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.
7th March
[More Info] Alexandra Chando to Co-Star in CW's 'Dead People'
[More Info] Jaina Lee Ortiz Lands Female Lead In Todd Harthan Pilot; ‘Ben & Kate’ Star Also Cast
[More Info] David Witts & Lindsay Pearce Join ABC Family Series ‘Recovery Road’
[More Info] Joy Bryant To Co-Star In ABC Pilot ‘The Advocate’; Coby Bell Also Cast
[More Info] Aimee Garcia & Jessika Van Cast In CBS’ ‘Rush Hour’
[More Info] Kelly O’Sullivan Joins CBS’ Dan O’Shannon Pilot
[More Info] Lauren Ambrose To Star In ABC’s 'Broad Squad'; Michael Gaston, Others Also Cast
[More Info] Melanie Griffith To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot About Family With Genius Kids
[More Info] Mark-Paul Gosselaar to Star in NBC's 'People Are Talking'
[More Info] Parminder Nagra Cast In ABC Pilot ‘The Kingmakers’
[More Info] Matthew Lillard To Star In ‘Problem Child’ NBC Pilot
[More Info] Joe Spano Cast In Fox’s ‘48 Hours Til Monday’
[More Info] Daniel Sharman To Star In CBS Pilot ‘LFE’
[More Info] Newcomer Elvy Yost Joins The Catch
[More Info] Lenny Platt Cast In The Adversaries
[More Info] ‘True Blood’s Rutina Wesley To Star In ‘Broad Squad’
[More Info] Supergirl To Square Off Against Iron Man and Star Trek Actor Faran Tahir
[More Info] Kimberley Crossman Joins ‘Fantasy Life’
[More Info] Florence Pugh To Star In Fox’s ‘Studio City’
[More Info] Martha Plimpton To Star In Dan Savage ABC Pilot ‘Family of the Year’
[More Info] Christina Vidal To Star In ‘The Curse Of the Fuentes Women’, Daphne Rubin-Vega Also Cast
[More Info] Ben Hollingsworth Joins ‘Code Black’
[More Info] Charity Wakefield To Star In ‘Endgame’
[More Info] Jack Cutmore-Scott To Play Title Role In Fox Pilot ‘Cooper Barrett’s Guide’
[More Info] Peter Gallagher & Olivia Thirlby Join Fox Pilot ‘Detour’ Inspired By Rivers Cuomo
[More Info] Real-life Siblings Talitha Bateman & Gabriel Bateman Join Mamma Dallas
[More Info] Mia Serafino Cast In Suzanne Martin Pilot
[More Info] Griffin Gluck Joins NBC’s ‘Cuckoo’
[More Info] Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki Join AMC’s ‘The Night Manager’
[More Info] Aly Michalka & Maulik Pancholy Join ABC’s Chevy Chase Pilot
5th March
[More Info] Adam Rothenberg To Star In ‘L.A. Crime'
[More Info] Hanna Mangan Lawrence joins CW’s ‘Cordon’
[More Info] Jeanine Mason Joins Fox Pilot ‘Studio City'
[More Info] Meta Golding, Colin Donnell, Monet Mazur Join NBC Pilot ‘Love Is A 4 Letter Word’
[More Info] Ray Winstone to Star in ABC Biblical Drama 'Of Kings and Prophets'
[More Info] Jon Dore Cast As The Lead In ‘The Half Of It’
[More Info] Giovanni Ribisi gets lead in Sneaky Pete
[More Info] Raza Jaffrey To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Code Black’
4th March
[More Info] Andy Mientus Cast In ‘LFE’
[More Info] Anika Noni Rose To Topline ‘For Justice’ CBS Civil Rights Pilot
[More Info] ABC's Shondaland Drama 'The Catch' Casts Newcomer Damon Dayoub as Male Lead
[More Info] Kris Lemche To Star In ‘Tales From The Darkside’ CW Pilot
[More Info] Lina Esco Hellbent For ‘Lucifer’
[More Info] Elliot Knight Joins ‘The Advocate’
[More Info] Peter Riegert Joins Fox’s Dana Klein Pilot
[More Info] Dana Davis Added To ‘Unveiled’
[More Info] Ben Aldridge To Play The Lead In Fox Pilot ‘Detour’, Joey Morgan Also Cast
[More Info] Luis Guzman To Star In CBS’ ‘Code Black'
[More Info] Cody Horn Cast In ABC’s ‘Broad Squad’
[More Info] Holt McCallany To Star In NBC Pilot ‘Warrior’
[More Info] Carrie Preston To Star In Suzanne Martin Empty-Nester NBC Comedy Pilot
3rd March
[More Info] Jon Foo To Play Detective Lee In ‘Rush Hour’ CBS Pilot
[More Info] Mike Epps To Topline ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Uncle Buck’, Nia Long Also Cast
[More Info] Marc Cherry’s CW Pilot ‘Cheerleader Death Squad’ Adds Newcomer Pepi Sonuga
[More Info] Karolina Wydra Boards ABC's 'L.A. Crime' Anthology
[More Info] 'The Originals' Newbie Claudia Black to Co-Star in Julie Plec's CW Pilot Cordon
[More Info] Eddie Izzard, Nadia Alexander & Ismenia Mendes Cast In HBO Pilot ‘The Devil You Know’ From Jenji Kohan
