This new article will bring you the latest casting news for various pilots as they come in. This replaces the existing daily roundup so that you can see the casting news a lot sooner.
New casting news will be posted at the top and you can click on the [More Info] link to read a bit more about the casting.
For Details of the actual Pilots/Synopsis, see our Pilot Watch.
2nd March
[More Info] Wilmer Valderrama Joins Minority Report
[More Info] Malcolm-Jamal Warner Cast In Fox Comedy Pilot 48 Hours Til Monday
[More Info] The Killing's Mireille Enos To Star in The Catch
[More Info] Christine Woods To Star In NBC’s Aseem Batra Comedy Pilot
1st March
[More Info] Gia Mantegna Cast In ‘Cheerleader Death Squad’
[More Info] Matthew Glave Joins ABC's NBA Pilot
28th February
[More Info] Kim Raver To Topline ABC Drama Pilot The Advocate
[More Info] Colm Feore Joins ‘The Kingmakers’
[More Info] Daniel Stern To Star In ‘Strange Calls'
[More Info] Nazneen Contractor joins The 46 Percenters
[More Info] Mix - Walter Perez joins cast
[More Info] Boom - Rebecca Rittenhouse and India de Beaufort join cast
[More Info] Ving Rhames Joins ABC NBA Pilot
[More Info] Briga Heelan To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot ‘How We Live’
[More Info] Lacey Chabert Joins ABC’s ‘Family Fortune’
[More Info] Elliott Gould Cast In CBS’ Pilot ‘Doubt’
[More Info] Terry O’Quinn Cast As Male Lead In ABC Pilot ‘The Adversaries’
[More Info] Patrick Warburton To Star In Suzanne Martin NBC Comedy Pilot
[More Info] Dave Annable & Melissa George Cast In NBC Pilot ‘Heart Matters’
[More Info] Sarah Chalke To Star In Fox’s ‘48 Hours’
27th February
[More Info] JoAnna Garcia Cast as Female Lead in Tommy Johnagin CBS Pilot
[More Info] Craig Ferguson joins ABC Comedy Pilot ‘The King of 7B’
[More Info] Annie Funke joins CBS’ ‘LFE’
[More Info] Noah Galvin Joins ABC’s Dan Savage Comedy Pilot
[More Info] Supergirl Casts the Heroic Helen Slater and Dean Cain in Top-Secret Roles
[More Info] Tom Ellis Lands Satanic Title Role in Fox's Lucifer
[More Info] Michael Cassidy To Star In Aseem Batra Pilot
[More Info] Sam Huntington joins ‘How We Live’ Pilot
[More Info] Parker Young Cast In ‘Family Fortune’
[More Info] Suzy Nakamura & Tisha Campbell-Martin Cast In ABC Pilot ‘Dr. Ken'
[More Info] Stark Sands To Star In ‘Minority Report’
[More Info] Jack Davenport & Kerri Kenney Cast In HBO’s Sarah Silverman Pilot
[More Info] Brent Sexton Cast In ABC's ‘Runner’
[More Info] Priyanka Chopra Joins ABC’s ‘Quantico';
[More Info] Alison Pill Cast In Jenna Bans ABC Pilot
[More Info] Will Kemp & Connie Nielsen To Co-Star In NBC Pilot ‘Unveiled’
[More Info] Danny Pudi Toplines NBC’s ‘Strange Calls’
[More Info] Joan Allen To Star In Jenna Bans ABC Pilot
[More Info] Chyler Leigh & David Harewood Cast In ‘Supergirl’ Pilot
[More Info] JLo's NBC Cop Drama Shades of Blue Adds Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo
[More Info] Megan Hilty To Star In Judah Miller Pilot
[More Info] Merrin Dungey joins Fox’s ’48 Hours’
[More Info] Dougray Scott Cast In ABC’s ‘Quantico’
[More Info] James Brolin To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Life In Pieces’
[More Info] Blondy Baruti gets lead in ABC’s NBA Comedy Pilot
[More Info] Brooke Ishibashi cast in ‘People Are Talking’
[More Info] Stacy Keach Cast In Suzanne Martin Pilot
[More Info] Diego Boneta To Co-Star In Fox Series ‘Scream Queens'
[More Info] Margot Bingham joins ABC’s ‘Flesh And Blood’
[More Info] Diane Guerrero Joins CBS’ ‘Super Clyde'
[More Info] 'CSI: Miami's' Adam Rodriguez Books Male Lead in ABC's 'Runner'
[More Info] Meagan Good To Star In ‘Minority Report’ Fox Pilot
Wilmer Valderrama Joins Minority Report
