Future Shows (News/Casting)

JP Liz V1 · 04-02-2014 11:25pm

Copper‘s Franka Potente, Prison Break‘s Amaury Nolasco, House of Cards‘ Sebastian Arcelus, Orange Is The New Black‘s Elizabeth Rodriguez and Boardwalk Empire‘s Erik LaRay Harvey have joined the cast of Cinemax’s drama pilot Blanco, TVLine has learned.The potential series follows uptown gangster nicknamed Blanco (Evil Dead‘s Shiloh Fernandez) who uses his status as a confidential informant to turn the tables on law enforcement and build his criminal empire.
Potente, Nolasco and Arcelus will play Blanco’s girlfriend, brother and lawyer, respectively, while Rodriguez and Harvey portray NYPD detectives.
Audrey Esparza (The Following) and Alex Hernandez (Law & Order: SVU) round out the cast as Blanco’s brother’s girlfriend and Blanco’s associate Nando.
Blue Bloods scribe Mark Rosner is penning the script and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Days Later) is set to direct - Source TV Line

Patty O Furniture · 05-02-2014 6:12pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Scott Bakula nabs lead role Source

CCH Pounder and Zoe McLellan also join

Haven't seen her since Dirty Sexy Money & always good to see Scott Bakula again on tv.

JP Liz V1 · 05-02-2014 11:04pm

Sissy Spacek has joined the untitled Netflix drama starring Kyle Chandler and Linda Cardellini, TVLine reports.
The Oscar-winning actress will play Chandler and Cardellini's mother in the thriller from Damages creators Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler.
The 13-episode series tells the story of a family of adult siblings whose secrets resurface when the black sheep oldest brother returns home Source

jenjenten · 06-02-2014 3:28am

This shows premise sounds very interesting, but is it another "Numbers''?....job-of-the-week?

CBS has given a pilot order to Scorpion, a drama from Nick Santora, Justin Lin, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. The project, which had a put pilot commitment, was written by Breakout Kings co-creator Santora and will be directed by Fast & Furious’ Lin, with CBS TV Studios producing. It centers on an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses who form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age.

Scorpion was inspired by the true story of Walter O’Brien (hacker name “Scorpion”), CEO of global think tank Scorpion Computer Services. A man with one of the world’s highest documented IQs (1 in 1.5B people), O’Brien became a real-life Professor X and recruited and trained other geniuses from around the world to work together to save lives and solve problems from casino security to Military Drone warfare. Executive producing Scorpion are Santora, Lin, O’Brien, K/O Paper Products’ Kurtzman, Orci and Heather Kadin and SB Prods.’ Scooter Braun, with SB’s Danny Rose and Danielle Woodrow of Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment co-exec producing, and SB’s Scott Manson and Perfect Storm’s Troy Craig Poon producing.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/cbs-orders-drama-pilot-from-nick-santora-justin-lin-alex-kurtzman-bob-orci/

JP Liz V1 · 08-02-2014 12:02am

Jay Baruchel will star in the FX comedy pilot Man Seeking Woman.Based on Saturday Night Live writer Simon Rich’s book, The Last Girlfriend on Earth, the potential series is described as “a sweet and absurd look at the life-and-death stakes of dating.”
Baruchel will play Josh Greenberg, a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish hellscape of untold horror.
The 29-year-old Rich — the second youngest writer ever hired by SNL — penned the script and will serve as an EP alongside his SNL boss Lorne Michaels Source

JP Liz V1 · 08-02-2014 12:08am

John Benjamin Hickey will star in WGN America’s original drama series Manhattan,. The actor will portray Frank Winter, a brilliant and self-destructive physics professor tapped to help lead the Manhattan Project, a mission that will jeopardize his family and his sanity.

jenjenten · 09-02-2014 1:45am

maggie q from nikita seems to have taken on a corker of a role! http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/maggie-q-series-ching-shih-china-pirate-red-flag/

it actually sounds like the most interesting of the recent batch of pirate dramas.

JP Liz V1 · 10-02-2014 12:46am

Rob Riggle has landed the second lead in The Pro, NBC’s comedy pilot about a washed-up former doubles tennis champion (Rob Lowe) who tries to reclaim some glory as an instructor at a posh country club. Riggle will play Lowe’s estranged onetime partner/new boss

Sideshow Mark · 12-02-2014 8:09am

I really liked Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha, very talented lady. I wish her well but it's a pity she has signed on for a bland network sitcom.