[More Info] Aylin Bayramoglu Cast In CW’s ‘Cheerleader Death Squad’
[More Info] Dan Bakkedahl Joins CBS Pilot ‘Life In Pieces'
[More Info] Dreama Walker Cast In CBS Pilot ‘Doubt’
[More Info] Jake McLaughlin joins ABC's Quantico
[More Info] Fred Savage joins FOX Pilot Grinder
[More Info] Heather Graham Joins Fox’s ‘Studio City’
[More Info] Jacky Ido and Jay Hayden Join ABC's The Catch
[More Info] KaDee Strickland To Topline CBS Pilot ‘Doubt’
[More Info] Jane Lynch To Star In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘Angel From Hell’
[More Info] Jeremy Jordan to Play CatCo Tech Guru in Supergirl
[More Info] Nancy Lenehan & Izzy Watts Join FOX's Dana Klein Pilot
[More Info] Greta Lee Cast As Lead in ‘Sharing'
[More Info] Jason Antoon Cast In ‘46 Percenters’
[More Info] James Remar Joins ‘The Shannara Chronicles'
[More Info] Colton Dunn, Mark McKinney & Nico Santos Join NBC Pilot ‘Superstore’
[More Info] Rob Kazinsky Is Fox’s ‘Frankenstein’ Monster
[More Info] Christine Lahti Joins ABC Pilot ‘The Adversaries’
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 Shondaland's 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
Alexandra Chando to Co-Star in CW's 'Dead People'
The CW has found Andrew J. West's Dead People former bride.
The Lying Game star Alexandra Chando has booked a co-starring role on the network's drama pilot Dead People, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The drama centers on Floyd, a down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic but roguishly charming cab driver (The Walking Dead's West) who, after a near-death experience, suddenly has the ability to interact with ghosts, including his late ex-wife who he has never gotten over.
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Chando will play Pearl, described as perceptive, sweet and funny and a perfect match for Floyd. Unfortunately, she’s dead. Now, she helps him to move on with his life.
Source: THR
Jaina Lee Ortiz Lands Female Lead In Todd Harthan Pilot; ‘Ben & Kate’ Star Also Cast
Jaina Lee Ortiz is set as the female lead opposite Morris Chestnut in Fox’s untitled Todd Harthan drama pilot, a closed-ended procedural written/executive produced by Todd Harthan and directed by Richard Shepard. Also cast in the pilot, produced by 20th TV, is young Ben And Kate star Maggie Elizabeth Jones. It centers on Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. (Chestnut), a gifted, charismatic private pathologist who can read living and dead bodies like a book.
Ortiz, a newcomer out of New York, who got her break when Chris Carter cast her in his Amazon pilot The After, will play Karissa Villa, a former NYPD detective who recently moved back to Miami and ends up helping Dr. Rosewood.
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David Witts & Lindsay Pearce Join ABC Family Series ‘Recovery Road’
ABC Family has rounded out the cast for its drama Recovery Road, which was picked up to series in December. British actor David Witts (EastEnders) has joined as a series regular, and Lindsay Pearce (The Wedding Ringer) has been tapped for a recurring role. Written by Bert V. Royal and Karen DiConcetto based on the popular young-adult novel by Blake Nelson, Recovery Road centers on Maddie (Jessica Sula), a party girl and a highly functioning addict who doesn’t think she has a problem until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at a rehab facility, while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life.
Witts will play Craig, the counselor at Springtime Meadows, though not a recovering addict himself. He might come off as absent-minded, but nothing gets past Craig, and he’s an effective counselor who really cares about his patients. This was a guest star/recurring role in the pilot but was changed to regular for the series. Pearce is Rebecca. She and Maddie grew up together and once were very close. Rebecca now blames Maddie for everything that’s gone wrong in her life, since Maddie was the one who revealed that Rebecca had an addiction.
