Entertainment roundup
Producer snags Harrison Ford for comedy
Bill Lawrence, executive producer of shows like “Scrubs,” “Ted Lasso,” “Head of the Class,” “Cougar Town,” is lucky enough to live next door to Harrison Ford. So instead of borrowing a cup of sugar, Lawrence showed Ford his latest script.
“Harrison’s my neighbor and so I knew him a little bit,” says Lawrence. “And I just remember asking him to read the script. And he read it, he’s like, ‘I like it. Am I going to be in the next one more?’ And I’m like, ‘Yeah.’ And he said, ‘I’m in London shooting “Indiana Jones,” so what do we do now?’
Lawrence acquainted Ford with the star of this series, Jason Segel, who plays a grieving psychiatrist who decides to tell his patients the unvarnished truth. Ford liked Segel’s comedic work and agreed to costar in “Shrinking,” which is now streaming on Apple TV+.
Sarah Michelle Gellar joins ‘The Wolf Pack’
It’s been 20 years since Sarah Michelle Gellar starred as “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.” Since then she’s been inundated with offers to head similar projects. She always turned them down.
But Gellar is back consorting with the supernatural in “Wolf Pack,” which is streaming now on Paramount+.
“At first, I had no intention of saying yes,” she insists. “I read the script, and it was the first time where my interest was so piqued and I wasn’t sure where it was going.”
Metallica to listening party at cinemas
Metallica is set to premiere its forthcoming 12th studio album — “72 Seasons” — during a worldwide listening party held at select cinemas.
The one-night-only movie-theater event takes places April 13, one day before “72 Seasons” is released on April 14. The screening will feature music videos for each of album’s 12 songs plus commentary from band members.
Tickets for the event go on sale March 2 at metallica. film. (The list of participating theaters has not yet been released, but fans can sign up for updates at that same website.)
TV festival returns to Atlanta
SCAD’s annual TVfest in Atlanta will be honoring Craig Robinson (”The Office”), Sarah Michelle Gellar (”Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) and Wes Bentley (”American Beauty”).
All the actors are expected to be in attendance in person at the three-day event scheduled this year for Feb. 9-11 in different SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) locations around Atlanta. The event went virtual in 2021 and 2022 due to the pandemic so this will be the first time it is held in person since 2020.