Exclusive: In a pre-emptive deal, Neon has acquired rights to Osgood Perkins’ (Longlegs) next genre movie Keeper, which will star Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and Rossif Sutherland (Possessor).
Neon will distribute in the U.S. and handle international sales rights to the film in Cannes, with Elevation Pictures set to distribute in Canada. Perkins directs from a screenplay written by Nick Lepard. Chris Ferguson and Jesse Savath of Oddfellows will produce.
Keeper follows a couple as they escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm (Sutherland) suddenly returns to the city, Liz (Maslany) finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that unveils the cabin’s horrifying secrets.
Executive producers include Tatiana Maslany; Marlaina Mah for Oddfellows; Noah Segal and Laurie May for Elevation Pictures; Brian Kavanaugh Jones; Fred Berger and Peter Micelli on behalf of Range Media Partners; John Hegeman and Vince Totino...
Neon will distribute in the U.S. and handle international sales rights to the film in Cannes, with Elevation Pictures set to distribute in Canada. Perkins directs from a screenplay written by Nick Lepard. Chris Ferguson and Jesse Savath of Oddfellows will produce.
Keeper follows a couple as they escape for a romantic anniversary weekend at a secluded cabin. When Malcolm (Sutherland) suddenly returns to the city, Liz (Maslany) finds herself isolated and in the presence of an unspeakable evil that unveils the cabin’s horrifying secrets.
Executive producers include Tatiana Maslany; Marlaina Mah for Oddfellows; Noah Segal and Laurie May for Elevation Pictures; Brian Kavanaugh Jones; Fred Berger and Peter Micelli on behalf of Range Media Partners; John Hegeman and Vince Totino...
- 5/9/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Starz’s eight-episode drama series The Venery of Samantha Bird has added Mission: Impossible actor Henry Czerny and Desperate Housewives actor Doug Savant in recurring roles.
Katherine Langford stars as Samantha Bird, who, while visiting family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Finn Jones) and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. The series is described as a haunting portrayal of addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small New England town.
Related: 2023 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Czerny will play Teddy, Samantha’s father and a former artist and teacher. Theodore “Teddy” Bird moves to Little Yorn with his wife, Nan, reuniting with their longtime friends, Al and Carol Minot.
Savant plays Al Minot, a sharp businessman who is deeply invested in maintaining the town of...
Katherine Langford stars as Samantha Bird, who, while visiting family in New England, reconnects with her childhood sweetheart (Finn Jones) and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. The series is described as a haunting portrayal of addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small New England town.
Related: 2023 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Czerny will play Teddy, Samantha’s father and a former artist and teacher. Theodore “Teddy” Bird moves to Little Yorn with his wife, Nan, reuniting with their longtime friends, Al and Carol Minot.
Savant plays Al Minot, a sharp businessman who is deeply invested in maintaining the town of...
- 2/7/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Henry Czerny is set to join the growing ensemble cast of the latest Scream installment at Paramount and Spyglass Media. Melissa Barrera, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding and Jenna Ortega are reprising their roles after making their first appearance in the most recent sequel, with Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett returning to direct.
Hayden Panettiere is returning to reprise her role from a previous installment along with Dermot Mulroney, Jack Champion, Liana Liberato, Devyn Nekoda and Josh Segarra.
The new outing is due to shoot this summer and follows the bloody success of the fifth installment, released in January, which grossed more than 81 million domestically and 140 million worldwide. Plot details are being kept under wraps outside of it following the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
The pic will be released on March 31, 2023.
James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick are penning the script.
Hayden Panettiere is returning to reprise her role from a previous installment along with Dermot Mulroney, Jack Champion, Liana Liberato, Devyn Nekoda and Josh Segarra.
The new outing is due to shoot this summer and follows the bloody success of the fifth installment, released in January, which grossed more than 81 million domestically and 140 million worldwide. Plot details are being kept under wraps outside of it following the four survivors of the Ghostface killings as they leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
The pic will be released on March 31, 2023.
James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick are penning the script.
- 6/23/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Ed Asner, who cornered the market on gruff guys with hearts of gold on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” and the Disney/Pixar animated feature “Up,” has died at the age of 91. He passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, as a representative confirmed to IndieWire.
“He was a brilliant actor. Amazing activist, a true friend, and great man,” said Asner’s manager Perry Zimel.