Deadline.com

Indie darling Greta Gerwig will lead the cast of How I Met Your Dad, CBS’ spinoff from long-running comedy series How I Met Your Mother. With Gerwig on board, the project, which had a pilot production commitment, has been given a formal pilot greenlight. 20th Century Fox TV, which is behind the original series, is producing. In addition to starring, Gerwig — who has co-written several features — will serve as a producer on HIMYD and is expected to write.

FunLover18 · 12-02-2014 11:35am

Sideshow Mark wrote: »

I really liked Greta Gerwig in Frances Ha, very talented lady. I wish her well but it's a pity she has signed on for a bland network sitcom.

I seriously doubt there's much interest. It was a novel idea but I doubt anyone would want to go through the wait again.

JP Liz V1 · 13-02-2014 11:31pm

Juliette Lewis has been cast in ABC's murder drama Secrets and Lies.Also starring Ryan Phillippe and Natalie Martinez and penned by “Private Practice” and “The Vampire Diaries’” Barbie Kligman, the show is an adaptation of an Australian drama and follows a family man suspected of killing a young boy when he finds the body. Lewis will play the detective on the case.

JP Liz V1 · 14-02-2014 10:31pm

Nick Jonas joins DirecTV’s gritty drama series Navy St. playing a professional boxer no less. The Jonas brother, in his first major series role, and Kiele Sanchez have been added to the 10-episode original series, from Byron Balasco and Endemol Studios. The dark family drama is set against the backdrop of Navy Street, a Venice, CA-based mixed martial arts (MMA) gym owned by Alvey Henderson (Frank Grillo), a former fighter who never made it big due to a drug addiction but is now sober. Sanchez plays Lisa Prince, his long-time girlfriend. Jonas will play Nate Henderson, Alvey’s youngest son and the prized fighter at the gym, joining recently cast Jonathan Tucker who plays Alvey’s eldest son. Filming is slated to begin on May 5 in Los Angeles for a fall premiere http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/nick-jonas-kiele-sanchez-join-directv-boxing-drama-series-navy-st/

JP Liz V1 · 14-02-2014 10:36pm

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USA Network has given the green-light to a new event series titled Dig. The six episode series, which hails from Heroes creator Tim Kring and Homeland scribe Gideon Raff, is set to enter production early next year for a fall 2014 premiere.
Developed by Keshet Media and the Universal Cable Productions based BermanBraun, Dig tells the story of Peter, an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a woman archeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making that threatens to change the course of history
Source

Jason Isaacs has been tapped to play the lead role

JP Liz V1 · 18-02-2014 11:24pm

CBS developing CSI spin off about cyber crime http://tvline.com/2014/02/18/csi-spinoff-cyber-crime-cbs/

don ramo · 19-02-2014 7:03pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

CBS developing CSI spin off about cyber crime http://tvline.com/2014/02/18/csi-spinoff-cyber-crime-cbs/

sure marge helgenberger is already there, its called intelligence

JP Liz V1 · 19-02-2014 11:58pm

Karen Gillan has been tapped to star in ABC's Emily Kapnek comedy Selfie.

The modern take on My Fair Lady is inspired by the musical and tells the story of a self-obsessed 20-something woman named Eliza Dooley (Gillan) who is more concerned with "likes" than being liked. After suffering a public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media "followers" than she ever imagined -- but for all the wrong reasons. She then enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/doctor-whos-karen-gillan-star-681384

stevenmu · 20-02-2014 3:57pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

CBS developing CSI spin off about cyber crime http://tvline.com/2014/02/18/csi-spinoff-cyber-crime-cbs/

That could be interesting if they can hire some writers who have at least seen a computer, instead of the usual idiots who just stick a random bunch of technical sounding words together and expect it to make sense.