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Joy Bryant To Co-Star In ABC Pilot ‘The Advocate’; Coby Bell Also Cast
Parenthood‘s Joy Bryant is set as the co-lead opposite Kim Raver in the ABC drama pilot The Advocate. Also cast in the project, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV, is Burn Notice and The Game alum Coby Bell.
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 company. It centers on Francis “Frankie” Reese (Raver), a tough, resourceful, type-A businesswoman at the top of her game who has a medical scare and experiences firsthand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for anyone caught in the chaotic and ever-changing maze that is modern medicine. Bryant plays Frankie’s partner, Dr. Ryan Clarke, a brilliant doctor who meets Frankie by chance, helps her out of a tight spot and subsequently opens a patient advocacy firm with her hard-driving new friend. Bell, repped by Innovative and Barbara Stark Management, plays Chris, who is trying to keep the medical firm afloat. And Freddie Thorpe was cast as Frankie’s son.
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Aimee Garcia & Jessika Van Cast In CBS’ ‘Rush Hour’
Dexter alumna Aimee Garcia is set to co-star opposite Jon Foo in CBS’ hourlong pilot Rush Hour. Also cast in the project, based on the hit movie franchise, is Jessika Van.
Written/executive produced by Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick and directed/exec produced by Jon Turteltaub, the pilot centers on Lee (Foo), a stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer assigned to a case in Los Angeles, where he’s forced to work with Carter, a cocky black LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. Garcia will play Didi Diaz, a sergeant with the LAPD who chose to leave the streets once she became a mom. Didi is Carter’s former partner who knows him better than most people and is not afraid to call him out. Van will play Det. Lee’s (Foo) younger sister Kim, one of the few female officers with the Hong Kong Police Department.
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Kelly O’Sullivan Joins CBS’ Dan O’Shannon Pilot
Kelly O’Sullivan (Sirens) is set as a lead in CBS’ untitled comedy pilot from former Modern Family executive producer Dan O’Shannon and writer Peter Warren (Happyland). It revolves around a group of friends and family at three different times in their lives. O’Sullivan will play Katie, a fun, feisty and likable woman who’s been a fireball her entire life. She is soon to be married, and we see her throughout the vibrant and wild days of her past.
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Lauren Ambrose To Star In ABC’s 'Broad Squad'; Michael Gaston, Others Also Cast
ABC has set the four leads in its period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad, with the last one going to Lauren Ambrose, currently seen in USA’s limited series DIG. Also cast in the pilot, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Coky Giedroyc, are Michael Gaston (The Mentalist), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) and Alberto Frezza.
Broad Squad, from Kapital Entertainment, Fake Empire and ABC Studios, is a fictionalized account of the graduating class of Boston’s first female patrol officers in 1978. The project centers on four newly minted cops — Eileen (Ambrose), Molly (Charlotte Spencer), Lisa (Cody Horn) and Joanne (Rutina Wesley) — who arrived at a tumultuous time in the city’s history and have to navigate rival neighborhoods as well as the conflicting attitudes toward them.
Gaston plays Capt. Donahue, who oversees his boys’ club precinct with a take-charge affability, clearly amused and annoyed by the intrusion of four female rookie cops. Mitchel plays Jim Pearce, a police officer, now sidelined due to an injury, and Eileen’s supportive husband. Frezza plays Officer Frank, a rookie cop on the BPD, a charming ex-high school football star who “found a higher calling.”
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Melanie Griffith To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot About Family With Genius Kids
Melanie Griffith is set to co-star in ABC’s untitled Molyneux comedy pilot (formerly The Brainy Bunch), from Imagine TV and 20th TV. The single-camera project, written/executive produced by Wendy & Lizzie Molyneux and directed by Jamie Travis, is inspired by the book by Kip and Mona Lisa Harding. Through a combination of genetics and dynamic home schooling, Kip and Mona Lisa Mitchell find themselves raising extraordinarily intelligent kids. Griffith will play Mona Lisa’s mom Celeste, a former pageant queen who has graciously invited her daughter’s family to live with her in Orange County.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar to Star in NBC's 'People Are Talking'
Mark-Paul Gosselaar is returning to NBC.
The Franklin & Bash star — and Saved by the Bell alum — has booked the leading role in NBC's comedy pilot People Are Talking, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
From Growing Up Fisher's DJ Nash, the multicamera comedy will examine sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about.