Asner had a long and prolific career in film and television, boasting the distinction of being the most honored male performer in Primetime Emmys history. He was nominated 17 times throughout his career, winning seven trophies in total. He was also nominated 11 times for Golden Globes, winning five.
Edward Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 1929. He attended the University of Chicago after high school and worked the assembly line at General Motors for a time before serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
“He was a brilliant actor. Amazing activist, a true friend, and great man,” said Asner’s manager Perry Zimel.
Asner had a long and prolific career in film and television, boasting the distinction of being the most honored male performer in Primetime Emmys history. He was nominated 17 times throughout his career, winning seven trophies in total. He was also nominated 11 times for Golden Globes, winning five.
Edward Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 15, 1929. He attended the University of Chicago after high school and worked the assembly line at General Motors for a time before serving in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
- 8/29/2021
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Netflix has set the core cast and creative team for Avatar: The Last Airbender. Gordon Cormier (Gabby Duran and the Unsittables), Kiawentiio (Beans), Ian Ousley (Physical), and Dallas Liu (PEN15) have been cast as series regulars in the live-action adaptation of the Nickelodeon series.
Albert Kim will serve as showrunner, executive producer and writer of the series with Rideback’s Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore (Walker) executive producing, along with Michael Goi. Roseanne Liang is co-executive producer and Goi, Roseanne Liang and Jabbar Raisani will serve as directors.
Written by Kim, Netflix bills the series as an authentic adaptation of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender reimagined as a live-action adventure.
Cormier will portray Aang, a fearless and fun-loving twelve-year-old who just happens to be the Avatar, master of all four elements and...
Albert Kim will serve as showrunner, executive producer and writer of the series with Rideback’s Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore (Walker) executive producing, along with Michael Goi. Roseanne Liang is co-executive producer and Goi, Roseanne Liang and Jabbar Raisani will serve as directors.
Written by Kim, Netflix bills the series as an authentic adaptation of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender reimagined as a live-action adventure.
Cormier will portray Aang, a fearless and fun-loving twelve-year-old who just happens to be the Avatar, master of all four elements and...
- 8/12/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
We’ve learned who will play Black Mask in the CW’s Batwoman. Nikita alum Peter Outerbridge is set to recur as the DC villain for the remainder of Season 2.
Outerbridge’s Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask, will be a major part of the storyline through the rest of the season. By day, Roman is a pragmatic and charismatic CEO who plays the “white knight” against Gotham’s corrupt systems. As Black Mask, an evil mastermind with a deep hatred of The Crows and masked vigilantes, he is willing to tear down Gotham to enact his revenge.
In Sunday’s episode, we learned that Kate Kane survived the plane crash shown in the Season 2 premiere, with the introduction of Wallis Day as an altered version of Kate. At the end of Sunday’s episode we find Kate Kane alive, but unrecognizable due to injuries she sustained in the crash. She...
Outerbridge’s Roman Sionis, aka Black Mask, will be a major part of the storyline through the rest of the season. By day, Roman is a pragmatic and charismatic CEO who plays the “white knight” against Gotham’s corrupt systems. As Black Mask, an evil mastermind with a deep hatred of The Crows and masked vigilantes, he is willing to tear down Gotham to enact his revenge.
In Sunday’s episode, we learned that Kate Kane survived the plane crash shown in the Season 2 premiere, with the introduction of Wallis Day as an altered version of Kate. At the end of Sunday’s episode we find Kate Kane alive, but unrecognizable due to injuries she sustained in the crash. She...
- 3/25/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tracey Deer, an indigenous filmmaker who hails from the Mohawk Nation, has signed with CAA.
Deer recently made her narrative feature debut co-writing and directing the coming-of-age film “Beans,” which captures a young Mohawk girl’s experiences during the 1990s Oka Crisis. The feature debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also screened at the Berlin Film Festival, after which FilmRise acquired the U.S. distribution rights.
In 2020, Deer was awarded the TIFF Emerging Talent Award and named one of Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.
In advance of receiving the TIFF award, Deer shared the impetus behind the story with Variety.
“That was the age that I really first experienced [racism] in such a massive way, and it had a profound effect on my understanding of who I am and my self worth. My sense of safety in the world,” Deer explained. “So it has such a devastating effect on young people.
