Marcia Gay Harden, Leonor Watling and Aidan Quinn have joined the cast of If I Were You for director Joan Carr-Wiggin and Paragraph Pictures. They join the already-cast Joseph Kell, Michael Therriault,
Elizabeth Whitmere, Claire Brosseau and Bethany Jillard. Gay Harden and Spanish actress Watling perform the roles of two
women who become unlikely friends to fix their troubled
lives.
Tatum O’Neal is joining Harry Lennix in the indie drama, Mr. Sophistication, for director Danny Green. In the film, Lennix plays a successful but self-destructive
comedian who loses his celebrity status and then gets a last shot
at stardom back in Los Angeles years later. O’Neal is the comic’s
wife and business partner, who helps him beat his drug
addiction. O’Neal also has the film The Runaways set to premiere at Sundance and has also recently finished shooting another, indie, Sweet Lorraine.
William Baldwin will guest star on Gossip Girl as Serena’s (Blake Lively’s) estranged father, William van der Woodsen, for a three-episode arc beginning in April.
Former Smallville regular Annette O’Toole is set to return as Martha Kent for an undisclosed number of episodes, most like during May Sweeps. According to Michael Ausiello, Martha’s return will include an “unexpected surprise” or two. O’Toole was last seen in Season 6 when Martha Kent left Washington to become a U.S. Senator. Apparently she got locked up in the health care debate for the last three years or so and hasn’t been back since.
Neil Patrick Harris has just signed on for a guest role on an episode of Glee that will reteam him with Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’s Joss Whedon, who is set to direct the episode. The role is being created specifically for Harris and will reportedly include some song and dance. The deal is pending an OK by CBS.
CBS is apparently determined to keep Alex O’Loughlin working for them as word has it he’s being considered to headline the upcoming remake of Hawaii Five-O. O’Loughlin previously worked for the Eye on both the vampire drama Moonlight and transplant drama, Three Rivers, both of which were expeditiously canceled within the last couple of years. Fringe honchos Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and CSI: NY’s Peter Lenkov are shepherding this remake. The original ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980 and featured Jack Lord as Det. Steve McGarrett.
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