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Charity Case - Kyle Bornheimer Joins FOX's Comedy Pilot
Kyle Bornheimer has booked his follow-up to CBS' Angel From Hell. The actor has been tapped to play the stepson of Friends alum Courteney Cox in Fox's comedy pilot Charity Case, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The single-camera comedy revolves around Hailey (Cox), who after she inherits her late billionaire husband's charity, quickly finds that changing the world is far less glamorous than she had imagined.
Bornheimer is set as Adam, Hailey's stepson who is now chairman of the board of the Waller Foundation since his father's passing. Described as self-important, Adam has nothing but disdain for Hailey, whom he refers to as ""Philanthropist Barbie.""
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The Hollywood Reporter
Hail Mary - Casey Wilson to Star
Casey Wilson is heading back to ABC. She'll play the small-town mayor in the comedy from Brian Gallivan and Sony Pictures TV.
The comedy centers on a young small-town mayor named Mary Wolf who has dysfunctional siblings, a dying father, disgruntled citizens, a nearly bankrupt town and the mafia breathing down her neck. Only a miracle can help her — so she fakes one. Based on the Austrian Broadcasting Corp. series Braunschlag, created by David Schalko.
Wilson will star as Mary, who is additionally described as less of a rule-follower and more of a rule breaker, she's got the charisma of a young Bill Clinton.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Time - Matt Lanter Cast as the Male Lead
Matt Lanter has been cast as the male lead in Time, NBC’s action adventure drama pilot from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke and The Shield creator Shawn Ryan.
The project, from Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment, is described as “Back To The Future meets Mission: Impossible.” It is a high-octane drama following an unlikely trio who travel through time to battle a master criminal intent on altering the fabric of human history with potentially catastrophic results.
Lanter and Abigail Spencer, who was cast as the female lead, with play two of the time-travelers at the center of the show.
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Deadline
Bunker Hill - Ward Horton Joins Cast
Ward Horton (Annabelle) has joined the cast of Bunker Hill, CBS’ medical drama pilot written by Jason Katims and directed by David Semel. The project follows James Bell (Augustus Prew), a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney), a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, “new school” approach to medicine. Wallace is described as a brilliant surgeon committed to saving lives who might care a little too much about his patients.
Horton will play Dr. Scott Strauss, an intense neurologist with an Ivy league pedigree and the son of a world class physician.
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Deadline
The Trail - Krysta Rodriguez Joins Cast
Krysta Rodriguez (Smash, Chasing Life) has been cast opposite John Lithgow in The Trail, NBC’s documentary-style procedural comedy from comedy veteran Jeff Astrof, Forever creator Matt Miller and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Astrof and Miller and to be directed by Jeffrey Blitz, The Trail, whose title is a scrambled version of Trial, follows Josh Simon (Nick D’Agosto), a young big-city lawyer and his oddball defense team during a high-profile murder trial in a small southern town. Sent from his big New York law firm to small town South Carolina to prep a rag-tag team in defending a poetry professor Larry Henderson (Lithgow) accused of murdering his wife, Josh Simon tries to keep his optimism while feeling a bit out of his element — both professionally and as the first “Northeasterner” many of the townspeople have seen.
Rodriguez will play Summer Henderson, Larry’s (Lithgow) free-spirited adopted daughter, who comes back to town to help her father.
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Deadline
The Kicker - Joanna Garcia Swisher Cast in CBS' Comedy Pilot
Joanna Garcia Swisher is set to co-star opposite Geoff Stults and David Spade in The Kicker, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from the 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt trio of Tina Fey, Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock.
Written by Burditt, The Kicker centers on Daryl Thorkelsonan (Stults), an oddball athlete who drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his professional football team.
Swisher will play Bambi, Daryl’s (Stults) intelligent and patient wife and a physical therapist to pro athletes. Spade plays Russ Thorkelson, Daryl’s (Stults) brother and sports agent.
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Deadline
Untitled Dan O'Shannon Comedy - Brooke Elliott to Co-Star
Drop Dead Diva star Brooke Elliott is returning to the small screen. The actress has been tapped to co-star in CBS' adaptation of family comedy Upper Middle Bogen, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Starring Katey Sagal, the comedy is an extended family show inspired by the Australian format about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers.
Elliott will portray Amber, one of the three (legitimate) children of Wayne (John Carroll Lynch) and Julie (Sagal). She's the tough-minded, responsible, business-like, level-headed one in the family — and she lets everyone know it.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Drew - Steve Kazee Cast as the Male Lead
Steve Kazee has been cast as the male lead opposite Sarah Shahi in Drew, CBS’ drama pilot based on the Nancy Drew character from the classic mystery book series.
