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TV: ‘Supernatural’ Renewed, Latest ‘Eastwick’ Casting
The CW is continuing their run of “Supernatural” as they’ve renewed the series for a fifth season this fall. The show stars Jared Padalecki (Friday the 13th) and Jensen Ackles (My Bloody Valentine). Slim at best are the renewal chances for “Reaper,” whose second season begins Tuesday. In addition, NBC is continuing to cast up their drama “Eastwick“, their TV series based on the movie The Witches of Eastwick. You can read all about the latest addition inside.
There’s great news for fans of the movie “The Witches of Eastwick” and not-so-good news for the fans of NBC’s dramedy “Lipstick Jungle”: “Jungle” star Lindsay Price has been cast as one of the trio of witches in ABC’s drama pilot “Eastwick,” which is based on the 1987 feature.
Coincidentally, on “Eastwick” Price is in the same setup as she has been on “Jungle,” which also is centered on three female leads — not to imply anything about the powers of New York businesswomen.
The Warner Bros.-produced “Eastwick” follows three young witches who come into their powers. WMA-repped Price will play one of them, Joanna, a hardworking, shy reporter for the local newspaper. She joins Jaime Ray Newman, who was recently cast as a fellow witch.
Price’s casting on “Eastwick” is formally in second position to “Jungle,” which has not been canceled. The show, which wrapped its second season, has developed a passionate fan base but has lagged in the ratings.
A couple of weeks ago, Price was quoted laying out possible future scenarios for “Jungle” moving to Bravo, Lifetime or airing in a split NBC/DirecTV window similar to “Friday Night Lights.”
NBC co-chair Ben Silverman and programming chief Angela Bromstad also have said that NBC and sister studio Universal Media Studios, which produces “Jungle,” are looking to find a way to keep the series alive.
But the chances for a third season of the show seem to be getting increasingly slimmer.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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