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Quartet Cast In Damon Lindelof’s HBO Pilot ‘The Leftovers’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 10, 2013 @ 9:00am PDTTags: Damon Lindelof, HBO, Justin Theroux, The Leftovers
Nellie Andreeva

Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd (Compliance), former Dr. Who Christopher Eccleston and Amanda Warren (The Closer) are set to star opposite Justin Theroux in Damon Lindelof’s HBO drama pilot The Leftovers, directed by Peter Berg. Co-written by Lindelof and Tom Perrotta based on Perrotta’s 2011 book, the project takes place after the Rapture happens but not quite like it’s supposed to. It is the story of the people who didn’t make the cut… and a world that will never be the same. Coon will play Nora Durst, a wife and mother who is suddenly neither. Dowd, repped by Innovative, will play Patti Levin, leader of the local chapter of the Guilty Remnant, an organization that is somewhere between a cult and a movement. Eccleston, will play Matt Jamison, former Reverend and current editor of his self-published tabloid. Warren, repped by MJ Management and Geoff Oblath, plays Lucy Warburton, Mapleton’s take-no-prisoners mayor. Theroux plays the chief of police. Coon, repped by Gersh, New Wave and Peikoff Mahan, was nominated for a Tony this year for Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf. This marks the first U.S. regular series role for Eccleston, repped by U.K.’s Independent and Principal Entertainment, who previously recurred on Heroes. He will next be seen in Thor 2 and Unfinished Song.

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Justin Theroux To Topline Damon Lindelof’s HBO Pilot ‘The Leftovers’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 4, 2013 @ 10:00am PDTTags: Damon Lindelof, Justin Theroux, The Leftovers
Nellie Andreeva

Justin Theroux is set as the lead in Damon Lindelof’s HBO drama pilot The Leftovers, directed by Peter Berg. Co-written by Lindelof and Tom Perrotta based on Perrotta’s 2011 book, the project takes place … Read More »

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Justin Theroux To Helm ‘Swear To God’ With Will Ferrell And Steve Carell

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday August 9, 2012 @ 5:17pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Justin Theroux, Steve Carell, Warner Bros, Will Ferrell
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Theroux has been set to rewrite and direct Swear To God, a Warner Bros comedy that will star Will Ferrell and Steve Carell. They are looking to get this … Read More »

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Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Digital Pooling Talent For ‘Fake Trailers’ Parody

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 4:45pm PDTTags: Ben Garant, Ben Stiller, Danny Trejo, Justin Theroux, Robert Downey Jr., Stuart Cornfeld, Tom Lennon
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Digital has started work on The Fake Trailer Project, a digital project inspired by Stiller’s own fake trailers that were shown in short doses in the comedy Tropic Thunder. The new project, essentially a series … Read More »

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CAA Signs Justin Theroux

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 6:09pm PDTTags: Adam Shankman, CAA, David Wain, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Paul Rudd
Mike Fleming

CAA has signed Justin Theroux. The actor/screenwriter, who’d been repped by UTA, will next be seen starring opposite Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in the David Wain-directed comedy Wanderlust. Theroux’s recent writing credits include the Adam Shankman-directed musical Rock of … Read More »

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HBO’s ‘Documental’ Pilot Not Going Forward

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 10, 2011 @ 10:49pm PSTTags: Ben Stiller, Cable TV, HBO, HBO Pilots, Justin Theroux, Steve Coogan, TV
Nellie Andreeva

HBO has passed on the comedy pilot Documental, from Tropic Thunder cohorts Justin Theroux, Steve Coogan and Ben Stiller. The project, written and directed by Theroux, was filmed in London. It stars Theroux as a documentary filmmaker who tracks down his idol, an equally inept filmmaker (Coogan), and … Read More »

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HBO Orders Justin Theroux/Steve Coogan Comedy Pilot Exec Produced By Ben Stiller

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 3, 2010 @ 6:06pm PDTTags: Ben Stiller, HBO, Justin Theroux, Steve Coogan, Tropic Thunder
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: The Tropic Thunder gang is reuniting, this time on television. HBO has greenlighted Documental, a half-hour comedy pilot written and to be directed by… Read More »

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