Kazee will play Ned, an investigative reporter for the New York Times and Nancy’s former boyfriend.
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Deadline
The Mick - Sofia Black D’Elia Cast in FOX Comedy Pilot
Sofia Black D’Elia (Project Almanac) has joined the cast of Fox comedy pilot The Mick (working title), from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia co-executive producers John Chernin and Dave Chernin. Written by the Chernins, the project has a fish-out-of-water theme. It centers on a hard-living, foul mouthed woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know — other people’s children are awful.
D’Elia will play Sabrina, the oldest of the three kids that Mickey has to care for.
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Deadline
The Exorcist - Hannah Kasulka Joins Cast
Hannah Kasulka has been cast opposite Brianne Howey in Fox drama pilot The Exorcist, a modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book. Written by Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist is described as a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil. Rupert Wyatt is set to direct.
Howey will play Casey Rance, the wall-flower of the family. Casey is worried about her sister Charlotte (Howley), who has been holed up in her room ever since her serious accident. Kasulka recently wrapped a role opposite Charlie Day and Ice Cube in New Line’s Fist Fight and recurred in The Fosters.
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Deadline
Pitch - Dan Lauria to Co-Star
Veteran Dan Lauria is set to co-star opposite Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Pitch, Fox‘s drama pilot written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer and directed by Paris Barclay.
The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, follows Ginny (Bunbury), a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Lauria will play Al Sciutto, the baseball team’s grizzled but steady manager.
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Deadline
Conviction - Merrin Dungey Joins Cast
“Alias” alum Merrin Dungey has joined the cast of ABC drama pilot “Conviction,” Variety has learned.
The pilot centers around a young attorney (Hayley Atwell), the brilliant but ne’er-do-well daughter of a former President, who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles’ newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. She, along with her team of lawyers, investigators and forensic experts, work together to examine cases where there’s credible suspicion that the wrong person may have been convicted of a crime.
Dungey will play Maxine, the lead investigator for the Conviction Integrity Unit. Maxine is a former NYPD detective from a cop family who is described as being tough and no-nonsense. She’ll find her previously unfailing loyalty to the badge tested as she delves into her former colleagues’ cases.
Dungey will next be seen in HBO’s limited series “Big Little Lies,” starring Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, and has recently appeared on ABC drama “Once Upon a Time” and Fox comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” She’s the sister of newly-promoted ABC entertainment president Channing Dungey, who replaced outgoing ABC topper Paul Lee earlier this month.
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Variety
Drew - Sarah Shahi Cast as the Lead
CBS has found their Nancy Drew in Sarah Shahi, who will play the titular role in “Drew,” the network’s modernized spin on the classic detective character, Variety has learned.
Since ordering the pilot, CBS has been very vocal about wanting to cast a diverse actress in the lead role, with network president Glenn Geller saying the star would not be Caucasian and the search would be open to all other ethnicities. Born in Texas, Shahi is from Iranian, Persian and Spanish ancestry.
Titled “Drew,” the potential series is described as a contemporary take on the character from the iconic Nancy Drew book series. The pilot will center around a 30-something who is a more mature version of Nancy than the one in the popular novels. Nancy is now detective for the NYPD, where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world.
Shahi is a familiar face to the network, as she has starred in the network’s crime drama “Person of Interest” since its second season. Though that series’ cancellation has not officially been announced, exec producer J.J. Abrams has hinted that the fifth season would be the last, and with Shahi’s casting in a hot pilot at CBS, it seems likely “Person of Interest’s” fate is sealed.
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Variety
Square Roots - Adhir Kalyan, Noureen DeWulf, Bernard White & Nina Wadia Join ABC Comedy Pilot
Adhir Kalyan, Noureen DeWulf, Bernard White and Nina Wadia are set as series regulars on ABC single camera comedy pilot Square Roots, written and exec produced by Vijal Patel. Square Roots is about a man from a family of logic-driven engineers who is determined to use his “gift” to help the people he loves with their everyday issues. . .whether they like it or not.
Kalyan will play Daneesh “Dan” Desai, an engineer by trade, by disposition, and by genetic inheritance, Dan is a high IQ guy who is always thinking (and always venting), and he believes that everything is capable of being improved and adjusted with a little bit of engineering. He’s happily married to Ruth.
DeWulf is Leena Desai, Dan’s wry and just a bit misanthropic sister, Leena has followed the family trade, and is an environmental engineer (who despises the nuclear power industry). But she has also stayed single, a shocking decision that has outraged the other members of her family.
White plays Mukesh, a patriarchal uber-nerd and electrical engineer who believes adamantly in the old-fashioned virtues of hard work, self-determination and self-reliance.
