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Still Star-Crossed - Clara Rugaard Cast as Juliet
Danish actress Clara Rugaard has been cast as Romeo’s Juliet in ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios.
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 & Juliet left off. Because of the premise, both Romeo and Juliet are guest-starring roles in the pilot, which charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate.
The story centers on Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), a gorgeous, intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin who is ordered to marry Benvolio (Wade Briggs), a Montague. Regular cast also includes Zuleikha Robinson, Anthony Head, Grant Bowler, Torrance Coombs and Ebonée Noel.
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Deadline
Jean-Claude Van Johnson - Phylicia Rashad, Kat Foster and Moises Arias Join Amazon Pilot
Amazon is setting the cast for its upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme comedy series.
Phylicia Rashad, Kat Foster and Moises Arias have boarded action comedy Jean-Claude Van Johnson, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The series stars Van Damme as a heightened version of himself — an action movie actor who comes out of retirement to resume his alter-ego, undercover private contractor Jean-Claude Johnson. Johnson's cover as the lead role in a re-imagined action film version of Huckleberry Finn lands him right back in the midst of the danger he secretly always craves — but most importantly, back in the orbit of Vanessa, his fellow operative and the woman he loves.
Foster ('Til Death, Your Family or Mine, Rebirth) will play Vanessa, an international undercover operative whose cover is working as a hair and makeup artist for film shoots. She spent years as his right-hand woman and fell in love with him on their last assignments together. She's now determined to keep him at arm's length when he deliberately gets himself assigned to her new mission in Bulgaria.
Rashad will take on the role of Jane Hardy, Jean-Claude's agent who doubles as the head of the secret-ops group for which he and Vanessa work. Arias (Hannah Montana, The Kings of Summer) will portray Luis, a young secret agent who works with Vanessa.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Chad: An America Boy - Paul Chahidi and Christine Tawfik Join Cast + Production Pushed to May; Remains In Midseason Consideration
Nasim Pedrad’s Fox comedy pilot Chad: An American Boy will not film in time to be considered for the fall schedule, but will be in the running for midseason.
Chad — a single-camera Middle Eastern family comedy co-created by and starring the Saturday Night Live alumna and directed by Jason Winer — was a late order, getting the pilot greenlight on February 10. It has been casting the other roles ever since, a process that took awhile. The two adult co-starring roles opposite Pedrad in the pilot have now been filled, with British actor Paul Chahidi and Christine Tawfik landing the parts of Hamid and Naz in the 20th TV-produced pilot, which will shoot in late May, after the upfronts.
“Because of our commitment to authenticity, we conducted a worldwide casting search for several roles in this pilot which meant that we wouldn’t have been able to get visas in time to shoot within the traditional pilot window,” 20th TV said in a statement.
Casting a family comedy that represents a specific ethnicity is hard because it involves finding actors that have chemistry, but also look and sound authentic. Nedrad is Iranian American, and Chad, Hamid and Naz were written as Iranian Americans. Chahidi is of Iranian descent while Tawfik was born in Egypt. (Similarly, on 20th TV, successful ABC family comedy Fresh Off the Boat, about a Taiwanese American family, Constance Wu is of Taiwanese descent, Randall Park is Korean American).
Written by Pedrad & Rob Rosell, Chad centers on a 14-year-old boy (Pedrad), who in the throes of adolescence is tasked with being the man of the house, which leaves him with all the responsibilities of being an adult without any of the perks. Chahidi plays Hamid, Naz’s sweet older cousin. Tawfik plays Naz, the witty long-divorced mom raising her two kids in Delaware with the help of her older cousin, Hamid.
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Deadline
My Time/Your Time - Tone Bell Joins Cast as 2 Roles Are Retooled
Truth Be Told star Tone Bell has been cast opposite Nicholas Braun and Jane Levy in My Time/Your Time, CBS’ hybrid comedy pilot from Hilary Winston and How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, which is currently filming.
The late addition of Bell stems from a last-minute tweak the producers made, combining two supporting series regular characters in the original script — cast with Langston Kerman and Utkarsh Ambudkar — into one new character, played by Bell. As a result of the change, Ambudkar and Kerman are no longer in the pilot.
Bell is cast as a guest star in My Time/Your Time because he is already a regular on another comedy pilot, NBC’s Good Fortune (though this appears to be a relatively safe second position based on early pilot buzz I’m hearing).