Wilmer Valderrama has been cast opposite Stark Sands and Meagan Good in Fox’s drama pilot Minority Report, a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed movie set 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. One of the three Precogs, Dash (Sands), struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future, when he meets a detective, Lara Vega (Meagan Good), who’s haunted by her past and just might help him find a purpose to his gift. Valderrama will play Will Blake, a new police detective at the precinct who fills in for Vega when she’s out on leave, and when Vega sizes him up, she decides she doesn’t like him.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner Cast In Fox Comedy Pilot ’48 Hours ‘Til Monday’
48Hours, from Universal TV, chronicles husband and father of three Charlie’s (Riggle) desperate struggle not to let every weekend go completely to hell. Warner will play Dr. Craig Ellis, the perfect father whose weekend plans always show up Charlie’s. If Charlie’s plan is to assemble a bed with Elizabeth, Craig’s plan is to restore a 1983 Camaro with his sons and give the proceeds to charity. Craig looks at Charlie a bit like a charity case himself, constantly trying to help him be a better, more knowledgeable father. It drives Charlie nuts.
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The Killing's Mireille Enos To Star in The Catch
The former Killing sleuth has signed on to headline The Catch, a potential new drama series from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ factory of hits, TVLine has learned.
Penned by Hannibal scribe Jennifer Schuur and based on Kate Atkinson’s novel, the pilot centers on Enos’ Alice Martin, a woman about to get married and conned. Unbeknownst to her slippery fiancé, Alice — who investigates fraud for a living — is not all she claims to be. And when the fiancé’s expertly planned con collides with her perfectly constructed lies, they plunge into a dangerous game of cat and mouse.
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Gia Mantegna Cast In ‘Cheerleader Death Squad’
Gia Mantegna has been cast in Cheerleader Death Squad, the CW’s drama pilot written by Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Under The Dome showrunner Neal Baer and Blue Bloods executive producer Dan Truly and directed by Mark Waters. It centers on a disgraced CIA agent-turned-teacher at an elite Washington, D.C. prep school. When he realizes that his students have high-level access through personal connections, he trains a select few to be his eyes and ears into the world of international espionage and help him earn his way back into the agency. Mantegna plays Grace, one of the cheerleader members of the eponymous Cheerleader Death Squad.
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Christine Woods To Star In NBC’s Aseem Batra Comedy Pilot
Hello Ladies‘ Christine Woods is set as the female lead opposite Michael Cassidy in NBC’s untitled pilot written by Aseem Batra and directed by Betsy Thomas. The politically incorrect office comedy centers on best friends Dale (Cassidy) and Georgie (Woods) whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the “perfect” woman.
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Matthew Glave Joins ABC's NBA Pilot
Matthew Glade is rounding out the regular cast of ABC’s untitled NBA buddy comedy pilot, executive produced byGalavant creator Dan Fogelman, Mandalay Sports Media’s Peter Guber & Mike Tollin and Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan. Written/executive produced by Casey Johnson and David Windsor, the single-camera NBA project, from ABC Studios, is a buddy comedy about Mo (Blondy Baruti), an NBA rookie who doesn’t speak English, and a translator, Jason (Skylar Astin), who doesn’t speak basketball. Glade will play Jason’s somewhat disappointed and disapproving father, often referring openly to his son as a “doormat”.
