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The Fluffy Shop - Tommy Savas Joins Cast
Tommy Savas is set opposite Gabriel Iglesias on ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Iglesias. It follows Gabe (Iglesias), 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.
Savas will play Reggie, Gabe’s manager, who’s not a slick Hollywood player but tries to carry himself like one. He grew up disadvantaged, didn’t go to college but makes up for it with street hustle. Gabe met Reggie early in his career and sticks with him out of loyalty.
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Deadline
Lethal Weapon - Johnathan Fernandez Joins Cast
Johnathan Fernandez has been cast opposite Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans Sr. in Lethal Weapon, Fox’s hourlong pilot based on the hit movie franchise. In the pilot, written by Matt Miller and directed by McG, when Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Riggs (Crawford) suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he is partnered with LAPD Detective Roger Murtaugh (Wayans Sr), who, having recently suffered a “minor” heart attack, must avoid stress in his life.
Fernandez will play Scorsese, a dry-toned and creative pathologist with the LAPD who works with Riggs (Crawford) and Murtaugh (Wayans Sr.)
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Deadline
Lethal Weapon - Keesha Sharp to Co-Star in Recasting
Keesha Sharp, who plays attorney Johnnie Cochran’s wife Dale in the hit FX miniseries American Crime: The People vs. OJ Simpson, is set to co-star opposite Damon Wayans Sr. in Lethal Weapon, Fox’s hourlong pilot based on the hit buddy cop action comedy movie franchise. Girlfriends alumna Sharp, who will play one of the lead female roles, Trish, replaces fellow former Girlfriends star Golden Brooks, who was originally cast in the part. The decision was made after the project’s table read last night.
In Fox’s Lethal Weapon, written by Matt Miller and directed by McG, when Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs (Clayne Crawford) suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he is partnered with LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh (Wayans), who, having recently suffered a “minor” heart attack, must avoid stress in his life.
Sharp will play Roger’s hardworking, perceptive and loving wife Trish, who worries about him and is not thrilled when she hears about his new adrenaline-crazed partner. In the movies, Trish was played by Darlene Love and Roger by Danny Glover.
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Deadline
Untitled Chris Case FOX Comedy Pilot - Bill Bellamy to Star
Fox has found its leading man for Chris Case's comedy pilot. Stand-up comedian/actor Bill Bellamy will star opposite Becki Newton in the inter-racial family comedy.
The family comedy follows Jay ""Havoc"" Hammond, an African-American, ex-NFL lineman who recently moved in with his white wife and her two oddball sons, as he struggles to win the most challenging game of life: fatherhood.
Bellamy will take on the role of Jay, a tough, ex-NFL player who has retired from the field and is looking to move into the sports announcer side of the business. He is also married to Christy (Becki Newton) and is step-father to her two sons. He tries to respect Christy’s wish that he let her be the disciplinarian, but when he feels like she’s allowing the kids to get away with too much, he steps in with comic results…but manages to get through to the kids, too.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Speechless - Minnie Driver to Star; Mason Cook to Co-Star
Former About A Boy star Minnie Driver is set as the female lead in the ABC comedy pilot Speechless, from Scott Silveri and 20th Century Fox TV. In addition, Mason Cook (The Haunting Hour) has been cast as the project’s young lead.
Speechless centers on a family with a special-needs child, which is good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones.
Driver will play the mother, Maya. Fiercely protective of her non-verbal son JJ, she makes it her mission to find the perfect school for him, repeatedly moving her family from town to town in the process. Her single-minded fight for her family can rub people the wrong way – sometimes people in the family itself – but it all stems from a loving intention.
Cook will play Ray, the youngest of the family’s three boys. Ray supports his mother as she struggles and tilts at windmills; he just wishes she could bust a few fewer asses along the way. Quite certain he’s always right, Ray views himself as “the only adult in the family” – an assertion to which the actual adults who birthed him sometimes object.
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Deadline
Transylvania - Sofia Pernas Replaces Amrita Acharia
The Young & the Restless‘ Sofia Pernas has been cast as a regular opposite Laura Brent in The CW genre-themed drama pilot Transylvania. She replaces Amrita Acharia who was originally cast in the role.
It’s been a whirlwind 48 hours for Pernas. On Monday, she was let go early from her Young & the Restless contract due to budgetary reasons. Twenty four hours later, she had auditioned, tested, and booked the role in Transylvania, and today, she got on a plane to go to the pilot shoot.
