Olivia Williams (X-Men: The Last Stand) has been added to the cast of Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse" at Fox, reports Variety.

Williams will play the beautiful but ruthless woman in charge of the venue where drones are programmed to perform various missions in the real world.

Eliza Dushku stars as Echo, one of the "dolls" who starts to become self aware.

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Fox had good news Monday for "Prison Break," which has just been sentenced to another season.
On the flip side, net confirmed that "The Return of Jezebel James" wouldn't -- return, that is. New laffer suffered a second week of low marks, averaging a 1.1 rating and 4 share among adults 18-49.

With "Jezebel James" out of the picture, Fox has also pulled repeats of " 'Til Death" (which fared just as low) for now. Net will instead run "Bones" repeats on Fridays in the 8 p.m. hour.

"Prison Break," which had its third season cut short by the writers strike, will now be back for a fourth go-round. Fox has ordered 22 episodes from 20th Century Fox TV.

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Beau Bridges has joined the cast of the Fox dramatic thriller "Max Payne," based on the hit Rockstar video game. Bridges will play B.B. Hensley, a former cop and mentor figure to Max Payne, who helps him track down a cunning, ruthless killer.

Principal photography began March 3 in Toronto on the John Moore-directed film. Beau Thorne penned the script. Mark Wahlberg stars as Payne, a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the murder of his partner and family.

Mila Kunis will play an assassin who teams with Payne to avenge her sister's death. Julie Silverman and Scott Faye are producing. Tom Karnowski is executive producing.

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Fox's animated feature "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" hit all its marks during the weekend, when the animated family comedy featuring the voice of Jim Carrey opened with an estimated $45.1 million to top the domestic boxoffice and re-energize a recently slack marketplace.

Warner Bros.' prehistoric adventure "10,000 BC" dropped an acceptable 54% in its second weekend to take second place with $16.4 million and a $61.2 million cume. Summit Entertainment's mixed-martial arts film "Never Back Down" bowed about as expected with $8.6 million in third place.

The weekend was bolstered by high school and college students hitting spring break, but the session included at least one belly flop. The R-rated thriller "Doomsday," from Universal's Rogue genre unit, appears doomed for quick excursion to DVD after fetching just $4.7 million in a limp debut in seventh place.

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"Family Guy's" Cleveland Brown might be getting his own show.

Fox and 20th Century Fox TV are developing a spinoff from its hit animated series centered on Peter Griffin's bathtub-accident-prone neighbor, sources said.

The project, tentatively titled "Cleveland," is being written by "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry -- who voices Cleveland and serves as writer-producer on the series -- and "The Simpsons" alum Rich Appel, executive producer/showrunner on MacFarlane's other animated comedy for Fox, "American Dad."

Cleveland, who plays off black stereotypes, is the most levelheaded among Griffin's trio of friends.

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Ari Sandel is set to direct Brad Cutter Ruined My Life... Again, a comedy project Fox Atomic has acquired and is slotting for production early next year. Donald De Line is producing...

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"Friday Night Lights" star Zach Gilford is in final negotiations to play the love interest of Alexis Bledel in the Fox Atomic comedy "The Post-Grad Survival Guide." Michael Keaton, Carol Burnett and Rodrigo Santoro also are joining the cast...

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Fox Atomic has launched the new trailer for 28 Weeks Later in High Definition QuickTime at Apple!

Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, the follow-up to 28 Days Later stars Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Imogen Poots, Idris Elba and Mackintosh Muggleton.