Wadia is Seema Desai, the mother of Dan and Leena, and grandmother of Owen and Paige (not yet cast), is in some ways a traditional Indian woman: she loves polyester, dotes on her family, and wants her daughter to start punching out grandchildren. But Seema is also a chemical engineer with a high IQ, and she’s proud of her achievements outside the family.
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Deadline
Untitled Chris Case FOX Comedy Pilot - Becki Newton Cast as the Female Lead
Ugly Betty MVP Becki Newton has landed the female lead in Fox’s Untitled Chris Case sitcom pilot, TVLine has learned.
The potential series, penned by former Reba and Legit scribe Case, is being billed as an interracial comedy that follows Jay “Havoc” Hammond, an African American, ex-NFL lineman who recently moved in with his Caucasian bride and her two oddball sons, as he struggles to win the most challenging game of his life: fatherhood.
Newton will play Havoc’s strong and soulful wife Christy, a psychologist who works with athletes to help them overcome anything from an addiction to drugs to an addiction to food.
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TVLine
Notorious - Kate Jennings Grant & J. August Richards Join Cast
Kate Jennings Grant (Love & Other Drugs) and Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce’s J. August Richards have been cast opposite Daniel Sunjata and Aimee Teegarden in ABC’s drama pilot Notorious.
The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Jeff Kwatinetz’s The Firm, was inspired by the relationship between famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and long-time Larry King Live executive producer Wendy Walker. Described as a provocative look at the interplay of criminal law and the media, it follows the professional and personal relationship between a charismatic attorney (Sunjata) and a powerhouse television producer as they attempt to control the media, the justice system, and ultimately – each other.
Grant will play Louise, the host of a news program at the center of the series. Richards, is Bradley, Jake’s (Sunjata) brother who once had the potential to be the shining star of the law office but is now overshadowed by Jake.
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Deadline
The Fluffy Shop - Gloria Garayua Joins Cast
Gloria Garayua has been cast opposite Gabriel Iglesias in ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Iglesias. In The Fluffy Shop, comedian Gabriel Iglesias plays a stepfather and boss to his family and friends, while he navigates his home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
Garayua will play Carmen, Gabe’s girlfriend, the strict mother to 13-year-old Frankie. Garayua’s recent credits include guest appearances on Criminal Minds, NCIS: Los Angeles, Anger Management and a recurring on Grey’s Anatomy.
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Deadline
Toast - Tessa Ferrer Cast in ABC's Shondaland Comedy Pilot
Onetime Grey’s Anatomy doc Tessa Ferrer is boarding another ride at Shondaland, with a role on the ABC comedy pilot Toast.
With Scandal‘s Scott Foley and Alias alum Greg Grunberg as writer/executive producers, Toast follows a wedding rehearsal dinner where the toasts made by an eclectic assortment of friends and family are illustrated by far-more-truthful flashbacks. Ferrer will play the role of Julie (who is not the bride-to-be.)
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TVLine
NBC's Untitled Vladimir Cataño Comedy - Maria Canals-Barrera Joins Cast
Maria Canals-Barrera (Wizards Of Waverly Place) has joined the cast of NBC’s untitled multi-camera family comedy pilot starring Vladimir Caamaño. Produced by Bill Lawrence, and written by Adam Sztykiel and Caamaño, the project is inspired by Caamaño’s real-life family dynamic living with his Dominican father and older brother in the Bronx, which is often featured in his stand-up. In the show, Vlad (Caamaño), the son of Dominican immigrants, wants to carve his own path in life which proves difficult as his father has no desire to change their extremely co-dependent relationship.
Canal-Barrera will play Andrea, Vald’s high-energy mom who loves everything about the U.S. Canal-Barrera was most recently seen on ABC’s Cristela and is best known for her role as Theresa Russo on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place.
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Deadline
Model Woman - Chris Mason Joins Cast
British actor Chris Mason (Vampire Academy) has signed on as a series regular in ABC drama pilot Model Woman. The project, from Sony TV’s TriStar Television and ABC Studios, is a fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey’s book Model Woman: Eileen Ford And The Business Of Beauty, the recently published biography of the outspoken and controversial woman who started as a model and went on to co-found the famous Ford Modeling Agency with her husband Jerry.
Mason will play Elsdon Geiss, Bertie and Miller’s youngest son. He’s smart, interesting and perceptive and has already proven that he has the knack for finding new faces.