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Kim Raver To Topline ABC Drama Pilot ‘The Advocate’
24 and Grey’s Anatomy alumna Kim Raver has been tapped as the lead of the ABC drama pilot The Advocate, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV.
Written by Turner and directed by Michael M. Robin, The Advocate was inspired by the real story of former talent agent Byrdie Lifson-Pompan who teamed with Valerie Ulene, a medical doctor and a health education specialist, to launch a healthcare consulting and case management company.
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Colm Feore Joins ‘The Kingmakers’
The Borgias’ Colm Feore has booked a role in ABC drama pilot The Kingmakers, from ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Sallie Patrick, Kingmakers centers on a young man whose sister is found dead during her freshman year at an elite Ivy League university. He adopts a new identity to infiltrate the school and its century-old secret society – consisting of privileged students, ambitious faculty and high-profile alums – to investigate her death. Feore will play Dean Vandermeer, the dean of the university who eventually becomes Jacob’s main nemesis.
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Daniel Stern To Star In ‘Strange Calls'
Daniel Stern is set as the co-lead opposite Danny Pudi in NBC’s comedy pilot Strange Calls, from Kapital Entertainment, Hoodlum and 20th TV. Also cast in the pilot, written by Blake McCormick, are Allison Miller and Aliyah Royale. Based on an Australian format, Strange Calls centers on Toby (Pudi), an affable but down-on-his-luck young police officer. He is transferred to a rural town where — with the help of Gregor (Stern), a peculiar, elderly nightwatchman — he starts to realize the town has a bizarre supernatural underbelly.
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Nazneen Contractor joins The 46 Percenters
24 alumna Nazneen Contractor has joined the cast of ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot The 46 Percenters. It’s described as an unromantic romantic comedy about the 46 percent of the population who have not gotten a divorce and choose to stay married. Contractor will play Kiri, one half of a couple planning the most amicable divorce in history.
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Mix - Walter Perez joins cast
Walter Perez (The Avengers) is set as a series regular on ABC’s pilot Mix, from Warner Bros. TV and Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s studio-based Le Train Train. The dramedy explores the realities of modern-day families — multi-cultural, multi-generational, built through divorces, affairs and adoptions — set against the backdrop of a revered family restaurant at a crossroads.
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Boom - Rebecca Rittenhouse and India de Beaufort join cast
Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society) and India de Beaufort (Jane By Design) have booked series regular roles on ABC drama pilot Boom, from producer Tony Krantz. Written by Josh Pate and Rodes Fishburne and produced by ABC Studios, Boom examines the biggest oil discovery in American history — bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi Arabia — which has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 California Gold Rush. Rittenhouse will play Kelly, Billy’s wife. De Beaufort is Jules Jackman, the sexy proprietor of the local salon and loan shark of the town.
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Ving Rhames Joins ABC NBA Pilot
Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible franchise) is taking a comedic turn with a co-starring role in ABC’s untitled NBA buddy comedy pilot, executive produced by Galavant creator Dan Fogelman, Mandalay Sports Media’s Peter Guber & Mike Tollin and Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan. Rhames will play the team’s confident and smooth general manager.
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Briga Heelan To Star In NBC Comedy Pilot ‘How We Live’
Ground Floor star Briga Heelan will play the female lead opposite Sam Huntington in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot How We Live, written by Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley and directed by Gail Mancuso. The project centers on Russell (Huntington), a blogger, and his bubbly, full of energy wife Holly (Heelan) who move to the suburbs where he begins writing about marriage and the family lives of his suburban friends and neighbors in the style of an anthropologist who’s stumbled on an undiscovered tribe. Holly pours her energy into everything in her life, most recently trying to get pregnant, a challenge that is pushing her endless optimism to its limits.
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Lacey Chabert Joins ABC’s ‘Family Fortune’
Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls) has booked a regular role opposite Fortune Feimster in ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Family Fortune, from Matt Hubbard, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Written by Hubbard and Feimster based Feimster’s family life and stand-up, Family Fortune is set in North Carolina and centers on popular gym teacher Fortune (Feimster) who comes out of the closet to her close-knit group of family and friends. Chabert will play Nichole, Tyler’s (Parker Young) wife and a devoted mom to their two young children.
