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• 'House of Cards' Creator to Turn 'Risk' Board Game Into a TV Series

  11-01-2021 23:51 via justjared.com
  
  Beau Willimon, the creator of the Netflix series House of Cards, is developing a television series adaptation of the classic board game Risk.
  The game has been around since the late 1950s and players “aim for global conquest via war, strategy and diplomacy.”
  The show is being made by Entertainment One, which is owned by Hasbro. Willimon‘s production company has signed a multiyear, first-look TV deal with the studio.
  Beau and his producing partner Jordan Tappis said, “All
  
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• Two Gorillas at San Diego Zoo Test Positive For Coronavirus

  11-01-2021 23:33 via justjared.com
  
  Gorillas are the latest animal species to have tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
  Two of San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park gorillas have tested positive after showing signs of coughing and congestion, director Lisa Peterson revealed, via People.
  Preliminary tests run on the two gorillas detected COVID-19 on Friday, and the The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) confirmed the results today.
  “The troop remains quarantined together an
  
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• Brendan Fraser to Star in 'The Whale,' Darren Aronofsky's New Movie About a 600-Pound Reclusive Man

  11-01-2021 23:31 via justjared.com
  
  Brendan Fraser will be starring in a new movie titled The Whale, which will be directed by Darren Aronofsky.
  The movie is based on a play of the same name, written by playwright Samuel D. Hunter. he will also adapt the play for the film.
  The Whale takes place on the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho and follows “a six-hundred-pound recluse hides away in his apartment and slowly eats himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to her, only to
  
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• Siegfried Fischbacher, of Siegfried & Roy, Is Reportedly Terminally Ill With Cancer

  11-01-2021 23:18 via justjared.com
  
  Siegfried Fischbacher is reportedly not doing too well.
  According to Bild, the 81-year-old illusionist entertainer has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
  The German publication says that Siegfried just returned “home in Las Vegas following a 12-hour operation to remove a malignant tumor”, via Daily Mail.
  He was also released from a “clinic at his own request” and is said to being taken care of two hospice workers.
  The news about Siegfried‘s health come
  
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• Jessica Chastain Made Sure She & Her '355' Co-Stars Are Owners Of The Film & Will Get A Portion of Movie's Profits

  11-01-2021 22:52 via justjared.com
  
  Jessica Chastain is opening up about how she’s more than just an actress in her upcoming movie, The 355.
  The 43-year-old actress and her co-stars – including Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Marion Cotillard, and Fan Bingbing – will actually own the movie.
  Jessica had a plan for the actors of the film to be paid equally and share in the film’s profits.
  “A lot of times, our names are used to sell movies, and that’s how the money is raised for
  
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