On the heels of Amy Smart (Smith) scoring the lead in the CBS romantic drama pilot Mean to Be's, the Reporter says that Ioan Gruffudd — the Fantastic Four films' Reed "Stretch" Richards and no friend of spell-check — has also joined the cast.Gruffudd will play Smart's "tour guide and mentor" as her deceased character is returned to Earth and assigned to help other people improve their lives.More pilot casting news:• Prison Breaker, Meet Simon Baker!• Ex Marks the Spot for Grey's Jane Doe• Still Love Raymond? Romano to Star in TNT Pilot• A Runaway Joins the New 90210
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Not sure how parents are gonna really feel about the Californication guy developing a project for their kids, but nonetheless, David Duchovny is indeed working on a live-action show about a whippersnapper who turns his school's AV Club into 60 Minutes. Well, more or less. No title yet, but may I suggest he keep suffixes like "-ication" out of it?.... Don't bet on Fox to keep Nashville on the map for long. The new reality drama drew only a 1.0 rating in the key 18-49 demo; that's worse than literally everything the network tried out in the Fridays-at-9 time slot last season.... Fantastic Four star Ioan Gruffudd married Alice Evans in Mexico Friday, People reports. The actors met on the set of 2000's 102 Dalmatians.
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Fans of ABC Family's Wildfire had better brace themselves for a new arrival from across the pond. Charlotte Salt, a charming up-and-coming British-born actress, is joining the cast for the final three episodes of this season (starting tonight at 8 pm/ET) as Gillian, a wealthy heiress who splits apart one of the on-again-off-again romances on the show. TVGuide.com spoke to the 20-year-old about exactly what kind of "horsing around" she did on the set.
TVGuide.com: How did this Wildfire role come about? Charlotte Salt: I auditioned for the pilot over a year ago and I never heard anything more from them. But then I got a call saying, "Reme
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Question: Has Julian McMahon ever been in the running to be the next Bond? He's the only actor I can think of who'd be as perfect a fit for the role as Pierce Brosnan.Answer: The legendary search for Scarlett O'Hara has nothing on the quest for Bond, James Bond. Julian McMahon, the charismatic, Australian-born star of TV's Nip/Tuck has been mentioned as a candidate for the role in the upcoming Casino Royale and, presumably, the next several entries in the 007 franchise. But as far as I can tell, just about every handsome, athletic English/New Zealand/Scottish/Welsh/Australian actor in the 30-40ish age range has been proposed for the part. The candidates have included Australians Hugh Jackman
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Three-time Oscar nominee Sigourney Weaver and Fantastic Four's Ioan Gruffudd are joining David Duchovny in The TV Set, an indie satire about the making of a television pilot.... New Line has chosen up-and-coming Brit Anand Tucker to direct The Golden Compass, the first installment of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials — the company's biggest and boldest project since The Lord of the Rings films. "Very nice, Tucker," opines Gollum. "O yes, my precious, very nice."
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