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American Crime plans to explore the highs and lows of high school in its second season, and Joey Pollari (The Inbetweeners) will be at the center of the drama.

The actor has been cast in the series-regular role of Eric Tanner, a teen from a challenged background whose life is publicly torn apart following accusations made in the wake of a school party.

RelatedAmerican Crime: Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman Reveal New Roles

As previously reported, Season 2 of the ABC anthology drama will take place in the Midwest, where the inciting incident involves students from a public high school...

Update: Filming on Tomorrowland started today. Even though the movie stems from Disney's Tomorrowland, the movie is not being shot in Anaheim, CA or Orlando, Fl -- it's being shot in Vancouver, Canada. The official storyline from Disney is:

"Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

The film helmed by The Incredibles and Ratatouille director Brad Bird will star George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy and Thomas Robinson. Tomorrowland is scheduled to be released Dec. 12, 2014.

July 18, 2013 - Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome," "Avalon High") will star in Tomorrowland, which is about a girl with an unconventional understanding of technology who goes on a journey to reclaim her future.

Update: Britt Robertson ("Under the Dome," "Avalon High") will star in Tomorrowland, which is about a girl with an unconventional understanding of technology who goes on a journey to reclaim her future. Heady! Hugh Laurie (Arthur Christmas, 101 Dalmations), Raffey Cassidy (she played Young Snow White in Snow White and the Huntsman) and Thomas Robinson ("The Protector") also star alongside George Clooney.

Robertson is one of the stars of October comedy Delivery Man but we still love her from CW's "Life Unexpected."

Jan. 28, 2013 - Well, now we're getting closer to the mystery behind Disney's 1952. The Brad Bird-helmed alien movie starring George Clooney is getting a title switch to... Tomorrowland. Of course, Disneyland's Tomorrowland is the futuristic section of the theme park which houses Space Mountain, the Astro Orbiter and ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter. Leading us down one path just to reveal something unexpected? Well played, Damon Lidelof. We wouldn't expect anything less.

Nick Krause (How to Eat Fried Worms, "Hollywood Heights"), Britt Robertson ("The Secret Circle," "Avalon High")) and Ryan Lee (Super 8) will star in the teen drama White Rabbit. It's about a teen (Krause) is being pushed over the edge by visions of a rabbit he killed as a child. Lee plays the teen's best friend. Tim McCann is directing the indie from a script by rookie scribe Anthony di Pietro. "True Blood" star Sam Trammell also stars.

Krause was a part of the award circuit last year as a cast member in the rated R movie The Descendants. Lee will next be seen as the boyfriend of Maude Apatow in This is 40. 

Source: Variety...

Two "Pretty Little Liars" hotties are going to get visits from their brothers this season.

First up is Noel Kahn (Brant Daugherty), who causes so much trouble on his own, we don't even want to know what his older brother Eric has up his sleeve. Eric will be played by Robbie Amell, who knows a little something about brotherly love -- his older brother, Stephen Amell, stars in this fall's "Arrow" on The CW.

Troian Bellisario tweeted the below pic of Brant and Robbie, teasing, "The Kahns... double the creep." According to TVLine, Robbie's episode is set to air on August 7.

Not everyone in Rosewood is evil, though. Our favorite good guy Ezra (Ian Harding) will also enjoy a family reunion when British actor Gregg Sulkin joins the show as Wesley Fitz, Ezra's little bro. "Just want to say thank you to all of the @abcfpll fans who have welcomed...

Everett Kristen Wiig and Chris O’Dowd in “Bridesmaids”

You hear it so often in the film (and sometimes the publishing) industry, it’s hardly even questioned anymore:

Straight guys won’t go see a “romantic comedy” (or any movie featuring a female main character, unless it’s Megan Fox) unless they’ve been dragged to it by their significant other (or their mom).

This is why, for every one Bridesmaids, we have four Die Hards, four Terminators, four Pirates of the Caribbean,...