Deer recently made her narrative feature debut co-writing and directing the coming-of-age film “Beans,” which captures a young Mohawk girl’s experiences during the 1990s Oka Crisis. The feature debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also screened at the Berlin Film Festival, after which FilmRise acquired the U.S. distribution rights.
In 2020, Deer was awarded the TIFF Emerging Talent Award and named one of Variety’s 10 Screenwriters to Watch.
In advance of receiving the TIFF award, Deer shared the impetus behind the story with Variety.
“That was the age that I really first experienced [racism] in such a massive way, and it had a profound effect on my understanding of who I am and my self worth. My sense of safety in the world,” Deer explained. “So it has such a devastating effect on young people.
- 3/9/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television have cast the new group of teenagers (and a couple of adults) at the center of the I Know What You Did Last Summer series reboot.
Madison Iseman (Jumanji: The Next Level), Brianne Tju (Light as a Feather), Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), Sebastian Amoruso (Solve), Fiona Rene (Stumptown), Cassie Beck (Connecting), Brooke Bloom (Homecoming) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) are set to star in the YA horror series, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film. Production will begin this month in Hawaii.
Written by Sara Goodman (Preacher) based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, the I Know What You Did Last Summer series has the same premise as the movie adaptation: In a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
Madison Iseman (Jumanji: The Next Level), Brianne Tju (Light as a Feather), Ezekiel Goodman, Ashley Moore (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), Sebastian Amoruso (Solve), Fiona Rene (Stumptown), Cassie Beck (Connecting), Brooke Bloom (Homecoming) and Bill Heck (I’m Your Woman) are set to star in the YA horror series, a modern take on the hit 1997 slasher film. Production will begin this month in Hawaii.
Written by Sara Goodman (Preacher) based on the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, the I Know What You Did Last Summer series has the same premise as the movie adaptation: In a town full of secrets, a group of teenagers are stalked by a mysterious killer a year after a fatal accident on their graduation night.
- 1/11/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Deuce) and Bill Heck (Locke & Key) are set as two of the leads alongside star Jeff Bridges in the FX’s drama series The Old Man, from Fox 21 Television Studios in association with The Littlefield Company.
In a recasting, Heck will play a younger version of Bridges’ character Dan Chase. He replaces Austin Stowell who had been originally tapped for the role.
Written by Jon Steinberg & Robert Levine, The Old Man is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. It centers on the aforementioned Dan Chase (Bridges), the titular “old man,” who absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin (Akinnagbe) arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
Akinnagbe will play Julian, a highly trained special ops contractor sent to hunt down Chase,...
In a recasting, Heck will play a younger version of Bridges’ character Dan Chase. He replaces Austin Stowell who had been originally tapped for the role.
Written by Jon Steinberg & Robert Levine, The Old Man is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Thomas Perry. It centers on the aforementioned Dan Chase (Bridges), the titular “old man,” who absconded from the CIA decades ago and now lives off the grid. When an assassin (Akinnagbe) arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.
Akinnagbe will play Julian, a highly trained special ops contractor sent to hunt down Chase,...
- 3/7/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“Briarpatch” at USA Network has added two more big names to its cast.
Ed Asner and Alan Cumming will both appear in the anthology series in recurring roles, alongside Rosario Dawson as the lead.
The series, based on the Ross Thomas book of the same name, is currently in production in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is produced by Ucp and Paramount Television.
It follows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees. Other previously announced cast members include Kim Dickens, Jay R. Ferguson, Brian Geraghty and Edi Gathegi.
Asner will play the role of James Staghorne Sr., the President and owner of the town’s only newspaper, The Chronicle. Staghorne Sr. never bothers to hide his racism and resentment and...
Ed Asner and Alan Cumming will both appear in the anthology series in recurring roles, alongside Rosario Dawson as the lead.
The series, based on the Ross Thomas book of the same name, is currently in production in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is produced by Ucp and Paramount Television.
It follows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees. Other previously announced cast members include Kim Dickens, Jay R. Ferguson, Brian Geraghty and Edi Gathegi.
Asner will play the role of James Staghorne Sr., the President and owner of the town’s only newspaper, The Chronicle. Staghorne Sr. never bothers to hide his racism and resentment and...
