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With filming expected to begin later this month on The Strangers 2, the first official casting details for the sequel have been revealed.

Deadline reports that Christina Hendricks (Drive, Mad Men), Bailee Madison (The Night Before Halloween, Good Witch) and Lewis Pullman (Aftermath) have joined the cast of The Strangers 2, which will be directed by Johannes Roberts (The Other Side of the Door) from a screenplay that was worked on by Bryan Bertino (writer/director of 2008's The Strangers) and Ben Ketai.

Character details for the trio of actors have yet to be revealed, but this follow-up to 2008's The Strangers will take place in a trailer park, and when we recently asked producer Trevor Macy if The Strangers 2 will see the return of the three masked killers from the original movie, he said, "I think that is safe to say."

Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on The Strangers 2,...

Amazon has cancelled its plans for the Highston TV series. The streaming service ordered the half-hour comedy pilot back in December of 2015, but according to reports, it never made the schedule, and Amazon opted to not to go forward. The Highston TV show pilot is currently still available for streaming.Actor Curtis Armstrong initially broke the news that Amazon was not going to pick up Highston , via Twitter. He co-starred as Highston Liggetts' (Lewis Pullman) Uncle Billy. The cast also included Chris Parnell, Mary Lynne Rajskub, Austin Fryberger, and Caige Coulter. Flea and Shaquille O'Neal guest starred in the pilot.Read More…...

Amazon has opted not to proceed with the new comedy series Highston. The streaming service picked up to series the pilot — written by Oscar-nominee Bob Nelson (Nebraska), directed by Little Miss Sunshine helmers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and executive produced by Sacha Baron Cohen — in December 2015. But it was never scheduled, and tonight, after co-star Curtis Armstrong tweeted that the show was dead, the development was confirmed by Amazon. "We love Bob, Jon…...

This past weekend I attended the annual Sherlock Holmes fandom celebration, a.k.a. the Bsi Weekend in New York City; a time I always thoroughly look forward to and enjoy. The weekend is great both for the setting (so much to see and do in NYC, both Sherlockian and otherwise) and for the friends (new and old) that attend.

One of the Sherlockian highlights of this year’s weekend for me was the Daintiest Thing in a Dressing Gown Pyjama Party, put on by the Baker Street Babes. I always get a kick out of costume parties, and this one featured lots of fun and creative pajama costumes, both Victorian and modern, and took place in the uber-cool and historic setting of The Players NYC (seriously – read their history page. So cool). It was a blast!

A non-Sherlockian highlight of my weekend was getting to see the current production...

Amazon has ordered eight new TV series for 2016. Three are being made for children -- Danger & Eggs, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and Niko and the Sword of Light -- while the other five are aimed at an adult audience -- Highston, One Mississippi, Z: The Beginning of Everything, Good Girls Revolt, and Patriot.

Here are the new show descriptions, via Deadline:

New Half-Hour Series

Highston Highston Liggetts (newcomer Lewis Pullman) is a 19-year-old with a wide circle of celebrity friends—that only he can see. His parents, Jean (Mary Lynn Rajskub, 24), and Wilbur (Chris Parnell, Saturday Night Live) force him to get psychiatric help, but his Uncle Billy (Curtis Armstrong, American Dad!) thinks he’s just fine. Highston is a comedy about what it means to be normal in a world that’s anything but. The pilot guest stars Shaquille O’Neal (Thunderstruck) and Flea (The Big Lebowski...

Amazon would like one order of all of the shows, please. Deadline reports that the site has picked up seasons for five of its six fall pilots, among them, Tig Notaro's One Mississippi, which was Margaret Lyons's pick from the pack. Written and executive-produced by Notaro and Diablo Cody and executive-produced by Louis Ck, One Mississippi is a semi-autobiographical account of Notaro's return home after her mother died and she was diagnosed with cancer. It also stars Casey Wilson, Noah Harpster, John Rothman, and Beth Burvant.Amazon's other selections are Good Girls Revolt, a 1969-set drama about feminism starring Anna Camp; Patriot, a political thriller with Terry O'Quinn; Highston, a comedy starring Lewis Pullman and his group of imaginary celebrity friends; and Z, a TV biography series with Christina Ricci as Zelda Fitzgerald. Amazon extended the option for its sixth pilot, Edge, a Western from Shane Black and Fred Dekker,...