Written by Hugh Sterbakov and directed by Jason Ensler, Transylvania is set in 1880 and centers on Victoria (Brent), a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father who ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective, and together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
Pernas will play Coriander, an exotic gypsy, the leader of the matriarchal Szgany clan that runs the fleshpots of the Old City — the haunted spot where Vlad the Impaler once killed thousands of their tribe.
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Deadline
Zoobiquity - Melissa Tang Joins Cast
Melissa Tang is set as a series regular opposite Marsha Thomason and Peter Facinelli in Zoobiquity, Fox’s light medical procedural pilot written by Bones executive producers Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier and directed by Kevin Bray. Based on the best-selling book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers, Zoobiquity follows the unlikely pairing of Dr. Kara Martins (Thomason), a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with Dr. Lucas Cort (Facinelli), a brilliant, socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people.
Tang will play Dr. Diana Hess, an earthy and free-spirited top resident pathologist at the hospital. Tang’s TV credits include The Goodwin Games, The Big Bang Theory and Beauty and the Beast. She’s repped by Gersh and Colleen Schlegel Entertainment.
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Deadline
Real Good People - Julie White Joins Cast
Julie White (Transformers) has been cast opposite David Keith in Real Good People, CBS’ multi-camera comedy project, written/executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Greg Garcia. It centers on a conservative small-town family forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
White will play Gloria, the family matriarch and other half of what is possibly the world’s happiest couple. Paradigm-repped White was a series regular on Amazon’s Alpha House and recently appeared on The Good Wife.
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Deadline
Bull - Michael Weatherly Cast as Lead in CBS's Dr. Phil Drama Pilot
Departing NCIS co-star Michael Weatherly is staying in the CBS fold as the lead in the network’s drama pilot Bull, playing a character inspired by Dr. Phil.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, Bull is based on popular daytime talk-show host Dr. Phil’s early days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time. It centers on Dr. Jason Bull (Weatherly), who runs Trial Sciences Inc., a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies. He has a physicality and feral intelligence that make him magnetic to women, and a bruising candor.
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Deadline
A.P.B. - Ernie Hudson to Co-Star
Ghostbusters‘ Ernie Hudson is set to co-star opposite Justin Kirk and Natalie Martinez in Fox’s drama pilot APB, from writer David Slack and Sleepy Hollow co-creator/executive producer Len Wiseman.
Inspired by the July New York Times Magazine article “Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans,” APB explores what happens when an enigmatic tech billionaire, Gideon Reed, (Kirk) purchases a troubled police precinct in the wake of a loved one’s murder.
Hudson will play Sgt Ed Conrad, a gruff, grumpy teddy bear veteran cop with the 13the Precinct. He’s not a fan of the arrival of the precinct’s new “owner,” Gideon Reed, (Kirk). Martinez plays Detective Amelia Murphy.
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Deadline
Toast - Jerrika Hinton Cast as the Female Lead
EXCLUSIVE: Grey’s Anatomy co-star Jerrika Hinton has been cast as the female lead opposite Jono Kenyon in Toast, ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot executive produced by Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. The project hails from Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg.
Hinton’s casting in Toast will have no immediate impact on her status on Grey’s Anatomy, where she is a regular, playing surgical resident Stephanie Edwards. If Toast goes to series, that will likely be revisited. There are no plans in place but I hear there is a possibility for her to do both shows, likely scaling back her duties on Grey’s for logistical reasons.
Written by Foley and Grunberg and directed by Gail Mancuso, Toast revolves around engaged couple Max Leeds (Kenyon) and Page (Hinton), who, over their wedding rehearsal dinner, have their eclectic family and friends give toasts recalling anecdotes about the couple — but flashbacks reveal that the toasts don’t always get it right, as we watch the true story of their complicated, funny and relatable road to marriage.
Hinton’s Page is Max’s confident, no-nonsense, self-aware, soon-to-be bride. She’s spent most of her life working very hard but feeling a bit sheltered by her well-to-do Texas family. In an effort to break the mold, Page finds herself wanting to take a risk with the charismatic but awkward Max.
In addition to Hinton, Shondaland also recruited Grey’s alumna Tessa Ferrer for a co-starring role in Toasts.
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Deadline
Time - Sakina Jaffrey Joins Cast
Sakina Jaffrey (House of Cards) is set as a series regular in 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.
Jaffrey will play Agent Denise Christopher, a formidable and high-ranking goverment agent in charge of the team’s trip back in time to chase after the criminal. Jaffrey recurs as The Mindy Project and Mr. Robot. She’s repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency, Authentic Talent and Literary and Schreck, Rose, Dapello & Adams.
