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Paul Wesley Joins ‘Scream’ Writer’s Fairytale Series “Tell Me a Story”

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Kim Cattrall, Billy Magnussen and Danielle Campbell were recently added to the cast of “Tell Me a Story”, a new psychological thriller over at CBS All Access from Kevin Williamson, the writer of Wes Craven’s Scream. Today, Deadline updates on the project, adding that “The Vampire Diaries” star Paul Wesley is on board.

Wesley plays the lead role of Eddie, a derelict and troubled individual whose petulance is fueled even more by his problems with drugs and alcohol. Although he works as a bartender, he also splits his time as a low-level drug dealer and part-time thief with his older brother Mitch, who never fails to treat Eddie as the lowly delinquent that he is.

James Wolk has also joined the cast. Wolk will play Jordan, a young, idealistic and successful New York City restaurateur. When the unimaginable happens, Jordan’s life falls apart and he begins a decent into madness which could cost him everything, even himself.

“Tell Me a Story” takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.

Set in modern-day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Hansel and Gretel” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.

Campbell will play Kayla. Beautiful and full of anger, Kayla has just moved from Oakland to New York with her dad. She lost her mother a year ago and since then has strayed from her once promising path — hanging with the wrong crowd, partying… anything to distract from the pain and grief of her mother’s death.

Cattrall will play Colleen, an unlikely and very nontraditional grandmother. When her son moves back home, bringing with him a troubled teenager, Kayla, this former chorus girl is going to have to grow up finally and take on the parental duties to protect her family against a very dark and sinister threat.

Billy Magnussen is Nick, a young high school teacher who is handsome, seductive, and quite possibly a wolf in sheep’s clothing. After a wild night with a girl he met at a nightclub results in a hookup but no phone numbers swapped, he thinks his chances with her have gone out the window. But when he runs into her again, he’s sure to take advantage of his second chance, proving he’s sensitive, understanding… and, quite possibly, too good to be true.

From Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, the series is written and executive produced by Kevin Williamson alongside Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor and Liz Friedlander, who is set to direct and executive produce the first two episodes.

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Surprise Animated Series Adaptation of ‘Among Us’ Begins Streaming Today

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Among Us Series no Streaming on Paramount

Calling all Crewmates! Paramount+ announced today the surprise premiere of its new original animated series Among Us, which was unveiled live at Summer Game Fest.

Created by Owen Dennis and produced by CBS Studios and Innersloth, all ten episodes of Among Us are now available to stream exclusively on Paramount+. 

The series followsa group of eccentric, monochromatic Crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy who must root out an Impostor in their midst before they fall victim to its villainous designs.

It’s based on the globally popular multiplayer social deception game of the same name, which has been brought to life in the brand new trailer below.

Among Us boasts a star-studded voice cast, too:

  • Yvette Nicole Brown asOrange
  • Kimiko Glenn asCyan
  • Liv Hewson asBlack
  • Ashley Johnson asPurple
  • Wayne Knight asLime
  • Phil LaMarr asBrown
  • Randall Park asRed
  • Dan Stevens asBlue
  • Debra Wilson asYellowandComputer
  • Elijah Wood asGreen” 
  • Patton Oswalt asWhite

Animation studio Titmouse is behind the series. 

Among Us became a global sensation in 2020, generating more than 4 billion views on YouTube and over 1.22 billion viewing sessions on Twitch.  In October 2020 alone, it ranked #1 on Google Play in 66 countries and #1 on iOS in 55 countries, with Top 100 placements in nearly every market worldwide. The game is available on PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series.

The paranoid phenomenon now heads to Paramount+ in animated series form. Watch the new trailer below as all episodes launch on streaming today.

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