Quick News: Song, CIA, Mission, Alien

Song Sung Blue
A Christmas Day release has been set for feel-good drama “Song Sung Blue” starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson as down-on-their-luck performers who form a Neil Diamond tribute band.

Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir and Hudson Hilbert Hensley co-star while Craig Brewer (“Hustle and Flow”) directs and penned the script. [Source: Instagram]

CIA
CBS has greenlit a new series in the “FBI” franchise focused on CIA agents with former “Lucifer” star Tom Ellis attached for one of the two lead roles in the drama. He is a fast-talking, rule-breaking, loose cannon CIA case officer working out of New York Station to stop terror threats.

Still to be cast is his partner, a by-the-book, seasoned and smart FBI agent who believes in the rule of law. Currently titled “CIA,” as opposed to the previously awkward “FBI: CIA,” it is set to air during the 2025-2026 broadcast season. [Source: Variety]

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Paramount Pictures has released a short featurette looking at the location shooting in the very frosty climes of Svalbard, Norway for the upcoming “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, director Christopher McQuarrie and more discuss shooting under harsh conditions in order to get some truly stunning visuals.

Alien: Earth
FX has premiered new teasers for its upcoming “Alien: Earth” TV series – one is an ‘Earth Day’ themed clip showing off nature scenes before delivering a graphic in which a foetal necromorph gestates inside the planet. The other is a series of cryptic images kicking off daily videos of a similar type right up until ‘Alien Day’ this Saturday when we’ll likely get a full trailer.

The series begins when a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth. A young woman (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat.

Alex Lawther, Timothy Olyphant, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, David Rysdahl, Adrian Edmondson and more co-star in the Noah Hawley-created series which hits Hulu in the Summer.

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