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Hot Teaser: ‘ParaNorman’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday October 30, 2011 @ 11:19pm PDTTags: Chris Butler, Focus Features, LAIKA, Movie Trailers, ParaNorman

Just in time for Halloween, here’s a teaser for the stop-motion animated ParaNorman, from LAIKA and Focus Features, the partners that made and released the deliciously dark Coraline. Directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away, The Tale of Despereaux) and Chris Butler (who also wrote the screenplay), it’s about a boy who speaks to the dead and is the only one who can save his town from a curse of zombies, witches, ghosts and grownups.  Voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee (Norman), Tucker Albrizzi, Casey Affleck, Anna Kendrick and a bunch of other interesting people. It’s slated to open August 17, 2012. Enjoy!

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TV CASTINGS: Several Actors Book Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday February 5, 2011 @ 3:01pm PSTTags: A Mann's World, A Mann's World Casting, Chris Butler, Hound Dogs Casting, Hound Dogs Pilot, Hound Dogs TBS, Michael Patrick King, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

Taylor Kinney, best known for his role as werewolf Mason Lockwood on Vampire Diaries, has become the first actor cast in Michael Patrick King’s drama pilot for NBC A Mann’s World. In the vein of Shampoo, the project centers on … Read More »

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Trio Join ‘True Blood’ Cast As Recurring

By MICHAEL AUSIELLO, TV Columnist | Tuesday December 7, 2010 @ 10:34am PSTTags: Chris Butler, True Blood, True Blood Casting, TV, TV Deals

EXCLUSIVE: True Blood has tapped Hawthorne actress Christina Moore to join the season 4 cast as a recurring. Moore — whose credits also include MADtv, That ’70s Show, and 90210 — will play Suzanne McKittrick, a WASPy Texas housewife who … Read More »

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