Ambudkar was to play Jay, Wade’s friend and co-worker who looks like a slacker/surfer dude on the surface but is secretly ambitious. Kerman was to play another friend of Wades, 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 Tick - Jackie Earle Haley Cast in a Villainous Role in Amazon's Superhero Pilot
Oscar-nominated actor Jackie Earle Haley is set for a key villainous regular role opposite Peter Serafinowicz in the Amazon pilot The Tick, a new take on Ben Edlund‘s comic book character with an all-new cast. Additionally, he is in negotiations for a co-starring role opposite Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in The Dark Tower.
The Tick reboot, written and executive produced by Edlund, is bringing back the eponymous muscle-bound, antennae-sporting superhero (Serafinowicz). In the new incarnation, the blue-suited Tick is recovering from a memory loss and ends up reteaming with his sidekick Arthur (Griffin Newman) to fight evil.
Haley will be a major part of that evil, as he will play The Terror, a powerful super villain and the leader of the evil league in the comics. He is described as our world’s epitome of the criminal mastermind, a hooded ancient villain barking at his minions whose incredible will power and tenacity have powered an underworld syndicate for decades. The character was featured in an episode of Edlund’s 2001 Fox live-action series, where he was played by Armin Shimerman (right). Edlund executive produces the Amazon pilot with Barry Josephson for Sony Pictures TV.
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Deadline
When The Street Lights Go On - Adam Long Joins Hulu Drama Pilot
British actor Adam Long (Happy Valley) is set as a series regular in When The Lights Go On, Hulu’s drama pilot adapted from the Black List feature script by writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe. The project hails from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.
In the vein of Stand By Me, When The Street Lights Go On is a coming-of-age thriller about a sleepy, suburban town that is rocked by the brutal murder of a high school girl and her teacher in the summer of 1983.
Long will play 17-year-old rebel Casper Tatum, a popular suspect in the small town murder.
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Deadline
A Lot - Lucy Punch, Brett Goldstein, Jenn Tullock & Krystal Smith Join HBO Comedy Pilot
Lucy Punch (Ben And Kate), Brett Goldstein (SuperBob), Jenn Tullock (Partners) and Krystal Smith (aka YouTube’s Krissychula) have been cast opposite Whitney Cummings in her half-hour HBO comedy pilot A Lot (fka Untitled Whitney Cummings).
Inspired by Maureen Dowd’s book Are Men Necessary?: When Sexes Collide, Cummings stars in this not so romantic comedy about how a financially successful woman navigates a world complicated by the biological and cultural differences between the sexes.
Punch is Izzy, a close friend of Amanda’s who is in her first romantic relationship with a woman. Goldstein plays Max, Amanda’s live-in boyfriend who designs hand-drawn wall paper and makes very little money. Tullock plays Lou, Amanda’s freshly divorced friend. Smith is Opal, Amanda’s new and outspoken assistant.
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Deadline
Still Star-Crossed - Anthony Head Joins Cast
Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Anthony Head is set as a regular in the ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios.
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 & 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.
The story centers on Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), a gorgeous, intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin who is ordered to marry Benvolio (Wade Briggs), a Montague.
Head plays Lord Capulet. Kind and powerful, Lord Capulet is a thoughtful man with a sunny, jovial disposition. However, he will turn on you if you cross him. Grant Bowler was just cast as rival Lord Montague.
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Deadline
Toast - Frankie Faison Joins Cast
Banshee’s Frankie Faison has booked a series regular role on Toast, ABC’s hybrid comedy pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg.
The project revolves around the engaged couple Max (Jono Kenyon) and Page (Jerrika 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.
Faison will play Big Earl, the self-made and energetic father of Page, who is funding her over-the-top wedding with the fortune he’s made with the family auto business.
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Deadline
Still Star-Crossed - Grant Bowler Joins Cast
Former Defiance star Grant Bowler is set as a regular in the ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios.
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 & 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.
The story centers on Rosaline (Lashana Lynch), a gorgeous, intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin who is ordered to marry Benvolio (Wade Briggs), a Montague. Bowler will play Lord Montague. He is hot but scary, rugged,a ruthless and brilliant man hellbent on raising his family’s fortunes, no matter the cost.
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Deadline
Citizen - Tom Waits Joins Hulu's Supernatural Pilot
Tom Waits (Fight Club) has joined the cast of Citizen, Hulu’s supernatural drama pilot, from Me And Earl And The Dying Girl director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Paramount TV, and Anonymous Content.
Set against the backdrop of a vibrant, ‘supernaturalized’ Los Angeles, Citizen is a hero origin story, blending gritty vigilantism with elements of magical realism.