- 6/24/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Ed Asner and Alan Cumming are set for key recurring roles opposite Rosario Dawson in Briarpatch,the first season of USA Network’s anthology series, from writer-executive producer Andy Greenwald, executive producer Sam Esmail, Universal Cable Prods. and Paramount Television. The series is currently in production in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Based on the Ross Thomas novel, Briarpatch was written for television by Greenwald, who executive produces alongside Mr. Robot and Homecoming‘s Esmail through his production company Esmail Corp and Anonymous Content’s Chad Hamilton. Ann Lily Amirpour also served as an executive producer on the pilot. In addition to her starring role, Dawson will be a producer on the series.
Briarpatch follows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.
Based on the Ross Thomas novel, Briarpatch was written for television by Greenwald, who executive produces alongside Mr. Robot and Homecoming‘s Esmail through his production company Esmail Corp and Anonymous Content’s Chad Hamilton. Ann Lily Amirpour also served as an executive producer on the pilot. In addition to her starring role, Dawson will be a producer on the series.
Briarpatch follows Allegra Dill (Dawson), a dogged investigator returning to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.
- 6/24/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Mark McKinney, who currently stars on Superstore, has signed with Apa.
The multi-hyphenate plays Glenn on the NBC sitcom, which is now in its fifth season.
McKinney previously co-created, wrote and starred in the acclaimed Canadian series, Slings & Arrows; and was both story editor and a recurring character on Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60.
His work as co-creator, writer and ensemble cast member of The Kids In The Hall (1988-94) earned him three Emmy nominations and four Gemini Awards for best writing and best performance.
He also spent three seasons on Saturday Night Live as both a cast member and staff writer, and served as a producer/showrunner on the Tmn/HBO Canada’s comedy Less Than Kind, starring Maury Chaykin
McKinney continues to be managed by Perry Zimel.
The multi-hyphenate plays Glenn on the NBC sitcom, which is now in its fifth season.
McKinney previously co-created, wrote and starred in the acclaimed Canadian series, Slings & Arrows; and was both story editor and a recurring character on Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60.
His work as co-creator, writer and ensemble cast member of The Kids In The Hall (1988-94) earned him three Emmy nominations and four Gemini Awards for best writing and best performance.
He also spent three seasons on Saturday Night Live as both a cast member and staff writer, and served as a producer/showrunner on the Tmn/HBO Canada’s comedy Less Than Kind, starring Maury Chaykin
McKinney continues to be managed by Perry Zimel.
- 6/5/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments alumna Maxim Roy has booked a recurring role in October Faction, based on the Idw comics by Steve Niles.
Adapted and created by Damian Kindler, October Faction follows globetrotting monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen, played by MacKenzie and Taylor respectively, who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in upstate New York with their teenage children Geoff (Darku) and Viv (Burghart). As the family adjusts, Fred and Deloris must hide their identities as members of a secret organization, and our heroes quickly discover that their new small-town setting isn’t as idyllic as it seems.
Roy plays Alice Harlow, a powerful warlock and the last of her kind. Driven by a profound sense of loss, Alice sets out to destroy those responsible for the genocide against her people, but along the way she uncovers a long-held secret that...
Adapted and created by Damian Kindler, October Faction follows globetrotting monster hunters Fred and Deloris Allen, played by MacKenzie and Taylor respectively, who, after the death of Fred’s father, return to their hometown in upstate New York with their teenage children Geoff (Darku) and Viv (Burghart). As the family adjusts, Fred and Deloris must hide their identities as members of a secret organization, and our heroes quickly discover that their new small-town setting isn’t as idyllic as it seems.
Roy plays Alice Harlow, a powerful warlock and the last of her kind. Driven by a profound sense of loss, Alice sets out to destroy those responsible for the genocide against her people, but along the way she uncovers a long-held secret that...
- 10/16/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sharon Gless is set to star opposite Elisabeth Shue in Constance, TNT’s drama about one woman’s refusal to fade into obsolescence, from Kc Perry and Team Downey, Sonar Entertainment and Studio T.
Described as a fun, darkly humorous, veneer-stripping story, it follows Constance Young (Shue), a former beauty queen-turned-small-town bureaucrat whose life is thrown into turmoil after her husband’s mysterious death. Realizing she and her family are on the verge of financial ruin, Constance turns to cooking the books at City Hall, while simultaneously trying to reinvent herself through the hyper-competitive world of direct-sales cosmetics.
