Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Jake Weber (Medium, Dawn of the Dead), Will Patton (Horizon: An American Saga Chapter I & II, Halloween), Jon Tenney (The Green Lantern, Major Crimes) and Wes Chatham (SyFy’s The Expanse, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I and II) are set to star in director James C.E. Burke‘s dark comedy feature The Ice at the Bottom of the World.

Rounding out the cast are Seth Numrich (Under the Banner of Heaven, The Boroughs), Emily DeForest (The Blind) and Elise Eberle (Shameless, Salem).

Cameras are currently rolling on the movie in Virginia’s Mathews and Gloucester counties. Madsen is represented by Buchwald and Untitled, Weber by Framework, Patton by IAG and Grand View Management, Tenney by Gersh and Link, Chatham by Gersh and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson, LLP, Numrich by Innovative and Principal Entertainment LA, DeForest by Innovative and Authentic Talent and Literary Management and Eberle by Paradigm.

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Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen, Paris Jackson and Skeet Ulrich are among the latest to join the ensemble cast of Catherine Hardwicke‘s “Street Smart.”

Skylar Astin, Sally Struthers and Tyson Ritter have also signed on to the feature, which centers on a group of unhoused young adults in Venice, Calif., and the eccentric characters they interact with.

They join previously announced stars Isabelle Fuhrman, Yara Shahidi, Michael Cimino, Daniel Zovatto, Kaitlyn Kemp, Miles McKenna, Sylvester Powell, Harvey Guillén and pro skateboarder Isiah Hilt. Colleen Camp, Rio Mangini, Bevin Bru and JJ Green board the project in supporting roles.

Hardwicke co-wrote the drama with New York Times best-selling author and screenwriter Nic Sheff (“13 Reasons Why,” “Tweak”), which is said to offer a “gripping” look into the lives of the lively group who “come together with humor and a bit of Robin Hood-style larceny, forging unbreakable bonds and redefining what it means to be a family.” Production recently wrapped in Los Angeles.

“Street Smart” is produced by Poster Child Pictures’ Natalie Marciano, New Dimensions’ Jamie R. Thompson and Hardwicke. Executive producers include Gerard Butler & Alan Siegel of G-BASE, Jamie Marshall, Furhman, Zovatto, David Lasky, Michael Arata and Rebel Entertainment’s Rock Jacobs & Batia Parnass.

Hallmark is recruiting some very familiar faces for its first-ever holiday series appropriately titled Holidazed, set to premiere later this year exclusively on Hallmark+.

The limited series’ ensemble cast includes Ser’Darius Blain, Lindy Booth, Erin Cahill, Osric Chau, Nazneen Contractor, Loretta Devine, Noemi Gonzalez, Ian Harding, Dennis Haysbert, Rachelle Lefevre, Virginia Madsen, John C. McGinley, Holland Roden and Lucille Soong .

From Unity Pictures and Little Engine Productions, Holidazed is executive-produced by Gina Matthews, Grant Scharbo, Claudia Grazioso and Ron French.

Holidazed showcases six diverse families, each with distinct backgrounds, cultures, and generations, residing on the same cul-de-sac. As they navigate the joyous chaos of the holiday season, they embrace a family dynamic unique to them. Amid heightened emotions, these families and neighbors engage in both humorous and heartfelt celebrations of their traditions and quirks. Throughout the festivities, they uncover the universal thread binding them all: the various manifestations of love.