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Cheyenne Jackson Joins ‘Love Is Strange’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 30, 2013 @ 11:14am PDTTags: Cheyenne Jackson, Ira Sachs, Love Is Strange

EXCLUSIVE: Cheyenne Jackson has signed on to the Ira Sachs-directed Love Is Strange, joining Michael Gambon, Alfred Molina, Kelly Reilly and Tracy Letts. Gambon and Molina play Ben and Jorge, a couple who after 38 years together finally marry at City Hall in Manhattan. Trouble begins on return from their honeymoon when Jorge gets fired and the couple is forced to temporarily separate. Ben moves in with his nephew and wife (Letts and Reilly) and Jorge with Ted (Jackson) and his partner Nahlin, both police officers. Jackson was most recently seen alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in Stephen Soderbergh’s Behind The Candelabra for HBO, and he will soon wrap production on the independent film adaptation of Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks opposite Gena Rowlands. His other film credits include United 93, Price Check, and Lola Versus and indies Mutual Friends, Beautiful Now and Lucky Stiff. On the TV side he’s appeared in 30 Rock, Glee and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Sachs also is a producer of Love Is Strange, along with Parts & Labor partners, Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, and Lucas Joaquin. Filming is slated to begin in August in New York City. Jackson is repped by ICM Partners and The Schiff Company.

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Jacki Weaver To Star In Indie ’6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 4:54pm PDTTags: 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks, Cheyenne Jackson, Gena Rowlands, Jacki Weaver

EXCLUSIVE: Jacki Weaver is set to star opposite Gena Rowlands in the indie film 6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks based on Richard Alfieri’s play. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman from a screenplay by Alfieri, 6 … Read More »

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Cheyenne Jackson Joins ’6 Dance Lessons In 6 Weeks’, Replaces Sean Hayes

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday March 11, 2013 @ 4:56pm PDTTags: Cheyenne Jackson, Sean Hayes, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks

Cheyenne Jackson will play a ruthless ambitious news anchor in Amazon Studios’ pilot The Onion Presents: The News, and now the actor will also be a high-spirited dance instructor in the indie feature 6 … Read More »

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Cheyenne Jackson Joins Amazon’s ‘Onion’ Pilot, Bojana Novakovic Cast In Fox’s ‘Rake’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 12, 2013 @ 12:22pm PSTTags: Amazon Studios, Cheyenne Jackson, Rake
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Cheyenne Jackson is set to co-star opposite Jeffrey Tambor in Amazon Studios‘ comedy pilot The Onion Presents: The News. The project, from The Onion’s Will Graham & Dan Mirk, is described as a fast-paced scripted … Read More »

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