NBC has just announced that Friday Night Lights will be picked up for two more seasons. The network has finalized a deal for a 26-episode order -- two seasons of 13 episodes each -- of the critically lauded TV-produced drama about a Texas high school football team.
Stars Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton also are set to return. However, four of our favorite actors whose characters are graduating -- Minka Kelly, Zach Gilford, Taylor Kitsch and Adrianne Palicki -- are not expected to continue as regulars but will return for arcs. Kelly recently signed as the lead on the CW pilot "Body Politic."
Taylor Kitsch has signed a three-picture deal to play Gambit (AKA Remy LeBeau), in director Gavin Hood’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine, staring Hugh Jackman. Wolverine opens nationwide on May 1, 2009.