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Deadline
Untitled NBC Vladimir Caamaño Pilot - Lilah Richcreek Joins Cast
Lilah Richcreek has joined the series regular 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.
Richcreek will play Rosie, self-described Bronx girl, a smart, capable young woman managing close to 20 of her dad’s buildings. Vlad (Vladimir Caamaño) finds her both inspiring and intimidating. When Rosie offers Vlad a job as her IT guy, this gives their good-natured flirtation even more common ground.
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Deadline
Dream Team - MasterChef Jr. Winner Addison Osta Smith Joins Cast
Addison Osta Smith, the youngest and first female winner of cooking competition series MasterChef Jr, has been cast opposite Justin Long in Dream Team, ABC’s single-camera half-hour from comedy writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel, and Warner Bros. TV.
Written/executive produced by Lizer and Wrubel, Dream Team centers on Marty Schumacher (Long). Recently divorced, Marty is the eternally optimistic manager of a sporting goods store and also the “damn good” head coach of a nationally ranked soccer program — the one true love in his life. Currently recruiting young girls for his dream team, Marty is looking to recreate his amazing rise to the national championships of two years ago.
Smith will play Miley, a fantastic soccer player who is built like a sparkplug and recruited to join Schumacher’s (Long) dream team.
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Deadline
The Great Indoors - Stephen Fry to Co-Star
Popular British actor/comedian/writer/game show host Stephen Fry is set to co-star opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot written by Mike Gibbons and directed by Andy Ackerman. The comedy, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of their magazine.
Fry will play Antonio, the charismatic founder of “The Great Outdoors” magazine, and a world traveler, explorer and adventurer. The employee-boss dynamic between Joel and Antonio is compared to that between Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon and Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy on NBC’s 30 Rock.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Sarayu Blue Joins Cast
Sarayu Blue (Monday Mornings) has been cast opposite Tori Anderson and Joshua Sasse in The CW pilot No Tomorrow, from the Jane The Virgin duo of writer/co-executive producer Corinne Brinkerhoff and executive producer Ben Silverman. Directed by Jane the Virgin pilot director Brad Silberling and written by Brinkerhoff and the comedy writing-directing team Scott McCabe and Tory Stanton aka Two Trick Pony, No Tomorrow centers on a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager (Anderson) at an Amazon-like distribution center. She falls in love with a freewheeling man (Sasse), who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, leading to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists.
Blue will play Kareema, one of the manager’s (Anderson) “too-hip” co-workers. Blue, repped by Pakula/King & Associates and D2 Management, recurs on The Real O’Neals and will next be seen in Veep.
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Deadline
Lethal Weapon - Chandler Kinney Joins Cast
Chandler Kinney (Gortimer Gibbons Life on Normal Street) has joined the cast of Lethal Weapon, Fox’s hourlong pilot based on the hit movie franchise. In the pilot, written by Matt Miller and directed by McG, when Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Riggs suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he is partnered with LAPD Detective Roger Murtaugh, who, having recently suffered a “minor” heart attack, must avoid stress in his life.
Kinney will play Riana Murtaugh, the Murtaughs’ 15-year-old daughter, a typical L.A. teenager. The only time Riana looks up from her phone is to deploy that famous Murtaugh wit at the dinner table; she will bring up anything she can to drive her parents nuts.
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Deadline
Zoobiquity - Wesam Keesh Joins Cast
“Awkward” star Wesam Keesh has been cast as a series regular in Fox’s “Zoobiquity” pilot, Variety has learned exclusively.
“Zoobiquity” is a light medical procedural, which follows the unlikely pairing of a successful, driven cardiologist (Raver) as she risks career suicide by teaming with a socially-challenged veterinarian (Facinelli) in an effort to tackle the most challenging cases with an untested brand of cross-species medicine.
Keesh — who is best known for playing Kyle on the MTV series, “Awkward” — will play Zahid, Facinelli’s assistant at his veterinarian practice. The character is described as kind, strong-willed and a computer whiz.
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Variety
Notorious - Kevin Zegers Joins Cast
Kevin Zegers (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones) is set as a series regular 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 longtime Larry King Live executive producer Wendy Walker. Written by Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman and blogger Allie Hagan, Notorious is described as a provocative look at the interplay of criminal law and the media.
Zegers will play Oscar Keaton, a billionaire playboy who created one of America’s biggest social media companies that went public two years ago.
