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Cynthia McWilliams Gets Female Lead In ‘Love Is a Four Letter Word’ NBC Pilot, Meta Golding Exits
A second drama pilot this season is making a major casting change with an actress getting promoted to a lead role after the table read in a recasting. Cynthia McWilliams, originally tapped for the series regular role of Tandi in the NBC pilot Love Is a Four Letter Word, will now play the female lead Julie. She replaces previously cast Meta Golding, who is leaving.
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Newcomer Gus Halper Lands The Lead In ABC Pilot ‘The Kingmakers’
Will ABC’s drama pilot The Kingmakers be a star maker? After a lengthy search, the project has cast newcomer Gus Halper as the lead. Written and executive produced by Sallie Patrick, Kingmakers, from ABC Studios, centers on Eli (Halper), 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.
Halper is a heartthrob in the making — the 2014 University of North Carolina School of the Arts graduate played Romeo in his drama school’s production of the Shakespeare classic last spring.
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Greg Grunberg To Star In ABC Judah Miller Family Comedy Pilot
Greg Grunberg is set as the male lead opposite Megan Hilty 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 (Grunberg) 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. Grunberg’s Gary is a geriatric doctor and is a cautious and practical father and husband.
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Ben Feldman To Topline NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Superstore’
Mad Men alum Ben Feldman will lead the cast of NBC comedy pilot Superstore. Superstore is about a group of employees at a big-box store and examines love, friendship and the beauty of everyday moments. It centers on Jonah (Feldman), a boyish college grad who’s never had a job before and wants a taste of the real world. His unwittingly elitist behavior initially alienates him from his floor manager and co-workers at a big-box store but his charisma, zest for life, and eternal optimism is contagious and endears him to his fellow staffers.
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Justin Hires Cast As Carter In ‘Rush Hour’ CBS Pilot
CBS and Warner Bros. TV are going with unknown actors for both leads in the Rush Hour series remake, which probably makes sense given how closely associated the roles are with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, who played them in the movie franchise. Little known actor-comedian Justin Hires (21 Jump Street, Key & Peele) beat out several bigger names to play Carter opposite Jon Foo’s Lee in CBS’ hourlong action pilot Rush Hour.
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Morgan Krantz Joins 'The Half Of It'
Morgan Krantz (Switched At Birth) has booked a series regular role on The Half Of It, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot written/executive produced by Mike Gibbons and directed by James Burrows.
Krantz, will play Trevor, Mike’s (Dore) Bohemian hipster neighbor.
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Chaz Lamar Shepherd Joins 'Fantasy Life'
Chaz Lamar Shepherd (7th Heaven) is set as aChaz Lamar Shepherd series regular opposite Kevin Connolly and Vanessa Williams on Fox’s multi-camera/hybrid pilot Fantasy Life.
Shepherd, will play MC2, a pro football player and one of the analysts for Mitch’s Fox Fantasy Football show.
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Marin Hinkle Joins 'The King of 7B'
Marin Hinkle (Two And A Half Men) has landed a series regular role in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot The King Of 7B. Hinckle will play Charlotte, Prentiss’s sister, formerly a stylish deb, now a Peta zealot who eschews beauty products and wears only “natural fabrics”.
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Chris Johnson, Megan Dodds & Matthew LeNevez Join 'Runner'
UPDATES: Chris Johnson (The Vampire Diaries) and Megan Dodds (The Contract) have booked series regular roles opposite Adam Rodriguez and Paula Patton in ABC’s drama pilot Runner.
Johnson, will play Josh, a handsome and artistic architect and Lauren’s business partner. Dodds, plays Emily, Simon’s wife. Also cast is Matthew LeNevez, who plays Adam, a pediatric surgeon.
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Marcia Gay Harden Takes Over The Lead In ‘Code Black’, Bonnie Somerville Cast
EXCLUSIVE: There is a major casting change on the CBS medical drama pilot Code Black. Marcia Gay Harden, originally cast in the co-starring role of Christa, will now play the lead, Leanne. Bonnie Somerville has been tapped to replace Harden as Christa.