Waits will play Cesar, a priest, who is a walking anachronism of virtue and vice, mostly virtue. A proudly anti-authoritarian man, Cesar, runs a guerrilla humanitarian outfit with questionable legality from his church in Boyle Heights.
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Deadline
Model Woman - Kaley Roynane and Marcus Callender Join Cast
Kaley Roynane (Gotham) and Marcus Callender (Straight Outta Compton) have booked series regular roles 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.
Roynane will play Rebecca Blackwell, the top model in the world. She is a stone cold beauty, stunning but immature and has been with the Geiss Agency since she was a young teenager and like the other models, lives at the Geiss home. Callender will play Drew Pickett, a charming, charismatic couture designer.
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Deadline
Model Woman - Jamie Bamber Joins in Recasting
Jamie Bamber has joined ABC’s drama pilot Model Woman in a recasting.
He’ll play Lio Fibonacci, a longtime colleague of Bertie and Miller Geiss (Andie MacDowell and Steven Weber) who reads more rock star than agent and opens a rival agency that he plans to take to the top. Felix Gomez initially was cast in the role. 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 Ford Modeling Agency co-founder.
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Deadline
When The Street Lights Go On - Cory Hardrict to Star
“American Sniper” actor Cory Hardrict has signed on to star in the Hulu drama “When the Street Lights Go On.”
Odessa Young is also set to topline the pilot, which Steve Golin, Michael Sugar and Tariq Merhab are producing for Anonymous Content, along with “Mr. Robot” producer Chad Hamilton. The potential series is based on the Black List script from writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe who will also exec produce the project. Paramount TV is producing, and Brett Morgen will direct the pilot.
The show centers on the residents of a small town who grapple with the ruthless killing of a young girl and a teacher. Hardrict will play Officer Teddy Green, the police chief’s second in command — a competent detective who underestimated the small-town job. However, he’s sharp enough to spot something on a surveillance video that turns out to be a vital clue.
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Variety
The Blacklist Spinoff - Ryan Eggold Joins Cast
Ryan Eggold, who plays Tom Keen on the NBC drama, has closed a deal for the potential spinoff, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Should the series move forward, Eggold would co-star. He has been with the original series since its inception, playing the mysterious husband of Elizabeth (Megan Boone).
Set to air as a back-door pilot on the May 12 episode of the James Spader-led series, Famke Janssen (X-Men, How to Get Away With Murder) stars as Susan ""Scottie"" Halsted. Her character will be introduced in the previous episode, airing May 5. Details about her character are also being kept close to the vest, however sources have toldTHR that the role could be the mother to Eggold's character. In addition to Janssen, Eggold would join Edi Gathegi on the spinoff.
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The Hollywood Reporter
When The Street Lights Go On - Graham Beckel and Luke Kirby Join Cast
Graham Beckel (Aquarius) and Luke Kirby (Rectify) are set as series regulars opposite Max Burkholder and Odessa Young in When the Street Lights Go On, Hulu’s drama pilot adapted from the Black List feature script by writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe. The project hails from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.
In the vein of Stand by Me, When the Street Lights Go On is a coming-of-age thriller about a sleepy, suburban town that is rocked by the brutal murder of a high school girl and her teacher in the summer of 1983.
Graham Beckel will play Chief Hal Hoffman, the soon-to-be-retired town sheriff. Kirby will play Andrew Koch, the high school newspaper adviser and mentor to Charlie Chambers (Burkholder).
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Deadline
Toast - Brooks Wheelan Joins Cast
Brooks Wheelan (Saturday Night Live) has landed a series regular role on 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. Written by Foley and Grunberg and directed by Gail Mancuso, Toast revolves around engaged couple Max (Jono Kenyon) and Page (Jerrika 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.
Wheelan will play Vince, an extreme sports enthusiast. An animated and adventurous guy, he is Max’s best man and best friend. Wheelan spent the 2014 season on SNL, and his other credits include Those Who Can’t, Girls, Hawaii Five-O and a Comedy Central stand-up special. Repped by Gersh, Avalon and Hansen Jacobson, he next will be seen in the indie feature Random Tropical Paradise.
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Deadline
The Blacklist Spinoff - Tawny Cypress Joins Cast
Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable) has been cast as a series regular opposite Famke Janssen, Ryan Eggold and Edi Gathegi in NBC’s proposed spinoff from The Blacklist. Like fellow new Blacklist addition Janssen, Cypress will recur on the last couple of episodes of the original series this season and will become a regular should NBC proceed with the project as a new series for next season.
The Blacklist episode that will serve as a formal planted spinoff is Episode 322 — airing May 12 — written by The Blacklist creator/executive producer Jon Bokenkamp and exec producer/showrunner John Eisendrath and directed by Michael Dinner.
