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Variety

Jim Broadbent, Kelly Macdonald and Jamie Demetriou Join Emily Mortimer’s Directorial Debut ‘Dennis’ for A24, Fruit Tree

The film is being written and directed by BAFTA-nominated Mortimer, whose work behind the camera includes writing and directing BBC/Amazon limited series The Pursuit of Love and creating and showrunning the HBO series Doll and Em. She also co-wrote Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly.

The Hollywood Reporter

Jessica Gunning to Play Cass Elliot in Movie From ‘A Complete Unknown’ Producers

Peter Jaysen and Alan Gasmer’s Veritas Entertainment are behind the movie based on the bestselling memoir My Mama Cass from Elliot’s daughter, Owen Elliot-Kugell.

Deadline

Zoë Winters, Ravi V. Patel, Will Yun Lee & Tony Macht Join ‘The Off Weeks’ Apple TV Limited Series

Zoë Winters (Succession), Tony Macht (The Comeback) Ravi V. Patel (Animal Control) and Will Yun Lee (The Good Doctor) have been tapped for major recurring roles in The Off Weeks, Apple TV‘s eight-episode limited series starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller, from director Michael Showalter, showrunner Alissa Nutting and Apple Studios.

Variety

After AI Video of ‘Tom Cruise’ Fighting ‘Brad Pitt’ Goes Viral, Motion Picture Association Denounces ‘Massive’ Infringement on Seedance 2.0

ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, said the model represents a “substantial leap in generation quality” since the previous version. Videos generated by the service – notably one of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting on a rooftop — have gone viral on social media platforms.