The lead in Code Black became vacant after the table read earlier this week when 31-year-old Maggie Grace, originally cast in the role, was released. As part of the recasting process, the pilot’s producers and casting directors looked at other actresses in Leanne’s suggested age range (35). While that was going on, they also started thinking of Harden in the role. It is not a conventional choice as Harden is 24 years older than Grace. But I hear that the executives felt the Oscar winner had the gravitas they felt the role needed. Leanne is described as the residency director in the ER, who is a force of nature and a force to be reckoned with. A decision was made to age up the Leanne character and age down Christa, with Somerville tapped to play the tweaked character. Christa, a former soccer mom whose son died of cancer, is a newly minted, talented and dedicated doctor whose experience handling her son’s disease, coupled with her intuition and life experience, makes her see things that often escape her younger fellow residents.
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Rachel Boston joins CBS’ ‘For Justice’
Witches Of East End alum Rachel Boston is set as a series regular in CBS’ civil rights crime drama pilot For Justice. Boston, will play Lisa, everyone’s favorite kid sister and another DOJ lawyer with Nat’s team.
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Jamie Kennedy Joins NBC Pilot ‘Heart Matters'
Jamie Kennedy (The Cleveland Show) has landed a lead role in NBC’s drama pilot Heart Matters. Kennedy, plays Dr. Callahan, a great surgeon despite his obnoxious manner.
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HBO Pilot ‘The Devil You Know': Ever Carradine & Damien Molony, Karen Gillan and More Among Additions
HBO drama pilot The Devil You Know (working title), co-written by Orange Is The New Black creator Jenji Kohan, Bruce Miller and Tracy Miller, is building out its cast. Joining previously announced Eddie Izzard, Nadia Alexander and Ismenia Mendes in series regular roles are Ever Carradine, Damien Molony, Julian Rhind Tutt, Matthew James Thomas, Nigel Lindsay, Ewen Bremner, Karen Gillan, Hannah Nordberg, Naian Gonzalez Norvind and Zawe Ashton. Tapped as recurring are Will Pullen, Kate Nash. and Seana Kofoed.
Carradine will play Ann Putnam Sr., Thomas’ (Izzard) wife who is sickly but strong among her peers. Molony is Robert Putnam, Thomas’ (Izzard) eldest son. Tutt plays Minister Samuel Parris, a hard-line Puritan, who isn’t very popular, until the accusations start. Thomas is Henry Paine, a newcomer from England. Lindsay plays Dr. Griggs, a man of science and reason. Bremner is Israel Porter, patriarch of the powerful Porter clan. Gillan plays Jane Porter, youngest daughter of Israel Porter. Nordberg is Betty Parris, Samuel Parris’ daughter. Norvind, is Samuel Parris’ niece. Ashton, is the Parris’ slave brought from Barbados. She truly loves Betty, whom she’s cared for since birth. Pullen recurs as Moses Cooper, Nash as Bridget Bishop.
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Majandra Delfino To Star In ABC Molyneux Comedy Pilot
Majandra Delfino is set as the female lead opposite James Roday in ABC’s untitled Molyneux comedy pilot (aka The Brainy Bunch).
Through a combination of genetics and dynamic home schooling, Kip (Roday) — a former Special Forces Operations Sergeant — and MonaLisa Mitchell (Delfino) — a teacher with PH.D. in literature who believes that everyone on Earth is born with a special gift — find themselves raising seven brilliant kids.
Zoe Colletti, Spencer Tomich and Harrison Holzer have been cast as three of the kids. Griffith plays MonaLisa’s mother who takes them into her Orange County home.
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D.B. Woodside, Rachael Harris Join Fox Drama Pilot ‘Lucifer’
24 star D.B. Woodside and Rachael Harris (The Hangover) have landed series regular roles in Fox’s comic book drama pilot Lucifer.