Gosselaar will star as Mitch, a neurotic guy who tends to overthink things, which is completely offset by his optimism, humor and likability.
Mitch is a college ethics professor, which may explain why he
goes through life with a heightened attention to justice. Mitch knows he can't change the world, but he's determined to alter his corner of it.
Source: THR
Parminder Nagra Cast In ABC Pilot ‘The Kingmakers’
The Blacklist alumna Parminder Nagra has joined the cast of the ABC drama pilot The Kingmakers. Written and executive produced by Sallie Patrick, Kingmakers, from ABC Studios, centers on Eli, a young man whose sister Julia 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 – in order to investigate her death.
Nagra will play Radha, a beautiful British professor who is framed for supplying Julia with drugs and disposing of her body after her overdose. Radha calls Eli to warn him that Julia was murdered and to give him the information and contacts he needs to assume a new identity. She is fighting not only to save her own skin but to uncover the intricate web of lies and trail of trouble.
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Matthew Lillard To Star In ‘Problem Child’ NBC Pilot
Matthew Lillard is set as the male lead opposite Erinn Hayes in Problem Child, NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot inspired by the 1990 Universal Pictures/Imagine feature that starred John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck as a couple conned into adopting a troubled 7-year-boy who wreaks havoc in their lives and leaves a path of destruction anywhere he goes. The TV adaptation, written by Scot Armstrong, is described as a family show about the cat-and-mouse game between a set of parents and their brilliant but mischievous child. Lillard has been cast as the dad, a role played in the movie by Ritter.
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Joe Spano Cast In Fox’s ‘48 Hours Til Monday’
Joe Spano (NCIS) has booked a regular role 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 (Rob Riggle) desperate struggle not to let every weekend go completely to hell. Spano will play Doug McGill, Louise’s (Jane Curtin) husband. They are living at Kelly (Sarah Chalke) and Charlie’s (Riggle) house until he’s recovered from a back injury and can go back to work
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Daniel Sharman To Star In CBS Pilot ‘LFE’
Teen Wolf star Daniel Sharman has been cast as a lead in the 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 revolving around second-year residents at New York City’s top hospital as they attempt to balance their god complexes with their humanity. Sharman will play Joe, a good-hearted, expertly talented surgical resident.
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Newcomer Elvy Yost Joins The Catch
Newcomer Elvy Yost (Old Boy) has booked a regular role in ABC drama pilot The Catch, from ABC Studios and Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland. Written and executive produced by Jennifer Schuur based on the novel by Kate Atkinson, The Catch centers on Alice (Mireille Enos), who is about to get married to Kieran (Damon Dayoub) and about to get conned. Unbeknownst to her slippery fiancé, our heroine — who investigates fraud for a living — is not all she claims to be. And when Kieran’s expertly planned con collides with her perfectly constructed lies, they plunge into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Yostwill play Maria, who loves her job at Meyer, Morrison and Rose, and despite the fact that her mom keeps sending her job posts for big law firms, is happy exactly where she is.
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Lenny Platt Cast In The Adversaries
Lenny Platt (One Life To Live) has joined the cast of ABC drama pilot The Adversaries, from ABC Studios and writer/executive producer David Zabel and ABC Studios, It centers on the patriarch of a New York legal dynasty, Charles Fisher (O’Quinn), who becomes embroiled in a trial of his own, and his federal prosecutor daughter must decide which side she will fight on. Platt, repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Vanguard Management Group, will play Danny, the smart, energetic, high strung, straight out of Queens attorney and devoted employee. Platt recurred on How To Get Away With Murder.
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‘True Blood’s Rutina Wesley To Star In ‘Broad Squad’
Rutina Wesley, coming off playing Sookie’s best friend Tara on True Blood for seven seasons, has been cast as one of the four leads in ABC’s period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Coky Giedroyc. A fictionalized account of the graduating class of Boston’s first female patrol officers in 1978, the project centers on four newly minted cops — Eileen, Molly (Charlotte Spencer), Lisa (Cody Horn) and Joanne (Wesley) — who arrived at a tumultuous time in the city’s history and have to navigate rival neighborhoods as well as the conflicting attitudes toward them from everyone.
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Supergirl To Square Off Against Iron Man and Star Trek Actor Faran Tahir
Faran Tahir, recognizable to fans of Iron Man and Star Trek, has joined the cast of CBS' in-production Supergirl pilot, ComicBook.com has learned.
Tahir is playing The Commander, an alien military expert leading the forces aligned against Supergirl.