Cypress will play Nez Rowan (fka Harper). Janssen will play Susan “Scottie” Halsted. No details are being provided on the spinoff’s premise, but I hear that it focuses on Scotties relationship with Tom (Eggold), which is said to be similar to Raymond “Red” Reddington (James Spader)’s relationship with Liz (Megan Boone) on the original series.
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Deadline
24: Legacy - Sheila Vand Joins Cast
Sheila Vand (Argo, NBC’s State Of Affairs) is set as a series regular opposite Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto and Jimmy Smits in 24: Legacy, Fox’s drama pilot that reboots the 24 franchise with brand new characters and cast.
Written by 24 veterans Manny Coto and Evan Katz and directed by Stephen Hopkins (who helmed the original 24 pilot), 24: Legacy chronicles the return of military hero Eric Carter (Hawkins) to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.
Vand will play Nilaa, the campaign director of Sen. Donovan (Smits) who is driven and bright and won’t take a back seat to the judgment of Donovan’s wife, Rebecca (Otto). Teddy Sears and Anna Diop also co-star.
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Deadline
The Fluffy Shop - Tyler Hilton Joins Cast in Recasting
In a recasting, One Tree Hill alum Tyler Hilton has been set as a series regular in the ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Gabriel Iglesias. Hilton replaces Paul Walter Hauser, who was originally cast in the pilot. The Fluffy Shop 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.
Hilton will play Memo, high-spirited, earnest and sincere, he is Gabe’s oldest and most loyal friend. The pilot was co-written by Tim Doyle, Jay Lavender and Iglesias who are also executive producing with Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Joe Meloche. Ted Wass is directing. Most recently, Hilton recurred on CBS’ Extant. Hilton, who is a also singer/songwriter, is repped by Berwick & Kovacik and Don Buchwald & Associates.
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Deadline
The Tick - Brendan Hines to Co-Star
Brendan Hines (Lie To Me) is set to co-star opposite Peter Serafinowicz in the Amazon pilot The Tick, a new take on Ben Edlund’s comic book character. Edlund is writing and executive producing for Sony Pictures TV. The reboot is bringing back the eponymous muscle-bound, antennae-sporting superhero (Serafinowicz). In the new incarnation, the blue-suited Tick is recovering from a memory loss and ends up reteaming with his sidekick Arthur (Griffin Newman) to fight evil.
The two are surrounded by a new host of characters that include Superian (Hines), a superhero with issues, and Arthur’s sister Dot (Valorie Curry). Hines, who most recently recurred on CBS’ Scorpion, is repped by Sanders Armstrong Caserta Management, TalentWorks, and Jackoway Tyerman.
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Deadline
MacGyver - Addison Timlin Cast as the Female Lead; Michelle Krusiec Joins Cast
Addison Timlin (Califorication) has been cast as the female lead opposite Lucas Till in CBS’ drama pilot MacGyver. Also set as a regular alongside George Eads and Joshua Boone in the reimagining of the 1985 series is Michelle Krusiec (Hawaii 5-0).
The pilot, co-written by Paul Downs Colaizzo and Brett Mahoney and directed by David Von Ancken, features twentysomething Angus MacGyver (Till), who is recruited into the clandestine organization from the original series where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Timlin will play Mickey, an app developer who’s aggressively progressive in her political views with a soft spot for MacGyver (Lucas Till). Krusiec plays Agent Croix, Lincoln’s (Eads) sister who works for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Deadline
Untitled Weeks/Mackay ABC Comedy Pilot - Tattiawna Jones Cast as the Female Lead
Flashpoint alumna Tattiawna Jones has landed the female lead opposite Andy Ridings in ABC’s untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot.
Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda (Jones) and her best friend Randall (Ridings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating. Jones’s Hilda is an intelligent and seemingly confident lesbian lothario with a dry sense of humor – that she uses to hide her underlying fear of growing up, settling down and becoming conventional.
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Deadline
Midnight, Texas - Parisa Fitz-Henley and Yul Vasquez Join Cast
Parisa Fitz-Henley (The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) and Yul Vasquez (Captain Phillips) are set as series regulars in NBC’s supernatural drama pilot Midnight, Texas, based on the bestselling trilogy by Charlaine Harris. Written by Monica Owusu-Breen and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, Midnight, Texas is described as “Twin Peaks meets True Blood” in Midnight, Texas, a remote town where your neighbor could be a vampire, a witch, a werewolf, or even an angel.