Woodside, repped by DBA and MJ Management, will play Amenadiel, an angel sent to L.A. to persuade Lucifer to return to hell. Harris is Linda, a therapist Lucifer initially encounters when working with Chloe to solve a case; Lucifer then seeks Linda’s professional advice.
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Alano Miller has landed a lead role in WGN America’s straight-to-series drama 'Underground'
Miller will play Cato, a striking, cunning, and oddly charismatic slave on the plantation, who’s despised and feared by the other slaves.
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Alex Meneses In NBC’s ‘Telenovela’
Alex Meneses (Selena) has booked the final series regular role opposite Eva Longoria in NBC’s 13-episode single-camera comedy series Telenovela starring and executive produced by Eva Longoria.
Menese will play Isabella, an aging but beautiful Latina actress trying to pass for 28 years old. She’s bitter about getting older and blames Ana (Longoria) for the fact that she is no longer a leading lady. Isabella will do whatever it takes to claw her way back into the spotlight.
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Kelly Jenrette Joins 'Grandpa'
Kelly Jenrette (Frisky Dingo) has booked a series regular role opposite John Stamos in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Grandpa, from ABC Studios and 20th TV. Grandpa centers on Jimmy (Stamos), a charismatic longtime bachelor whose life is upended when he discovers he’s a father — and a grandfather. Jenrette, will play Annalise, the assistant manager at Jimmy’s restaurant.
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Samantha Logan & Jordan Calloway Join 'Studio City'
Samantha Logan (The Fosters), Jordan Calloway (Drumline: A New Beat) and Timothy Granaderos have joined the cast of Fox’s family dramedy pilot Studio City.
Logan, will play Emma, Rob’s (McCormack) daughter and Cat’s (Pugh) half-sister. Calloway will play Griffin, a local skateboarder who connects with Cat upon her arrival, Granaderos is Mateo, the teenaged son of Stevie (Heather Graham), and an accomplished graffiti artist who is not afraid to go to juvie for his art.
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Nicholas Gonzalez Joins ‘Lucifer'
Nicholas Gonzalez (Sleepy Hollow) has landed a series regular role in Fox’s comic book drama pilot Lucifer.
Gonzalez, will play Dan, a gruff LAPD homicide detective, who is wary of Lucifer’s (Ellis) involvement with his wife and daughter.
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Deadline
James Roday To Star In ABC Molyneux Comedy Pilot
UPDATED: Psych star James Roday is set as the male lead opposite Melanie Griffith in ABC’s untitled Molyneux comedy pilot (aka The Brainy Bunch), from Imagine TV and 20th TV.
The single-camera Molyneux 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 (Roday) and Mona Lisa Mitchell find themselves raising extraordinarily intelligent kids. Kip is a former Special Forces Operations sergeant, now a stay-at-home father to his seven brilliant children. Griffith plays Kip’s mother-in-law who takes them into her Orange County home. Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo executive produce.
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Kieran Bew Cast As Lead In ITV’s ‘Beowulf’
Kieran Bew (Da Vinci’s Demons) has been cast to play the lead role of Beowulf in ITV’s epic re-imagining of the iconic Old English poem following the exploits of the titular warrior as he battles a fearsome monster during Britain’s Dark Ages.
Kieran will star alongside William Hurt (Humans), and Joanne Whalley (Wolf Hall). Created by James Dormer (Strike Back), Tim Haines (Primeval) and Katie Newman (Primeval), the action-packed 13 part series is produced by ITV Studios and set in the mythical Shieldlands, a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures. Dormer will write and exec produce.
Ed Speleers (Downton Abbey) and David Ajala (Black Box) have also been cast along with Ian Puleston- Davies (Coronation Street), Ellora Torchia (Indian Summers), Gisli Orn Gardarsson (Spooks and Spirits) Susan Aderin (The Last Detective), Kirsty Oswald (Ripper Street), Laura Donnelly (Outlander), Edward Hogg (Indian Summers), Alex Price (Father Brown), Jack Rowan (Silent Witness) and Itoya Osagiede (Okora: The Prelude).
