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‘Suburgatory’s’ Jane Levy Joins ‘In A Dark Place’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 3:29pm PSTTags: Jane Levy, Movie Casting

Suburgatory star Jane Levy has signed up to play the lead in In A Dark Place. The film is a psychological thriller focused around a young American governess, played by Levy, who goes to London to take care of a doll. The family treats the doll like it was their son and expects the governess to take care of it as such. Gold Circle is financing the film with Bharat Nalluri to direct from a screenplay by Stacey Menear. Paul Brooks, Roy Lee and Jim Weddaa will produce. Scott Niemeyer and John Middleton will serve as the executive producers of In A Dark Place. Besides this new role and her role on the ABC sitcom, the actress is also going to be the lead in the upcoming Fede Alvarez-directed remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead. Jane Levy is repped by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber and Dern.

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WME Signs Jane Levy, Star Of ‘Suburgatory’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday August 22, 2012 @ 10:42am PDTTags: Jane Levy, Suburgatory, WME Entertainment
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: WME Entertainment has signed Jane Levy, the star of the ABC series Suburgatory who’s about to pop with starring roles in the Josh Schwartz-directed Fun Size at Paramount, and the Fede Alvarez-directed remake of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead … Read More »

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EMMYS: ‘Suburgatory’s Jane Levy

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday June 16, 2012 @ 6:13pm PDTTags: Awardsline, Emmys, Jane Levy, Suburgatory

Vlada Gelman is West Coast Reporter at TVLine

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Jane Levy had only one credit to her name – Showtime’s Shameless – before landing the lead role in ABC’s Suburgatory. But watching the young actress hold her own as Tessa Altman against established actors like Jeremy Sisto, Ana Gasteyer and Cheryl Hines, it’s clear her talent is greater than her years. Now, the ingénue is on the radar of Emmy voters too.

AWARDSLINE: What has it been like carrying a show?
LEVY: I don’t really feel like I am [but] I’m constantly told that. At first, it was heavily narrated, and most of the show was about either Tessa or George’s storyline. But halfway through the season, [creator] Emily [Kapnek] realized that we have such a strong ensemble cast and she had to use them. I feel extremely safe, like I don’t even need to do anything because I’m surrounded by incredible actors and hilarious people. I don’t feel the need to be funny because of them.

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Jane Levy Is New Star Of ‘Evil Dead’ Remake

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 3, 2012 @ 11:34am PSTTags: Evil Dead, Jane Levy
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Jane Levy is in talks to play the lead in the remake of Evil Dead that Fede Alvarez will direct shortly. She replaces Lily Collins, who exited the film recently. Levy is the star of the ABC series Suburgatory, … Read More »

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TCA: ‘Suburgatory’ Creator Drew Inspiration From ABC’s ‘Housewives’, Own Experience

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 8, 2011 @ 1:15pm PDTTags: ABC, Cheryl Hines, Emily Kapnek, Jane Levy, Jeremy Sisto, Rex Lee, Suburgatory, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

At today’s final TCA panel on the ABC single-camera comedy Suburgatory — the story of a bright urban teenager (Jane Levy) whose single Dad (Jeremy Sisto) moves her to the “white-picket-fence nightmare” of the suburbs — show creator and executive producer Emily Kapnek said she was not influenced by the ABC family hit Pretty Little Liars in creating the fictional wealthy suburb these characters inhabit. Rather, Kapnek said, she was more inspired by the tone of ABC’s long-running life-in-the-suburbs hit Desperate Housewives, now entering its eighth and final season. She called Suburgatory “more satirical’” than Pretty Little Liars, with its suburbia featuring a “horror, zombieland quality” similar to what she sees in Housewives. Kapnek said the town is a healthy split between a realistic, contemporary atmosphere and a “stylized, evergreen suburbia.” But Kapnek’s biggest inspiration for the show was reality: her own experience moving from an urban environment with a single parent into a suburb “where families didn’t look like ours and we didn’t’ have as much as they did … there was an economic divide, there were expensive bat mitzvahs … [the difference was] all of the fortune the kids had, and the families were incredibly intact.” Read More »

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Newcomer Jane Levy Lands The Lead In ABC’s Comedy Pilot ‘Suburgatory’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 4:13pm PSTTags: Emily Kapnek, Jane Levy, Suburgatory, Suburgatory Casting, Suburgatory Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: After landing a recurring role on Showtime’s Shameless as her first TV acting job, Jane Levy has booked the lead of a broadcast pilot as her second gig. Testing against several other young actresses, Levy was tapped to star … Read More »

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Mike Sitrick, Shame On You…

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday July 12, 2007 @ 5:31pm PDTTags: ABC Dreama Walker, ABC Studios Sander/Moses, Adam Sztykiel, Akiva Goldsman Director, Allison Ellwood, Andrew Lazar, Anne Damato, Annette Bening Q&A, Another Earth, Barbara Billingsley June Cleaver, Barry Sloane, Bethenny, Big Ang, Bill Murray Ghostbusters, Bill Todman Jr., Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular Host, Cable TV Premiere, Cable TV Sports, Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez, Casting Director Standoff, CBS Spec Scripts, Christina Aguilera Super Bowl, Christopher Borrelli, Colorworks, David Guarascio, Der Spiegel, DGA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Ed Romano Warner Bros CFO, Elija Wood Frodo, Embryo Mix-Up, Eric Roberts Grace, Good Times, Grimm, Harry Potter BAFTA Award, Henry Colman, Hey, iPad Mini, Jane Levy, Jane Seymour, Jay Asher, Jeff Fager CBS News, Jeff Gregor TCM Marketing, Jessica St. Clair, Jo Baker, Joe Kavanagh, John Larroquette, Jordana Brewster, Jusrin Timberlake, King Abdullah II, Lenore Moritz, Mafia Comedy, Marc Turtletaub, Marcus Wiley Fox, Maria Schneider Death, Mark O'Rowe, Martin Pakledinaz, Martin Weiss, Marty Callner, Mary Sweeney, Matt Weiner Lionsgate, Matthew Singer, Matthew Vaughn - The Golden Age, Max Botkin, Misconception, Movies, Nicholl Committee, Noel Gallagher, Online News, P.R., Patriots, Peter Dinklage, Philip Eisner, Pulp Fiction, Reba, Red Zone Channel, Ron Moore 17th Precinct, Roseanne Barr Farming, Russo The Council of Dads, S.I.L.A., Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Shannon and Paul Morrell, Shawn Levy Family Album, Sprawl, Summit Entertainment Finance, The Butterworth Brothers, The Cape Ratings Slide, Tomorrowland, Tyne Daly, Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning, Vicangelo Bulluck, Walden Media Simon Bloom, WME Logo Design

sitrick.jpgI’ve known Mike Sitrick for a long time. He’s a PR maven who prides himself on being a family man. Which is why he should be filled with self-loathing for allowing his firm to promote a torture porn pic like Captivity, … Read More »

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