MTV has picked up its remake of the award-winning British series The Inbetweeners to series with a 12-episode order. Brad Copeland wrote the adaptation and serves as the showrunner. He is executive producing with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, creators of the original series, and Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment. The Inbetweeners, which was greenlighted to pilot in September, stars Joey Pollari (Avalon High), Bubba Lewis (To Save a Life), The Virginity Hit star Zack Pearlman and Mark L. Young  (Big Love) in a high school comedy described as Superbad meets Freaks and Geeks. It revolves around four high school boys (Pollari, Lewis, Pearlman, Young) who belong to the "inbetweeners" social class -- teens who are not the most cool and popular but not geeky enough to be branded uncool. Taika Waititi (The Flight of the Concords) directed the pilot. This marks the third series pickup for Kapital Entertainment out of four produced pilots.

"Life Unexpected" and "Avalon High" star Britt Robertson will star with "Teen Wolf" actor Dylan O'Brien in The First Time, about two teens who fall in love (for the first time, as you may expect) over the course of a weekend. Jon Kasdan will direct from his own script for Castle Rock Entertainment (Flipped).

Kasdan was a writer for "Dawson's Creek" and is also an actor. He made his directorial debut in In the Land of Women which co-starred Kristen Stewart. Robertson is one of the stars of Scream 4 and O'Brien just wrapped filming the comedy High Road with costars Lizzy Caplan, Abby Elliott and Rob Riggle.

Source: Variety...

As soon as we thought we could predict the outcome of the Oscars, here comes another surprise! This one's brought to you by the Writers Guild of America. Picked for Best Original Screenplay was Christopher Nolan's "Inception." The director, famously dissed for not getting a Best Director Oscar nomination, may just win the Best Original Screenplay come Oscar night. Oscar front-runner, "The King's Speech" was not nominated because it didn't quality under union rules which prompted Nolan to say during his WGA acceptance award that he looked forward to a time when he could accept the award "without qualification."

That could be the beginning of a great script Mr. Nolan, go write it :happy

For adapted screenplay, I'm happy to report that Aaron Sorkin's fantastic script won! Based on "The Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich, "The Social Network" was the only film last year that I predicted to win this very category.

HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, news, promotional, videogame, and new media writing at simultaneous ceremonies at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel-Grand Ballroom in Los Angeles and the Axa Equitable Center in New York City.

Screen Winners

Original Screenplay

Inception, Written by Christopher Nolan; Warner Bros.

Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich; Sony Pictures

Documentary Screenplay

Inside Job, Written by Charles Ferguson; Co-written by Chad Beck, Adam Bolt; Sony Pictures Classic

Television Winners

Drama Series

Mad Men, Written by Jonathan Abrahams, Lisa Albert, Keith Huff, Jonathan Igla,Andre Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, Brett Johnson, Janet Leahy, Erin Levy,

Tracy McMillan, Dahvi Waller, Matthew Weiner; AMC

Comedy Series

Modern Family, Written by Jerry Collins,...

Gregg Sulkin from Wizards of Waverly Place stars in the new Disney film Avalon High, a new play on the legend of King Arthur. We caught up with him to talk about his role, what he learnt on the film, and a possible new career. The myth of King Arthur and Camelot is given a fresh spin in this new brand new Disney film, as Avalon High new girl Allie (Brittany Robertson) discovers her classmates are reincarnations of the characters from the famous legend.

Avalon High, the new Disney Original Movie based on the award-winning novel by best-selling author Meg Cabot (“The Princess Diaries”) premieres on the Disney Channel on Friday 28th January 2011 at 6:00pm.

Filmed in New Zealand in May, British actor Gregg Sulkin joins the mainly American cast as handsome quarter-back Will Wagner.

The 18 year old Londoner played Jj in the British version of As The Bell Rings, and recently appeared opposite Selena Gomez in BAFTA-winning The Wizards of Waverly Place. He has now relocated to Hollywood and seems set to join a growing list of global teen actors, who have been given their first television break with the Disney Channel.

Gregg discovered his passion for acting when he was chosen from 5,000 hopefuls to play the lead role of Bernie Reubens in Sixty Six directed by Paul Weiland, starring alongside Helena Bonham Carter, Eddie Marsen, Catherine Tate and Stephen Rea.

Avalon High follows Allie Pennington,...

hollywoodnews.com: Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the DGA’s nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television and Commercials for the year 2010.

‘Whether it’s a 30-second commercial or a multi-part miniseries, television directors are crucial to the success of any television project.’ said Hackford. ‘As the DGA celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, we salute the critical role of the director in TV and are proud to honor the tremendous range of excellence found in the projects nominated today. Congratulations to all of the nominees.’