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Kristen Hager & Christine Evangelista To Star In ABC Pilot ‘The Adversaries’
Being Human alumna Kristen Hager has landed the female lead opposite Terry O’Quinn in ABC drama pilot The Adversaries. Also cast in the project, from writer/executive producer David Zabel and ABC Studios, is Christine Evangelista (Chicago Fire).
Adversaries 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 Jess (Hager) must decide which side she will fight on. Evangelista plays Jess’ younger sister Emma who works at her dad’s law firm as a paralegal. Christine Lahti co-stars as Jess and Emma’ mom and Charles’ estranged wife.
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Jennifer Carpenter To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘Limitless’
Dexter alumna Jennifer Carpenter is set as the female lead opposite Jake McDorman in CBS’ drama pilot Limitless, based on the 2011 feature starring Bradley Cooper.
Carpenter plays Rebecca, ’ a dynamic investigator who has risen quickly within the FBI, but hasn’t come to terms yet with her background that initially drove her into a career in law enforcement.
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Rarmian Newton Joins Untitled ABC/Jenna Bans Pilot
Australian actor Rarmian Newton (Dance Academy) has signed on for a series regular role in the untitled ABC/ABC Studios drama pilot written by Jenna Bans and directed by Paul McGuigan. Newton, will play young Danny Warren the wise-ass, abrasive athlete Zach Gilford’s character was 12 years ago.
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Amir Talai Joins ""The King of 7B'
Amir Talai (Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay) has booked a series regular role in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot The King Of 7B. The ensemble project focuses on Prentiss Porter (Craig Ferguson), an agoraphobic recluse who ventures outside for the first time in 11 years when he spies what could be his soulmate moving into the building across the street. Talai will play Darren, the deluded millennial owner of the bodega in the building where Porter lives.
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Jonathan Slavin and Krista Marie Yu Join 'Dr. Ken'
Jonathan Slavin (Better Off Ted) and Krista Marie Yu (The Thundermans) have been cast opposite Ken Jeong in the ABC comedy pilot Dr. Ken from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Dr. Ken stars Jeong as a frustrated HMO doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting — and succeeding at none of them. Slavin, is Hector, a dim-witted but big-hearted nurse who is loyal to his boss and friend, Ken. Yu will play Molly, Ken’s daughter who is trying to rebel.
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Amber Valletta Joins ABC Drama Pilot ‘Boom'
Revenge and Legends alumna Amber Valletta is set to co-star opposite Chace Crawford and Don Johnson in ABC drama pilot Boom. Actress-model Valletta, plays oil tycoon Hap’s (Johnson’s) glamorous, brilliant young new wife, an ex-Goldman Sachs oil-desk type with a masters from Wharton who also is his sharp-as-ice business partner.
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Nichole Bloom Joins 'Superstore'
Nichole Bloom (Shameless) has booked a regular role in NBC comedy pilot Superstore. Superstore is about a group of employees at a big-box store and examines love, friendship and the beauty of everyday moments. Bloom, will play Cheyenne, a very pregnant teenage employee who’s sweet, unsophisticated, and naive — as evidenced by the fact that she allows customers to purchase laptop computers for the mismarked price of 25 cents.
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Andy Ridings Joins 'Take It From Us'
Andy Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) is set as a regular in the NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us. Described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, Take It From Us is about a couple, Alyson and Lucas, who tells their son the lessons they learned growing up in the ’90s in hopes he and his fiancée can avoid making the same mistakes. Ridings, will play Spencer, a cocky, self-proclaimed genius who is really not that bright.
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Maya Erskine Joins 'Heart Matters'
Maya Erskine (Man Seeking Woman) has joined the cast of NBC’s drama pilot Heart Matters.
