STYD:
John Goodman has signed up to join the cast of Kevin Smith's Red State.
The writer-director broke the news on Ralph Garman's Hollywood Babble-On show.
Goodman will join Kevin Pollack, Michael Parks, Kyle Gallner, Melissa Leo, Dermot Mulroney, Michael Angarano and Steven Root. Shooting begins soon on this story of a group of kids who encounter a crazed preacher (based on Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church) who gives a whole new meaning to the term "extreme fundamentalism.
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
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Roseanne is returning to ABC with 8 new episodes featuring the original cast. Check out new details, including a confirmed cast that includes *both* Beckys!
Deadline: One of the biggest comedies of the 1990s is making a comeback. I hear an eight-episode limited series revival of the hit ABC blue-collar family comedy Roseanne is in the works with the key cast members reprising their roles, including Roseanne Barr, John Goodman and Sara Gilbert, with Laurie Metcalf and others in the process of joining them.
