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The Beat Goes On: The soon-to-be-released jukebox musical The Beat Goes On has officially announced the final additions to its cast. Renee Elise Goldsberry ("Girls5eva", Waves) will play the wife of Will Smith's character, Donald Glover (Batman Beyond, The Void) will play a New York-based rapper with musician/rapper/record-producer Questlove as his rap partner. William Fichtner (X-Men, OZ) will play the final role of a famed music journalist. Ryan Coogler directed from a script by Chad Taylor.

Red Wolf: Wanderer: Hot off her GRA award-winning performance in Territory last season, Grace Dove (Territory, Pocahontas) is set to reprise her role as Red Wolf's love interest in the sequel. Irene Bedard (Red Wolf, "Alaska Daily") and Mo Brings Plenty (Red Wolf, "Yellowstone") are also set to return as the title character's mother and uncle, respectively. Sterlin Harjo is also back to direct the Marvel Universe sequel from a script by Dwight Gallo and Jimmy Ellis.

The Incredible Shrinking Man: Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Idlewild Ranch, Letters), Judy Greer (Sleeping Beauties, Aporia) and Cary Elwes (The Maid, Wolfenstein) have joined Andrew Garfield and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in the new adaptation of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Armstrong will play the daughter of their characters, while Greer and Elwes will play doctors trying to make sense of Garfield's shrinking condition. Jason Reitman directs from a script by Billy Cruder, based on the novel by Richard Matheson.

Watch Dogs: The studio appears to sparing no expense with its latest video game adaptation as well-known talents Daisy Ridley (Tail, Alien: Isolation), John Cho (Spider-Man, The Great Beyond) and Lea Seydoux (The Driftwood Populace, Task Force X: Chaos and Madness) have been added to Gerald Butler-led Watch Dogs in supporting roles. Ridley will play a hacker, Cho will play a mob fixer, and Seydoux will play Butler's sister. Neill Blomkamp is directing the film from a script by Joshua Collins.

The Spectre: It was announced at the Season 28 LRF Comic-Con that Nicolas Cage (Tomato Can, Carpenter) would star in a film adaptation of the supernatural DC Comics character, The Spectre. In the film, Cage will play detective Jim Corrigan who is given otherworldly powers to avenge his death at the hands of dangerous criminals. Also joining the film will be Michael Berryman (Swamp Thing 2, The Mad Hatter), reprising his role as the Phantom Stranger from last season's Swamp Thing 2. Michael Sarnoski (Pig) is set to direct as his LRF debut. John Malone  (Namor the Sub-Mariner: Imperius Rex, Carte Blanche) penned the film.

The Actors: Gillian Jacobs (Alex + Ada, The Invincible Iron Man) and James McAvoy (Mass Effect: First Contact, Stray Dogs) are set to star in the latest film from writer/director Alex Conn (Once Upon a Time in Greenwich Village, Free the Chicago Seven!). In the film Jacobs will play an actress who has yet to find success. Her life changes when she encounters her former high school classmate (McAvoy) who has become a star on Broadway.