Erskine will play Gi Sung, a nurse with a dry wit who works closely with Dr. Panttiere (George) and is probably the only female staff member who gets along with her.
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Ed Westwick Joins ‘L.A. Crime'
Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick has landed one of the male leads in ABC’s drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville.
Westwick will play Kent, a twisted serial killer who preys on young women who have come to L.A. to become famous.
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Deadline
Morgan Spector Joins ABC Pilot ‘Broad Squad
Five days after NBC pulled Allegiance, the series’ co-star Morgan Spector has landed a new series regular gig: a male lead role in ABC’s period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad.
Spector plays Tommy Anthony, a scruffy, sideburned, loose cannon of a cop who sidles up to Lisa at a bar, unprepared for her outpouring of vitriol. He’s later assigned as Lisa’s training officer, and they navigate a complex relationship, both of them strong-willed and unaccepting of each other.
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Riley Smith Cast In ‘Studio City’
True Blood alum Riley Smith has been cast opposite Eric McCormick and Florence Pugh in Fox’s family dramedy pilot Studio City.
Studio City is set in present-day Studio City, CA and tells the story of a young singer’s (Pugh) 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. Smith plays Jax, a hip, sexy, charismatic rocker dude musician and Rob’s songwriting partner.
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Paget Brewster To Co-Star In John Stamos Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Grandpa’
Brewster plays Jimmy’s old girlfriend Sara, a former rocker chick who became pregnant with his child 26 years ago, but has raised their child, Gerald, single-handedly. She never made Jimmy aware of his son’s existence — but now, Gerald wants a strong father figure to teach him how to navigate the rocky shoals of romance, so Sara is forced to disrupt Jimmy’s long bachelorhood at long last. She’s seemingly contemptuous of his bachelor persona — but underneath, their old attraction may still be simmering on the back.
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Caitlin Carver & Yani Gellman Join ABC Pilot ‘Boom’
Caitlin Carver (The Fosters) and Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars) have booked series regular roles opposite Chace Crawford, Don Johnson and Delroy Lindo in the ABC drama pilot Boom.
Carver will play Lacey Boyd, the younger daughter of Hap (Johnson). Gellman will play A.J. Menendez, Hap’s personal driver who leads a triple life: He’s not only Lacey’s clandestine lover, he’s a spy for the reigning family of Saudi Arabia as a member of its royal family. And Lacey’s pillow talk gets passed along to the Middle East as soon as she falls asleep.
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Jake McDorman To Topline CBS Pilot ‘Limitless’
EXCLUSIVE: Jake McDorman is set as the lead in CBS’ drama pilot Limitless, based on the feature starring Bradley Cooper.
The pilot, executive produced by Cooper, follows Brian Sinclair (McDorman) as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
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Deadline
Teddy Sears To Star In CBS Pilot ‘Doubt’
Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex, American Horror Story) is set as the male lead opposite KaDee Strickland in Doubt.
The project centers on Sadie (Srickland), a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets involved romantically with one of her clients, Billy (Sears) who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime. Billy is a decent, altruistic pediatric surgeon recently accused of murdering a 15-year-old girl many years ago, who is having a secret love affair with Sadie.
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Kyle Bornheimer, Kevin Pollak to Co-Star in CBS' 'Angel From Hell'
The network has tapped Kyle Bornheimer and Mom grad Kevin Pollak to co-star in the pilot starring Glee's Jane Lynch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Bornheimer, will play Brad, Allison's younger brother who lives rent-free over her garage, and has a life-long crush on her best friend Jill.
Pollak, is set as Marv, Allison's father and a veteran dermatologist who has made Allison his junior partner.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Melissa Leo Joins CBS Pilot ‘LFE’
Oscar and Emmy-winning actress Melissa Leo (The Fighter, Treme) has joined the cast of CBS medical drama pilot LFE.
Leo will play Julie, an attending physician in the surgical wing and a den mother to the second year residents. While her attempts to be a part of her own family clan are never fully successful, the young residents, at least, need her guidance in their lives and give her the relationship she wishes she had with her own children.