Fitz-Henley will play Fiji, a quirky, funny, free spirit who marches to the beat of her own drum.
Vasquez is the Reverand, a grizzled Mexican cowboy who always wears his Stetson boots. He presides over the wedding chapel and cemetery. Fitz-Henley, repped by CESD, Washington Square Films and Peikoff/Mahan, recurs on Marvel’s Jessica Jones. Vasquez played the series regular role of President Westwood on The Lottery and recurred on Divorce.
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Deadline
Bull - Jaime Lee Kirchner Joins Cast
Jaime Lee Kirchner (Mercy) is set as a series regular in CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios. Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is inspired by the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw during his days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting firms of all time.
Kirchner will play Danny, the team’s investigator, a former FBI interrogator with a photographic memory.
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Deadline
Chad: An American Boy - Ariana Molkara Joins Cast
Ariana Molkara (Septembers of Shiraz) has booked a series regular role 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.
Molkara will play Nikki, Chad’s little sister. Molkara appeared in feature Septembers in Shiraz and recently guested on Code Black. She’s repped by Coast To Coast and attorney Carolyn Conrad.
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Deadline
Speechless - Micah Fowler Joins Cast
Young actor Micah Fowler has been cast in ABC’s comedy pilot “Speechless,” which is about a family with a special-needs child.
Fowler — who has cerebral palsy in real life — will portray JJ, the family’s eldest child who is nonverbal.
Minnie Driver will star as Fowler’s mother in the ensemble comedy that also stars John Ross Bowie (“The Big Bang Theory”) as Driver’s on-screen husband, Kyla Kenedy as the middle child and Mason Cook as the youngest. The potential series will revolve around the family as they tackle day-to-day challenges.
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Variety
Chicago Justice - Ryan-James Hatanaka Joins Cast
Recent NYU graduate Ryan-James Hatanaka rounds out the core cast of Chicago Justice (fka Chicago Law), the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC.
The planned spinoff will be introduced in Episode 21 of Chicago PD this season, titled Justice, which started filming today in Chicago with Jean de Segonzac directing. Hatanaka will play investigator Daren Okada who is working alongside fellow investigator Lori Nagle (Joelle Carter). Philip Winchester, Nazneen Contractor and Carl Weathers also star.
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Deadline
Prototype - JR Bourne and Toby Hemingway Join Cast
Teen Wolf‘s JR Bourne and Toby Hemingway (Black Swan) are set as series regulars opposite Cote de Pablo and 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.
Bourne will play Ethan, Laura’s (de Pablo) husband. Frustrated by Laura’s long hours and split focus, he doesn’t believe in Laura’s time-consuming, after-hours project. Hemingway is Forde, a model-actor and Donna’s abusive live-in boyfriend.
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Deadline
Sebastian - Owen Smith Joins Cast
Comedian, writer and actor Owen Smith is set as a series regular opposite Sebastian Maniscalco and Tony Danza in NBC’s multi-camera pilot Sebastian, produced by Greg Garcia. The project, from CBS TV Studios and Garcia’s Amigos De Garcia Productions, was inspired by Maniscalco’s life. Written by Austen Earl and to be directed by Scott Ellis, it chronicles Sebastian’s (Maniscalco) old-school values, instilled by his opinionated Italian father (Danza), which are constantly put to the test by his new wife, her family, and the absurdities of the modern world.
Smith will play Kev, Sebastian’s beleaguered friend/security guard, who is still single and a little clueless about everything. Smith made his late night stand-up comedy debut on Conan and has produced two hourlong comedy specials – the latest Good Luck Everybody shot entirely on iPhones. As a writer his credits include Survivor’s Remorse. The Arsenio Hall Show, The ESPY’s, The Guy’s Choice Awards, Whitney (NBC), Deon Cole’s Black Box, Are We There Yet and Everybody Hates Chris.
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Deadline
Broken - Enrique Murciano Joins Cast
Bloodline star Enrique Murciano has been cast opposite Anna Paquin in ABC’s drama pilot Broken (fka untitled Meaghan Oppenheimer project and Please Don’t Go). Written by Oppenheimer, Broken follows the personal and professional life of Gemma (Paquin), a ruthless divorce attorney in Dallas whose life begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister (Charity Wakefield) resurfaces, triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets.
Murciano will play Peter, Gemma’s (Paquin) childhood friend-turned-nemesis after she represented his ex-wife in his divorce. Peter comes from a similarly rough upbringing as Gemma, but through hard work has become a successful doctor.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Jesse Rath Joins Cast
Jesse Rath (Defiance) has booked a series regular role 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, No Tomorrow centers on a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager (Tori Anderson) 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.