The winners will be announced at the 63rd Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles.

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The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series for 2010 are (in alphabetical order):

Mick Jackson

Temple Grandin

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"I Love You Phillip Morris" came out of nowhere and secured a nod for the 2011 Writers Guild Awards. Based on the book by Steven McVicker, the film starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGRegor as prisoners in love received a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination.

"Phillip Morris" will be competing with awards-favorites "127 Hours" (screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy), "The Social Network" (screenplay Aaron Sorkin), "The Town" (screenplay by Peter Craig and Ben Affleck & Aaron Stockard), and True Grit (screenplay by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen).

In the Original Screenplay category, critics-darlings "Black Swan" (screenplay by Mark Heyman and Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin), "The Fighter" (screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson), "Inception" (Christopher Nolan), and "The Kids Are All Right" (written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg) will be competing with "Please Give" by Nicole Holofcener. Much like "I Love You Phillip Morris," "Please Give," a family dramedy set in New York,...

MTV has announced the lead cast for its forthcoming remake of The Inbetweeners. Deadline reports that Bubba Lewis, Joey Pollari, Zack Pearlman and Mark L. Young will play the four awkward teenagers at the centre of the show. Lewis has recently played guest roles in episodes of Numb3rs and Grey's Anatomy, while Pollari made a guest appearance in a 2006 episode of Cold Case and recently starred in Disney television film Avalon High. Pearlman previously starred in 2010 film comedy The Virginity Hit, produced by Will Ferrell and Anchorman (more)...

HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

Television Nominees

Dramatic Series

Boardwalk Empire, Written by Meg Jackson, Lawrence Konner, Howard Korder, Steve Kornacki, Margaret Nagle, Tim Van Patten, Paul Simms, Terence Winter; HBO

Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Tom Schnauz, John Shiban, Moira Walley-Beckett; AMC

Dexter, Written by Scott Buck, Manny Coto, Charles H. Eglee, Lauren Gussis, Chip Johannessen, Jim Leonard, Clyde Phillips, Scott Reynolds, Melissa Rosenberg, Tim Schlattmann, Wendy West; Showtime

Friday Night Lights, Written by Bridget Carpenter, Kerry Ehrin, Ron Fitzgerald, Etan Frankel, Monica Henderson, David Hudgins, Rolin Jones, Jason Katims, Patrick Massett, Derek Santos Olson, John Zinman; NBC

Mad Men,...

Exclusive: MTV has assembled the quartet of leads for its remake of the award-winning British series The Inbetweeners, which was greenlighted to pilot in September. Joey Pollari (Avalon High), Bubba Lewis (To Save a Life), The Virginity Hit star Zack Pearlman and Mark L. Young  (Big Love) are set to star in the high-school comedy described as Superbad meets Freeks and Geeks. It revolves around four high school boys (Pollari, Lewis, Pearlman, Young) who belong to the "inbetweeners" social class -- teens who are not the most cool and popular but not geeky enough to be branded uncool. Taika Waititi (The Flight of the Concords) is set to direct the pilot, which is slated to begin production on January 10 in Orlando. Brad Copeland wrote the adaptation and serves as the showrunner. He is executive producing with Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, creators of the original series, and Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment.

Disney's latest original TV movie, "Avalon High," stars "Life Unexpected's" Britt Robertson as Allie, a new girl in town who has a sneaking suspicion that the kids at her new school are actually reincarnations of members of King Arthur's Court.

Though Allie and Robertson's "Life Unexpected" character Lux seem extremely different on a surface level, Robertson tells Zap2it that they're more alike than you might think. "She's a pretty average chick. She does a lot of traveling with her parents," she says. "She's just a fun, feisty, outgoing girl. But she hasn't really had a lot of stability as far as far as life and social situations go, so in that sense she's a lot like Lux."

Allie quickly makes friends at school, which Robertson says is "not very Lux-like." She's working on a term paper about the legacy of King Arthur, and the more time she spends with her new crowd,...

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Playing the lead in Disney Channel's newest movie, 'Avalon High,' was like a mini vacation for Britt Robertson. Compared to her day job -- playing a foster child who reunites with her birth parents after 16 years in the system on The CW's 'Life Unexpected' -- the modern-day take on the Camelot legend was a whole lot more lighthearted, to say the least.