Gless will play Constance’s mother, Raylynn, a tough-as-nails, bitingly witty former beauty queen who does her best to stave off the indignities of age but whose thick makeup and false eyelashes are starting to fail her. Boozy and irreverent, Raylynn is a loving and proud matriarch, despite her deeply complicated relationship with Constance.
Described as a fun, darkly humorous, veneer-stripping story, it follows Constance Young (Shue), a former beauty queen-turned-small-town bureaucrat whose life is thrown into turmoil after her husband’s mysterious death. Realizing she and her family are on the verge of financial ruin, Constance turns to cooking the books at City Hall, while simultaneously trying to reinvent herself through the hyper-competitive world of direct-sales cosmetics.
Gless will play Constance’s mother, Raylynn, a tough-as-nails, bitingly witty former beauty queen who does her best to stave off the indignities of age but whose thick makeup and false eyelashes are starting to fail her. Boozy and irreverent, Raylynn is a loving and proud matriarch, despite her deeply complicated relationship with Constance.
- 10/2/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Zoo alum Peter Outerbridge is set as a series regular opposite Ian Somerhalder and Adrian Holmes in Netflix’s upcoming vampire drama V-Wars, based on Jonathan Maberry’s bestselling book, from Idw Entertainment and High Park Entertainment.
The book, published in 2012 by Idw Publishing, debuted as a collection of prose stories that chronicles the first Vampire War. In the series, Dr. Luther Swann (Somerhalder) enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne (Holmes), into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. As the disease spreads and more people are transformed, society fractures into opposing camps pitting normal people against the growing number of these “vampires.” Swann races against time to understand what’s happening, while Fayne rises to become the powerful underground leader of the vampires.
Outerbridge will play Calix Niklos an elegant, malicious science expert on the Homeland Security Team.
The book, published in 2012 by Idw Publishing, debuted as a collection of prose stories that chronicles the first Vampire War. In the series, Dr. Luther Swann (Somerhalder) enters a world of untold horror when a mysterious disease transforms his best friend, Michael Fayne (Holmes), into a murderous predator who feeds on other humans. As the disease spreads and more people are transformed, society fractures into opposing camps pitting normal people against the growing number of these “vampires.” Swann races against time to understand what’s happening, while Fayne rises to become the powerful underground leader of the vampires.
Outerbridge will play Calix Niklos an elegant, malicious science expert on the Homeland Security Team.
- 6/14/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates has promoted Daniel Abrams to partner, joining longtime partners Michael Oscars, Gayle Abrams and Perry Zimel. The management and production company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month,. Oaz reps a roster that includes Christopher Plummer, Andrea Martin, Wendy Crewson, Kim Coates, Victor Garber, Edward Asner, Sharon Gless, Henry Czerny, Katie Ford, Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney and Kristin Lehman among others. Daniel Abrams began…...
- 6/22/2017
- Deadline
Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates has promoted Daniel Abrams to partner, joining longtime partners Michael Oscars, Gayle Abrams and Perry Zimel. The management and production company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month,. Oaz reps a roster that includes Christopher Plummer, Andrea Martin, Wendy Crewson, Kim Coates, Victor Garber, Edward Asner, Sharon Gless, Henry Czerny, Katie Ford, Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney and Kristin Lehman among others. Daniel Abrams began…...
- 6/22/2017
- Deadline TV
Emmy winner Sharon Gless is set as a series regular in Saint Francis, Chris Moynihan’s multi-camera comedy pilot for ABC, from ABC Studios and Tagline. It centers on Francis Quinlan (Michael Imperioli), a no-nonsense, blue-collar Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister Heather (Spencer Grammer) gets pregnant out of wedlock. Gless will play Francis’ mother Janice Quinlan, an Irish Catholic “widow/martyr” who has taken up permanent residence in Francis’ basement. When she learns that Heather is pregnant, she rushes off to her parish priest, who is happy to confirm the fact that Janice’s only daughter is going straight to hell. Gless, repped by Domain, manager Perry Zimel and Katz Golden Rosenman Llp, is coming off seven-season run on USA’s Burn Notice. Other TV credits include turns on Queer As Folk, Nip/Tuck, The Trials Of...
