Trade Round-Up: More Hannibal, Whether You Want It Or Not
· Kim Delaney is brought on to The O.C. for a five episode arc as an eyebrow-fetishist ex-flame of Peter Gallagher's Sandy Cohen character. [THR]
· The Agent Dance Mini: Bart Walker, head of ICM NY's Film division, is going to CAA and taking every indie director with any credibility with him. And, naturally, some that will sell out when the opportunity arises. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Writer Thomas Harris and producer Dino De Laurentiis decide to once again cannibalize the Hannibal Lecter story, picking director Peter Webber to direct Lecter pre-prequel Behind the Mask. Even Brett Ratner couldn't kill this franchise, hard as he tried. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Real life couple Rob Estes and Josie Bisset are cast in ABC Family movie Blended. The two will play single parents who get married in Las Vegas, merging their eight children. It's like Eight Is Enough or The Brady Bunch, only with washed up Melrose Place actors! [THR]
· Sherry Lansing's ditching Paramount, but not before getting sued by a disgruntled producer. [THR]
· Cuba Gooding Jr., Burt Reynolds, Angie Harmon and James Woods are set to star in End Game, an indie thriller about a presidential assassination. Wow, how did they get this together so quickly? Bush hasn't even made his acceptance speech yet... [THR]