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Deadline
Still Star-Crossed - Medalion Rahimi Joins Cast
Medalion Rahimi has signed on as a series regular to ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed from Shondaland. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet left off. It charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate.
Rahimi will play Princess Isabella, described as intelligent, outspoken and practical with inner steel.
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Deadline
The Kicker - J.B. Smoke Joins Cast
Actor-comedian J.B. Smoove has been cast 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 retired. Smoove will play Gil, Daryl’s (Stults) extremely loyal, totally lovable employee.
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Deadline
Prototype - Annabelle Dexter-Jones Cast in a Lead Role
Annabelle Dexter-Jones has booked a lead role in Prototype, Syfy’s sci-fi thriller drama pilot written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day). It centers on three unlikely cohorts who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics – a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger.
Dexter-Jones will play Donna Neuring, a young coder and math whiz whose help has been enlisted to bring a potentially momentous invention to life. But while Donna may be the key to getting a working prototype, her home life is anything but functional.
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Deadline
Real Good People - Lindsey Gort and Betsy Beutler Join Cast
The Carrie Diaries‘ alumna Lindsey Gort and Betsy Beutler (You’re The Worst) have been cast opposite Nick Zano and Ross Kimball in Real Good People, CBS’ multi-camera comedy project, written/executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Greg Garcia. It centers on a conservative small-town family forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
Gort will play June, Billy’s beautiful fiancée and the Mayor’s daughter.
Beutler is Liz,’ Beau’s (Kimball) wife who is a former party girl and band groupie now trying to reinvent herself into the mother her husband adores.
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Deadline
Chicago Justice - Joelle Carter to Co-Star
Justified alumna Joelle Carter has signed on for a co-starring role opposite Philip Winchester and Nazneen Contractor in Chicago Justice (fka Chicago Law), the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC.
The planted spinoff will be introduced in Episode 21 of Chicago PD this season, which will be directed by Jean de Segonzac. Carter will play Lori Nagle, a tough-as-nails investigator.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Joshua Sasse Cast as the Male Lead
Joshua Sasse, who plays the title role in ABC’s medieval musical comedy Galavant, is set as the male lead opposite Tori Anderson in the CW pilot No Tomorrow. The project, from CBS Studios, has Sasse in first position.
Directed by Jane the Virgin pilot director Brad Silberling and written by Brinkerhoff and the comedy writing-directing team Scott McCabe and Tory Stanton aka Two Trick Pony, No Tomorrow centers on a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager (Anderson) at an Amazon-like distribution center. She falls in love with a freewheeling man (Sasse), who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, leading to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists. Brinkerhoff and Silverman executive produce for CBS TV Studios and Electus.
The underrated Galavant, created by Dan Fogelman with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, has developed a cult following but has been softly rated in its limited runs as a midseason replacement. Its second second renewal was hailed as a “miracle” in the self-deprecating opening number of Season 2. Another such miracle is not expected, especially with the ABC Studios-produced show’s chief supporter at ABC, Paul Lee, gone. Still, even if Galavant is to beat the odds and come back, Sasse will only appear in the first episode of the potential third season in a carveout from No Tomorrow. It is hard to imagine Galavant continuing beyond that without Galavant.
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Deadline
Cruel Intentions - Peter Gallagher Joins Cast
Peter Gallagher has been cast in NBC’s revival of “Cruel Intentions,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Gallagher will play Edward Valmont, a sexy, beguiling, sophisticated, powerful and ruthless billionaire hotel magnate with fingers in many far-reaching financial pies — some legal, some not so much. Edward is delighted to discover that he’s got a long-lost grandson in the newly arrived Bash Casey and once the DNA test proves his claim, Edward immediately starts grooming Bash for a life of impossible wealth and opportunity.
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Variety
Bull - Christopher Jackson Joins Cast
Christopher Jackson, who plays George Washington in the Broadway smash hit musical, Hamilton, has been cast in the CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is based on popular daytime talk show host Dr. Phil’s early days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time. It centers on Dr. Jason Bull, who runs Trial Sciences Inc., a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies.
Jackson will play Chunk, a stylist on the team who helps prepare defendants for trial, and a former All-American lineman.
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Deadline
Training Day - Justin Cornwell to Co-Star
EXCLUSIVE: Young Chicago actor Justin Cornwell has landed the co-lead opposite Bill Paxton in CBS’ drama pilot Training Day.
Written by Will Beall and directed by Danny Cannon, Training Day is a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 feature. Set 15 years after the film left off, the show centers on a bright, gung-ho, idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig (Cornwell), who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).