- 3/20/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Summer Bishil (Towelhead), Anastasia Phillips (Skins), Christine Evangelista and Lorraine Bruce have been cast in lead roles in ABC’s drama pilot Lucky 7, from ABC Studios and Amblin TV. Written by David Zabel and Jason Richman, Lucky 7 is about seven employees of a service station in Queens whose lives are changed in many unexpected ways when they win a lottery jackpot. Bishil, repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and manager Ken Jacobson, Phillips, repped by Greene & Assoc. and manager Perry Zimel, and Bruce will play three of the seven employees, while Evangelista plays the “baby mama” of another winner, Matt. Parker Young and Chris Lowell have landed the co-leads opposite Geoff Stults in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Enlisted. Written by Kevin Biegel, Enlisted follows three very different brothers (Stults, Young, Lowell) working together in the Army. It centers on Sgt. Pete Waits (Stults) who, after a stint in Afghanistan,...
- 3/2/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Angelique Cabral has booked a recurring role on the second season of ABC’s Don’t Trust The B—- In Apartment 23. She will play Fox Paris, a woman who is also a junior analyst at the financial firm where June (Drema Walker) has just been hired. Cabral, repped by Pakula/King and Karen Forman Management, is currently co-starring in the feature The Perfect Family with Emily Deschanel. Desperate Housewives alum Steven Culp is back on ABC with a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy, playing Dr. Parker, a top dog doctor. He is with Domain and manager Miriam Milgrom. Maureen Sebastian has landed a potentially recurring role on the new NBC drama Revolution, playing the wife of Aaron (Zak Orth) in flashbacks. She is managed by Susan Yoo. Wendy Crewson (Saving Hope, The Vow) has booked a recurring role on ABC’s Revenge, playing Helen, a powerful business executive.
- 8/31/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Killing co-star Kristin Lehman has lined up her next series. Lehman has been cast as the lead in Motive, a 13-episode drama series for Canada’s CTV. Written/executive produced by Daniel Cerone (The Mentalist, Dexter), Motive follows divorced single mom Angie Snow (Lehman), a feisty female Vancouver homicide detective who matches wits with killers in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. Lehman, repped by Domain, manager Perry Zimel and attorney Diane Golden, will next be seen in features Loft and Arthur Newman. Missi Pyle (The Artist) and veteran Elliott Gould have boarded TV Land’s single-camera comedy pilot I’m Not Dead Yet. Written by Jon Sherman based on an Israeli format, the Electus-produced project it is about a man (Ben Falcone) who finds out that he has a rare heart condition that could cause him to die at any moment and decides to finally start speaking his mind and live life to the fullest.
- 8/24/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Ed Asner is reprising his role (again) on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0, playing August March on the cop drama. He originated the role in a 1975 appearance in the first incarnation of the series and returned last year to play the world-class smuggler. His storyline is being extended for the second episode of Season 3, we’re told, and he is headed to Hawaii next week to shoot his scenes. The series is currently in production on the season premiere, which is set to air September 24. The seven-time Emmy winner is plenty busy, as he’s also set to star opposite Alison Sweeney and Greg Vaughn in the Hallmark telefilm Two In, which is shooting in La for a 2013 premiere. He also just pacted to return to Broadway in the fall to star alongside Paul Rudd and Michael Shannon in Grace, the Craig Wright drama that officially opens October 4 for a limited run.
- 7/13/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
After a six-year stint as the lead of Syfy’s departing drama series Eureka, Colin Ferguson is switching to comedy as the lead in Bill Lawrence’s Fox pilot Like Father. The project, from Warner Bros. TV, is inspired by Lawrence’s real-life experience and centers on a father-son relationship. Ferguson will play the father Van Lyons, nicknamed “The Hurricane” for his bombastic personality. After his wife dies, Van moves into his son Will’s campus apartment. Also cast in the pilot are Phill Lewis (repped by Abrams Artists & Klwgn) as Van’s best friend and Kevin Michael Martin (TalentWorks & Sweeney Entertainment) as Will’s roommate and best friend. Like Father reunites Lewis with Lawrence after doing an arc as Hooch on Lawrence’s medical comedy Scrubs. In addition to writing/executive producing, Lawrence is also directing the pilot. Ferguson, who also served as a producer on Eureka, is repped...