"['Avalon High'] was really very different," Robertson told TV Squad yesterday. "I've never done anything for Disney before. The genre in general is not something I'm typically pinned for. It's sort of like a realistic fantasy type movie -- it's a little more action-packed than I'm used to; it's a little more fun and playful. I started shooting after season 1 [of 'Life Unexpected'], so it was nice to be able to do something fun after that."

In the movie, which premieres...

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HollywoodNews.com: Here’s some Hollywood-style irony for you. In order to play the reincarnated spirit of King Arthur in tomorrow night’s (11/12) Disney Channel Original Movie, “Avalon High,” handsome 18-year-old London-born actor Gregg Sulkin had to quit acting British and become American.

First, there was playing American football, something the life-long soccer player had never done before.

“I’d never even picked up this weird-shaped ball before,” admits Sulkin, who is familiar to “Wizards of Waverly Place” viewers as Mason, werewolf love of Selena Gomez. “My character is a quarterback, the brains behind the operation, so I had to look like exactly that — completely comfortable. Four weeks before shooting, they got me an American football coach, who was great.”

Despite his nerves his first time out of the field, complete with pads and helmet, Sulkin says that the coach, and his on-camera team mates including Christopher Tavarez,...

The dashing Wizards of Waverly Place star Gregg Sulkin ("dashing" is like "charming," but for Brits), who continues his run at Disney with this weekend's TV movie Avalon High, has signed on to star in Camilla Dickerson, an adaptation of the 1951 Madeline L'Engle ("A Wrinkle in Time") book. Australian actress Adelaide Clemens will play the title role, a teen whose parents are splitting up and trying to win over her affection. Aggravated by the whole mess, she turns to a rebellious boy (Sulkin) whose parents are also divorced. Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) and Samantha Mathis (Super Mario Brothers) will play Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson. Writer-director Cornelia Moore begins filming in Spokane, Washington next week.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter...

A new Disney Channel Original Movie (Dcom) is coming out and the first trailer has just been released. "Avalon High", a fantasy drama based on novel by Meg Cabot, is featuring "Life Unexpected" star Brittany Robertson as the lead character named Allie Pennington and "Wizards of Waverly Place" star Gregg Sulkin as Will Wagner.

Allie is ecstatic when her parents, traveling professors who specialize in King Arthur's legend, tell her she will be staying at Avalon High until she graduates. She can finally join the track team, make new friends and be a normal high school student. But shortly after arriving, Allie discovers that something strange may be afoot.

While researching a term paper on King Arthur's legacy, she begins to notice some interesting parallels between the past and the present - from handsome quarterback Will, his cheerleader girlfriend, Jen, and their best friend, Lance, to Will's brooding step-brother,...

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HollywoodLife.com brings you a whole new side of 18-year-old British heartthrob, Gregg Sulkin!

After Gregg Sulkin guest starred on Wizards of Waverly Place as Selena Gomez’s boyfriend, ratings soared and he quickly became a series regular. Now, with the fourth season about to premiere and the Disney channel film, Avalon High, coming out this fall, the adorable British actor is on the quick track to becoming one of Hollywood’s leading men. HollywoodLife.com chatted exclusively with the budding star and learned all about his likes, dislikes and his dream girl!

Check out six things you never knew about Gregg Sulkin! Even though I played a werewolf on Wizards of Waverly Place, I’m going to have to stick with Team Edward because he’s British, like me. I would like to be the first Jewish James Bond. I would be Jame Bondstein, or something…it...

Avalon High, the next Disney Channel Original Movie, has started production in New Zealand and it stars Britt Robertson and Gregg Sulkin. American viewers know Robertson best for her role as Lux on Life Unexpected (TV), while Sulkin has guest starred as Mason Greybeck on a couple of episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place (TV) and is recognized back home in England for his appearances on Disney Channel UK's version of As the Bell Rings (TV). So what is Avalon High about? Well, we've got the scoop. It's based on the novel by Meg Cabot and it follows the adventures of Allie Pennington (Robertson), the new girl at Avalon High, who quickly comes to believe that her classmates are reincarnations of King Arthur and his court. In other words, Avalon High just may be a contemporary Camelot, with the hunky quarterback Will (Sulkin), his girlfriend Jen (Molly Quinn), their best...