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Deadline
Gabriel Luna To Star In ABC’s ‘LA Crime’
Matador star Gabriel Luna is set as the co-lead opposite Adam Rothenberg in ABC’s drama pilot L.A. Crime.
In the first installment, L.A. Crime: The Sunset Strip, two LA cops, Jack Roth (Rothenberg) and Paco Contreras (Luna), will be searching for a Bonnie & Clyde-esque serial-killing team amid the coke-infused rock ‘n’ roll, revelry of the 1980s Sunset Strip. Paco is Jack’s newly transferred partner who struggles to fit in with the unit, since he was responsible for the demise of Jack’s old partner.
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Deadline
Anne Winters Lands Regular Role on 'L.A. Crime'
Anne Winters (Tyrant) has landed a regular role opposite Adam Rothenberg and Holley Fain in ABC’s drama pilot L.A. Crime: The Sunset Strip. Winters will play Vicki Roth, Jack (Rothenberg) and Trish’s (Holley Fain) daughter.
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Deadline
Enuka Okuma Joins as a Lead in 'The Adversaries'
Enuka Okuma (Rookie Blue) is set as a lead opposite Terry O’Quinn and Christine Lahti in the ABC drama pilot The Adversaries. From ABC Studios and writer/executive producer David Zabel, 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 who must decide which side she will fight on. Okuma plays an attorney at Fisher’s firm.
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Dilshad Vadsaria Joins ‘Frankenstein'
Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge) has been cast in a lead role in the Fox pilot Frankenstein. Vadsaria will play Mary Goodwin, the beautiful, brilliant young woman, who with her brother Otto, have built a Cyber empire.
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Deadline
Chace Crawford To Topline ABC Pilot ‘Boom’
EXCLUSIVE: Gossip Girl heartthrob Chace Crawford is returning to television as the lead in ABC drama pilot Boom.
The show tracks the epic pilgrimage of a young, ambitious couple, Billy (Crawford) and Kelly, to the oil fields of the Bakken seeking their fortune and a better life. Handsome and ambitious, with moxie and savvy to burn, Billy is a born hustler who trusts to his luck and his quick wits. After a road accident leaves him and Kelly stranded on foot, broke and heavily in debt, he gets wind of a big deal, and moves fast to secure an impregnable position for himself — but in so doing, he’s betting his life.
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Deidrie Henry Lands Supporting Role in 'Game Of Silence'
Game Of Silence centers on Jackson (Lyons), a rising attorney on the brink of success who could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long-lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Henry will play Det. Liz Winters, a police detective in the Gangs Squad Henry.
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Deadline
Shawn Hatosy To Co-Star In CBS Pilot ‘For Justice'
Southland star Shawn Hatosy has booked a lead role opposite Anika Noni Rose in CBS’ civil rights crime drama pilot For Justice.
Hatosy will play Jess, a lawyer with the Department of Justice, a Boston jock who wears his heart on his sleeve.
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Deadline
Christina Milian Joins John Stamos Fox Pilot ‘Grandpa’
Singer-actress Christina Milian is set as a lead opposite John Stamos and Josh Peck in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Grandpa, from ABC Studios and 20th TV.
Peck plays Gerald, the son Jimmy didn't know he had – a sweet unemployed techie who is himself the proud and surprisingly capable father of a two-year-old daughter, the product of a one-night stand with the sexy Vanessa (Milian), described as a hip, hot mess. Just when she seems to be warming up to Gerald at least, she meets Jimmy — and is instantly attracted to this older, cooler man, a complication that doesn't bode well for Gerald.
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Rose Rollins will co-star in 'The Catch.'