Rath will play Timothy, sweet, smart, successful, appealing in that cool-tech-nerd kind of way, Timothy is Evie’s ex-boyfriend – the guy she probably “should” marry. Rath is repped by SDB Partners and Hess Entertainment.
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Deadline
Miranda's Rights - Gail O’Grady Joins Cast
Gail O’Grady (NYPD Blue) is set as a series regular opposite Rebecca Breeds and Parker Sawyers in NBC’s drama pilot Miranda’s Rights. Written/co-executive produced by Katie Lovejoy and executive produced by John Glenn, Miranda’s Rights is a one-hour legal soap about an idealistic group of lawyers — Young Law Group — who not only work together but live together at their start-up firm. The story centers on Miranda Coale (Breeds), a pretty and smart attorney plagued for the past six years by a youthful mistake — a much-publicized and scandalous affair in her early 20s with a married state Senator which changed the course of her life forever.
O’Grady will play Karen Klein, a whip-smart, formidable career woman who is head of the Klein & Associates law firm. O’Grady’s credits include starring roles in NBC series NYPD Blue, which earned her three consecutive supporting actress Emmy nominations, and American Dreams. She also recurred on ABC’s Revenge and will next be seen in upcoming TV movie The Right Girls.
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Deadline
Untitled Weeks/Mackay ABC Comedy Pilot - Christine Horn Joins Cast
Christine Horn has booked a series regular role in ABC’s untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot. Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay (Peep Show) and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda and her best friend Randall (Ridings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating.
Horn will play Gail, a slightly pretentious ex-lawyer who gave up the rat-race to open a bar in Austin with her girlfriend, where she mothers everybody. Horn’s previous TV credits include Complications and Tyler Perry’s The Haves And The Have Nots.
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Deadline
Speechless - Kyla Kenedy Joins Cast
“The Walking Dead” alum Kyla Kenedy has been cast as a series regular in ABC’s comedy pilot “Speechless,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Kenedy joins star Minnie Driver in the potential series, about a family with a special-needs child that is good at dealing with the challenges it faces, but excellent at creating new ones.
The young actress will play Driver’s on-screen daughter, Dylan. The middle child, she is described as preternaturally focused and driven to succeed, but disconnected from her emotions. She is a champion runner with a competitive spirit, and she takes her non-verbal brother JJ’s physical challenges and the nuttiness of her mom (Driver) in stride.
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Variety
Speechless - John Ross Bowie Cast as the Male Lead on ABC's Comedy Pilot
John Ross Bowie, who recurs on CBS’ The Big Bang Theory, has booked the male lead opposite Minnie Driver in the ABC comedy pilot Speechless, from Scott Silveri and 20th Century Fox TV.
Speechless centers on a family with a special-needs child that is good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones. Bowie will play the dad, Jimmy, who, after a long day providing for his family, comes home and provides every last laugh he can wring out of a sometimes difficult life. He is married to Maya (Driver) and clearly adores the wild ride. As the father of three teenage boys, Jimmy tends to let his wife rule the roost, but he’s there as a buffer when either the boys or Maya go off the rails.
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Deadline
Spark - Rachel Hurd-Wood Joins Cast
British actress Rachel Hurd-Wood (Home Fires) is set as a series regular 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.
Wood will play Keira Stockton, Hazel Stockton’s daughter (Lena Olin) who is being groomed by her mother to take over the Stockton Coal Company one day. Hurd-Wood recently appeared in a starring role on ITV’s Home Fires.
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Deadline
Four Stars - Bojana Novakovic Cast as the Female Lead
Bojana Novakovic is set as the female lead opposite Wilmer Valderrama 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, FL — the Buckleys and the Rodriguezes — who make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.
Novakovic will play Ali Buckley, a sharp‐witted, Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative journalist and the daughter of four‐star special ops legend General Buckley (Bruce Greenwood). Valderrama plays Matt, the son of Gen. Rodriguez (Steven Bauer). Ashley Zukerman and Ana Cruz Kayne are set as Ali and Matt’s sibling, respectively.
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Deadline
Cruel Intentions - Taylor Zakhar to Guest with the Potential to Recur
NBC’s “Cruel Intentions” pilot has added Taylor Zakhar to the cast, TheWrap has learned exclusively.
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.
Zakhar has been cast in the guest role of Jay, a recently-out hard partier and Cassidy’s ex-boyfriend, who tries to convince Bash to join his team. Should the pilot get picked up to series, Zakhar’s character has the potential to recur in multiple episodes.