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Deadline
Pitch - Mark Consuelos to Co-Star
Mark Consuelos has been tapped for the key role in the drama pilot from Dan Fogelman, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Consuelos (Alpha House, Kingdom) will co-star as Oscar, the team's general manager and president. The character is a former player who hopes to make Ginny feel welcome and does his part to handle the extraordinary situation in which he finds himself in. With the success or failure of the club in mind, he wants to see Ginny do well in her first game.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Time - Claudia Doumit Joins NBC's Time Travel Drama
Australian actress Claudia Doumit has joined the cast of Time, NBC’s action adventure drama pilot from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Sony Pictures TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment. Described as “Back To The Future meets Mission: Impossible,” Time is a high-octane drama following an unlikely trio who travel through time to battle a master criminal intent on altering the fabric of human history with potentially catastrophic results.
Doumit, repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Authentic, will play Jiya.
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Deadline
My Time/Your Time - Utkarsh Ambudkar Joins Cast
Utkarsh Ambudkar (The Mindy Project) has been cast opposite Nicholas Braun and Jane Levy in My Time/Your Time, CBS’s hybrid comedy pilot from Hilary Winston and How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. Based on the web series 7P/10E by Avital Ash, My Time/Your Time chronicles the relationship of a young couple — Marla (Levy) and Wade (Braun) — as they begin dating long distance.
Ambudkar will play Jay, Wade’s (Braun) friend and co-worker who, on the surface, looks like a slacker/surfer dude, but is secretly ambitious.
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Deadline
The Kicker - David Spade to Co-Star
Rules of Engagement star David Spade is returning to TV and CBS with a co-starring role opposite Geoff Stults in The Kicker, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from the 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt trio of Tina Fey, Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock.
Spade will play Russ Thorkelson, Daryl’s (Stults) brother and sports agent who spends most of his time doing damage control while Daryl says something else controversial. Though he’s eternally stressed, Russ loves his brother more than anything for giving him a career opportunity in the sports world.
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Deadline
Drew - Vanessa Ferlito to Co-Star
Graceland alumna Vanessa Ferlito is set for a co-starring role in Drew, CBS’ drama pilot based on the Nancy Drew character from the classic mystery book series.
Ferlito will play George, an NYPD homicide detective and Nancy’s former partner on the force who has an innate ability to put other people at ease. She joins previously cast Anthony Edwards and Feliz Solis.
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Deadline
24: Legacy - Jimmy Smits Cast in a Major Role
Jimmy Smits has booked his next leading role. The Emmy and Golden Globe winner — and Sons of Anarchy alum — has been tapped to play a major role in Fox's 24: Legacy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Smits, who was juggling multiple pilot offers this season, will star as John Donovan, a senator running for president who is looking forward to having his wife, Rebecca (Miranda Otto), by his side in his bid for the White House.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Training Day - Bill Paxton to Star in CBS' Sequel Drama Series
CBS' Training Day sequel has found its leading man.
Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominee Bill Paxton has been tapped to topline the network's drama pilot based on the 2001 feature film of the same name, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Described as a reimagining that begins 15 years after the 2001 film left off, the reboot centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous detective.
Paxton will make his broadcast series regular debut and star as Frank Rourke, a veteran LAPD cop who heads up the Special Investigation Section (SIS), a unit that goes after the worst of the worst. He lives by the law of the jungle and believes that real courage is the will to chase the bad guys where the law won’t. Needless to say, Frank isn’t too keen to be babysitting a new trainee, Kyle Craig (uncast). Denzel Washington earned an Oscar win for his leading role as seasoned detective Alonzo Harris in the 2001 feature. Ethan Hawke co-starred as the young cop.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Charity Case - Isiah Whitlock Jr. & Dan Gill Join FOX's Comedy Pilot
Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire) and Dan Gill (The Wedding Ringer) have been cast as a series regular opposite Courtney Cox in Fox comedy pilot Charity Case, written by former The Office writer-producer Robert Padnick. In Charity Case, when Hailey (Cox) inherits her late billionaire husband’s charity, she quickly finds that changing the world is far less glamorous than she had imagined.
Whitlock will play Ronald, stoic and loyal, he is Hailey’s No. 2, a hard-working, diplomatic fellow, always ready with a supportive word when Hailey feels discouraged.
Gill will play Mark, a young, cynical smart-ass, he is one of the program officers for the Waller Foundation (the philanthropic organization headed by Hailey).
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Deadline
Frequency Reboot - Lenny Jacobson Joins CW Pilot
Lenny Jacobson (Big Time In Hollywood, FL) is set as a series regular opposite Peyton List and Riley Smith in Frequency, the CW’s drama pilot based on Toby Emmerich’s sci-fi thriller. The TV series, written by Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver, centers on Raimy (List), a female police detective in 2016 who discovers that she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father, Frank Sullivan (Smith), also a detective, who died in 1996.