The L Word alum Rose Rollins is heading to Shondaland. The actress has booked a supporting role in ABC drama pilot The Catch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Rollins will play Andie Derringer, Evan's (Alimi Ballard) wife who is confused when she finds out that Alice didn't know her fiancé Kieran (Damon Dayoub) was lying to her the entire time.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Sharon Lawrence Cast In ABC’s ‘Mix’
Sharon Lawrence has joined ABC’s pilot Mix, from Warner BrosTV and Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s Le Train Train. Lawrence plays Stella, the ex-wife of Ray (Joaquim de Almeida), who owns her own successful restaurant, Mix Plus, which is right next door to Mix, but can’t refuse helping her charming ex-husband get his restaurant back in the black — and their family stable.
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Deadline
Echo Kellum Joins CW Pilot ‘Dead People'
Ben And Kate alum Echo Kellum is set to co-star in Dead People, the CW drama pilot from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Warner Bros. TV.
Dead People centers on Floyd (Andrew J. West), down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic but roguishly charming cab driver. After a near-death experience, Floyd suddenly has the ability to interact with ghosts, including his late ex-wife (Alexandra Chando), who he has never gotten over. Kellum plays Floyd’s best friend Doug, a successful attorney who lives with his wife and two children, worries about Floyd and wants to help him in any way he can.
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Tim DeKay To Co-Star In ‘Frankenstein’ & Philip Baker Hall to Recur
While Collar star Tim DeKay is back playing an FBI agent with an unconventional partner. DeKay is set as a co-lead opposite Rob Kazinsky in the Fox pilot Frankenstein, from Rand Ravich, Howard Gordon and 20th TV.
Also cast in the project in a recurring role is veteran character actor Philip Baker Hall who plays the older version of Kazinsky’s central character. Taking inspiration from the basic Mary Shelley mythology of a man brought back to life by scientists playing god, Frankenstein centers on Ray Pritchard (Hall), a morally corrupt retired cop who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Privy to information only a dead man could possess, this former Marine and L.A. County Sheriff (Kazinsky) teams with his son, FBI Agent Duval Pritchard (DeKay), to take down the bad guys. However, though his body is new, his thoughts and desires are of a 75 year old bad ass curmudgeon.
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Bret Harrison Joins Fox Comedy Pilot ‘The Perfect Stanleys’ In Recasting
Reaper star Bret Harrison has joined the cast of Fox comedy pilot The Perfect Stanleys (formerly untitled Dana Klein), from 20th Century Fox TV and Kapital Entertainment. In a recasting, Harrison will play Jack Stanley, taking over for Brian Austin Green who originally was cast in the role but had to pull out for medical reasons.
Written/exec produced by Klein and directed by Pam Fryman, The Perfect Stanleys 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). Amy’s husband Jack Stanley is described as an undisciplined, laid back, rule breaker who pretty much does whatever he wants and doesn’t worry about the consequences (except when it comes to his wife, Amy, who terrifies him).
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Christine Taylor Joins NBC’s ‘Sharing'
Christine Taylor (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story) has landed a regular role in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot Sharing, from Universal TV and Jimmy Fallon’s Eight Million Plus. It is a workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space. Taylor will play Polly, who co-owns Open Spaces with her husband Mike (Jerry Minor). She’s effervescent, type-A and no nonsense and wishes her husband would stand up for himself and to the people in the office.
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Deadline
10th March
[More Info] Claire van der Boom Joins "Game of Silence"
Claire van der Boom Joins ""Game of Silence""
Claire van der Boom (Love Is Now) has booked a regular role on NBC’s drama pilot Game Of Silence. Based on a Turkish format and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, Game Of Silence centers on Jackson (Lyons), a rising attorney on the brink of success who could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long-lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Van Der Boom will play Marina, the beautiful, intelligent partner of her law firm who is also engaged to Jackson (David Lyons).
Source: Deadline
[More Info] Shane Mcrae Joins 'Sneaky Pete'
Shane Mcrae Joins 'Sneaky Pete'
Shane Mcrae (Still Alice) has been cast as a series regular on CBS’ drama pilot Sneaky Pete, which is written and executive produced by House creator David Shore and Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston.It centers on Pete/Marius (Giovanni 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. Mcrae, repped by Gersh and TMT Entertainment, will play Taylor, a small-town cop thrilled to be reunited with his long-absent cousin Pete.