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The Wrap
The Tick - Peter Serafinowicz Cast as the Lead in Amazon's Revival Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: British actor-comedian Peter Serafinowicz is set as the lead in the Amazon pilot The Tick, a new take on Ben Edlund‘s comic book character with an all-new cast. Edlund, who created the 2001 live-action Fox comedy as well as the 1994 animated series, is writing and executive producing. Also back are fellow original exec producer Barry Josephson and original studio Sony Pictures TV.
The reboot is bringing back the eponymous muscle-bound, antennae-sporting superhero (Serafinowicz). In the new incarnation, the blue suit-wearing Tick is recovering from a memory loss and ends up re-teaming with his sidekick Arthur (Griffin Newman) to fight evil. The two are surrounded by a new host of characters that include Arthur’s sister Dot (Valorie Curry).
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Deadline
Still Star Crossed - Dan Hildebrand Joins Cast
Dan Hildebrand 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 and directed by Michael Offer, 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.
Hildebrand will play Friar Lawrence, who uses the church to climb the social ladder.
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Deadline
Hail Mary - Tom Stourton Joins Cast
UK actor, writer and comedian Tom Stourton has booked a series regular role on ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Hail Mary, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by The McCarthys creator Brian Gallivan and directed by Julie Anne Robinson, Hail Mary centers on Mary Wolf (Casey Wilson), a young small-town mayor 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.
Stourton will play Inspector Matteo, a dry-witted, confident emissary from the Vatican who has come to this small town to investigate a sighting of the Virgin Mary.
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Deadline
The Trail - Angel Parker to Recur
Angel Parker, who can currently be seen in “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” has booked a recurring role in NBC’s comedy pilot “The Trail,” which stars John Lithgow, Variety has learned exclusively.
“The Trail” follows the arrest and murder trial of a beloved poetry professor, Larry Henderson (Lithgow), from a small Southern town who is accused of murdering his wife, and the young “Northeastern” lawyer and team hired to defend him. Parker will play Heidi Baker, a local Carolina newscaster who’s following the Larry Henderson murder case and reports on many of the case’s unexpected twists and turns.
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Variety
Untitled Kevin James CBS Comedy - Lenny Venito and Gary Valentine Join the Straight to Series Comedy
Lenny Venito (The Neighbors) and Gary Valentine (The King of Queens) are set as series regulars opposite Kevin James in his multi-camera comedy series at CBS.
The untitled show, from Sony Pictures TV, James’ studio-based Hey Eddie Productions and CBS TV Studios, centers on a newly retired police officer (James) who looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids — only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
Venito will play Duffy, Kevin’s (James) oldest buddy with a great sense of humor and two ex-wives. Valentine is Kyle, Kevin’s brother who is a fireman and not taken seriously by Kevin and his cop buddies.
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Deadline
When The Street Lights Go On - Kelli Mayo and Ben Winchell Join Cast
Kelli Mayo and Ben Winchell are set as series regulars in When The Street Lights Go On, Hulu’s drama pilot adapted from the Black List feature script by writers Chris Hutton and Eddie O’Keefe. The project hails from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content.
In the vein of Stand By Me, When The Street Lights Go On is a coming-of-age thriller about a sleepy, suburban town that is rocked by the brutal murder of a high school girl and her teacher in the summer of 1983.
Mayo will play 15-year-old bohemian bookworm, Berlice Beaman. Winchell is Brad Krichoff, the brooding, quarterback boyfriend of prom queen, Chrissy Monroe.
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Deadline
Miranda's Rights - Parker Sawyers Cast as the Male Lead
On the heels of his first feature starring role as Barack Obama in the indie Southside With You, which premiered at Sundance, Parker Sawyers has been cast as the male lead opposite Rebecca Breeds in NBC’s drama pilot Miranda’s Rights.
Written/co-executive produced by Katie Lovejoy and executive produced by John Glenn, Miranda’s Rights is a one-hour legal soap about an idealistic group of lawyers — Young Law Group — who not only work together but live together at their start-up firm. In centers on Miranda Coale (Breeds), a pretty and smart attorney plagued for the past six years by a youthful mistake — a much-publicized and scandalous affair in her early 20s with a married state Senator which changed the course of her life forever.
Sawyers will play Tanner, a charming and confident attorney and one of the founders of YLG. He’s also Miranda’s ex, the one she dumped to take up with the married senator. Now teamed with four other lawyers, all partners at a start-up law firm, he offers Miranda a job, only to ruffle the feathers of Lana, another attorney, also his fiancée.
