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Hugh Jackman to play Gary Hart in political drama

‘Better Call Saul’ renewed for fourth season at AMC

“DEADPOOL 2” fi lming is in full force and it appears Josh Brolin is almost ready to become Cable.

Since his casting announce-ment, Brolin has been getting into character, both mentally and physically — showing off his readiness by posting updates on his workouts, trolling Ryan Reynolds and getting a Cable-ready hair-cut.

On Wednesday, Brolin posted a photo of a mold being taken of right half of his face. That side of the character’s face is scarred

and features a cybernetic eye in the comics.

“Insanity on the brink. Face is morphing into something machine, fi erce, hair sliced, arm machined, bulged. Where is Deadpool?!? Looking. Look-ing. All I got are these two ... molding me, prodding, turn-ing me into something hard,” Brolin wrote.

“Deadpool 2” began shoot-ing this week. Reynolds shared the news via an Ins-tagram post of a movie slate. “Deadpool 2” has a June 1, 2018 release date. (SD-Agencies)

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NO surprise here: AMC has renewed “Better Call Saul” for a fourth season.

The “Breaking Bad” prequel, produced by Sony Pictures Television, will return with 10 new episodes in 2018, the cable network announced Tuesday.

“Supporting artists we respect and admire; delivering truly out-standing character development and nuanced dramatic twists and turns; continuing a legacy of bold creative choices; loving writing that is the best in the business: Truly, ‘S’all good, man’,” AMC president Charlie Collier said in a statement. “Congratulations to Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Bob Odenkirk and everyone involved with ‘Better Call Saul.’ Bring on season four!”

The series wrapped its third-season run with a surprising fi nale that featured what is expected to be the fi nal episode

for co-star Michael McKean, whose Chuck McGill was seem-ingly killed off as the show grows closer to connecting to “Breaking Bad.”

Season three of the drama averaged 3.7 million total view-ers, including 1.9 million among adults 25-54 and 1.7 million adults in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic, when factoring in three days of delayed viewing. That’s good enough to become the third-highest-rated drama on cable among adults 25-54, trailing only AMC’s “The Walking Dead” and prequel “Fear the Walking Dead.”

“Better Call Saul” has typi-cally earned an early renewal. That wasn’t the case this season as negotiations took longer than expected given the execu-tive shuffl ing at both AMC and Sony Pictures Television. (SD-Agencies)

HUGH JACKMAN is hitting the campaign trail for Jason Reitman’s “The Frontrunner.”

The “Logan” star will play poli-tician Gary Hart, who was con-sidered the frontrunner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination when his campaign was rocked by revelations of an extramarital affair with Donna Rice. The U.S. senator from Colorado then dropped out of the race.

The screenplay was written by veteran political journalist Matt Bai, former Hillary Clinton press secretary Jay Carson (“House of Cards”) and Reitman, based on Bai’s 2014 book “All the Truth Is Out.” It chronicles Hart’s meteoric rise and dramatic fall as he sought the nation’s high-est offi ce. Massachusetts Gov. Mike Dukakis, who had been trailing Hart, wound up landing the Democratic nomination. He eventually lost to George Bush. But the Hart story proved to be a turning point in U.S. politics and the media, ushering in the tabloid age where personal indiscretions became fair game. Before Hart, the media turned a blind eye to the infi delities of politicians.

“The Frontrunner” would

mark Reitman’s return to politi-cal fare. His fi rst fi lm, “Thank You for Smoking” (2006), offered a satirical look at Washington lobbyists. The Oscar-nominated director (“Juno”) is currently in postproduction on the Charlize Theron starrer “Tully,” which was written by Diablo Cody.

The project also represents a reteaming of Reitman and Bron Studios, which fi nanced “Tully.” Bron’s recent credits include Miguel Arteta’s “Beatriz at Dinner,” Nate Parker’s “The Birth of a Nation” and Denzel Washington’s best picture Oscar nominee “Fences.” “The Frontrunner” joins an upcom-ing Bron slate that also includes Dan Gilroy’s “Roman Israel, Esq.,” starring Washington.

Reitman and Helen Estabrook are producing the pic through their Right of Way Films along-side Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert.

Jackman starred in this year’s “X-Men” solo outing “Logan,” which was a breakout hit for Fox, earning US$618 million worldwide despite its R rating. He will next be seen in “The Greatest Showman,” playing circus pioneer P.T. Barnum.

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TV director Gail Mancuso will helm road-trip comedy “Besties” for DreamWorks Pictures.

Written by Cassie Daniels and Mark Bartosic, the script follows a woman who embarks on an epic road trip with her best friends to break up the wedding of her childhood crush after discovering a long-lost love note.

Ivan Reitman and Ali Bell are pro-ducing the project. The pic will be dis-tributed by Universal and is eyeing a late 2017 production start.

Mancuso has directed over 300 television episodes, including “Modern Family,” “30 Rock” and “Roseanne.” She has received three Emmy nominations, winning for outstanding director for a comedy in 2013 and 2014 for “Modern Family.” Mancuso also has received three DGA noms for directorial achievement in a comedy series. (SD-Agencies)

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