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Elliott Gould Cast In CBS’ Pilot ‘Doubt';
Ray Donovan‘s Elliott Gould has booked a regular role on CBS hourlong pilot Doubt. From longtime Grey’s Anatomy executive producers Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, Timberman/Beverly and CBS TV Studios, Doubt centers on Sadie, a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets involved romantically with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime. Gould will play Isaiah, the head of the boutique go-to criminal defense firm in New York. I hear CBS has Gould in first position, an indication that Fox/Uni TV’s freshman Mulaney, which is not expected to go to a second season, has released some or all of the cast.
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Terry O’Quinn Cast As Male Lead In ABC Pilot ‘The Adversaries’
Lost alum Terry O’Quinn has been cast as the male lead in ABC drama pilot The Adversaries, from ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by David Zabel, The Adversaries centers on the patriarch of a New York legal dynasty who becomes embroiled in a trial of his own, and his federal prosecutor daughter must decide which side she will fight on. O’Quinn will play Charlie, the head of the law firm Fisher, Fisher and Herrero.
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Patrick Warburton To Star In Suzanne Martin NBC Comedy Pilot
Rules Of Engagement alum Patrick Warburton is set as the male lead in NBC’s untitled multi-camera Suzanne Martin pilot, from Hazy Mills and Universal TV. It chronicles how things backfire for recent empty-nesters Mike Gunn (Warburton) and Martina Gunn when their children and their parents move back home. Stacy Keach plays Mike’s dad.
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Dave Annable & Melissa George Cast In NBC Pilot ‘Heart Matters’
Melissa George has been tapped for the lead and Brothers & Sisters alum Dave Annable for a co-starring role in NBC’s drama pilot Heart Matters. Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato, the medical soap follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere (George), one of the rare female heart-transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional and romantic life Annable plays Alex’s boyfriend.
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Sarah Chalke To Star In Fox’s ’48 Hours’
Sarah Chalke is set as the female lead opposite Rob Riggle in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot 48 Hours ‘Til Monday, written/exec produced by Charlie Grandy. 48Hours, from Universal TV, chronicles husband and father of three Charlie’s (Riggle) desperate struggle not to let every weekend go completely to hell. Chalke plays Kelly Bishop who is happily married to Charlie and the mother of their three kids, Kelly quit her job as a local TV news producer to spend more time with her family…and is finding that being a stay-at-home mom is much more exhausting, time-consuming and frustrating than working in an office.
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JoAnna Garcia Cast as Female Lead in Tommy Johnagin CBS Pilot
The actress, who most recently played Ariel on ABC's Once Upon a Time, has been cast as the female lead in CBS' untitled Tommy Johnagin comedy pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Garcia Swisher will play the female lead, Michelle, an accomplished pediatrician married to Tommy (Johnagin), with whom she has a daughter, Ashley.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Craig Ferguson joins ABC Comedy Pilot ‘The King of 7B’
With his Late Late Show stint over, Craig Ferguson is returning to acting with a starring role in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot The King Of 7B. The ensemble project, written by Howard Franklin and directed by David Frankel, focuses on Prentiss Porter (Ferguson), an agoraphobic recluse who ventures outside for the first time in 11 years when he spies what could be his soul-mate moving into the building across the street.
Source: Deadline
Annie Funke joins CBS’ ‘LFE’
Annie Funke (A Most Violent Year) has joined the cast of CBS medical drama pilot LFE, from The Dan Jinks Co. and CBS TV. Written/co-executive produced by Paul Downs Colaizzo, LFE is described as a high-octane medical procedural centering on second-year residents at New York City’s top hospital as they attempt to balance their god complexes with their humanity.