Jacobson will play Gordo, Raimy’s next-door neighbor and lifelong friend; he grows deeply concerned for her as she tries to prevent a long-ago tragedy.
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Deadline
T.R. Knight to Co-Star in Reese Witherspoon's Divorce Drama Pilot on ABC
Grey’s Anatomy alum T.R. Knight is returning to ABC and ABC Studios with a co-starring role in the untitled Meaghan Oppenheimer drama pilot, executive produced by Reese Witherspoon.
Written by Oppenheimer, the project follows the personal and professional life of Gemma, a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas, which begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister resurfaces triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets.
Knight will play Mark, Gemma’s work nemesis who is competing with her for the same position. On the outside he’s a jolly and likeable guy, but really he’s calculated backstabber you don’t see coming.
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Deadline
Cruel Intentions - Nathalie Kelley Joins Cast
Nathalie Kelley (UnReal) has joined the cast of NBC’s drama pilot Cruel Intentions, based on the cult 1999 movie. Set in present day, the story picks up 15 years after the film and follows the beautiful and cunning Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) as she vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of her nephew Bash Casey (Taylor John Smith), the son of her brother, the late Sebastian Valmont. Upon discovering his father’s legacy in a hidden journal, Bash is introduced to a world of sex, money, power, and corruption beyond imagination.
Kelley will play Carmen, the stunning and brilliant chief of staff to Kathryn and her husband Pascal.
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Deadline
Thr Infamous - Michelle Mitchenor Cast as a Series Regular in A&E Drama Pilot
Michelle Mitchenor is set as a series regular in A&E’s hip-hop crime drama pilot The Infamous. It revolves around two complicated men on a collision course: an ambitious reformed gangster poised to break out of South Central (Bokeem Woodbine) and the LAPD detective hell-bent on taking him down. The pilot, from Sony TV, is produced by Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson and directed by Anthony Hemingway. Mitchenor will play Eva Adams.
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Deadline
Good Place - Jameela Jamil Cast in NBC's Straight to Series Order Comedy
British TV personality Jameela Jamil rounds out the core cast of Good Place, Mike Schur’s 13-episode straight-to-series comedy series for NBC. She joins Kristen Bell, Ted Danson and William Jackson Harper.
This marks the acting debut for Jamil, who has built a career as a TV and radio presenter in her native England. She has hosted such shows as Channel 4’s T4 and Radio 1’s Official Chart. Jamil recently started to pursue acting, focusing on comedy.
Good Place centers on Eleanor (Bell), a woman from New Jersey who comes to realize that she hasn’t been a very good person. She decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be “good” or “bad,” and then trying to make up for her past behavior.
Jamil will play the the wealthy and glamorous Tessa, well educated in England, effortlessly conversant in almost anything and loving to host parties and be the center of attention.
Harper plays Chris, a kind and extremely intelligent guy who always sees the good in people. Danson plays Michael, who, through an unlikely set of circumstances, comes to be Eleanor’s guide through her self-designed self-improvement course.
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Deadline
Bunker Hill - Reshma Shetty Joins Cast
Royal Pains alumna Reshma Shetty has signed on to Bunker Hill, CBS’ medical drama pilot written by Jason Katims and directed by David Semel.
The project follows James Bell (Augustus Prew), a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists Walter Wallace (Dermot Mulroney), a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, “new school” approach to medicine. Wallace is described as a brilliant surgeon committed to saving lives who might care a little too much about his patients. Brenda Song co-stars. Shetty will play Dr.Talaikha Channarayapatra, described as insanely dedicated, quietly fearless, and maddeningly literal.
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Deadline
Four Stars - Ana Cruz Kayne Joins Cast
Ana Cruz Kayne has been cast in Four Stars, a drama pilot from playwright/TV writer Becky Mode, CBS TV Studios, and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Productions.
Four Stars centers on two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida who make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security. Kayne will play Syd, the daughter of four-star General Rodriguez (not yet cast), who is a foreign policy wunderkind and hardcore policy wonk. She joins Wilmer Valderrama, who plays Matt, Rodriguez’s son and a military rock star in his own right.
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Deadline
Citizen - Forrest Goodluck Joins Cast
The Revenant's Forrest Goodluck has lined up his next role. The actor, who played Hawk, the son of Leonardo DiCaprio's Hugh Glass in the Oscar-nominated film, has joined Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's Hulu drama pilot Citizen,The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
From the acclaimed director of Me, Earl and the Dying Girl, Citizen is a fresh take on the hero origin story blending elements of magical realism and gritty vigilantism against the backdrop of the vibrant world of east Los Angeles.
