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TV: ‘Supernatural’ Renewed, Latest ‘Eastwick’ Casting

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The CW is continuing their run of “Supernatural” as they’ve renewed the series for a fifth season this fall. The show stars Jared Padalecki (Friday the 13th) and Jensen Ackles (My Bloody Valentine). Slim at best are the renewal chances for “Reaper,” whose second season begins Tuesday. In addition, NBC is continuing to cast up their drama “Eastwick“, their TV series based on the movie The Witches of Eastwick. You can read all about the latest addition inside.Lindsey PriceThere’s great news for fans of the movie “The Witches of Eastwick” and not-so-good news for the fans of NBC’s dramedy “Lipstick Jungle”: “Jungle” star Lindsay Price has been cast as one of the trio of witches in ABC’s drama pilot “Eastwick,” which is based on the 1987 feature.

Coincidentally, on “Eastwick” Price is in the same setup as she has been on “Jungle,” which also is centered on three female leads — not to imply anything about the powers of New York businesswomen.

The Warner Bros.-produced “Eastwick” follows three young witches who come into their powers. WMA-repped Price will play one of them, Joanna, a hardworking, shy reporter for the local newspaper. She joins Jaime Ray Newman, who was recently cast as a fellow witch.

Price’s casting on “Eastwick” is formally in second position to “Jungle,” which has not been canceled. The show, which wrapped its second season, has developed a passionate fan base but has lagged in the ratings.

A couple of weeks ago, Price was quoted laying out possible future scenarios for “Jungle” moving to Bravo, Lifetime or airing in a split NBC/DirecTV window similar to “Friday Night Lights.”

NBC co-chair Ben Silverman and programming chief Angela Bromstad also have said that NBC and sister studio Universal Media Studios, which produces “Jungle,” are looking to find a way to keep the series alive.

But the chances for a third season of the show seem to be getting increasingly slimmer.

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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ – Cinderella’s Stepsister Elvira Gets Her Own Horror Movie

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In the wake of horror movie Cinderella’s Revenge hitting theaters over the weekend, Variety reports that a horror movie centered on Cinderella’s stepsister is also coming soon.

The feature debut of filmmaker Emilie Blichfeldt, the film is titled The Ugly Stepsister, and Variety reports that Memento International is kicking off sales in Cannes this May.

Variety details, “Combining comedy and horror, the film is a daring and unexpected take on the world-famous tale, seen through the eyes of the Cinderella’s stepsister, Elvira.

“The gory film follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister in a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business. She will go to any lengths to catch the prince’s eye.”

Lea Myren stars alongside Thea Sofie Loch Naess and Ane Dahl Torp.

“With this ‘beauty horror’ I want to seduce the audience into a “girl-dreaming-of-marrying-the-prince-fairytale,” before revealing its true and raw insides,” said director Emilie Blichfeldt. “It’s time the ugly stepsister’s story is lifted from the shadows of Cinderella, and cultivated as the iconic feminist narrative of the tyranny of beauty that it is.”

“It is highly contemporary in its exploration of what one is willing to do to meet society’s imposed beauty standards on women. Emilie is finally giving a voice to the underdog in a very entertaining way, allowing audiences worldwide to connect with her,” added Memento.

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