Third Watch

The Hallmark Channel is known for great original movies, and its new movie "Relative Stranger" looks like it will be an instant classic. In "Relative Stranger," a former football star with a wounded past must find the courage to go the final yard to heal his fractured family.
Celebrity News Service is impressed with the star-studded lineup in the new movie which includes Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Eriq La Salle ("ER"), Emmy and Naacp Image Award winner Cicely Tyson ("Diary of a Mad Black Woman"), SAG Award nominee Michael Michele ("ER") and Naacp Image Award winner Michael Beach ("Third Watch"). Dan Castellaneta ("The Simpsons"), Dana Davis ("Heroes") and Carlos McCullers II ("Psych") all co-star .
In the movie, a former football star returns home to the family he left six years earlier to find some things have changed, while some have not mostly within himself. Can a family hurt by

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JFK stars Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones are set to star in The Company Men, an independently financed drama about the impact that a corporate downsizing has on both its casualties and survivors. They will star alongside Ben Affleck, who joined the film last fall. John Wells wrote the script and will direct. The project will be the feature directing debut for Wells, a veteran TV writer and director whose credits include ER, Third Watch and The West Wing. In the film, Affleck plays a corporate hotshot whose Porsche and six-figure salary vanish after he gets laid off. Costner plays his brother-in-law, a salt-of-the-earth drywall installer who gives him a construction job. Jones plays a senior partner in the firm, a principled man who struggles with the greedy actions of his partners. Both Costner and Jones are also prepping their next directing vehicles. Costner plans to direct and star in The One,
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Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones have signed on to join Ben Affleck in John Wells’ upcoming drama “The Company Men."
According to Variety, the film is set during a slowing economy and follows a successful career man (Affleck) who struggles with his financial situation after he suddenly loses his job.
Costner is set to play his brother-in-law, a drywall installer who helps him get a construction job. Jones stars as a senior partner in the firm.
Wells wrote the script and will direct the flick. He previously wrote and directed several “ER” episodes and co-created television’s “Third Watch.”
Costner recently starred in "Swing Vote" and "Mr. Brooks." He's also gearing up to direct "The One." As for Jones, his recent credits include "No Country For Old Men" and "In the Valley of Elah."
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