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Exclusive: Rushi Kota (Never Have I Ever), Jason Burkey (The Resident) and Gabrielle Byndloss (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) are set for recurring roles in Ordinary Joe, NBC’s upcoming drama series starring Jimmy Wolk from House veterans Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and The Batman writer/director Matt Reeves and his 6th & Idaho banner. The project, which co-stars Natalie Martinez, Charlie Barnett and Elizabeth Lail, is a co-production of 20th Television, Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, 6th & Idaho and 3 Arts.

Written by Friend and Lerner, Ordinary Joe explores the three parallel lives of the show’s main character (Wolk) after he makes a pivotal choice at a crossroads in his life. The series asks the question of how different life might look if you made your decision based on love, loyalty or passion.

Kota will play Sai, adorable, neurotic Chief of Staff helping to run a political campaign.

Exclusive: Barrett Wilbert Weed (Mean Girls on Broadway) is set for a recurring role in Bridge and Tunnel, Epix’s upcoming half-hour dramedy written, directed and produced by Edward Burns. Set in 1980, Bridge and Tunnel revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging to the familiarity of their working-class Long Island home town. Weed will play Lizzie, the artsy, sarcastic older sister of Pags (Brian Muller), who dreams of rock stardom for her all-girl punk band, Wildfire. She joins an ensemble cast that includes Sam Vartholomeos, Caitlin Stasey, Gigi Zumbado, JanLuis Castellanos, Brian Muller and Isabella Farrell. In addition to Burns, the series is also executive produced by his producing partner Aaron Lubin and Lori Keith Douglas. Weed recently starred as Janis Sarkisian in Tina Fey’s Broadway musical Mean Girls, based on the movie. She originated the role...

Useless Humans, directed by Stephen Ohl, starring Josh Zuckerman (“90210”), Rushi Kota (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Davida Williams (“Casual”), Luke Youngblood (“Galavant”), Edy Ganem (“Devious Maids”), Maya Kazan (“Mosaic”), Joey Kern (“Good Behavior”), Kevin Michael Martin (“The Last Ship”) & Iqbal Theba (“Glee”). The horror comedy will release on July 14 from Quiver Distribution. Would love to …

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We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! In today's feature, we have an exclusive clip from Useless Humans, a look at the trailer for Slaxx, and an interview with All Hail to the Popcorn King's Hansi Oppenheimer:

Useless Humans Exclusive Clip: "A thirtieth birthday and the fate of humanity are left hanging in the balance when a ruthless alien crashes the party, forcing these four friends to save the world."

Release Date: July 14, 2020

Distribution Company: Quiver Distribution

Directed by: Stephen Ohl

Written by: George Caine, Stephen Ohl, Kevin Hamedani & Travis Betz

Story by: Ryan Scaringe

Produced by: Ryan Scaringe, Jon Bloch, Amy Lippens & Max J. Silver

Starring: Josh Zuckerman, Rushi Kota, Davida Williams, Luke Youngblood, Edy Ganem, Maya Kazan, Joey Kern, Kevin Michael Martin & Iqbal Theba

Runtime: 77 Minutes



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