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Ensemble comedy, directed by Swedish filmmaking collective Traktor, marks the first film outing for Boyle since co-starring in Todd Solondz's "Happiness."
Boyle will play Zahn's wife, who eventually leaves him and their 7-year-old son to run off to Italy with their marriage counselor. The actress is repped by ICM and manager Sally Boyle.
"Shiny" is currently lensing in Vancouver.
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Diane Lane, Dennis Weaver and John Savage will join Bill Pullman in the cast of the upcoming TNT original film "The Virginian."
Daniel Blatt (TNT's "Kissinger and Nixon") will exec produce the telefilm adaptation of Owen Wister's famous Western novel.
Pullman, who will direct the two-hour drama, is producing the film with Lynn Raynor. Larry Gross and Sara Nemeth-Goodman wrote the script.
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Rob Moran and Zen Gesner will reteam with the Farrelly brothers on their upcoming comedy, "Me, Myself and Irene" opposite Jim Carrey and Renee Zellweger.
Both Moran and Genser have appeared in previous Farrelly pics "Dumb and Dumber," "Kingpin" and "There's Something About Mary."
Lensing is already underway in Vermont.
Moran is repped by Terry Lichtman and manager Robert Goodman. Gesner ("The Adventures of Sinbad") is repped by Innovative Artists and manager Arlene Forster.
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Andrew Levitas has been cast in the Strand/New Oz feature "Psycho Beach Party," joining Thomas Gibson, Nicholas Brendon and Matt Keeslar.
Story centers around a young girl who hangs out with a group of surfers until her multiple personalities make her the prime suspect in a string of grisly murders on the shores of Malibu.
Levitas will play a surfer. Robert Lee King will direct and Marcus Hu, Jon Gerrans and Victor Syrmis will produce.
He was repped on his deal by Karen Forman and Tony Chargin of Metropolitan Talent Agency and manager Sara Ramakerof Evolution Entertainment.
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Tsianina Joelson and Clare Kramer have joined the cast of Universal/Beacon Pictures' "Cheer Fever."
In the pic about rival high school cheerleading squads, Joelson will play a head cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Bradford, Eliza Dushku and Gabrielle Union.
Joelson is repped by Bonnie Liedtke of Gold Marshak Liedtke Associates, manager Sherry Marsh and attorney Phillip Rosen. Kramer was repped on her deal by Mark Holder of Meridian Artists agency.