Source: Deadline
Noah Galvin Joins ABC’s Dan Savage Comedy Pilot
Newcomer Noah Galvin has booked the young lead in the ABC/ABC Studios untitled Dan Savage comedy pilot. Written by David Windsor and Casey Johnson loosely based on the life of gay activist and author Savage, the single-camera project revolves around the O’Neals, a seemingly perfect All-American family. When the youngest son, Kenny (Galvin), comes out of the closet, all the family secrets are revealed and the family proves to be quite typical and not so perfect.
Source: Deadline
Supergirl Casts the Heroic Helen Slater and Dean Cain in Top-Secret Roles
How’s this for super-meta casting: Helen Slater and Dean Cain have landed guest-starring roles on CBS’s Supergirl, TVLine has learned. Details on who the pair will be playing in the pilot are being kept under lock and key.
Source: TVLine
Tom Ellis Lands Satanic Title Role in Fox's Lucifer
In Lucifer, the Welsh actor — best known stateside for his role as Once Upon a Time’s first Robin Hood and as the star of USA Network’s short-lived medical series Rush — will play the Lord of Hell, who abdicates his throne and kingdom to make camp in Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals.
Source: TVLine
Michael Cassidy To Star In Aseem Batra Pilot
Men at Work star Michael Cassidy is set as one of the two leads of another workplace comedy — NBC’s untitled pilot written by Aseem Batra and directed by Betsy Thomas. The politically incorrect office comedy centers on best friends Dale (Cassidy) and Georgie whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the “perfect” woman.
Source: Deadline
Sam Huntington joins ‘How We Live’ Pilot
Being Human star Sam Huntington is set as the male lead in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot How We Live, written by Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley and directed by Gail Mancuso. The project centers on Russell (Huntington), a blogger, and his wife Holly who move to the suburbs where he begins writing about marriage and the family lives of his suburban friends and neighbors, in the style of an anthropologist who’s stumbled on an undiscovered tribe.
Source: Deadline
Parker Young Cast In ‘Family Fortune’
Suburgatory and Enlisted alum Parker Young has booked a regular role opposite Fortune Feimster in ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Family Fortune, from Matt Hubbard, Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Written by Hubbard and Feimster and based on the family life and stand-up of Feimster, who grew up in Belmont, N.C., Family Fortune is set in North Carolina and centers on popular gym teacher Fortune (Feimster) who comes out of the closet to her close-knit group of family and friends. Young will play Tyler, Fortune’s younger brother, a serviceman in the Coast Guard.
Source: Deadline
Suzy Nakamura & Tisha Campbell-Martin Cast In ABC Pilot ‘Dr. Ken'
Suzy Nakamura (Horrible Bosses 2) has booked Vivica A. Fox 50th Birthday Celebrationthe female lead opposite Ken Jeong in ABC’s comedy pilot Dr. Ken, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by Jared Stern, Mike O’Connell and Jeong, who is a licensed physician, Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated HMO doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting — and succeeding at none of them. Nakamura will play Allison, Jeong’s successful psychologist wife. Also cast is Tisha Campbell-Martin (Martin) in the role of Damona, the hospital receptionist/
Source: Deadline
Stark Sands To Star In ‘Minority Report’
Stark Sands (Inside Llewyn Davis) has been cast as the dual male lead opposite Meagan Good in Fox’s drama pilot Minority Report, a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed movie set 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. One of the three Precogs, Dash (Sands), struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future, when he meets a detective, Lara Vega (Meagan Good), who’s haunted by her past and just might help him find a purpose to his gift. Sands will play the dual role of identical twin brothers Dash and Arthur who both possess the unique ability to see into the future, specifically murders before they happen.
