Suddenly Melissa Benoist is circling multiple projects around Hollywood since being named as the star of CBS' Supergirl series. She's now considering the female lead in The Oxford, which has an offer out to Theo James (Divergent) for the male lead. Benoist would play a college student studying abroad in England, who falls in love with her young British professor. Their relationship is complicated when she learns he has leukemia. No director has been set for this one yet but an army of writers have already tackled the screenplay. [TheTrackingBoard]
Ricky Gervais has revealed the full cast of his original Netflix feature, Special Correspondents, which he'll write, direct, and star in opposite Erica Bana. Vera Farmiga, Kelly Macdonald, Kevin Pollak, America Ferrera, Raúl Castillo and Benjamin Bratt have joined the cast of the satirical comedy, which is already in production. Gervais plays a down 'n out radio journalist whose career has been destroyed by his decadent lifestyle. With his job on the line, he begins faking front line war coverage from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan. Special Correspondents is expected to air next year.