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Deadline
Untitled NBC Vladimir Caamaño Pilot - Liche Ariza Joins Cast
Liche Ariza has booked a series regular role in 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.
Ariza is Julio, Vlad’s (Caamaño) father, a hard-working, good-hearted, endearingly melodramatic family man who has been in this country since 1970. A building super, Julio shares a rent-free basement unit with his two sons, while his wife (whom he adores) has a nearby subsidized apartment.
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Deadline
The Great Indoors - Susannah Fielding Joins Cast
Susannah Fielding (4.3.2.1) is set as a series regular opposite Joel McHale and Stephen Fry on 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.
Fielding will play Brooke, Antonio’s (Fry) daughter who is in charge of co-running “The Great Outdoors” with him.
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Deadline
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot (aka HR) - Esai Morales to Co-Star
Esai Morales is set to co-star opposite Judy Greer and Patton Oswalt in Fox’s untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka HR).
The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on Jane (Greer), the overused and underappreciated head of Human Resources for a plastics molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent HR department and an eccentric new CEO Sam (Oswalt), who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
Morales will play Bruce. Even though Bruce is usually unclogging toilets, or fixing someone’s foot heater, he always has a pleasant, chill and strangely sexy demeanor.
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Deadline
Chicago Justice - Lorraine Toussaint to Guest
Thanks to A for the heads up.
The worlds of Law & Order and Chicago Justice are about to collide.
Lorraine Toussaint is set to appear in the backdoor pilot of Dick Wolf's latest NBC drama as a character she originated on the former series 26 years ago, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The Critics Choice Award winner will play defense attorney Shambala Green in the 21st episode of Chicago P.D., which serves as the backdoor pilot for Chicago Justice. Formerly titled Chicago Law, the show stars Philip Winchester, Nazneen Contractor, Joelle Carter and Carl Weathers, the latter's casting was announced Saturday at PaleyFest.
Toussaint played Green seven times over Law & Order's 20 seasons, her most recent appearance being in 2003. Since then, Toussaint has enjoyed breakout success thanks to her role as Vee in Orange Is the New Black. The actress currently stars on the Fox medical drama Rosewood. Her appearance in the Chicago Justice pilot is a guest-starring role, meaning her full-time gig on Rosewood will not be affected.
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The Hollywood Reporter
MacGyver - Lucas Till Cast as MacGyver in CBS Pilot
Following a lengthy and extensive casting search, CBS has found its new MacGyver.
X-Men alum Lucas Till has been tapped to take on the character that was originally made famous by Richard Dean Anderson, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Additionally, Joshua Boone has joined the drama pilot as a series regular.
CBS' MacGyver is described as a reimagining of the television series of the same name. It follows a 20-something MacGyver (Till) as he gets recruited into a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
Till recently wrapped X-Men: Apocalypse, where he plays mutant Havok. He's also set as the lead in Paramount's Monster Trucks. The actor, who was born into a military family and raised by his father (a lieutenant colonel and aviation task force commander in the Army, he started his career on the set of Walk the Line. He's repped by APA, manager Tom Sullivan and Hirsch Wallerstein.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Chicago Justice - Carl Weathers Joins Cast
Chicago Justice is bringing a true fighter onboard.
Rocky alum Carl Weathers has joined the latest spinoff project, executive producer Dick Wolf announced Saturday at PaleyFest.
The actor, best known for his portrayal of fighter Apollo Creed, will play the state's attorney of Cook Country in the backdoor pilot for the new project, which is set to air as episode 21 of the current season of Chicago PD.
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The Hollywood Reporter
What Goes Around Comes Around - Matt Murray Joins Cast
Kevin From Work alum Matt Murray has booked a series regular role opposite Alyssa Milano and Jason Lee on CBS comedy pilot What Goes Around Comes Around. In addition, he’s been cast in a recurring role on USA drama series Eyewitness. 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.
Murray will play Doyle, the Smithers to Kenny’s (Lee) Mr. Burns. Kenny is the father figure he never had and, in Doyle’s eyes, Kenny can do no wrong. In crime thriller Eyewitness Murray will play Deputy Tony Michaels, Sheriff Helen’s (Julianne Nicholson) right-hand man who seamlessly operates their storefront precinct.
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Deadline
Still Star Crossed - Sterling Sulieman Joins Cast
Sterling Sulieman (In Time) has joined ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed from Shondaland. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is a period drama that picks up where Romeo & Juliet left off, charting the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate.
Sulieman will play Prince Escalus.
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