- 2/17/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Last season, USA Network’s flagship series Royal Pains introduced Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) and Evan R. Lawson’s (Paulo Costanzo) dad Eddie Lawson, played by Henry Winkler. Now the upcoming third season will go down another generation, with veteran Ed Asner tapped for a two-episode arc as Ted Roth, Hank and Evan’s grandfather and Eddie’s dad. Asner, repped by Greene & Associates and manager Perry Zimel, recently starred on Cmt's first sitcom Working Class. He is now touring the country with his one-man show Fdr and will next be seen in the HBO movie Too Big to Fail. Meagan Good has joined Showtime's dark comedy Californication for a major recurring role. Good, who will appear in nine of the 12 episodes of Californication's upcoming fifth season, will play Kali, an extremely hot up-and-coming hip-hop artist. Good, who recently did an arc on Bet's The Game, has three movies coming...
- 4/29/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Madeleine Stowe and Henry Czerny are set to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Revenge centers on Emily Thorn/Amanda Clarke (Emily VanCamp), a mysterious woman who comes to the Hamptons to exact revenge on the Graysons who destroyed her family. Stowe will play Victoria Grayson, the matriarch of the family and a social power broker. Having long ago masterminded the merciless destruction of Amanda's dad Kevin Clarke and the ostracism of his daughter to a life in foster homes, Victoria has no idea that Emily is actually Amanda and welcomes her as a friend and neighbor. Czerny will play Victoria's husband Conrad. Stowe, repped by Gersh and Brillstein, took a break from acting during the past couple of years to work on her feature Western script Unbound Captive, which she is also set to direct. Czerny, repped by the Glick Agency and Perry Zimel, was seen in The A-Team and...
- 3/16/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
24 alumna Leslie Hope has landed the female lead in ABC's drama pilot The River, a thriller/horror drama from Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, which is being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Described as being in the mold of Paranormal Activity, The River centers on Tess (Hope), a world traveler and top-notch producer who, six months after her TV explorer husband Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing in the Amazon, receives a signal from his beacon. Convinced that Emmet is alive, Tess forces her reluctant son Lincoln (Joe Anderson) to abandon his medical studies and lead a rescue expedition. Hope, repped by Domain and manager Perry Zimel, has been recurring on The Mentalist.
- 3/15/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Wendy Crewson Wendy Crewson has been cast in Equinoxe Films' biopic "Winnie," opposite Terrence Howard and Jennifer Hudson as Nelson and Winnie Mandela.
Crewson ("The Santa Clause") will play activist Mary Botha, who becomes a social worker in South Africa after witnessing a brutal police assault on a black youth. After befriending the Mandelas during the fight against apartheid, Botha is subjected to phone-tapping, police harassment and house arrest.
Darrell Roodt is directing the Canada/South Africa co-production, which is being produced by Michael Mosca of Equinoxe and Andre Pieterse of Iron Wood Film. The movie is being shot in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Robbin Island.
Repped by Innovative and Perry Zimel, Crewson has appeared in the features "Away From Her," "A Home at the End of the World," "The 6th Day," "Air Force One" and "What Lies Beneath."...
Crewson ("The Santa Clause") will play activist Mary Botha, who becomes a social worker in South Africa after witnessing a brutal police assault on a black youth. After befriending the Mandelas during the fight against apartheid, Botha is subjected to phone-tapping, police harassment and house arrest.
Darrell Roodt is directing the Canada/South Africa co-production, which is being produced by Michael Mosca of Equinoxe and Andre Pieterse of Iron Wood Film. The movie is being shot in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Robbin Island.
Repped by Innovative and Perry Zimel, Crewson has appeared in the features "Away From Her," "A Home at the End of the World," "The 6th Day," "Air Force One" and "What Lies Beneath."...
- 6/17/2010
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy winner Edward Asner has signed on for CMT's comedy pilot "Regular Joe."
The cable network also has cast Liza Snyder ("Yes, Dear") in a lead role on the show, which is executive produced by David Litt, Nina Wass and Eugene Stein.
Asner will play the father of Joe (Tom Arnold). He's a gruff and outspoken man who has recently returned to dating after separating from his wife of many years.
If greenlighted, the pilot will represent a return for Asner to the medium that made him a household name in the 1970s with his work in "Mary Tyler Moore" and its "Lou Grant" spinoff.