Cornwell’s Kyle is one of the good guys — an LAPD cop who is fearless in the face of terrible odds and driven to avenge the murder of his father, also a cop. Tapped to go undercover, Kyle is reassigned to the Special Investigation Section, where he’s supposed to take down rogue cop Rourke.
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Deadline
The Great Indoors - Christopher Mintz-Plasse Joins Cast
Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How To Train Your Dragon 2) has been cast opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot written and executive produced by Mike Gibbons. The comedy, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of their magazine.
Mintz-Plasse will play Clark, one of Joel’s colleagues, a tech/nerd survivalist who knows everything about surviving at sea, in the woods and on Mars, but hasn’t left downtown in five years. Cast also includes Shaun Brown and Christine Ko.
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Deadline
Model Woman - Steven Weber Cast as the Male Lead
Steven Weber is set as the male lead opposite Andie MacDowell in ABC’s drama pilot Model Woman.
Weber will play Miller, a character inspired by Jerry Ford. Miller is Bertie’s tall, charming, imposing and handsome husband and the father of their three children. A sharp businessman, Miller runs Geiss Agency with his wife, and he’s grown it into the top modeling agency in the world. He genuinely adores Bertie and has tremendous respect for her remarkable talents. Miller smolders without even knowing it.
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Deadline
Riverdale - Casey Cott Cast as Kevin Keller
And last but certainly not least--KEVIN KELLER (@CaseyCott) joins the ever-expanding "Riverdale" universe!! pic.twitter.com/GfKENlZpGu
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) March 12, 2016
Spark - Rege-Jean Page Cast as the Male Lead
Rege-Jean Page (Roots) is set as a male lead in 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.
Page is Alex, a handsome and charismatic young man with a wickedly sexy smile, he’s the youngest son of the powerful Lavelle family, the industrial natural gas titans who control half the city and who are constantly jockeying to undermine the coal interests that rule the other half. Page has a starring role in History’s upcoming Roots miniseries and played Guy Braxton in Waterloo Road.
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Deadline
Four Stars - Danielle Savre Joins Cast
Danielle Savre (Hollywood Heights) is set as a series regular opposite Bruce Greenwood in Four Stars, CBS’ drama pilot from playwright/TV writer Becky Mode, CBS TV Studios, and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Productions. Written by Mode and to be directed by RJ Cutler, 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.
Savre will play Lieutenant Kriss, a decorated combat pilot and lifelong adrenaline junkie, and the daughter of four‐star special ops legend General Buckley (Greenwood). She’s repped by TalentWorks and Zero Gravity.
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Deadline
Chicago Law (Now Titled 'Chicago Justice') - Nazneen Contractor to Co-Star; Will Appear in Episode 21 of Chicago PD
UPDATED: Coming off a major role on Heroes Reborn, Nazneen Contractor is staying in the NBC fold with a lead role opposite Philip Winchester in the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC, I have learned. Originally titled Chicago Law, the name of the legal drama has now been changed to Chicago Justice.
Coming off a major role on Heroes Reborn, I hear Nazneen Contractor is staying in the NBC fold with a lead role opposite Philip Winchester in the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC, tentatively titled Chicago Law.
The planted spinoff will be introduced in Episode 21 of Chicago PD this season, which will be directed by Jean de Segonzac. Winchester and Contractor will guest star in the episode/backdoor pilot. I hear Contractor will play Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Harper to Winchester’s lead prosecutor.
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Deadline
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot - Patton Oswalt Cast as the Male Lead
Patton Oswalt is headed for Fox.
The busy actor — who narrates ABC's The Goldbergs — has booked the male lead in the network's untitled comedy pilot from Laura Steinel, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The single-camera comedy (known as HR) centers around Jane (Judy Greer), who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO (Oswalt) who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
Oswalt will take on the role of Sam, the CEO, who lives life at a higher octave than everyone else. Sam is an ""ideas"" guy, however, none of them are suitable for this small-town New Jersey plastics plant.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Cruel Intentions - Bryce Cass Joins Cast
Bryce Cass (Battle Los Angeles) is set as a series regular in NBC’s drama pilot Cruel Intentions, based on the cult 1999 movie. Set in present day, Cruel Intentions picks up more than 15 years after the movie left off. It follows the beautiful and cunning Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) as she vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey (Taylor John Smith), the son of her brother, the late Sebastian Valmont, and Annette Hargrove. Upon discovering his late father’s legacy in a hidden journal, Bash is introduced to a world of sex, money, power and corruption he never could have imagined.