JP Liz V1 · 24-02-2014 12:57am

Jennifer Lopez will star in and exec-produce an hour-long drama series titled Shades of Blue. The project, which has already received a 13-episode straight-to-series order from NBC, “is a complex police series that centers on Harlee McCord (Lopez), a single mother and detective recruited to work undercover for the FBI’s anti-corruption task force. Part of a close-knit unit known for its conviction record, Harlee has become compromised by her colleagues — all of whom also pitch in to help her raise her daughter — and finds herself faced with the moral dilemma of working against her cop brothers in order to redeem herself.”
The series will be written by Adi Hasak (3 Days to Kill, From Paris with Love), who will serve as an EP alongside Lopez’ American Idol colleague with Ryan Seacrest. Production isn’t set to begin until 2015 ahead of a Fall 2015 premiere.

http://tvline.com/2014/02/21/shades-of-blue-jennifer-lopez-nbc-series/

JP Liz V1 · 24-02-2014 9:10pm

Fox is teaming with Jerry Bruckheimer Television for the drama Home, with an eye towards a series order. The project is a family thriller/soap that delves into the secrets lingering behind the facade of a suburban family.

JP Liz V1 · 25-02-2014 10:22pm

Hallmark Channel has order The Good Witch series, born of the cabler’s TV-movie franchise starring JAG alum Catherine Bell as haunted house resident/small-town enchantress Cassie Nightingale with a 10-episode freshman run will debut in early 2015 http://tvline.com/2014/02/25/catherine-bell-the-good-witch-series/

JP Liz V1 · 26-02-2014 12:51am

Viola Davis is set to star in ABC’s drama pilot How to Get Away With Murder which is produced by Shonda Rhimes

JP Liz V1 · 27-02-2014 3:45pm

Michael Rosenbaum has joined NBC’s Will Ferrell-produced 1960s workplace sitcom Mission Control, playing Bus, a jockish but likeable NASA astronaut

JP Liz V1 · 04-03-2014 2:23am

BBC One today announced that Aidan Turner will star as Ross Poldark in Debbie Horsfield’s adaptation of Winston Graham’s saga set in 18th century Cornwall.

Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

Aidan Turner said: "I'm very excited to play Ross Poldark for the BBC and it's obviously a huge challenge to honour the extraordinary character Winston Graham created and who Debbie Horsfield has brought new life to. But there's a terrific team coming together and the scripts are superb, so I can't wait to get started."

Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning, says: "We are really excited. He is a brilliant actor, he is part of the BBC family, we are incredibly thrilled he is coming back from Hollywood from The Hobbit in order to lead Poldark for BBC One."

Poldark will be in eight 60-minute episodes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/poldark.html

JP Liz V1 · 04-03-2014 9:29pm

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Matt Passmore (The Glades) has a starring role in one of USA Network’s most buzzed about pilots.
TVLine has learned that the Aussie actor has been tapped to star in an untitled drama project from Suits scribe Sean Jablonski.
The potential series follows investment banker Neil Truman (Passmore) and his wife, Grace, as they struggle to sift through their stagnant marriage, looking for the spark they once had. When Neil discovers that Grace has been seeing a male escort his entire world is turned upside down. As he gains a new perspective on life and what motivates women, Grace contemplates her own needs and whether her marriage is worth saving Source

10 episode order by USA Network Source

JP Liz V1 · 05-03-2014 9:28pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

CBS developing CSI spin off about cyber crime http://tvline.com/2014/02/18/csi-spinoff-cyber-crime-cbs/

Source

Patricia Arquette lands lead role

JP Liz V1 · 06-03-2014 11:33pm

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Elizabeth Hurley is set for regal duty with a starring role in the hourlong E! pilot The Royals, from Lionsgate TV and the One Tree Hill team of creator Mark Schwahn and producers Brian Robbins & Joe Davola. Written by Schwahn, The Royals is a contemporary drama about a fictional royal family informed by the regal opulence of the British monarchy and framed by Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Part fairy tale, part cautionary tale, the show is described as a tale of men and women corrupted by power, wealth and desire. I’ve learned that Hurley will play the sexy, devious and conflicted Queen Helena, who struggles to cope with the death of her oldest son and the crisis of confidence this creates with her husband, King Simon, while working to deter the growing relationship between her middle son, now the heir apparent, and his American girlfriend - Source Deadline

http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/e-orders-elizabeth-hurleys-the-royals-as-first-scripted-series-1201127038/

Royals is described as a sweeping ensembler set in London that revolves around the high-class hurly-burly of modern life in the fishbowl for the regal set. Hurley plays the demanding matriarch Queen Helena. William Moseley, Alexandra Park, Vincent Regan, Tom Austen, Jake Maskall, Ukweli Roach and Oliver Milburn also star

