Oscar winner Marisa Tomei has been tapped for the title role of CBS' comedy pilot The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, lifting the contingency on the project.
Additionally, Camille Guaty and Kate Burton have been tapped to star in Fox's pilot Supreme Courtships; Lucy Punch, Christopher Denham and Geneva Carr have landed leads in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families; Jarrad Paul and Kurt Fuller have joined ABC's comedy pilot See Jane Run; and Holly Robinson Peete has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Mae Whitman has joined NBC's drama pilot The Bionic Woman, Mo Collins has come aboard NBC's comedy pilot Wild Life, Reg Rogers has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Them, John Carroll Lynch and Tawny Cypress have been added to Fox's drama pilot K-Ville, and D.B. Woodside has been added to CBS' Viva Laughlin!
Cloud, from ABC TV Studio and CBS Par TV, centers on a brilliant, opinionated writer (Tomei), struggling to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, who has an epiphany and tries to recapture her youthful optimism. Jeff Greenstein is the writer/executive producer. Tomei, who co-stars in Wild Hogs, recently wrapped the features Brand Hauser and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She is repped by CAA and Management 360.
Additionally, Camille Guaty and Kate Burton have been tapped to star in Fox's pilot Supreme Courtships; Lucy Punch, Christopher Denham and Geneva Carr have landed leads in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families; Jarrad Paul and Kurt Fuller have joined ABC's comedy pilot See Jane Run; and Holly Robinson Peete has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Mae Whitman has joined NBC's drama pilot The Bionic Woman, Mo Collins has come aboard NBC's comedy pilot Wild Life, Reg Rogers has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Them, John Carroll Lynch and Tawny Cypress have been added to Fox's drama pilot K-Ville, and D.B. Woodside has been added to CBS' Viva Laughlin!
Cloud, from ABC TV Studio and CBS Par TV, centers on a brilliant, opinionated writer (Tomei), struggling to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, who has an epiphany and tries to recapture her youthful optimism. Jeff Greenstein is the writer/executive producer. Tomei, who co-stars in Wild Hogs, recently wrapped the features Brand Hauser and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She is repped by CAA and Management 360.
Alyssa Milano has been tapped as the lead in ABC's untitled Rina Mimoun drama pilot, Angie Harmon has signed on to star in another ABC drama pilot, Women's Murder Club, and Brian Austin Green, Jessica Capshaw and Vanessa Lengies have landed three of the four leads in CBS' untitled Kohan/Mutchnick comedy pilot.
Additionally, Carlos Jacott and Samantha Bee will star in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families, Johnny Messner has landed a lead role in ABC's drama pilot Judy's Got a Gun, Danny Comden has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot The Call, Liz Vassey is set to co-star on Fox's drama pilot The Cure, Bruce McGill has joined NBC's comedy pilot Area 52 and Will Yun Lee has come on board NBC's The Bionic Woman.
The Mimoun project, from Warner Bros. TV, centers on a successful Atlanta lawyer (Milano) who returns to her messy family in Savannah, Ga., with her newborn son. Mary Steenburgen already has been cast as her mother.
Milano starred for eight seasons on WB Network's hit drama Charmed. Earlier this development season, she was attached to a half-hour project for ABC from writer Dan Bucatinsky, which was not picked up to pilot.
Club, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Harmon), who teams with her three girlfriends to solve murder cases.
Additionally, Carlos Jacott and Samantha Bee will star in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families, Johnny Messner has landed a lead role in ABC's drama pilot Judy's Got a Gun, Danny Comden has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot The Call, Liz Vassey is set to co-star on Fox's drama pilot The Cure, Bruce McGill has joined NBC's comedy pilot Area 52 and Will Yun Lee has come on board NBC's The Bionic Woman.
The Mimoun project, from Warner Bros. TV, centers on a successful Atlanta lawyer (Milano) who returns to her messy family in Savannah, Ga., with her newborn son. Mary Steenburgen already has been cast as her mother.
Milano starred for eight seasons on WB Network's hit drama Charmed. Earlier this development season, she was attached to a half-hour project for ABC from writer Dan Bucatinsky, which was not picked up to pilot.
Club, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Harmon), who teams with her three girlfriends to solve murder cases.
- 2/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dreamgirls co-star Keith Robinson is set to star in Fox's drama pilot The Apostles, while Beau Bridges has been tapped to headline Fox's comedy pilot Two Families.
Additionally, Lindsay Price will star in NBC's one-hour pilot Lipstick Jungle, Bret Harrison has been tapped as the lead in the CW drama pilot Reaper, and Mary Steenburgen has joined ABC's untitled Rina Mimoun drama pilot.
In other pilot casting news, Amanda Righetti has joined ABC's drama Marlowe, Linus Roache is set to co-star in Fox's drama Canterbury's Law, Carmen Ejogo has been cast in NBC's drama M.O.N.Y., and Ayda Field has come onboard ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah comedy.
Apostles, from 20th Century Fox TV, focuses on a close-knit group of LAPD cops. Robinson will play one of the leads, a decorated officer who is deeply religious. Robinson, who is onscreen as C.C. White in Dreamgirls, will next be seen in CBS' Comanche Moon. He is repped by Stone Manners and the Firm.
Two Families, from 20th Century Fox TV and HIP, centers on a man (Bridges) with two families whose two sets of adult children don't know the others exist.
Additionally, Lindsay Price will star in NBC's one-hour pilot Lipstick Jungle, Bret Harrison has been tapped as the lead in the CW drama pilot Reaper, and Mary Steenburgen has joined ABC's untitled Rina Mimoun drama pilot.
In other pilot casting news, Amanda Righetti has joined ABC's drama Marlowe, Linus Roache is set to co-star in Fox's drama Canterbury's Law, Carmen Ejogo has been cast in NBC's drama M.O.N.Y., and Ayda Field has come onboard ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah comedy.
Apostles, from 20th Century Fox TV, focuses on a close-knit group of LAPD cops. Robinson will play one of the leads, a decorated officer who is deeply religious. Robinson, who is onscreen as C.C. White in Dreamgirls, will next be seen in CBS' Comanche Moon. He is repped by Stone Manners and the Firm.
Two Families, from 20th Century Fox TV and HIP, centers on a man (Bridges) with two families whose two sets of adult children don't know the others exist.
- 2/21/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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