Source: Deadline
Jack Davenport & Kerri Kenney Cast In HBO’s Sarah Silverman Pilot
Smash alum Jack Davenport is set as the male lead opposite Sarah Silverman in HBO’s untitled comedy pilot written by Secret Diary Of A Call Girl creator Lucy Prebble, Also cast in the pilot, directed by Charlie McDowell, are Kerri Kenney (Reno 911!) andyMark Cohen. The project is described as a comic look at Jude (Silverman), a pathologically honest woman having a modern midlife crisis. Davenport plays Blake, a broken Brit and eventual boyfriend who gets caught up in his own virtual reality in Seattle. Kenne plays Melissa, Jude’s older sister who is proudly holding the family together, with no idea her home is built on lies. Graham plays Jude’s big-hearted mess of a brother-in-law. Prebble and Silverman executive produce with Ash Atalla, Amy Zvi and Dan Hine
Source: Deadline
Brent Sexton Cast In ABC's ‘Runner’
Brent Sexton (The Killing) has been cast opposite Paula Patton and Adam Rodriguez in ABC’s drama pilot Runner. Written by Michael Cooney based on the Turkish series Son and directed by Michael Offer, the project from 20th TV and ABC Studios centers on Lauren Marks (Patton), a wife and mother who had believed her husband had died in a plane crash, only to discover him alive, well and traveling with a mysterious woman who uses Lauren’s stolen identity. Thrown into a world of secrets and crime, Lauren finds herself running into Mexican cartels and people from her past she had hoped to forget. Sexton will play Simon, brother of Lauren’s husband and a resourceful detective who leads the search for his brother.
Source: Deadline
Priyanka Chopra Joins ABC’s ‘Quantico';
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra (Barfi!) has joined the cast of ABC drama pilot Quantico, executive produced by Mark Gordon, Josh Safran and Nick Pepper. It revolves around a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. One will launch a devastating terrorist attack on the U.S. Chopra will play Alex Weaver, a brilliant but haunted FBI trainee whose past boils to the surface soon after her arrival at Quantico.
Source: Deadline
Alison Pill Cast In Jenna Bans ABC Pilot
The Newsroom alum Alison Pill has signed on to the untitled ABC/ABC Studios drama pilot written by Jenna Bans and directed by Paul McGuigan. It follows the return of a politician’s (Joan Allen) young son, Adam Warren (Liam James), who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. But as the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his community, the neighbor sitting in jail for his murder is released and the cop responsible is forced to re-examine what truly happened so many years ago. Pill plays Willa Warren, Claire (Allen) and Peter’s daughter, and her mother’s campaign manager. Willa lost the twinkle in her eye many years ago when her little brother went missing. She feels responsible for his disappearance, as she was with him when he vanished.
Source: Deadline
Will Kemp & Connie Nielsen To Co-Star In NBC Pilot ‘Unveiled’
Will Kemp (Petals in the Wind) and Connie Nielsen have been cast opposite Liam McIntyre and Stephan James in Unveiled, NBC’s supernatural/spiritual drama pilot from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey.
Written by John Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart, Unveiled follows an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crisis in an attempt to restore their faith and, often, save their lives. Kemp plays Lucas, a handsome, mysterious fallen angel with a suave charm and devilish side intent on corrupting as many humans as he can. Nielsen plays Joan, the by-the-book boss who leads the Guardian Angels from beyond the veil, the plane of existence outside of the human world.
Source: Deadline
Chyler Leigh & David Harewood Cast In ‘Supergirl’ Pilot
Grey’s Anatomy alumna Chyler Leigh and David Harewood (Homeland) have been cast opposite Melissa Benoist and Calista Flockhart in the CBS pilot Supergirl, written by Greg Berlanti, Ali Adler and Andrew Kreisberg.
Based on the DC Comics characters, Supergirl — from Warner Bros. TV and Berlanti Prods. — centers on Kara Zor-El (Benoist). Since arriving on Earth, the Krypton-born Kara has been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin, Superman. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she always was meant to be.
Leigh plays Alexandra “Alex” Danvers, Kara’s confident foster sister. Fascinated by Kara’s powers from a young age, Alex developed a lifelong obsession with science which inspired her to become a doctor.
Harewood plays Hank Henshaw, a onetime CIA agent who now runs the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, which tracks extraterrestrial threats on the planet Earth. In the DC Comics universe, Henshaw is a villain who eventually becomes Cyborg Superman.
