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Variety reports that Samuel L. Jackson will play the villain in director Matthew Vaughn's movie THE SECRET SERVICE for Fox. He will join previously announced cast members Colin Firth and Taron Egerton.

According to the Daily Mail, actress and director Kathy Burke is revamping playwright Mary O'Malley's 1977 play ONCE A CATHOLIC. Burke will direct the production at the Tricycle Theatre, beginning November 21.

According to The Daily Mail, Max Irons (BBC TV's The White Queen) and Rachel Tucker (Wicked) are set to star in Beau Willimon's FARRAGUT NORTH, which begins at the Southwark Playhouse September 11, with an opening slated for September 13. The production will run through October 5, 2013, directed by Guy Unsworth.

The Daily Mail reports that Kate Fleetwood and Anna Maxwell Martin will play KING LEAR's daughters Goneril and Regan, respectively, in the National Theatre's upcoming production of the Shakespearen tragedy. Olivia Vinall, who is currently appearing in the National's OTHELLO, will portray Cordelia.

The Daily Mail reports that Laurence Fox and Jack Huston are in talks to star in a stage adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, first made into a film by Alfred Hitchcock starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker in 1951.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital) is in talks to join Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel in SEX TAPE, directed by Jake Kasdan for Sony Pictures.

Deadline.com reports that Guillermo Del Toro's PACIFIC RIM may be looking forward to a sequel after the pic opened today in China to $9 million -- the highest-ever opening gross for any Warner Bros. film in that country.

Variety reports that singer and actor Wang Leehom is set to star in an adaptation of Stan Lee's ANNIHILATOR for Magic Storm Entertainment.

According to Deadline.com, Helen Hunt's RIDE has found its financing and cast. Hunt wrote the script and will star in, produce and direct the film as well.

Deadline.com reports that Lionsgate has acquired U.S. distribution rights for A MOST WANTED MAN, directed by Anton Cobjin. The adaptation of John le Carre's novel stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright and Willem Dafoe.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Anna Torv (Fringe) will star in Ryan Murphy's LGBT HBO pilot OPEN, alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh has her character's love interest.

The Los Angeles Times writes that Hollywood's Pantages Theatre, home to Broadway touring shows such as THE BOOK OF MORMON, SISTER ACT, the upcoming WIZARD OF OZ and more, is looking to sell naming rights to bring in extra funds.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sigourney Weaver of Broadway's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, is in talks to join the cast of THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF ASHES, the sequel to Constantin's CITY OF BONES.

Jayma Mays, who plays Emma Pillsbury -- wife to Matthew Morrison's Will Scheuster -- on FOX's GLEE, confirmed today to Access Hollywood that the upcoming season of GLEE will be her last. The actress is leaving to join CBS' new comedy series THE MILLERS.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Stephen Rea, Lindsay Duncan and Janet McTeer have signed on for Sundance Channel's upcoming miniseries THE HONOURABLE WOMAN, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.

InTouch writes that Adam Shankman, who has directed several episodes of Glee, announced at the recent Dizzy Feet Foundation's gala that friends and co-workers of late Glee star Cory Monteith will create an arts scholarship in his name. The cast and crew just gathered on Thursday, July 25, in a private memorial to celebrate the life Monteith, who died at the age of 31 on July 13, 2013, due to an overdose.

The Guardian reports that after Penguin and Random House's merger earlier this month into Penguin Random House, the company will control 25 percent of the world's book publishing industry. The new giant owns around 250 imprints and has a deep and varied back catalogue. All this will allow the company to publish 5,000 new books a year.

Showbiz411 reports that singer and former American Idol judge Paula Abdul will be returning to judge FOX's SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE for three weeks of semi finals and finals in September, alongside Nigel Lythgoe.

NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt elaborated on THE TONIGHT SHOW's transition from longtime host Jay Leno to current LATE NIGHT anchor Jimmy Fallon at the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday, July 27, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Greenblatt emphasized that he wants to keep Leno on NBC.

According to ComingSoon.net, NBC announced today plans for four new projects, including a four-hour miniseries about Hillary Clinton, starring Diane Lane, remakes of ROSEMARY'S BABY and Stephen King's THE TOMMYKNOCKERS, and a series about the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.