by Screen Daily

A hot cast of young Western stars has joined Vampire, the English-language debut of Japanese director Iwai Shunji, including Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rachael Leigh Cook.

Also on board the film, which started shooting in Vancouver last week, are Kristin Kreuk (Smallville), Adelaide Clemens (X-Men: Origins) and Trevor Morgan (Mean Creek). Previously announced cast includes Kevin Zegers, Amanda Plummer and Japanese star Yu Aoi.

Produced by Rockwell Eyes in conjunction with Convergence Entertainment, Vampire was pre-sold as part of the producer’s financing arrangements to the Middle East, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea and Japan. Fortissimo Films is handling sales for the rest of the world and co-repping North American rights with Rockwell Eyes.

Zegers plays a schoolteacher with a taste for human blood, who searches for suicidal young women as his victims; all of whom he falls in love with before their deaths.

Iwai’s credits include festival favourites such as Love Letter and All About Lily Chou Chou, and he recently directed a segment of portmanteau, New York, I Love You, starring Orlando Bloom and Christina Ricci. Iwai is also producing Vampire alongside Convergence’s Tim Kwok.

Bad news for us, fans

In a last-minute recasting, Sara Fletcher has been tapped as the female lead on Josh Schwartz’s comedy pilot for CBS Hitched. Fletcher replaces Smallville alumna Kristin Kreuk, who was originally cast in the role. The switch was made Wednesday, just before the multicamera pilot’s table read. Kreuk starred on two drama series, including her star-making turn on Smallville, and she was wonderful in an arc on Schwartz’s NBC dramedy Chuck this season but she has never done a half-hour sitcom, which requires very particular skills and comedic timing. Ultimately, Hitched proved not a good fit for her. The pilot, which Schwartz co-wrote with Matt Miller, centers on a newlywed couple, Rachel (Fletcher) and Brett (Jack Carpenter), dealing with their family and friends. The cast of Hitched also include comedy veterans Eugene Levy, Kurtwood Smith and Sharon Lawrence as the couple’s parents. Fletcher, who starred on Comedy Central’s My Secret Girlfriend, is with Gersh and Schachter Entertainment.

by Deadline

More good news about Kristin’s new show! By The Hollywood Reporter:

Terry Kinney has joined CBS’ drama pilot “The Line,” and Thomas Middleditch has joined Josh Schwartz’s CBS comedy pilot “Hitched.”

“Line” centers on an ATF agent (Dylan Walsh) who hunts down the most dangerous criminals.

Kinney, repped by ICM and manager Emily Gerson Saines, will play a bank robber who is a poet, philosopher and sociopath.

The ensemble “Hitched,” which Schwartz co-wrote with Matt Miller, revolves around a newlywed couple (Kristin Kreuk and Jack Carpenter) dealing with their family and friends.

Middleditch (“Splinterheads”), repped by WME and Kirsten Ames Management, will play their best friend, a hopeless, single romantic.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Here are the screencaptures for Chuck vs de fake name episode (Kristin’s last one):

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Television > Chuck > 3.08 – Chuck vs the Fake Name – Screencaptures

Here is Chuck vs. the fake name promotional video:

Now good rumours by Cinemaspy:

Smallville alum Kristin Kreuk is currently in late negotiations to guest star on Fringe, a source close to the production has told CinemaSpy. The episode, entitled “Northwest Passage”, begins shooting next week, and takes place in the, not surprisingly, Pacific Northwest. CinemaSpy has been informed that the deal to sign Kreuk hadn’t been locked as of two days ago, but that it’s likely. A decision is expected this week.

If Kreuk is cast, no word yet on what part she will play, though we’ve been told there are at least two roles available in the story, including that of a law enforcement officer.

Kreuk has most recently appeared in a four-episode arc of NBC’s Chuck, playing a sweet nerd named Hannah, a new employee at the Buy More.

Fringe returns to television April 1, with eight new episodes in a row. The season finale is set to air on May 20.

Production on the series, which films in Vancouver, is on hiatus this week due to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Good news everyone! By Just Jared:

Smallville alum Kristin Kreuk has landed a role in a new CBS comedy pilot, Hitched.

The 27-year-old actress will star opposite I Love You Beth Cooper actor Jack Carpenter in the story of a newly married couple still learning about each other while surrounded by their family and friends. Eugene Levy was recently cast to play the groom’s father, according to THR.

The pilot comes from Chuck and Gossip Girl mastermind Josh Schwartz! Looks like he was impressed with Kristin’s work on Chuck!

I know I’m late with the screencaps, but here they are:

Chuck vs the Nacho Sampler

Chuck vs the Mask

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- Television > Chuck > 3.06 – Chuck vs the Nacho Sampler – Screencaptures
- Television > Chuck > 3.07 – Chuck vs the Mask – Screencaptures

Kristin and Kendra made a video about they’re Time Out Retreat which is taking place on on the weekend of April 9th. Wacht the video to learn more:

Here are the screen captures for the last episode of Chuck (Chuck vs First Class):

And By the Numbers has the ratings for the episode:

On NBC, Chuck vs. The Ratings was steady versus last week’s 2.5 adults 18-49 rating and up a bit with overall viewers. It had the benefit of repeats on CBS, but the downside of House (last week, the lesser-rated 24 aired at 8pm on FOX). At 9pm Heroes was up from last week by .1 of a ratings point with adults 18-49, to a 1.9 rating, and also back up above 4 million viewers. So much for CSI: Miami being in reruns helping Jay Leno out any, yet again The Jay Leno Show was thoroughly trounced by a rerun with its 1.2 rating with adults 18-49, but unlike Heroes at least managed to crack the 5 million viewer threshold.

You can see the chart at the source.

Also next episode’s preview: