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HELENA BONHAM CARTER JOINS THE CROWN: The Crown is suiting up for Season 3! Helena Bonham Carter is joining to play Princess Margaret and Jason Watkins is joining as Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies were previously announced as taking over the roles of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip from Claire Foy and Matt Smith. “I’m not sure which I’m more terrified about-doing justice to the real Princess Margaret or following in the shoes of Vanessa Kirby. The only thing I can guarantee is that I’ll be shorter than Vanessa,” Bonham Carter said in a statement on Twitter.The Crown seasons one and two are now streaming on Netflix.(E! – Click our Twitter or Facebook buttons to share this link!)

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH TO STAR IN IRONBARK: Benedict Cumberbatch has signed on to play the Cold War spy Greville Wynne in Ironbark, Deadline reports. FilmNation is financing and running sales. The story follows the true story of a British businessman who helped the CIA crack the Soviet nuclear program and end the Cuban Missile Crisis. Dominic Cooke (On Chesil Beach) will direct and exec produce, along with Cumberbatch.

MEEK MILL AND AMAZON DEVELOPING DOCUSERIES WITH ROC NATION: Rapper Meek Mill is ready to expose cracks in the criminal justice system after having been released from prison for violating probation (a sentence that infuriated fans and observers). Meek and Amazon are teaming up for a six-part series on his fight for exoneration and what it says about the criminal justice system in general. The untitled series will delve deep into his personal life, and he will reportedly discuss chilhood traumas that influenced his later life and work. Roc Nation is producing with The Intellectual Property Corporation. The series is expected to drop in 2019.

OUTPOST RECRUITS SCOTT EASTWOOD, ORLANDO BLOOM: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones and Orlando Bloom are set for Millennium Media‘s Afghan war action film The Outpost. Rod Lurie (The Contender) is directing the film, based on the book of the same name by Jake Tapper. The story follows 53 U.S. soldiers who battled 400+ enemy insurgents during Operation Enduring Freedom. “Telling the stories of the men and women who served at Combat Outpost Keating, and those who love them, was the honor of a lifetime,” Tapper said. “I am so pleased that Rod Lurie and Millennium will bring the tales of their selflessness and valor to an even wider audience. The 2009 heroic battle of COP Keating resulted in a rare two Medals of Honor and countless other medals. We can never fully repay the troops and their families, but the fact that millions more Americans will soon learn their inspiring story will hopefully convey to these patriots an even greater and deeper sense of appreciation.”