Kathryn Morris UK

Time for another update on the work of the other main cast members of Cold Case in KM UK’s monthly round up we call the Cold Case Cast Catch-up.  Appropriately enough for the time of year this is March’s round-up

The first official trailer for new the movie remake of comedy musical Annie hit the Interwebs in early March (it seems so long ago already).  Cold Case star Tracie Thoms (Kat Miller in CC) is in the movie but she doesn’t feature in the nearly 3 minute long promotional video.  At least as far as I can see, let us know if I’m wrong.  There is some singing, dancing, and the comedy stylings of one Cameron Diaz (The Mask).  If you don’t know the story of Annie, and want to keep it that way until the movie is released, then it is probably best to avoid watching the clip on YouTube.  Otherwise, go for it.  (Question: Why is he wiping the inside of the window of his limo at the end?)  Young starlet Quvenzhané Wallis (12 Years A Slave) is Annie.  Django Unchained star Jamie Foxxxxxxxxx (delete as applicable) is the business man and mayoral candidate using Annie to boost his popularity, Rose Byrne (Bridesmaids) his assistant.  Lilly Rush heart stealer Bobby Cannavale (Eddie Saccardo in CC) is in there too.  In the last couple of days Tracie has been promoting another musical production.  This time it is on the stage rather than screen and takes her back to her role in Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.  ‘For The Record’ take iconic film scenes and scores from films and recreate them on the stage.  Having previously done productions based around movies like Boogie Nights, and the works of John Hughes, the Coen Brothers and Baz Luhrmann; now FTR are trying For The Record: Tarantino.  Quentin’s work so often revolves around the music and has been responsible for re-introducing artists and genres to the great unwashed (that’s you and me).  It starts tonight (27th Mar) in LA at the DBA (previously Voyeur) and continues on each Thursday to Sunday until mid-May.

Finally some movement on the An Bronntanas, the Irish TV drama starring John Finn (John Stillman in CC), front.  More specifically that movement is around 6 months in that direction.  No, no, left a bit.  You got it!  With no signs of a proper announcement, it looks like broadcast of the drama about the crew of a lifeboat with a large ethical quandary on their hands has been moved to the autumn.  John’s appearance in the new TV series Believe first aired in the US nearly two weeks ago now.  According to IMDb ‘CIA Deputy Director Randall Comstock’ went uncredited suggesting that it was quite small, perhaps reduced in the editing room from the original plan.  If you know more about either project please let us know.

To cast our net a little wider for a change, clearly Cold Case is the launch pad for many a global mega-star.  A mere five years after starring in a season 4 episode of CC, Jennifer Lawrence went on to massive success in The Hunger Games and it’s sequels (one of which, in 2 parts will be released this year and next).  She also did alright with Silver Linings Playbook (she won an acting Oscar for it) and American Hustle.  Now, Shailene Woodley, who you will of course know as Amish girl Sarah Gunden in CC episode Running Around has hit the very big time in her new movie Divergent.  To the uneducated like myself the premise for Divergent sounds rather similar to The Hunger Games: young woman fighting the system.  The fact that Divergent; based on novel by Veronica Roth and starring Theo James (Golden Boy), Kate Winslet (Titanic) and Ashley Judd (Missing); already has sequels in the works shows the film company was very confident of success.  Don’t let the other roles the two actresses did after CC fool you though, it was clearly the experience gained from working with Kathryn and the crew that got them job