In brief: Jessica Chastain, Octavia Spencer to star in holiday comedy and more

Jessica Chastain is reuniting with her The Help co-star Octavia Spencer in an upcoming holiday film. Variety reports that the pair will star in Deck the Y’alls, a comedy from the writer of Girls Trip. They join a cast that also includes Wanda Sykes. The film follows a New York baker who falls for a younger Southern gentleman and clashes with his overprotective matriarch when she visits his family for the holidays …

Gina Carano has found her first TV role since her time acting on The Mandalorian. Deadline reports that Carano will star in a Las Vegas-set TV series called Logan Reign. The actress will play a legal assistant by day who fights crime at night …

Dexter showrunner Clyde Phillips is sharing his thoughts on the cancellation of Dexter: Original Sin. In a recent interview on the Dissecting Dexter podcast, Phillips made his first pubic comments about how Showtime rescinded the spinoff series’ second season, which had been renewed prior to the Paramount-Skydance merger. “It was a tough phone call that I got,” Phillips said. “They had already picked up the show, and I had informed all the writers and all the actors. Then they un-picked it up. … It wasn’t handled well, and I’m not happy about it.” …

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