That is, he is an alien who is also a military expert. Start your engines speculating who he might be. While nobody springs immediately to mind, it's hard to imagine that some of the characters from recent storylines like "New Krypton" and "H'El on Earth" won't be getting a good, long look from fans in the coming days and weeks.
In the "New Krypton" storyline, she foiled an assassination attempt made by Commander Gor, a member of the Kryptonian Military Guild in Kandor, against Labor Guild member Tam-Or.
Tahir is a prolific talent, having appeared on The West Wing, JAG and in Elysium, among others. He's a guest star in the pilot, with the possibility to become recurring on Supergirl.
Source: ComicBook.com
Kimberley Crossman Joins ‘Fantasy Life’
Kiwi actress Kimberley Crossman has booked a series regular role in Fox’s multi-camera/hybrid pilot Fantasy Life, written by Tim McAuliffe based on the memoir by one of U.S.’ top fantasy experts, ESPN’s Matthew Berry. When a hard-working guy, Mitch (Kevin Connolly) lands his ultimate dream job hosting a fantasy football show, he’s forced to navigate office politics while becoming the star he never thought he could be. Crossman will play Summer Dale, the daughter of the network president, who’s gotten her the job as host of Mitch’s (Connelly) new Fantasy Football league on Fox.
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Florence Pugh To Star In Fox’s ‘Studio City’
UK native Florence Pugh has been cast as the female lead opposite Eric McCormack in Fox’s family dramedy pilot Studio City, written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Sanaa Hamri. Inspired by Vernoff’s real-life experience growing up as the daughter of a drug dealer to the stars, Studio City is set in present-day Studio City, CA and tells the story of a young singer’s path to stardom, as she comes of age living with her songwriter father Rob (McCormack) — who turns out to be a drug dealer to the stars.
Pugh will play Cat, a rising singer/songwriter whose life has been a celebration of dysfunction – with her mother an unstable alcoholic and her father (McCormack) a drug-dealing musician. She’s a survivor, though, and somehow has managed to keep her sense of humor, her romanticism and her dreams alive, despite it all.
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Martha Plimpton To Star In Dan Savage ABC Pilot ‘Family of the Year’
Raising Hope star Martha Plimpton is back on pilot duty with another role as a mom in a single-camera family comedy. Plimpton is set as a lead in ABC’s Family Of The Year. Written by David Windsor and Casey Johnson loosely based on the life of gay activist and author Dan Savage, Family Of The Year revolves around the O’Neals, a seemingly perfect All-American family. When the youngest son, Kenny (Noah Galvin), comes out of the closet, all the family secrets are revealed and the family proves to be quite typical and not so perfect. Plimpton plays Danny’s mom, Eileen, who appears to be the perfect mom in every way. She’s very proud of her family however, in actuality, her marriage is on the rocks and her life hasn’t been all that easy and fun.
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Christina Vidal To Star In ‘The Curse Of the Fuentes Women’, Daphne Rubin-Vega Also Cast
Christina Vidal is set as a lead in The Curse Of The Fuentes Women, NBC‘s drama pilot from Warner Bros TV. Also cast in the project, written/executive produced by Silvio Horta and directed by Jason Ensler, is Daphne Rubin-Vega (Smash).
Daphne Rubin VegaWhen a magical and mysterious young man (Adan Canto) inexplicably emerges from the ocean, he breathes new passion into the lives of the Fuentes women – the beautiful but lonely Lola (Vidal), her ailing mother Esperanza (Rachel Ticotin) and her troubled daughter Soledad (Katie Sarife). Lola has given up on love and dedicated herself to caring for her daughter Soledad, her mother Esperanza and their floundering family restaurant – until a mysterious stranger enters her life, opening up a world of possibilities. Rubin-Vega, who originated the role of Mimi Marquez in the Broadway musical Rent, plays Remelda, a Santeria priestess who lives with and acts as an adviser to Orquidia, Esperanza’s estranged sister.
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Ben Hollingsworth Joins ‘Code Black’
Ben Hollingsworth (Cult, The Tomorrow People) has booked a regular role in CBS pilot Code Black. The medical drama, written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel, is based on Ryan McGarry’s feature documentary. It is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the medical staff who mentor, teach and terrify them. Hollingsworth will play Mario, an eager, cocky new resident in the ER.
