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J.J. Abrams‘ reboot of Westworld is finally starting to take shape. Today it was announced that Ed Harris has signed on to play the show’s primary villain, reports Deadline, joining an already stocked cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and James Marsden. The pilot for the HBO sci-fi drama is based on the 1973 Michael Crichton film of the same name, which focuses on a theme park filled with androids that fulfill human desires. (No dinosaurs, though.) Shooting is expected to start next month.
- Cinemax looks to have been right in renewing The Knick for a second season before it had even premiered. The Steven Soderbergh-directed series, which debuted last Friday, drew an average of 354,000 viewers, adding more than 800,000 addition viewers in encore telecasts. [THR]
- Last week we found out Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice would be released on March 25, 2016. This week, we get an early peak at Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne. [PageSix]
- It remains to be seen if Homeland will ever recapture its season one, Emmy-winning form, but the slightly rebooted Showtime series will return for its fourth season on Oct. 5 with a two-hour premiere. [Variety]
- Sean Bean is so used to dying on screen that he doesn’t know what to do when he doesn’t. [Funny or Die]
