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Hoping to follow in the footsteps of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, former Spielberg assistant Marc Fusco is looking to bridge the gap between American and Armenian entertainment in latest directorial effort, My Uncle Rafael. Based on characters from the award-winning stage comedy “Rafael Keri Gandzere,” Fusco worked alongside creator and actor Vahik Pirhamzei to adapt them for the big screen.

Alongside Pirhamzei, the award-winning comedy also stars Missi Pyle (The Artist, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory), John Michael Higgins (Yes Man), Anthony Clark ("Yes, Dear"), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models), Rachel Blanchard (Road Trip), Carly Chaikin ("Suburgatory"), and Sage Ryan (Piranha).

The film opens in select theatres on November 2 but you can get a sneak peek with the exclusive clip after the cut!

Earlier this month, we brought you the news when Mary Birdsong (Sherman’s in Sanity), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) and Missi Pyle (My Uncle Rafael) signed on to play the Three Fates in director Thor Freudenthal‘s forthcoming film, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Now, THR reports that Fox 2000 has hired a ringer to get geeks into theaters to see the follow-up to the Chris Columbus directed 2010 adaptation of author Rick Riordan’s novel Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

That’s right kids… Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds aka Captain Tightpants, aka Captain Hammer, known to mere mortals as actor Nathan Fillion (Castle) has joined the cast of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. No, our Browncoat festooned leader won’t be simply providing a voice over for some CGI creature in the film. Fillion has been cast as Hermes, the second youngest of the Olympian gods and the son of Zeus.

Back in October, we brought you the news when Fox 2000 announced that the follow-up to their Chris Columbus directed 2010 adaptation of author Rick Riordan’s novel Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief would be hitting theaters on March 27th, 2013.

Now, Variety reports that Mary Birdsong (Sherman’s in Sanity), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community) and Missi Pyle (My Uncle Rafael) have signed on to play the Three Fates in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters. The three Fates will be portrayed as taxi-driving sisters who bicker over the single eye they share.

In addition to the three ladies joining the cast, Douglas Smith (Big Love, Antiviral) is set to portray Percy’s half-brother Tyson, who is a Cyclops in the film, which is to be directed by Thor Freudenthal (Diary of A Wimpy Kid) and produced by Chris Columbus.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters starring Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Melina Kanakaredes,...

Exclusive: Hot off her co-starring turn in the Oscar-winning The Artist, Missi Pyle has joined Fox’s half-hour comedy pilot Prodigy Bully, written by Mike O’Malley and executive produced by John Wells. Based on the Prodigy Bully one-minute movies by Hank Perlman, the Warner Bros/John Wells Prods comedy centers on Audie Murphy, a young boy genius who uses his brains and brawn to get whatever he wants. Pyle will play Celeste, Audie’s intense mother. O’Malley plays the boy’s father. Audie has not been cast yet, but several other kids in the pilot have: Hayley Holmes is set as Audie’s sister, Jackie; Cody Sullivan will play the entitled Colby, a fellow gifted student at Audie’s new school; and Ysa Penajero is Heather Kwitkowski-Welch, another gifted student at Audie’s new school and the girl of Audie’s dreams. Pyle, whose TV credits include arcs...

Marc Fusco's indie comedy "My Uncle Rafael" has been picked up by Slater Brothers Entertainment for a North American release. The film, which recently garnered three awards at the Arpa International Film Festival, is expected to come out in theaters and On Demand in early 2012. Here's the plot per Slater Brothers: “My Uncle Rafael” follows an old Armenian Uncle who gets cast in a reality show and has one ...