LENA OLIN, TOM BRITTNEY TO LEAD ABC'S STEAMPUNK FANTASY SERIES 'SPARK'! TEN DANSON, KRISTEN BELL, MANNY JACINTO IN 'GOOD PLACE' SITCOM, NICK ZANO, ROSS KIMBALL IN 'REAL GOOD PEOPLE' SITCOM

'SPARK' STEAMPUNK SERIES

LENA OLIN, TOM BRITTNEY CAST

TV news for you today, new stars are being added to the cast of ABC's fantasy series SPARK pilot! Lena Olin (Welcome To Sweden) and gorgeous Tom Brittney (The Syndicate) will play mother and son in this lavish drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centres on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.

Olin will play Hazel Stockton who now controls the powerful Stockton Coal Company using her wealth more altruistically than her arch rivals at Lavelle Gas — but despite her philanthropic outreaches to the city’s poor, she still craves absolute power, and is not above using strong-arm tactics to achieve it. However, when deadly sabotage starts claiming innocent lives across the city, she denies any involvement to her son Aiden, Captain of the Investigative Division of the Watch, who is investigating the incidents. Tracy Ifeachor will play one of the forensic investigators.

'REAL GOOD PEOPLE' SITCOM

ROSS KIMBALL JOINS NICK ZANO

CBS is rounding up cast for their new multi camera sitcom REAL GOOD PEOPLE! Ross Kimball has joined the cast which already has Nick Zano and Lenora Crichlow! It centres on a conservative small-town family forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect. As 'Deadline' reports, Kimball will play Beau, the eldest son, a good ol’ boy who adores his momma and worships his father, but didn’t inherit their strong moral compass.

NBC'S 'GOOD PLACE' SITCOM 

MANNY JACINTO JOINS TEN DANSON AND KRISTEN BELL
In other sitcom news, beside the info that Freeform has just renewed YOUNG & HUNGRY for the 4th season (starts shooting today), NBC is adding new faces into the cast of their new comedy GOOD PLACE! Manny Jacinto is the latest to join Ted Danson and Kristen Bell in the sitcom that centres on Eleanor (Bell), a woman from New Jersey who comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person. She decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be “good” or “bad,” and then trying to make up for her past behavior. Jacinto will play the sweet and good-natured Jason.

NBC ORDERS KRISTEN BELL, TEN DANSON 'GOOD PLACE' NBC SITCOM, 'MARLON' WAYANS AND 'POWERLESS' SITCOM PILOTS! 'MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN' TRAILER WITH MARTIN HENDERSON, JENNIFER GARNER

'GOOD PLACE' SITCOM

KRISTEN BELL & TED DANSON

In TV news, 'Deadline' reports  that NBC has cast Kristen Bell and Ted Danson for their new comedy series GOOD PLACE which has been ordered straight to series in 13 episodes! It centres on Eleanor (Bell, who will not be leaving HOUSE OF LIES for this), a woman from New Jersey who comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person. She decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be “good” or “bad,” and then trying to make up for her past behaviour. Danson plays Michael, who, through an unlikely set of circumstances, comes to be Eleanor’s guide through her self-designed self-improvement course.

NEW NBC SITCOM PILOTS

MARLON WAYANS COMEDY
Speaking of NBC's comedies, they've also ordered a pilot for MARLON multicamera sitcom which would star famous comedian Marlon Wayans! Loosely inspired by his life, it centres on an inappropriate but loving father (Wayans) committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife.
'POWER LESS' COMEDY
They've also ordered a pilot for POWERLESS single camera sitcom  set at one of the worst insurance companies in America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of DC Comics. It will focus on POWERLESS folk working there who often envy the men and women outside their window who make headlines with their supernatural powers.

'MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN'

HOW TO EXPLAIN THE IMPOSSIBLE

The only trailer I have for you is the new one for Christian propaganda movie MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN out around Easter this March!  Based on the book 'Three Miracles From Heaven' by Christy Beam it revolves around a young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder who finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. Jennifer Garner and Martin Henderson play her parents, while Queen Latifah also features in the Patricia Riggen directed movie.

CHRIS HEMSWORTH AS A NEW 'ALLAN QUATERMAIN' IN THE ADVENTURE ADAPTATION? HILARIOUS 'THE BOSS' COMEDY TRAILER WITH MELISSA MCCARTY AND KRISTEN BELL!

IS CHRIS HEMSWORTH

NEW ALLAN QUATERMAIN?

 Well, this would certainly be a lovely casting choice, wouldn't it? Rumour has it that Hollywood's favourite blond hunkster Chris Hemsworth is wanted for the lead role in the reboot of ALLAN QUATERMAIN adventure movie based on the classic KING SOLOMON'S MINES novels from H. Rider Haggard!

Richard Chamberlain has previously played the title character in the 80's movies about the game hunter skilled with weapons who often traverses African continent searching for hidden treasures. A few years ago fellow Australian star Sam Worthington was supposed to play the character over at Dream Works. Next year, you're watching Hemsworth in THE HUNTSMAN and in GHOSTBUSTERS as the male secretary of Melissa McCarthy mentioned belov!

MELISSA MCCARTHY IS

'THE BOSS' IN THE FIRST TRAILER

Your trailer for today is the first one for Melissa McCarthy's new comedy THE BOSS also starring Kristen Bell. Out next April it follows Michelle Darnell, a titan of industry who is sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.