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Charity Wakefield To Star In ‘Endgame'
Charity Wakefield (The Raven) has landed the female lead opposite Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes in NBC drama pilot Endgame, written by John Rogers and directed by Bharat Nalluri for Davis Entertainment and Sony TV. Described as a high-octane thriller set in the high-stakes world of Las Vegas, it centers on Alex (Winchester), a former intelligence officer turned security expert who is drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that forces him to complete a series of heroic challenges in order to save innocent lives. Wakefield will play Cassandra, a rule-breaker who aids Alex in his quest even as she manipulates him for her own secret agenda. A whip-smart tech genius with her own history in the intelligence and counter-terrorist world, she is far more dangerous than she at first appears to be.
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Jack Cutmore-Scott To Play Title Role In Fox Pilot ‘Cooper Barrett’s Guide’
Jack Cutmore-Scott, who starred in the Fox comedy pilot Cabot College last year, has been cast by the network as another comedy pilot lead. The young Broadway actor has landed the title role in single-camera Cooper Barrett’s Guide To Surviving Your 20s, from 20th Century Fox TV and Gail Berman’s the Jackal Group. Written by Jay Lacopo, Cooper Barrett’s Guide celebrates the mistakes and misadventures of post-college life. It centers on 26-year-old Cooper Barrett (Cutmore-Scott), who, during a particularly disastrous experience, decides it’s time somebody let the under-20 crowd know about the unexpected challenges of life after college.
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Peter Gallagher & Olivia Thirlby Join Fox Pilot ‘Detour’ Inspired By Rivers Cuomo
Peter Gallagher and Olivia Thirlby will co-star opposite Ben Aldridge in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Detour, from 20th Century Fox TV.
Inspired by the real-life story of Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo, Detour centers on Michael Sturges (Aldridge), a charming rock star who made the unexpected choice at age 30 to quit his band and go back to college. Gallagher plays the notorious Professor Zaring, while Thirlby plays Gabrielle, his confident teaching assistant. The pilot was written by Psych creator Steve Franks and will be directed by The Wedding Ringer’s Jeremy Garelick. Franks, Cuomo, Dan Field, Chris Henze and Willie Mercer executive produce.
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Real-life Siblings Talitha Bateman & Gabriel Bateman Join Mamma Dallas
Real-life siblings Talitha Bateman and Gabriel Bateman have booked regular roles opposite Augustus Prew in Mamma Dallas, HBO’s comedy pilot by Enlightened creator Mike White. Written, directed and executive produced by White, the half-hour project follows a conservative family in Texas who unwittingly hire a hard-living drag queen, Liberty (Prew), as their live-in nanny. The siblings play the children who are cared for by Liberty.
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Mia Serafino Cast In Suzanne Martin Pilot
Mia Serafino has booked a role 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 (Patrick Warburton) and Martina Gunn (Carrie Preston) when their children and their parents move back home. Serafino will play Stella, a charming, struggling actress.
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Griffin Gluck Joins NBC’s ‘Cuckoo’
Griffin Gluck (Red Band Society, Back In The Game) has been cast opposite Flula Borg in NBC’s comedy pilot Cuckoo, an adaptation of the breakout BBC Three comedy series, which starred Andy Samberg. NBC’s Cuckoo is the story of a middle-class family whose daughter comes back from a summer abroad married to a charming but infuriating eccentric named Cuckoo (Borg), much to her father’s annoyance. Gluck will play Dylan, Ken and Lori’s youngest child that has completely embraced life in his older sister’s shadow though he still holds it against her every chance he gets.
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Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki Join AMC’s ‘The Night Manager’
Olivia Colman (Broadchurch), Tom Hollander (Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest) and Elizabeth Debicki have joined the cast of AMC’s The Night Manager, the television adaptation of John Le Carre’s espionage drama. AMC co-produces with BBC and The Ink Factory on the miniseries that is set to begin filming this spring. Colman, Hollander and Debicki join previously announced Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston. Susanne Bier is directing from a script by David Farr.
The first television adaptation of a le Carré novel in more than 20 years, The Night Manager mini-series will bring together love, loss and revenge in a complex story of modern criminality. It follows former British soldier Jonathan Pine (Hiddleston) who is recruited by an intelligence operative named Burr (Colman) to navigate the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper (Laurie), which includes girlfriend Jed (Debicki) and an associate named Corcoran (Hollander), Pine must himself become a criminal.