Source: Deadline
Joan Allen To Star In Jenna Bans ABC Pilot
Joan Allen is set for a lead role in the untitled ABC/ABC Studios drama pilot written by Jenna Bans and directed by Paul McGuigan. It follows the return of a politician’s (Allen) young son, Adam Warren (Liam James), who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. But as the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his community, the neighbor sitting in jail for his murder is released and the cop responsible is forced to re-examine what truly happened so many years ago. Allen’s Claire is devastated to learn of the horrors her son has endured, however she is a political animal and it seems she has plans to use her son’s return to further her political ambitions. Also cast in the pilot is Floriana Lima (Allegiance), a young reporter with the local paper. They join Zach Gilford and Margot Bingham. Bans, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks executive produce.
Source: Deadline
Danny Pudi Toplines NBC’s ‘Strange Calls’
While Community left NBC for Yahoo, one of the cult comedy’s standouts, Danny Pudi, is coming back, making the leap from a supporting to a leading man with a starring tole in the network’s comedy pilot Strange Calls, from Kapital Entertainment, Hoodlum and 20th TV. Written by Blake McCormick based on an Australian format, it centers on Toby (Pudi), an affable but down on his luck young police officer. He is transferred to a rural town where — with the help of a peculiar, elderly night watchman — he starts to realize the town has a bizarre supernatural underbelly. In the pilot, Pudi joins Aussie Patrick Brammall who will reprise his role from the original series.
Source: Deadline
JLo's NBC Cop Drama Shades of Blue Adds Ray Liotta, Drea de Matteo
Ray Liotta and Drea de Matteo have joined the cast of Shades of Blue, the Peacock’s JLo-fronted cop drama slated to bow next fall.
Additionally, Warren Kole (Common Law, The Following) and Vincent Laresca (Weeds, Graceland) have been added to the ensemble.
Shades of Blue follows a tight-knit crew of police officers who are effective at keeping the streets safe but also corrupt when it comes to lining their pockets and protecting their own. When one of the officers (Lopez’ Harlee McCord) is forced to become a federal informant, she must decide between her own family’s welfare and that of her police family.
In his first series-regular role since CBS’ short-lived 2006 thief drama Smith, Liotta will play Lieutenant Bill Wozniak, the enigmatic and resourceful patriarch of a tight knit unit of corrupt cops, who steps outside the limitations of the law to protect his precinct. His all-consuming hunt for the informant drives him to dire extremes.
Matteo, coming off of FX’s Sons of Anarchy, will portray Shirley, a tough, outspoken female cop who holds her own with the men in her crew, and yet her brashness covers her insecurities.
Kole portrays Robert Staal, a relentlessly ambitious up-and-coming FBI agent desperate to make a name for himself. His growing obsession with his asset jeopardizes his ability to make his case against a group of corrupt cops.
Lastly, Laresca co-stars as Tony Espada, alternately the bulldog and the moral compass for his team.
Source: TVLine
Megan Hilty To Star In Judah Miller Pilot
Broadway star Megan Hilty will be playing one on TV. Hilty has signed on as the female lead in ABC’s untitled Judah Miller comedy pilot. The single-camera project centers on a Tony Award-winning mother (Hilty) and a risk-averse, cerebral father who are blessed with a son who is a natural-born competitive athlete. They are forced outside their parental comfort zones and into the high-octane world of youth sports. Hilty’s Irene is described as a laud, flamboyant diva, a former Broadway star who is adjusting to her latest “role” as a suburban mom and who can come off a little self-involved but has a big heart of gold.
Source: Deadline
Merrin Dungey joins Fox’s ’48 Hours’
Merrin Dungey has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot 48 Hours ‘Til Monday. It chronicles husband and father of three Charlie’s (Rob Riggle) desperate struggle not to let every weekend go completely to hell. Dungey plays Candace, a family friend and bona fide “super mom” who has three kids, works part time as a lawyer and still is able to make snacks that look like animals, volunteer in class and pick her children up from school on bike.
