GreenwoodOdette AnnableOdette Annable (Breaking In) and Bruce Greenwood (The River) have been cast in ABC‘s Romeo & Juliet-esque drama pilot Venice. Written by Byron Balasco, directed by McG and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken,  Venice is a soap about the haves and the have-nots of California’s most seductive city, Venice. It focuses on two rival families, the Nances and the Carvers, and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them as the families battle for control of Venice. Annable will play Sophie Nance, the owner of the hippest boutique in Venice, who falls in love with the offspring of her family’s archenemies, Chris Carver. Greenwood plays Sophie’s father Gordy Nance, the most powerful man in Venice and head of the Nance family. READ MORE »

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EFM Roundup: Atom Egoyan’s ‘Queen Of The Night’; Lionsgate UK Boards British Indies

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday February 4, 2013 @ 10:50am PST

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Bruce Greenwood Joins Atom Egoyan’s ‘Queen Of The Night’
The European Film Market kicks off at the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday and we’ll be posting rolling briefs on a daily basis from today and … Read More »

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Cast Lines Up For BBC-Science Channel Drama About The Challenger Disaster

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 7:00am PDT

A mix of North American and British talent will topline an untitled BBC/Science Channel movie about the search for what caused the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. William Hurt and Bruce Greenwood will star as physicist Richard Feynman and Air Force General Donald Kutyna, respectively. Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner who also assisted on the Manhattan Project, was instrumental in uncovering the truth, as was Kutyna whom he befriended in the process. Brian Dennehy is also on board as William Rogers, the chair of the presidential commission and Joanne Whalley will play Feynman’s wife. British actors Kevin McNally (Downton Abbey), Read More »

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Bruce Greenwood Among Latest ABC Pilot Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 4, 2011 @ 9:00pm PST
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After fielding multiple pilot offers, Bruce Greenwood has signed on to co-star in the ABC drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller, from DreamWorks TV, ABC Studios and Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, centers on Lincoln … Read More »

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Paul Giamatti Pic ‘Barney’s Version’ Shopped Abroad

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 18, 2010 @ 10:01am PDT
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Essential Entertainment has signed on to rep overseas distribution rights on Barney’s Version, the Richard J. Lewis-directed film that has its world premiere at Venice September 10 and then moved to the Toronto fest two days later. Paul Giamatti plays … Read More »

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