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Aly Michalka & Maulik Pancholy Join ABC’s Chevy Chase Pilot
Aly Michalka (Two And A Half Men) and 30 Rock alum Maulik Pancholy are set to co-star opposite Chevy Chase in ABC’s comedy pilot toplined by the Saturday Night Live alum. The project, from Brad Copeland, Kapital Entertainment and ABC Studios, centers on a baby boomer couple (Chase, Beverly D’Angelo) who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren. Michalka plays the couple’s sourpuss daughter Molly; Pancholy is Molly’s medical student boyfriend. Also cast in the pilot is Grace Kaufman (Bad Teacher) as one of the grandchildren.
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Adam Rothenberg To Star In ‘L.A. Crime'
Ripper Street star Adam Rothenberg is set as a lead in ABC’s drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. Also cast fainin the character-driven “true-crime” procedural is Holley Fain (Grey’s Anatomy). Written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, L.A. Crime explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in Los Angeles history. In the first installment, L.A. Crime: The Sunset Strip, two LA cops, Jack Roth (Rothenberg) and Paco Contreras, will be searching for a Bonnie & Clyde-esque serial-killing team amid the coke-infused rock ‘n’ roll, revelry of the 1980s Sunset Strip. Fain plays Roth’s loving and protective wife.
Source: Deadline
Hanna Mangan Lawrence joins CW’s ‘Cordon’
Hanna Mangan Lawrence (Spartacus) has joined the cast of the CW drama pilot Cordon, from Warner Bros TV. Written by The Vampire Diaries and The Originals showrunner Julie Plec based on a Belgian format and directed by David Nutter, Cordon chronicles the aftermath of a deadly epidemic outbreak in Atlanta. Lawrence will play Teresa, a pregnant teenager eager to escape her mother’s judgment by running away with her boyfriend, she just misses her opportunity to leave the quarantine zone.
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Jeanine Mason Joins Fox Pilot ‘Studio City'
Jeanine Mason (Bunheads) has been cast in Fox’s family dramedy pilot Studio City, written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Sanaa Hamri. Inspired by Vernoff’s real-life experience growing up as the daughter of a drug dealer to the stars, Studio City is set in present-day Studio City, CA, and tells the story of a young singer’s path to stardom as she comes of age living with her songwriter father Rob (Eric McCormack) — who turns out to be a drug dealer to the stars. Mason will play Zoe, Stevie’s child from a previous relationship with a Latino lover. A brilliant, code-writing college student in financial trouble, she has moved back home but lives in the garage.
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Meta Golding, Colin Donnell, Monet Mazur Join NBC Pilot ‘Love Is A 4 Letter Word’
Meta Golding (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Monet MazurMonet 3 (Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery) and Colin Donnell (Arrow) have booked lead roles on NBC drama pilot Love Is A Four Letter Word. The project, from playwright-TV writer Diana Son, 20th TV and Fabrik, chronicles the collision of race, sexuality and gender roles when three diverse couples put modern marriage to the test.
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Ray Winstone to Star in ABC Biblical Drama 'Of Kings and Prophets'
The two-time BAFTA nominee (That Summer, Nil by Mouth) has been tapped to star in ABC's biblical drama pilot Of Kings and Prophets, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The drama is describedas an epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king (Winstone), a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.
Winstone is set for King Saul, the first kind of Israel who is suffering from what today would be considered bipolar disorder and PTSD.
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Jon Dore Cast As The Lead In ‘The Half Of It’
Jon Dore has landed the lead in The Half Of It, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot written/executive produced by Mike Gibbons and directed by James Burrows. The project, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Mike (Dore), a newly divorced dad who revels in the fact that he now gets to keep half his stuff, which is more than he ever had when he was married. Mike is dealing with mixed feelings: half of him is the excited, upbeat single guy and the other half is the single dad who is in over his head with single parenting.
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Giovanni Ribisi gets lead in Sneaky Pete
Giovanni Ribisi is set for the title role in CBS’ drama pilot Sneaky Pete, Marin Ireland will co-star in the project, written/executive produced by Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston and House creator David Shore through Sony TV. Also cast in the pilot, directed/exec produced by Seth Gordon, is Libe Barer (Parenthood).
Sneaky Pete centers on Pete/Marius (Ribisi), a thirty-something con man who, upon leaving prison, takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of a cellmate. “Sneaky Pete” then hides out from his debtors while working for his new “family’s” bail bond business. There he uses his considerable charm and criminal prowess to take down bad guys far worse than himself, partnering with the real Pete’s first cousin, Julia (Ireland), a witty single mother of two who is running the family’s bail bond business and who has her suspicions about his real motives.
