Adam McKay has cast Jason Clarke as Jerry West in HBO's hour-long drama pilot Showtime, which examines the Los Angeles Lakers dynasty of the 1980s, Collider has learned. Showtime is based on Jeff Pearlman's non-fiction book of the same name, which chronicles the professional and personal lives of the Showtime-era Lakers -- a team that defined its era, both on and off the court. In addition to West, key characters include Dr. Jerry Buss, coach Pat Riley, and All-Star players like Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy. There aren't many established Hollywood …

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The canon of Stephen King adaptations has given lots of great actors the opportunity to swing for the fences through his stories of grief, terror, and trauma. The casts of films like Misery, The Shawshank Redemption, and Carrie earned Oscar attention for playing characters created by the prolific horror author, while films like The Shining and IT (both the mini-series and the recent re-adaptation) featured iconic unhinged performances. That tradition continues with Paramount's new adaptation of Pet Sematary, which stars a knockout cast including Jason Clarke, John Lithgow and Amy Seimetz in the devastating tale of a …

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There aren't many actors on the market right now who do instantly likable every man better than Jason Clarke, which makes the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and First Man star the perfect guy to take on a lead role in one of Stephen King's stories. For Paramount Pictures' new spin on Pet Sematary, Clarke is taking on the role of Louis Creed, the doctor and family whose life turns into a nightmarish tragedy when he relocates his family to a remote countryside where the hills hold the power to raise the dead. Pet Sematary isn'…