Goodluck will play Guero, a wiry graduate of the streets who serves as the charismatic and bipolar leader of a group called “Baby Narcos.” Should the drama be picked up to series, Goodluck would be a series regular.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot - Judy Greer to Star
Judy Greer is ready for her next small-screen gig. The actress, fresh off two seasons of FX comedy Married, has been tapped to star in Fox's untitled human resources comedy pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The single-camera comedy centers around Jane, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
Greer will take on the leading role of Jane, who is described as the over-used and under-appreciated head of HR for a plastic molding plant, where her new boss is changing the direction of the company and continually making her job more difficult.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Interestings - David Krumholtz, Ed Squires, Jance Enslin, and Katie Balen Join Cast
David Krumholtz (Hail Caesar!) has joined the cast of Amazon pilot The Interestings, from Sony TV’s TriStar Television. Also set for the project are Ed Squires, Jance Enslin, and Katie Balen.
Krumholtz will play Ethan, and Squires will play the younger version of Krumholtz’s character. Enslin will play the young Jonah Dey (Corey Cott) and Balen is young Jules (Lauren Ambrose).
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Deadline
Untitled Dan O'Shannon Comedy - Katey Sagal to Star in CBS Comedy Pilot
Katey Sagal is returning to comedy. The Sons of Anarchy and Bastard Executioner alum has been tapped to star in CBS' untitled comedy pilot based on Australian format Upper Middle Bogen, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The untitled comedy centers on Bess (uncast), a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag racers. Sagal will portray Julie, Wayne's (John Carroll Lynch) wife and the matriarch of the family. After Wayne lost an eye, Julie stepped in as the lead driver of Team Wheeler.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Interestings - Sarah Mezzanotte Cast As Jessica Paré’s Younger Self
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Mezzanotte has joined Amazon’s drama pilot The Interestings as a series regular, playing the young version of Ash, the role in which Jessica Paré recently was cast. Ash is a successful theater director and philanthropist who’s harboring a secret from her husband Ethan.
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Deadline
Chuck and Bean - Hassie Harrison Cast as a Series Regular
Hassie Harrison is set as a series regular opposite Anna Gunn and Andy Daly in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Chunk & Bean. Written by Ed Herro and Brian Donovan and exec produced by Dave Hemingson, Chunk & Bean is a dual-family comedy centered on the unlikely friendship of two misfits, Chunk and Bean, who benefit from having two very different sets of parents living next door to each other.
Harrison will play Denise Dawson, the Dawson’s oldest child, a “beautiful teenage storm cloud” with an attitude you can cut with a knife. She’s popular at school, quite smart, and knows her power. Harrison’s other TV credits include The Astronaut Wives Club and Hart Of Dixie.
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Deadline
Drew - Felix Solis Joins Cast
Felix Solis (The Following) has joined the cast of Drew, CBS’ drama pilot based on the Nancy Drew character from the classic mystery book series. Written by Joan Rater and Tony Phelan and directed by James Strong, Drew is described as a contemporary take on the character from the books, with Nancy, now in her 30s, working as a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world.
Solis will play Lieutenant Ford, who moved to NY after his wife died under suspicious circumstances. He was a person of interest but never charged. He left all that behind and tries to forget his past by burying himself in work. Solis, repped by D2 Management, recurred as Special Agent Jeffrey Clarke on The Following. He’ll next be seen in ABC’s The Family.
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Deadline
Zoobiquity - Marsha Thomason Cast as Female Lead in FOX's Medical Procedural Pilot
White Collar alumna Marsha Thomason will play the female lead in Zoobiquity, Fox’s light medical procedural pilot based on the best-selling book of the same name by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. Also cast in the project is Antonia Bernath (Downton Abbey, The Astronaut Wives Club).
Written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier, the project follows the unlikely pairing of Dr. Kara Martins (Thomason), a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with Dr. Lucas Cort, a socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. They try to put aside their competitive natures to cure the incurable using a unique blend of cross-species medicine that’s never been tried before.
The young and determined Dr. Martins is the star at her Boston area hospital. She has an instinct for healing, and is an innovator whose sometimes-unorthodox methods save lives.
Bernath will play Dr. Susan Gibbs, a shy but brilliant young imaging specialist who is more at home with her machines than with people.
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Deadline
Kevin Williamson's Paranormal CW Pilot - Bailey Chase & Jessica Szohr to Star
Gossip Girl‘s Jessica Szohr is returning to the CW with a starring role in Kevin Williamson’s untitled paranormal drama pilot, and I hear she also has booked a role on David Lynch’s Twin Peaks revival for Showtime. Additionally, Longmire alum Bailey Chase has been tapped as the male lead in Williamson’s pilot. (Coincidentally, he also is doing a gig on the new Twin Peaks installment.)