28 Weeks Later opens on May 11.

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Those feverish for the follow-up to Danny Boyle's immensely successful revisionist horror film 28 Days Later will get their cake and eat it too on May 11th when Fox Atomic releases the anticipated, and aptly titled, 28 Weeks Later. This writer was granted "Atomic" clearance to view 28 minutes of the sequel's opening under the pretense that what was shown was still in its rough stages - which it was, clues being the "property of" visual burns and the wall-to-wall temp music, some taken from the soundtrack of its predecessor, to set the tone.
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Julia Roberts is adding yet another film to her non-retired slate as she has signed on to produce and possibly star in Happiness Sold Separately with Fox Searchlight in early negotiations to distribute.
The love story is based on the novel by Lolly Winston and is centered on a woman who withdraws from her husband into a world of heartbreak and anger after she discovers that he had an affair with his nutritionist at the gym. It tells the story of when people meet the wrong person at the wrong time and have to make it right.

Scott Coffey is aboard to pen the screenplay....more click on heading

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An attack on the U.S.'s computer infrastructure begins to cripple the nation. But the man behind the attack never expected an old-fashioned cop to mess up his plans.

Release Date: Jun 29, 2007
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Film Genre: Action
Country: United States
Director(s): Len Wiseman
Cast : Justin Long, Maggie Q, Bruce Willis....more click on heading

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Comedy Central's "Reel Comedy: Night at the Museum” is hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt, who acts as a private guide for viewers when he meets up with the film’s star, Ben Stiller.  Stiller takes Oswalt on a behind-the-scenes tour on the set of the film which is a recreation of New York City’s Museum of Natural History.  Stiller lets Oswalt in on some of the film’s secrets, such as fake backdrops, tricks to remembering pages of dialogue and the hardships of nailing big comic special effects.  Co-star Carla Gugino also drops by and adds a touch of glamour to the tour.  Fox’s “Night at the Museum” opens in theaters on December 22.
Encore presentations air Monday, December 18 at 3:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 19 at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 20 at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 21 at 12:30 p.m. and Friday, December 22 at 3:30 p.m.

"Reel Comedy" is Comedy Central's series of specials that provide a unique, in-depth look at the hottest new comedic films.  Each half-hour special contains Comedy Central's own original concept and story, interviews with the stars, and clips from the featured film.  Past specials have included the casts of “Wedding Crashers," "Bewitched," "40 Year-Old Virgin" and "Dukes of Hazzard."

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In a town where no one even disses their caterer, newcomer Edward Speleers is already trash-talking his co-star in the new film, "Eragon."

 

"Basically, I got to work with an orange tennis ball that represented a dragon," says the 19-year-old Brit. "Sadly, there were a few days where I really had to use my imagination because in the end it was just an orange tennis ball."

"Eragon" is based on the best-selling fantasy books about a friendly dragon. A farm lad (Speleers) finds a dragon egg and suddenly he's on an epic journey to save his home from an evil king. Speleers hasn't seen his own home for the last month.

"I feel like a rock star because I've been talking about the film in a lot of cities," he says. "The only thing is I don't get to sleep until noon. So, I'm like a rock star without the perks or the guitar.”

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If you're planning a trip to Brazil, you might think twice about watching Turistas. The horror/thriller, directed by John Stockwell and starring Josh Duhamel, Beau Garrett and Olivia Wilde, takes place in that country and let's just say the film doesn't show the locals at their best...more click on heading

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Turistas is a 2006 vacation horror film, directed by John Stockwell. Michael Arlen Ross wrote the screenplay about a group of young backpackers whose vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian jungle that holds an ominous secret.

Fox Atomic and 2929 Entertainment present a Stone Village Pictures / BoZ Productions Production of a film by John Stockwell, the horror thriller Turistas. Directed by John Stockwell from a screenplay by Michael Arlen Ross, the film stars Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde and Desmond Askew. The film also stars Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib and Miguel Lunardi. Turistas is produced by Scott Steindorff and Bo Zenga, and Marc Butan and John Stockwell. The executive producers are Todd Wagner, Marc Cuban and Elaine Dysinger. Co-executive producers are Rick Dallago, Kent Kubena and Scott LaStaiti. The creative behind-the-scenes team is led by director of photography Enrique Chediak, editor Jeff McEvoy. Music is by Paul Haslinger. Turistas will be released on December 1, 2006.

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