Source: Deadline
Dougray Scott Cast In ABC’s ‘Quantico’
Dougray Scott (Hemlock Grove) has joined the cast of ABC drama pilot Quantico. It revolves around a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. One will launch a devastating terrorist attack on the U.S. Scott plays FBI Special Agent Liam O’Connor, a staff counselor at Quantico working with the new agent trainees.
Source: Deadline
James Brolin To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Life In Pieces’
James Brolin has joined the cast of Life in Pieces, CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot from 20th TV and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Written by Justin Adler, the project is about one family, the Shorts, as told through the separate stories of its different family members.
Source: Deadline
Blondy Baruti gets lead in ABC’s NBA Comedy Pilot
After what was described as a worldwide search, ABC has cast Blondy Baruti, a 6-foot-10 former basketball player out of Oklahoma, as the lead opposite Skylar Astin in its untitled NBA buddy comedy pilot. It’s executive produced by Galavant creator Dan Fogelman, Mandalay Sports Media’s Peter Guber & Mike Tollin and Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan. Also cast in the pilot, which is being done with the cooperation of the NBA and the the Guber-co-owned Golden State Warriors, is Laura Steinel (Draft Day).
Source: Deadline
Brooke Ishibashi cast in ‘People Are Talking’
Brooke Ishibashi has been cast as one of the leads in another NBC comedy pilot, People Are Talking, from Uni TV and Will Packer Prods. It is about two couples and examines sex and race, among other things. Ishibashi will play half of one of the couples, a wife who aptly balances being a loving mom and a tough-as-nails attorney.
Source: Deadline
Stacy Keach Cast In Suzanne Martin Pilot
Veteran Stacy Keach has joined NBC’s untitled multi-camera Suzanne Martin pilot, from Hazy Mills and Universal TV. It chronicles how things backfire for recent empty-nesters when their children and their parents move back home. Keach will play the ex-military father who moves back in.
Source: Deadline
Diego Boneta To Co-Star In Fox Series ‘Scream Queens'
Mexic0-born actor-singer Diego Boneta (Rock OfAges) has been cast as one of the male leads in Scream Queens, Fox’s Premiere Of Lionsgate Films' "The Expendables 3" - Red Carpetcomedy-horror series created by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. Also cast as a regular in the first installment of the anthology series slated for fall is Glen Powell
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Margot Bingham joins ABC’s ‘Flesh And Blood’
Margot Bingham (Boardwalk Empire) has landed one of the female leads in ABC’s untitled drama pilot from Jenna Bans, Mandeville Prods. and ABC Studios. Written by Bans, the project follows the return of a politician’s young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier, sending shockwaves throughout their tight knit community.
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Diane Guerrero Joins CBS’ ‘Super Clyde'
Orange Is The New Black and Jane The Virgin‘s Diane Guerrero has been cast opposite Charlie McDermott in Greg Garcia’s CBS comedy pilot Super Clyde, from CBS TV Studios. It follows a meek, unassuming fast-food worker (McDermott) who decides to become a super hero. Guerrero will play Maddy, Clyde’s (McDermott) very cute, smart and ambitious good friend.
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'CSI: Miami's' Adam Rodriguez Books Male Lead in ABC's 'Runner'
The CSI: Miami alum has nabbed the lead role in ABC's drug cartel drama pilot Runner, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Based on the Turkish series Son, the drama revolves around Lauren Marks (Paula Patton), who believes she is leading a perfect life, which is ripped apart when, in search of the truth, she must follow a trail of lies that takes her into the world of cartels and the illegal gun trade between the U.S. and Mexico.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Meagan Good To Star In ‘Minority Report’ Fox Pilot
Meagan Good (Think Like A Man franchise) has signed on as the female lead in Fox’s drama pilot Minority Report, a sequel to the Steven Spielberg-directed movie set 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. One of the three Precogs, Dash, struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future, when he meets a detective, Lara Vega (Good), who’s not afraid to break a few rules. Haunted by her past, Vega just might help him find a purpose to his gift.
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