Written by Williamson and directed by David Nutter, the CW pilot is about a young woman who seeks help from a parapsychologist (Chase) when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.
Chase’s Clark Patterson is a once-successful parapsychologist who is now just an attraction at local ghost conventions. But when he meets a mysterious young woman, everything begins to change.
Szohr plays Jasmine Lacroix. The granddaughter of a voodoo priestess, she has turned her heritage into a successful tourist shop in Baton Rouge.
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Making History - Adam Pally to Star in FOX Time Travel Comedy Pilot
The in-demand Mindy Project alum Adam Pally has been tapped as the lead in Making History, Fox’s time-travel single-camera comedy pilot executive produced by Phil Lord, Chris Miller & Julius “Goldy” Sharpe.
Written by Sharpe, Making History revolves around three unlikely friends who find an even less likely way to travel through time, irreversibly complicating their personal lives in 2016. It centers on Dan, a nerdy computer science professor at a small college and the “failure” of an accomplished family, who is unpopular with both students and colleagues on campus, where his extreme intelligence comes off as odd. Dan invented time travel, hoping to get a fresh start and meet less shallow people. We see two Dans – the “nerd rage” guy having a hard time in the present, and the cooler more carefree guy in the past.
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Four Stars - Wilmer Valderrama to Co-Star in CBS' Military Drama Pilot
Wilmer Valderrama is signing up for duty. The Minority Report alum has booked a co-starring role in CBS' military drama pilot Four Stars, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The drama revolves around two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Fla., who make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.Valderrama will portray Matt, the son of four-star Gen. Rodriguez (currently uncast) and a military rock star in his own right.
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Cruel Intentions - Sophina Brown to Co-Star
Numbers and Shark alumna Sophina Brown is set to co-star opposite Taylor John Smith and Samantha Logan in NBC’s drama pilot Cruel Intentions, based on the cult 1999 movie, which starred Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Gellar is still in negotiations to reprise her role as Kathryn Merteuil from the movie.
Brown will play Naomi, the dynamic ex-wife of Kathryn’s husband Pascal and mother to Cassidy (Logan). She’s a force to be reckoned with having recently returned from Capitol Hill with the hopes of being the first black Republican congresswoman in the history of California.
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Riverdale - Luke Perry Cast as Archie's Father in Co-Starring Role
EXCLUSIVE: Former Beverly Hills, 90210 resident Luke Perry is moving to a new zip code. Perry has been tapped for a co-starring role in Riverdale, the CW pilot from producer Greg Berlanti based on the Archie Comics characters.
Perry will play Archie’s dad Fred Andrews, who is clearly getting a makeover for the TV series. Usually easygoing, Fred Andrews is the owner of a construction firm who is hoping his son, who worked for him all summer, will someday take over the family business.
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The Exorcist - Brianne Howey Cast as a Series Regular
Brianne Howey (Scream Queens) has signed on for a series regular role in Fox drama pilot The Exorcist, a modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book. Written by Jeremy Slater, The Exorcist is described as a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil.
Howey will play Charlotte, a former ballet dancer, once the golden child, she has not been the same since her terrible accident. Now depressed and anti-social, she’s closed off and guarded. So much so that her mother has begun to believe she might be influenced by a demon, though the thought would make Charlotte laugh.
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Spark - Tracy Ifeachor Cast as a Series Regular
Tracy Ifeachor (The Originals) has joined the series regular cast of ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.
Ifeachor will play Logan Reese, an attractive, quick and confident young forensic investigator who has just transferred to the Investigative Division of the city’s Watch. Ifeachor currently recurs on The Originals.
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Good Fortune - Jessy Hodges to Star, Blake Lee to Co-Star
Jessy Hodges (Hindsight) is set to lead the ensemble cast of NBC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Good Fortune. Rounding out the core quintet in the project, from Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s Le Train Train, is Blake Lee (Mixology, Parks & Recreation). Hodges and Lee join previously cast Tone Bell, Beau Mirchoff and Diane Guerrero. 20th TV is the studio.
Written by Matt Zinman & Craig Gerard and directed by Pam Fryman, Good Fortune focuses on June (Hodges), a hyper-structured young woman who, after a fortune teller predicts she’ll die in 3 days, decides she’s finally going to live her life with no regrets. When she doesn’t die but realize how great it felt to take risks, she adopts a new life policy along with a new full-time fortune teller. June and her best friends Adam (Bell), Dave (Mirchoff), Bailey (Guerrero) and Metzger (Lee) plan to always stick together, impending doom or not. Lee’s Metzger is June close friend who is realizing after announcing he is gay, that it was obvious all along.
