Watching KVille

My gratitude goes out to Laura, who submitted a comment on my last post about Cole Hauser, and her news of another film coming out starring Mr. Hauser.

It seems that Cole has been added to the cast of the new Tyler Perry film, The Family that Preys. Due out in theatres this September with a huge cast including Kathy Bates and get this, Robin Givens.

Here is a rather involved “preview” from CinemaBlend. Seems a bit different from the typical Perry fare, but then again, I have never seen any Tyler Perry film, but I do know the man seems to have a rather charmed existence in “Hollywood” by way of Atlanta.

Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (Kadee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam (Taraji Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction.

Hmm, seems like Cole gets to play a rather less-than-noble character (that gets laid a lot). Sweet. I think Hauser can play bad pretty well, as I remember him in Pitch Black, and though my memory is less than stellar for that particular film, I believe he played kind of an *sshole. And I remember liking it. But enough about my taste in men…

And check this out. Anthony Anderson is joining Law and Order?!?

From Blackfilm.com, the same article that mentions that Cole has joined The Family that Preys, notes that

Hauser was last seen in the Fox TV series K-Ville opposite Anthony Anderson, but with Anderson ready to join NBC’s Law and Order at the end of this season, the series is expected to be cancelled.

That news is dated March 4, 2008. So I am going to see if I can find out any more about this “rumor.” It would definitely be definitive proof that K-Ville ain’t comin’ back if Anderson joins the cast of another weekly series, but I just think that L&O has grown a bit long in the tooth, if you know what I mean. Although, it is a solid show with a solid audience, but alas, no gumbo.

Cole Hauser, Tyler Perry, The Family that Preys, Kathy Bates, Robin Givens, CinemaBlend, Blackfilm.com, Anthony Anderson, Law & Order