Cass will play Miles Castillo, the kid brother of Carmen, the Barrett family’s chief of staff. He’s repped by Mitch Smelkinson, Coast to Coast Talent, and Anonymous Content.
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Deadline
The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez - Jeimy Osorio Joins Cast
Jeimy Osorio (Celia) is set as a series regular in ABC’s drama pilot The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez. Written by Cuban-American playwright Charise Castro Smith, The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez is described as a sexy revenge drama with a supernatural twist. It centers on Eva Sofia Valdez (Gina Torres), a Cuban immigrant who rose from rags to riches and is a celebrated Miami entrepreneur and a champion for immigrant rights. But her success is fueled by an insatiable ambition that could destroy her family, a vendetta against the lover Blair Monroe (Eric Close) who betrayed her, and ghosts from the past who threaten to reveal the dark sacrifices Eva Sofia made to attain the American Dream.
Osorio will play Luz, wild-haired and hugely pregnant, she’s another of the strange “shadow women” who is delighted to help Eva Sofia exact revenge on Blair Monroe.
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Deadline
Training Day - Julie Benz to Co-Star
Defiance star Julie Benz is set as a regular role opposite Bill Paxton in CBS’ drama pilot Training Day.
Written by Will Beall and directed by Danny Cannon, Training Day is a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 feature. Set 15 years after the film left off, the TV show centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig, who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).
Benz will play Holly McCabe, an unapologetic Hollywood madam who looks like a woman half her age and takes pride in how well she treats her girls. In addition to having a tacit understanding with Frank (Paxton), they are also a couple. Drew Van Acker, Katrina Law and Lex Scott Davis also co-star.
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Deadline
Spark - Antonia Thomas to Star in ABC's Drama Pilot
In-demand British actress Antonia Thomas has been tapped to play the lead in the ABC drama pilot Spark, from ABC Studios.
Written by Michael Cooney, 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 Pin (Thomas), a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires. Thomas’ Pin is the smart, driven, fiercely independent young woman whose mission it is to bring back electricity to the masses no matter the cost.
This marks the US television debut for Thomas, who fielded multiple offers for lead pilot roles this season, with ABC and ABC Studios particularly aggressive. In her native England, Thomas played one of the lead roles in the BAFTA award-winning series Misfits. She was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for her role in hit musical-feature Sunshine on Leith. She also stars in Scrotal Recall for Channel 4 and Netflix.Thomas is repped by Gersh, Principal LA and Curtis Brown.
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Deadline
A.P.B. - Justin Kirk to Star; Eric Winter to Co-Star
Fox's APB has found their men. The network has collard Justin Kirk and Eric Winter to star in the cop drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The pilot revolves around a tech billionaire who purchases a troubled police precinct in the wake of a loved one’s murder. It poses the question of if the eccentric and enigmatic figure’s cutting-edge approach fix the broken ways of these blue blooded veterans? Inspired by the New York Times story ""Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?""
Golden Globe nominee Kirk (Weeds, Wayward Pines) will star as Gideon Reed, the multi-billionaire and creative genius with a childlike curiosity, whose alien awkwardness is balanced by an undeniable charm. After a tragic crime rate claims the life of a dear friend, Gideon literally buys himself a police precinct, the dysfunctional 13th, and sets out to rethink everything about the way cops do business.
Winter (The Mentalist, Witches of East End, Days of Our Lives) will co-star as Tom Murphy, a vice cop and tough guy with a big heart and a family man. Tom is married to homicide detective Amelia Murphy (Natalie Martinez), with whom he has two children.
Person of Interest's David Slack will pen the script and exec produce the 20th Century Fox Television drama alongside Len Wiseman (Sleepy Hollow).
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The Hollywood Reporter
Chad: An American Boy - Matthew Mindler Joins FOX's Comedy Pilot
Matthew Mindler (Our Idiot Brother) has been cast as a series regular in Fox pilot Chad: An American Boy, a single-camera Middle Eastern family comedy co-created by and starring Saturday Night Live alumna Nasim Pedrad and directed by Jason Winer. Written by Pedrad & Rob Rosell, Chad centers on a 14-year-old boy (Pedrad) in the throes of adolescence who’s tasked with being the man of the house, which leaves him with all the responsibilities of being an adult without any of the perks.
Mindler will play Chad’s (Pedrad) best – make that only- friend, an aloof, pubescent, oddly content kid. He’s repped by Innovative Artists and Inspired Artist Management.