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Untitled Kevin James Comedy - Erinn Hayes Cast as the Female Lead
Childrens Hospital star Erinn Hayes has signed on to star opposite the King of Queens alum in his new CBS comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
In the untitled multi-cam series, which was first picked up for 13 episodes in October, James plays a newly retired cop looking forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids. However, he soon discovers he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did at work.
Hayes will play Donna, Kevin's wife of 20 years who's had to hold the family together until he retires from the police force. She joins a cast that also includes Taylor Spreitler, Ryan Cartwright, Leonard Earl Howze, Mary-Charles Jones and James DiGiacomo.
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The Fluffy Shop - Richard Gant Joins Cast
Richard Gant (Men Of A Certain Age) has been cast opposite Gabriel Iglesias in ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop. The project was inspired by Iglesias’ life experience including the challenges of managing a home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
Gant will play Lance, a gruff guy with a military bearing who built the Fluffy Shop and maintains it. He functions as a father figure to Gabe (Iglesias) and the others employees at the shop.
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Untitled Amy Poehler NBC Comedy - Patrick Gallagher Cast as a Series Regular
Patrick Gallagher (Glee) is set as a series regular on NBC’s untitled royal family comedy pilot (aka Dumb Prince) written by Charlie Grandy and executive produced and directed by Amy Poehler.
Gallagher will play Brutus, the Palace chef. He’s also Karl’s confidant and one of the few people at the Palace who speaks the truth to Karl. Gallagher is best known for his role as Coach Ken Tanaka on Glee.
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Bunker Hill - Dermot Mulroney to Star
The Shameless actor has been tapped to topline the network's Jason Katims medical drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Bunker Hill follows a young Silicon Valley tech titan (Augustus Prew) who enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting edge, ""new school"" approach to medicine.
Mulroney will portray Walter Wallace, a brilliant surgeon committed to saving lives who might care a little too much about his patients. He joins a cast that also includes Brenda Song as Angie, a programmer at the hospital.
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Future Man - Eliza Coupe Cast as the Female Lead in Hulu's Comedy Pilot
Happy Endings alumna Eliza Coupe is set as the female lead opposite Josh Hutcherson in Future Man, Hulu’s half-hour comedy pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The gig expands Coupe’s relationship with Hulu where she has recurred on Jason Reitman’s Casual.
Written by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir and executive produced by Matt Tolmach, Future Man is a high-concept comedy that centers on Josh Futterman (Hutcherson) a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night who is tasked with preventing the extinction of humans after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.
Coupe will play futuristic soldier Tiger, a sexy, tough and intense character in the Cybergeddon video game, who, along with her cohort Wolf, recruits Josh to travel back in time to save the world from the hellish landscape she left behind. However, she’s hiding a secret that could unravel everything.
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Speechless - Cedric Yarbrough Cast as a Series Regular
Cedric Yarbrough (The Goldbergs) is set as a series regular in ABC comedy pilot Speechless from Scott Silveri and 20th Century Fox TV. The project centers on a family with a special-needs child described as being “good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones.”
Yarbrough will play Kenneth, a groundskeeper at Bronxville High. He has a run-in with Maya who throws a fit because the wheelchair ramp doubles as a ramp for garbage dumpster. Yarbrough’s other recent TV credits include Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Comedy Bang! Bang!
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Drew - Anthony Edwards to Co-Star
ER alum Anthony Edwards is set for a co-starring role in Drew, CBS’ drama based on the Nancy Drew character from the classic mystery book series.
Edwards will play Carson, Nancy’s father who graduated at the top of his class at Yale Law. In the 2007 movie with a younger Nancy, played by Emma Roberts, Carson was played by Tate Donovan.
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Pitch - Elisabeth Shue to Co-Star
CSI alumna Elisabeth Shue is set for a leading role opposite Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Pitch, Fox‘s drama pilot written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer and directed by Paris Barclay.
The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, follows Ginny (Bunbury), a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Shue will play the sleek and confident Amelia Slater: Image-maker extraordinaire and Ginny’s personal guru/protector.
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The Jury - Brandon Jay McLaren & Ben Esler Join Cast
Graceland alum Brandon Jay McLaren and Australian actor Ben Esler (Hell On Wheels) have been cast as series regulars on ABC’s murder trial drama pilot The Jury, from Sony TV and ABC Studios.
Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, The Jury examines “the ultimate social experiment” that happens thousands of times a day in the U.S.: a person’s fate is placed in the hands of 12 strangers. The series follows a single murder