Snyder will play Marine, Joe's smart and funny wife. She's repped by Apa and the Susan Smith Co.; Asner is repped by Greene & Associates and Perry Zimel.
The project is part of Cmt's scripted series push; the network ordered four comedy pilots this year.
The cable network also has cast Liza Snyder ("Yes, Dear") in a lead role on the show, which is executive produced by David Litt, Nina Wass and Eugene Stein.
Asner will play the father of Joe (Tom Arnold). He's a gruff and outspoken man who has recently returned to dating after separating from his wife of many years.
If greenlighted, the pilot will represent a return for Asner to the medium that made him a household name in the 1970s with his work in "Mary Tyler Moore" and its "Lou Grant" spinoff.
Snyder will play Marine, Joe's smart and funny wife. She's repped by Apa and the Susan Smith Co.; Asner is repped by Greene & Associates and Perry Zimel.
The project is part of Cmt's scripted series push; the network ordered four comedy pilots this year.
- 6/13/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Acclaimed actor Edward Asner has signed onto Cmt's comedy pilot "Regular Joe."
In addition, the network cast Liza Snyder ("Yes Dear") in a lead role on the show.
The two help fill out the cast of the project, which is executive produced by David Litt, Nina Wass & Eugene Stein.
Asner ("Up") will play the father of Joe (Tom Arnold), a gruff and outspoken man who's recently began dating after separating from his longtime wife.
If greenlit, the casting will represent a return for Asner to the medium that made him a household name in the 1970s. Asner was the star of two legendary TV hits, "Mary Tyler Moore" and its spinoff "Lou Grant."
Snyder ("Pay it Forward") will play Marine, Joe's smart and funny wife. She's repped by Apa and Susan Smith Company; Asner is repped by Greene & Associates and Perry Zimel.
The project is part of Cmt's scripted series...
In addition, the network cast Liza Snyder ("Yes Dear") in a lead role on the show.
The two help fill out the cast of the project, which is executive produced by David Litt, Nina Wass & Eugene Stein.
Asner ("Up") will play the father of Joe (Tom Arnold), a gruff and outspoken man who's recently began dating after separating from his longtime wife.
If greenlit, the casting will represent a return for Asner to the medium that made him a household name in the 1970s. Asner was the star of two legendary TV hits, "Mary Tyler Moore" and its spinoff "Lou Grant."
Snyder ("Pay it Forward") will play Marine, Joe's smart and funny wife. She's repped by Apa and Susan Smith Company; Asner is repped by Greene & Associates and Perry Zimel.
The project is part of Cmt's scripted series...
- 6/11/2010
- by By James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- John Goodman, Ed Asner and Jane Alexander are joining Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel in the indie romantic comedy Gigantic.
Dano will play Brian, a depressed mattress salesman whose quest to adopt a Chinese baby is sidetracked when he falls for Happy (Deschanel).
Asner will play Brian's pot-smoking, gangsta rap-loving father, and Alexander is set as his long-suffering mother. Goodman will play Happy's brilliant, domineering dad.
Mindy Goldberg of Epoch Films and Christine Vachon of Killer Films are producing the project, which begins shooting today in New York. Dano is executive producing.
Director Matt Aselton co-wrote the script with Adam Nagata. Harrison Kordestani and Marina Martins of Lexicon/Machine Made are financing and Cinetic Media is repping domestic sales.
Goodman is repped by Gersh. Asner is repped by Michael Greene and manager Perry Zimel. Alexander is repped by WMA.
Dano will play Brian, a depressed mattress salesman whose quest to adopt a Chinese baby is sidetracked when he falls for Happy (Deschanel).
Asner will play Brian's pot-smoking, gangsta rap-loving father, and Alexander is set as his long-suffering mother. Goodman will play Happy's brilliant, domineering dad.
Mindy Goldberg of Epoch Films and Christine Vachon of Killer Films are producing the project, which begins shooting today in New York. Dano is executive producing.
Director Matt Aselton co-wrote the script with Adam Nagata. Harrison Kordestani and Marina Martins of Lexicon/Machine Made are financing and Cinetic Media is repping domestic sales.
Goodman is repped by Gersh. Asner is repped by Michael Greene and manager Perry Zimel. Alexander is repped by WMA.
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