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Raza Jaffrey To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Code Black’
Coming off playing the charming Colonel Aasar Khan on Season 4 of Homeland, British actor Raza Jaffrey is taking on another heartthrob role, a lead opposite Maggie Grace in CBS pilot Code Black. The medical drama, written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel, is based on Ryan McGarry’s feature documentary. It is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves around four residents who are getting their first taste of ER medicine and the medical staff who mentor, teach and terrify them. Jaffrey plays Neal, an excellent doctor who believes that connecting emotionally with his patients is critical and taking risks with their health is abhorrent.
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Andy Mientus Cast In ‘LFE’
Andy Mientus (Smash) has booked a regular role on 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. Mientus and manager Geoff Soffer, will play Trevor, a second-year surgical resident. His hypervigilance makes him a fast reactor to threatening stimuli, so when a crisis situation comes along, he is able to rise above and save the day— though he will almost have a panic attack while he does it.
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Anika Noni Rose To Topline ‘For Justice’ CBS Civil Rights Pilot
Anika Noni Rose has been tapped for the lead in CBS’ civil rights crime drama drama pilot For Justice, written by Law & Order veteran Rene Balcer and directed by Selma helmer Ava DuVernay.
The project, from CBS Television Studios, James Patterson Entertainment and Tribeca Productions, is based on James Patterson’s debut crime novel, The Thomas Berryman Number. It centers on Special Agent Natalia “Nat” Chappel (Rose), a cool, laser-focused, tough as nails FBI agent who works in the Criminal Section of the Department of Civil Rights Division and finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen.
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ABC's Shondaland Drama 'The Catch' Casts Newcomer Damon Dayoub as Male Lead
Newcomer Damon Dayoub has nabbed the male lead in ABC's Shondaland-produced drama pilot The Catch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Catch is described as a thriller about Alice (The Killing's Mireille Enos), a woman about to get married and about to get conned. Unbeknownst to her slippery fiance, the heroine — who investigates fraud for a living — is not all she claims to be. And when the fiance's expertly planned con collides with her perfectly constructed lies, they plunge into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. The show is based on the novel by Kate Atkinson.
Dayoub will star as Alice's fiancé, Kieran, who conned her with a fake email and identity. He steals a large amount of
money from Alice before taking off to be with his wife, Zoe. The character is described as cunning and deceitful who essentially only cares about himself.
Source: THR
Kris Lemche To Star In ‘Tales From The Darkside’ CW Pilot
Kris Lemche has been cast as the lead in the CW drama pilot Tales From The Darkside, a remake of the 1980s horror/fantasy/thriller anthology series that hails from writer Joe Hill and producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
The anthology series will feature only one regular character, Newman (Lemche). A weathered and tortured young man, Newman is the guide to the unsuspecting who come across The Darkside. Newman – a man with his own desperate, wrenching secrets – knows exactly what’s causing the terrifying Darkside Events that drive the series. What he doesn’t know is how to stop them.
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Lina Esco Hellbent For ‘Lucifer’
Lina Esco (Cane) has booked a role in Fox’s drama pilot Lucifer, from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros TV. Based on the characters from the DC Entertainment’s Vertigo, the show centers on Lucifer (Tom Ellis) who, bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for Los Angeles, where he gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals. Esco will play Lucifer’s best friend Maze, a fierce demon in the form of a beautiful young woman.
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Elliot Knight Joins ‘The Advocate’
Elliot Knight (Syfy’s Sinbad) has been cast in ABC drama pilot The Advocate, from Vendetta Prods and Warner Bros TV. It centers on a type-A businesswoman (Kim Raver) who has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed, and experiences the hazards of our healthcare system. She leaves her career behind to become a relentless advocate for anyone caught in the maze that is modern medicine. Knight will play Brett, the receptionist at the advocacy office, who can sometimes be a bit clueless when it comes to dealing with potential clients.
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Peter Riegert Joins Fox’s Dana Klein Pilot
Peter Riegert is rounding out the cast of Fox’s untitled Dana Klein comedy pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV and Kapital Entertainment. Written/exec produced by Klein and directed by Pam Fryman, it is told from the point of view of Ellen (Jenna Elfman), a working mom who is in constant competition with her perfect, stay-at-home sister-in-law Amy (Liza Lapira). Riegert plays Ira, the two brothers’ impatient, inappropriate and closed-minded Republican father.
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Dana Davis (Franklin & Bash) has landed a series regular role in NBC’s supernatural/spiritual drama pilot Unveiled, from Mark Burnett and Roma Downey. Written by John Sakmar and Kerry Lenhart, Unveiled follows an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crisi