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Morena Baccarin to Star in CBS All Access’ Second Season of “The Twilight Zone”

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Morena Baccarinis in the Zone…

The 40-year-old Brazilian actress has been cast in CBS All Access’ anthology series The Twilight Zone’s second season.

Morena Baccarin

Baccarin joins a cast that includes Billy Porter, Jenna Elfman, Gillian Jacobsand Chris Meloni.

Style blogger Tavi Gevinson also appears with Colman Domingo, Ethan Embry, Tony Hale, Abbie Hern, Sophia Macy, Joel McHale, Jimmi Simpson and Daniel Sunjata.

Separately, Jordan Peele, who executive produces and narrates the show, will write an episode for the second season. 

The Get Out writer and director will write the episode Downtime, which features Baccarin, Domingo and Hale.

The CBS All Access series is a modern reimagining of Rod Serling’s original, which aired from 1959-64 on CBS. The first season featured actors including Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Ginnifer Goodwin, Greg Kinnear, Kumail Nanjiani, Chris O’Dowd, Seth Rogen, Adam Scott and Alison Tolman.

The drama is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Kinberg’s Genre Films. 

Paxton’s “Cheap Thrills” to Screen at the Fantasia International Film Festival

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Sara Paxton is bringing some cheap thrills to Montreal…

The 25-year-old half-Mexican-American actress’ latest film, Cheap Thrills, has been added to the list of projects set to be shown at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival.

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Cheap Thrills, the directorial debut of E.L. Katz, also stars Pat Healy, David Koechner and Ethan Embry.

The film, which was acquired for distribution during its premiere at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival, follows a recently fired father facing eviction who agrees to take on an escalating series of insane challenges in exchange for cash payments from a rich couple with a twisted sense of humor.

Cheap Thrills was written by Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo.

Paxton’s “Cheap Thrills” Gets Acquired at the SXSW Film Festival

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Sara Paxton has plenty of reason to be thrilled about her latest project…

Drafthouse Films and Snoot Entertainment have acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Cheap Thrills, the twisted dark comedy thriller starring the 24-year-old half-Mexican-American actress.

Sara Paxton in Cheap Thrills

Cheap Thrills, which has its world premiere at the SXSW Film Conference and Festival, stars Pat Healy as a recently fired father facing eviction who agrees to take on an escalating series of insane challenges in exchange for cash payments from a rich couple with a twisted sense of humor.

In addition to Paxton and Healy, the film stars David Koechner and Ethan Embry.

The directorial debut from E.L. Katz was written by Trent Haaga and David Chirchirillo.

Cheap Thrills

A video on demand and theatrical release in a minimum of 20 markets is planned for the film.