You can't keep Erin Hayes down! Do you hear that, Kevin James? Months after the terrific comedic actress exited the CBS Kevin Can Wait sitcom, Hayes has been cast as the lead for Bryan Cranston's new Amazon series. Silicon Valley favorite Chris Diamantopoulos has joined the cast as well.

Created by Cranston and Greg Mottola, The Dangerous Book For Boys is based on the book of the same name. The story follows a young man and his brothers who are getting over the death of their dad (Diamantopoulos). He left a book to the kids that performs as a life style guide of sorts. The book creates a fantasy world in the youngest son's, Wyatt, mind in which his dad lives on.

Gabriel Bateman will take on the role of Wyatt while Drew Logan Powell and Swoosie Kurtz make up the other cast members. Diamantopoulos is also set to play the identical twin brother of the dad too.Hayes, on the other hand, will play the mother who is trying her best to keep life normal after the death of her husband. Mottola will direct the New York set series later this summer.

Indie movies are a sure fire way to get niche projects done. Better yet, they can come out exactly the way the creator wanted it to. They're getting made all the time while these other AAA blockbusters soak up all the sun. But the appeal of an indie movie is that Hollywood's top brass get a chance to shine in a more subdued, folk heavy environment.

Jenny Slate and Jack Black are starring together in The Polka King. Variety scooped the story saying that the Black produced movie is based on the 2009 documentary The Man Who Would be Polka King. The movie will follow Pennsylvania polka sensation Jan Lewan who got his fans to invest in a Ponzi scheme. Maya Forbes and Wolodarsky wrote and directed the script. The cast also includes Jason Schwartzman, Jacki Weaver, Vanessa Bayer, and J.B Smoove.

On a more personal front, Zoe Lister-Jones recently finished what Hollywood Reporter is calling her passion project. She did everything from writing to directing and even producing. Oh and she starred in it too. And she wrote the songs? Jeez, calm down girl. The movie is called Band Aid and also stars Adam Pally and Fred Armisen. The story follows a couple on the brink of divorce after a miscarriage but they decide to turn their fights into rock songs, forming a rock band to save the marriage. Casting includes a ton of comedy and television favorites like Hannah Simone, Brookyln Decker, Chris D'Elia, Jesse Williams, Susie Essman, Ravi Patel, Erinn Hayes, Jamie Chung, Jerry O'Connell, Retta, Majandra Delfino, and Angelique Cabral. Wow, Lister-Jones sure did stack this cast.