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Deadline
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot - Milana Vayntrub Joins Cast
Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) is set as a series regular opposite Judy Greer in Fox’s untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka HR). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers around Jane (Greer), the over-used and under-appreciated head of H.R. for a Fox plastic molding plant, 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.
Vayntrub will play Alex, who’s new to the company’s H.R department and the adult workplace as this is her first job in the real world.
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Deadline
Bunker Hill - Odette Annable to Star
Odette Annable (The Astronaut Wives Club) is set as the female lead opposite Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew in Bunker Hill, CBS’ medical drama pilot written by Jason Katims and directed by David Semel.
The project follows James Bell (Prew), a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists Walter Wallace (Mulroney), a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, “new school” approach to medicine. Annable will play Zoe (aka Alex), a forthright, idealistic physician at Bunker Hill, and a positive life force.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Amy Pietz Joins Cast
The Nine Lives of Chloe King alumna Amy Pietz is set as a series regular opposite Tori Anderson in the CW pilot No Tomorrow, from the Jane The Virgin duo of writer/co-executive producer Corinne Brinkerhoff and executive producer Ben Silverman. Based on a Latin American format, No Tomorrow centers on Evie, formerly Sarah (Anderson), a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center who falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists.
Pietz will play Deirdre, Evie”s (Anderson) boss at the distribution center. Amy Pietz, repped by Haven Entertainment, Innovative Artists, and Jackoway Tyerman, most recently appeared on Devious Maids and Backstrom.
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Deadline
Untitled NBC Vladimir Caiman Comedy - Josh Segarra Joins Cast
Sirens alum Josh Segarra 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.
Segarra will play Frankie, Vlad’s (Caamaño) older brother. Segarra is coming off a role in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck and is currently starring in Broadway musical On Your Feet.
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Deadline
What Goes Around Comes Around - Alyssa Milano to Star; Jee Young Han Also Cast
Earl and Billie are getting back together! Alyssa Milano is set as the female lead opposite Jason Lee in CBS’ comedy pilot What Goes Around Comes Around. The duo, who played husband and wife Earl and Billie on NBC’s single-camera comedy series My Name Is Earl, will once again play a couple in the CBS single-camera pilot. Also cast in the project, from Dan Kopelman and Aaron Kaplan, is Jee Young Han.
Written by Kopelman and directed by Tim Story, What Goes Around Comes Around centers on two fortysomething parents — Kenny (Lee), a husband, father and owner of a hip music management company; and Robin (Milano) — who were wild and reckless teenagers now face their worst nightmare of raising three teenagers. After vowing that she’d never be like her overly strict parents, Robin Spiller now tries to be open and understanding with her teenage kids — but sometimes she’d just like to lock them up until they’re ready for college.
Han plays Jess, the opinionated receptionist at Kenny’s (Lee) firm, who is always painting the worst-case scenarios of what his kids are doing and loves cornering Kenny’s clients for her own thrills.
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Deadline
Time After Time - American Idol Winner Jordin Sparks Cast in Recurring Role
In her pilot debut, singer-actress Jordin Sparks has joined Kevin Williamson’s time-traveling ABC pilot Time After Time in a recurring role.
Using the 1979 novel by Karl Alexander and movie as a starting point, Time After Time will chronicle the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma). Upon arriving in modern New York, he is captivated by museum curator Jane Walker (Genesis Rodriguez).
Sparks will play New York stylist Jesse Givens who is also Jane Walker’s (Rodriguez) roommate and good friend. Williamson wrote Time After Time and is executive producing. Marcos Siega is directing. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
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Deadline
Mars Drama - America Olivo & Mark Leslie Ford Join Cast
America Olivo (Chicago PD) and British actor Mark Leslie Ford are set as series regulars on The CW’s Untitled Mars Project pilot, from CBS TV Studios.
Written by Doris Egan (Reign), the thriller follows a team of explorers who arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
Olivo will play Captain Gautier, the woman in charge on the mission. Ford will play Friedman, a director and documentarist hired to capture the recruiting process and mission to Mars.
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Deadline
Prototype - Cote de Pablo in Talks to Star in Syfy's Quantum Physics Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: NCIS alumna Cote de Pablo is nearing a return to series television. I have learned that the fan favorite is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Jack Davenport in Prototype, Syfy’s sci-fi thriller drama pilot written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day). It centers on three unlikely cohorts — two of them played by de Pablo and Davenport — who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics – a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger.
