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Mary McDonnell Joins TNT’s ‘The Closer’ As Regular, Is Lead Role In The Spinoff Next?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 6, 2011 @ 5:44pm PDTTags: Mary McDonnell, The Closer, The Closer Season 7, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

Mary McDonnell, who has been recurring on TNT’s The Closer, is joining the cast of the crime drama’s extended seventh and final season as a regular, TVLine reports. She will reprise her role as Captain Sharon Raydor. TNT is planning to continue The Closer, likely via a spinoff titled Major Crimes, which would feature some of the series’ current cast members, so McDonnell’s timely promotion is sure to open up speculation that she may be groomed to succeed departing star Kyra Sedgwick as the franchise’s next leading lady.

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Sundance: ‘Margin Call’ To Roadside Attractions And Lionsgate

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Sunday January 23, 2011 @ 8:43am PSTTags: Cassian Elwes, Howard Cohen, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Lionsgate, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Rena Ronson, Roadside Attractions, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Sundance, UTA, Zachary Quinto
Mike Fleming

The JC Chandor-directed drama Margin Call sold to Roadside Attractions and Lionsgate after an all night bargaining session. The film stars Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell and Stanley Tucci. That cast … Read More »

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Jeremy Irons Answers The ‘Margin Call’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday July 6, 2010 @ 3:38pm PDTTags: Demi Moore, Indie, JC Chandor, Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Margin Call, Mary McDonnell, Myriad Pictures, New York, Paul Bettany, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Wall Street, Zachary Quinto
Mike Fleming

jeremy-irons-20080715-436952Jeremy Irons is the final piece of an impressive cast for Margin Call, the indie film by director JC Chandor that is shooting in New York City. Irons is the chief executive of a financial firm in a 24-hour period during … Read More »

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