Source: Deadline
[More Info] Rizwan Manji Joins NBC’s Untitled Aseem Batra Pilot
Rizwan Manji Joins NBC’s Untitled Aseem Batra Pilot
Rizwan Manji (Backstrom) has booked a regular role opposite Michael Cassidy in NBC’s untitled Aseem Batra pilot. The politically incorrect office comedy centers on best friends Dale (Cassidy) and Georgie (Christine Woods)whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the “perfect” woman. Manji, repped by DBA and Multi-Ethnic Talent and Promotion, will play Dale’s (Cassidy) workplace confidant and right-hand man.
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[More Info] Jerry Minor Joins NBC Comedy 'Sharing'
Jerry Minor Joins NBC Comedy 'Sharing'
It is a workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space. Minor, repped by Principato Young Entertainment and UTA, plays Mike, who co-owns Open Spaces alongside his wife Polly, which is the name of the shared “co-working” office space of several budding companies and the various employees who work there.
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[More Info] Oliver Rix & Simone Kessell To Topline ABC Pilot ‘Of Kings And Prophets’
Oliver Rix & Simone Kessell To Topline ABC Pilot ‘Of Kings And Prophets’
Oliver Rix (The Duel At Blood Creek) and Simone Kessell (Terra Nova) have been cast as male and female leads in ABC’s drama pilot Of Kings And Prophets. The project from ABC Studios is described as an epic biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king (Ray Winstone), a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.
Rix, repped by Link and the Artist Partnership in the UK, will play David, the second king of Israel. Kessell, repped by Roar and Julia Buchwald, is Anohim, the queen of Israel, wife of Saul (Winstone) and a top adviser to the throne.
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[More Info] Ashley Johnson Joins ‘Blindspot’
Ashley Johnson Joins ‘Blindspot’
Ashley Johnson has booked a regular role on NBC’s drama pilot Blindspot. Written by Martin Gero and directed by Mark Pellington, it chronicles what happens when a beautiful woman, Jane Doe (Alexander), is found in the middle of Times Square in New York City with her memory wiped and no clue as to what the extensive tattoos on her body mean. Johnson, repped by Innovative Artists and Anonymous Content, will play Patterson Leung, the resident tech expert on Mayfair’s (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) team.
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[More Info] Rachel DiPillo To Star In NBC Pilot ‘Cuckoo'
Rachel DiPillo To Star In NBC Pilot ‘Cuckoo'
Jane The Virgin‘s Rachel DiPillo has landed the female lead 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. DiPillo, repped by Paradigm and Treadwell Entertainment, will play Rachel, a recent college grad who just spent a semester in Thailand where she met and married Cuckoo. She has a big heart, which has led to her acceptance of all of Cuckoo’s quirks.
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[More Info] George Young, Trevor St. John Join CW’s ‘Cordon'
George Young, Trevor St. John Join CW’s ‘Cordon'
George Young (Casualty) and Trevor St. John (One Life To Live) have booked regular roles in CW drama pilot Cordon, which chronicles the aftermath of a deadly epidemic outbreak in Atlanta. APA-repped Young will play Dr. Victor Cannerts, Director of the CDC who gets quarantined in the city hospital within the Cordon, and cut off from his resources. St. John will play Leo, a once celebrated personality in the world of journalism. When he starts to receive intel from a mysterious anonymous source about the particulars of the epidemic and the government’s response, Leo must brush the dust off his investigative instincts in order to uncover the machinations he believes lie at the heart of the outbreak.
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8th March
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7th March
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[More Info] Charity Wakefield To Star In ‘Endgame’
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[More Info] Adam Rothenberg To Star In ‘L.A. Crime'
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[More Info] Andy Mientus Cast In ‘LFE’
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