De Pablo would play Laura Kale, a driven, extremely intelligent mother of two. Excited about a potentially world-changing machine being developed by herself and two partners, she is certain that she is on the brink of something history-making. Propelled by a shot at glory, she is not about to give up despite numerous setbacks.
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Deadline
My Time/Your Time - Izzie Steele & Langston Kerman Join Cast
UPDATES: Izzie Steele and Langston Kerman (Clear History) have been cast opposite Jane Levy and Nicholas Braun in My Time/Your Time, CBS’ 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, the project chronicles the relationship of a young couple as they begin dating long distance.
Steele will play Lauren, Marla’s (Levy) best friend who’s married to her college sweetheart and has trouble understanding the single life and Marla’s plight.
Kerman will play Parker. He and Wade (Braun) were childhood buddies while growing up in the Midwest, and now they’re each other’s closest friend in L.A.
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Deadline
The Fluffy Shop - Paul Walter Hauser Joins Cast
Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom) is set as a series regular in ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Gabriel Iglesias. It follows Gabe (Iglesias), 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.
Hauser will play Memo, high-spirited, earnest and sincere, he is Gabe’s oldest and most loyal friend.
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Deadline
Pitch - Ali Larter to Replace Elisabeth Shue
Heroes alumna Ali Larter is set for a leading role opposite Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Fox’s drama pilot Pitch. Larter, who will play sports agent Amelia Slater, replaces Elisabeth Shue who was originally cast in the role. The decision came after the pilot’s table read and followed creative changes made to the Amelia character over the past week. Upon seeing the character’s evolution, with the final version of Amelia different from the woman she signed on to play, I hear Shue asked out, and she and the producers parted ways amicably.
Written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer and directed by Paris Barclay, Pitch follows Ginny (Bunbury), a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Larter’s Amelia Slater is an agent not to be trifled with – Ginny’s personal protector and pseudo big sister.
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Deadline
I'm Not Your Friend - Jessica Chaffin & Diana Maria Riva Join Cast
Jessica Chaffin (Spy) and Telenovela‘s Diana Maria Riva have been cast opposite Matt LeBlanc in CBS’ untitled LeBlanc/Filgos comedy pilot (aka I’m Not Your Friend).
Written on spec by Jeff & Jackie Filgos and to be directed by James Burrows, the multi-camera comedy stars LeBlanc as Adam, a contractor, who agrees to take over parenting chores when his wife Andi (Jenna Fischer) goes back to work. As he starts spending more time with his kids, he discovers the truth every parent eventually realizes: his little angels are maniacs.
Chaffin will play Marie, a frazzled mom who is disgruntled to learn that Adam (LeBlanc) doesn’t remember her — after meeting her a half dozen times. Riva is Mrs. Wannamaker, the lead teacher at the school who appears cozy and matronly but is a storm trooper who runs a very tight ship.
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Deadline
Bull - Freddy Rodriguez to Co-Star
Freddy Rodriguez is segueing from his co-starring role on NBC’s The Night Shift to playing one of the main characters in the CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is based on popular daytime talk show host Dr. Phil’s early days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time. It centers on Dr. Jason Bull, who runs Trial Sciences Inc., a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies. Rodriguez will play Benny, the only lawyer on the team, who provides legal strategy and acts as the lawyer in their mock trials. He’s also Bull’s former brother-in-law and the closest thing Bull has to a friend. Rodriguez joins previously cast Geneva Carr.
Rodriguez was a series regular on NBC medical drama The Night Shift for the first two seasons, playing Michael Ragosa. He recently announced that he will not be returning for the upcoming third season.
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Deadline
Furst Born - Patrick Brammall Cast as the Male Lead
Patrick Brammall, who played the male lead Danny on the Australian comedy series Upper Middle Bogan, is set to reprise his role opposite Poppy Montgomery in CBS’ single-camera pilot adaptation Furst Born (formerly untitled Butler/Hope/O’Shannon).
Written by Modern Family alum Dan O’Shannon and creators of the original Australian comedy Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, Furst Born is an extended family show that centers on Bess (Montgomery), a successful doctor, happily married to Danny (Brammall), a successful architect. Bess, also the mother of fraternal twins, Erin (Talitha Bateman) and Owen, is shocked to learn she’s adopted, a secret her mom (Swoosie Kurtz) has kept buried for 38 years. Katey Sagal and John Carroll Lynch co-star. Todd Holland is directing and executive produces alongside O’Shannon, Butler and Hope for CBS Studios and ABC Studios.
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