Amazon’s going to keep doing God‘s work — at least for another season.

The streaming video service has renewed Hand of God.

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News of the Ron Perlman-led series’ Season 2 pickup comes the same day that Amazon renewed The Man in the High Castle and Red Oaks and ordered several new series, including the ’60s-era drama Good Girls Revolt and a comedy starring writer/comic Tig Notaro.

A full list of new series, with descriptions, is below:

Good Girls Revolt | Set in 1969 and...

Amazon has ordered a new crop of original series. The streaming service has given series orders to half-hour shows “Highston,” “One Mississippi” and “Z: The Beginning of Everything,” as well as hour-long shows “Good Girls Revolt” and “Patriot.” “Highston” stars Shaquille O’Neal and Flea as members of a 19-year-old’s celebrity circle of friends. “One Mississippi” is a dark comedy inspired by the upbringing of comic Tig Notaro. “Z: The Beginning of Everything” stars Christina Ricci as young Zelda Fitzgerald. “Good Girls Revolt” takes place at a weekly news magazine in the late 1960s. “Patriot” is a thriller about an American operative.

Traditionally, TV pilots are pitched, greenlit and then presented to network executives, who view the finished products in the privacy of their own studio-lot screening room and then, like the modern Roman emperors they are, vote with their thumbs. Never one to do things the old-fashioned way, Amazon has opted to let the audiences have a say in the process as well — the streaming service-cum-online network posts a round of comedy, drama and kids' series pilots they're considering for series on their site, and let viewers decide which ones are worth moving forward on.

Amazon Studios has unveiled its line-up of the six pilots it intends to premiere on the streaming giant's service this Fall.

As per usual, users will get to vote on the pilots and thus help determine which ones will go to series. So far only a few shows have gone on to series including "Bosch," "Transparent," "Hand of God," "Mozart in the Jungle," "Alpha House," "Catastrophe" and the upcoming "The Man in the High Castle" and "Red Oaks".

David E. Kelley's upcoming legal drama "Trial" starring Billy Bob Thornton is Not included in this batch as it's expected to go straight to series. This round of potential series includes:

Edge

"Lethal Weapon" scribe and "Iron Man 3" writer/director Shane Black teams with "Monster House" co-scribe Fred Dekker for this adaptation of Terry Harknett's ultraviolent Western novel series "Edge". Max Martini plays a Union officer turned cowboy who prowls...

This fall, for the sixth time, Amazon Studios will simultaneously premiere a batch of new pilots and ask for input from its viewers. The programming wing of the online retailer has announced the six programs that will make up this new pilot season, and as we expect, there are plenty of familiar names and intriguing premises among the loglines.

Two of the new pilots are particularly star-studded. One, Highston, was first revealed back in April. It comes from executive producer Sacha Baron Cohen and centers on its titular teenager, who interacts with famous people only he can see, much to the chagrin of his parents (played by Chris Parnell and Mary Lynn Rajskub). Another pilot, One Mississippi, is based on the life of Tig Notaro and co-written by Notaro and Juno’s Diablo Cody. Louis C.K. serves as one of that project’s executive producers.

Amazon’s recent pilot seasons...

Amazon has released first looks at its line-up for its next pilot preview season, which includes shows starring Max Martini (The Unit), Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck), Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Tig Notaro and others.

RelatedHand of God: Is Amazon’s Newest Drama Heaven or Hell?

As Amazon does, the pilots will premiere sometime this fall, then get a green light (or not) based on viewer feedback. Synopses/photos follow:

Edge | Set in 1868 and based on George G. Gilman’s best-selling novel series — which has been described as “the most violent Western in...

Mary Lynn Rajskub has booked a series regular role on the Amazon pilot Highston, the half-hour coming-of-age comedy written by Nebraska scribe Bob Nelson, executive produced Sacha Baron Cohen and to be directed by the Little Miss Sunshine duo of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The single-camera project centers on Highston Liggets, a kind 19-year-old and perched on the edge of adulthood. When he encounters a world he doesn't understand, like Elwood P. Dowd, he retreats…...