JP Liz V1 · 10-03-2014 10:32pm

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Vince Gilligan has teamed with David Shore for Battle Creek, which has closed at CBS with a series production order for the 2014-15 season. The drama project, which I hear has a 13-episode commitment, was originally created by Gilligan a decade ago. It comes from Sony TV, which produced Breaking Bad and has an overall deal with Shore. Sony will co-produce with CBS TV Studios, with Gilligan, Shore and Breaking Bad EP Mark Johnson executive producing. Shore will serve as showrunner, with Gilligan interested in directing. It’s been a very strong last few days for Sony TV, which scored a best drama series win on Sunday for Breaking Bad, a strong opening for its new NBC series The Blacklist on Monday, followed by the series order for Battle Creek today.
Battle Creek centers on two detectives with very different world views who are teamed up. They must answer the question: is cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan in the face of a complete lack of resources; or is the exact opposite true – it takes naïveté, trust and a boatload of resources? The deal brings the project back to CBS where Gilligan, pre-Breaking Bad, developed it in 2002. While the script didn’t go forward at the time, I hear it stayed on entertainment president Nina Tassler’s radar as she considered revisiting it multiple times. Meanwhile, after Breaking Bad wrapped production on its final season, Sony TV and ICM Partners paired their marquee drama creators Gilligan and Shore. (Gilligan’s overall deal at Sony TV is up but there have been discussions for a new one.). Gilligan and Shore took a pass at the original script and the project was taken to CBS.

Josh Duhamel will star as FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain, opposite Dean Winters, who will play local police detective Russ Agnew. The drama follows the two men, who have diametrically opposed worldviews, as they team up to restore order to the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Mich.
Kal Penn, Janet McTeer, Edward Fordham Jr. and Aubrey Dollar are also starring on the show, which was given a straight-to-series 13 episode order. Gilligan and Shore, who will serve as showrunner, will write and executive-produce, with Bryan Singer directing the pilot Source

JP Liz V1 · 11-03-2014 10:39pm

Getting the greenlight will be “Bosch,” a cop drama based on Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series, written by Eric Overmyer and Connelly. Pilot follows title character, played by Titus Welliver (“Argo,” “The Good Wife”) as he pursues the killer of a 13-year-old boy while standing trial in federal court on accusations that he murdered a suspected serial killer in cold blood. Cast includes: Annie Wersching, Amy Price-Francis and Jamie Hector. Henrik Bastin of Fabrik Entertainment (“The Killing”) produced and Jim McKay directed the pilot.

Written and directed by Chris Carter (“The X-Files”), “The After” is a drama that follows eight strangers thrown together by mysterious forces and who must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation. Executive producer is Marc Rosen of Georgeville Television and produced by Gabe Rotter. Cast includes: Aldis Hodge, Andrew Howard, Arielle Kebbel, Jamie Kennedy, Sharon Lawrence, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Adrian Pasdar and Louise Monot.

In addition to the two drama orders, two comedy orders: “Mozart in the Jungle” a dramedy based on a memoir by Blair Tindall about what happens behind the curtains at the symphony. Written by Roman Coppola (“Moonrise Kingdom,” “The Darjeeling Limited”), actor-musician Jason Schwartzman (“Saving Mr. Banks,” “Moonrise Kingdom”) and writer-director Alex Timbers (Broadway’s “Peter and the Starcatcher”). Paul Weitz (“About a Boy,” “Admission”) directed the pilot and executive produced. Cast includes: Gael Garcia Bernal, Saffron Burrows, Lola Kirke, Malcom McDowell, Bernadette Peters and Peter Vack.

“Transparent” is a dark comedy about an L.A. family with serious boundary issues. Written and directed by Jill Soloway (“Afternoon Delight,” “Six Feet Under” and “United States of Tara”). Cast includes: Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Gaby Hoffmann, Amy Landecker and Jay Duplass.

http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/amazon-to-order-four-series-including-drama-from-x-files-creator-exclusive-1201129456/

JP Liz V1 · 11-03-2014 10:57pm

Olivia Wilde and Bobby Cannavale join Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger's rock 'n' roll pilot for HBO

MOH · 11-03-2014 11:28pm

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Josh Duhamel will star as FBI Special Agent Milton Chamberlain, opposite Dean Winters, who will play local police detective Russ Agnew.

Agnew? Common name, presume he's no relation.

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