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Capetonian Stelio Savante is one of the more prolific South African actors in the film & TV industry. He became South Africa’s first male SAG Award nominee (Ensemble lead cast Ugly Betty) in 2007. A US citizen with over 135 international credits, he is a steady product of leading, large supporting, & recurring roles in television, independent, & international theatrically released studio features that have accumulated almost $400million in worldwide box office proceeds, & leading roles in billion dollar grossing video game franchises. So, if you love Savante’s performances, here are the 10 best movies and TV shows starring Stelio Savante that should be on your watchlist.

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Talk about a star-studded WeWorkplace: Apple TV+ has given a series order to WeCrashed, a limited series starring Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto.

Based on the podcast of the same name, the drama explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Lee Eisenberg (Little America) and Drew Crevello (The Long Dark) will serve as showrunners, with John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (This Is Us) directing.

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The Conners star and executive producer Sara Gilbert, Rob Huebel (Childrens Hospital), Leland Orser (Brand New Cherry Flavor), Lyriq Bent (Four Brothers), J.R. Cacia (Infidel), Tate Donovan (Respect) and Kevin Dunn have been cast opposite Chris Messina in HBO Max pilot Verbatim, an anthology series from Brett Weiner, Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, Left/Right Productions and the New York Times.

Verbatim, based on the New York Times Op-Docs digital series, tackles actual events with all dialogue taken from primary sources and presented verbatim. The pilot episode follows the story of the 2019 college admissions scandal.

The roles are not being revealed. Messina is believed to be playing the scheme’s ringleader Rick Singer, Gilbert is likely Laura Smith, the lead FBI investigator on the case who also is narrating the pilot; Orser, Donovan and Dunn may be playing three of the wealthy parents charged in the bribing scandal.

Because of the series’ anthology nature, I hear that, except for Messina, who is expected to link the different cases throughout the series, the rest of the cast are guest stars for the pilot only.

Red Hour’s Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn and Stiller executive produce with Left/Right’s Ken Druckerman and Banks Tarver and Kathleen Lingo for the New York Times. Scott Lochmus and Michelene Starnadori will produce.

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Verbatim began as a short film that screened around the country including at the Sundance, South by Southwest and Telluride film festivals in 2014 and won the audience award at the Dallas International Film Festival. The New York Times expanded the film into a digital series that has garnered millions of views and was an official selection of the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program with Verbatim: The Ferguson Case in 2016.

Gilbert is repped by Gersh and Management 360. Huebel is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Orser is repped by Gersh. Bent is repped by Buchwald, Luber Roklin Entertainment in the U.S. and The Associates Talent Agency and Seth Management in Canada. Cacia is repped by The Coronel Group. Donovan is repped by Gersh. Dunn is repped by Gersh and Gersh and Lighthouse Entertainment.

The HBO Max pilot “Verbatim” is rounding out its cast.

Sara Gilbert, Rob Huebel, Leland Orser, Lyiq Bent, Tate Donovan, J.R. Cacia, and Kevin Dunn have all joined the project. The exact details of their roles are being kept under wraps, but the pilot follows the story of the 2019 college admissions scandal. All dialogue is taken directly from primary sources and every word is presented verbatim. It was previously reported that Chris Messina would star in the pilot.

“Verbatim” is an anthology series based on Brett Weiner’s New York Times Op Docs Series that screened at Sundance in 2014 and 2016.

Gilbert is repped by Management 360 and Gersh. Huebel is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Orser is repped by Gersh. Bent is repped by Buchwald, Luber Roklin Entertainment in the U.S., and The Associates Talent Agency and Seth Management in Canada. Cacia is repped by The Coronel Group.

Sara Gilbert is headed to HBO Max to star in a pilot at the streamer.

Gilbert (The Conners) is one of seven actors to join the cast of Verbatim, a potential anthology series that dramatizes real events by taking dialogue from primary sources and presenting it verbatim. Rob Huebel (I Know This Much Is True), Leland Orser (Berlin Station), Lyriq Bent (Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It), J.R. Cacia (Infidel), Tate Donovan (MacGyver) and Kevin Dunn (Veep) have also joined the project; Chris Messina was previously cast.

Verbatim is based on a New York Times Op-Docs series by Brett Weiner, which ...

Sara Gilbert is headed to HBO Max to star in a pilot at the streamer.

Gilbert (The Conners) is one of seven actors to join the cast of Verbatim, a potential anthology series that dramatizes real events by taking dialogue from primary sources and presenting it verbatim. Rob Huebel (I Know This Much Is True), Leland Orser (Berlin Station), Lyriq Bent (Netflix’s She’s Gotta Have It), J.R. Cacia (Infidel), Tate Donovan (MacGyver) and Kevin Dunn (Veep) have also joined the project; Chris Messina was previously cast.

Verbatim is based on a New York Times Op-Docs series by Brett Weiner, which ...

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