Archive for the ‘Pilot Season’ Category

HBO CASTINGS: Alice Eve To Recur On ‘Entourage’, Ana Ortiz On ‘Hung’ & More

– from Deadline Hollywood Daily, deadline.com EXCLUSIVE: She’s Out Of My League star Alice Eve has been tapped for a four-episode arc on the upcoming final season of the HBO comedy series Entourage. In a role created for her, she will play a journalist assigned to write a profile piece on Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) [...]

New ‘Two And A Half Men’ Star Ashton Kutcher Introduced At CBS’ Upfront

from Deadline Hollywood Daily, deadline.com Deep cleansing breath,” CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler said at CBS’ presentation after a very carefully edited clip from Two and a Half Men that featured no trace of former star Charlie Sheen. “It has been a hectic few months for us,” she said. “Just last week, thanks to our new [...]

Olivia Munn & Alison Pill Close Their Deals For Aaron Sorkin’s HBO Pilot

– from Deadline Hollywood Daily (deadline.com) Olivia Munn and Alison Pill have now completed their negotiations for supporting roles in Aaron Sorkin’s drama pilot for HBO tentatively titled More As This Story Develops. The project centers on cable news anchor Will McCallister (Jeff Daniels), who has his own show, as well as the show’s female executive [...]

Casting Companies Warned Over Fees – DeadlineHD

From Deadline Hollywood Daily. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is continuing its crackdown on Hollywood agencies it believes are running afoul of the state’s labor laws. Today the city attorney and the State Labor Commissioner sent a letter to Burbank-based Central Casting, the industry’s largest extras-casting business, ordering the company to cease and desist from [...]

No More “FlashForward” – Show Goes to The Network Chest of Death

FlashForward is heading back to the Network Chest of Death. The popular series — which had rave reviews last Fall according to the unbalanced orthopedic charts of the Nieslen company — is tanking again. The UK, Fox Italia, and Cuarto in Spain all air the show via ABC… but nobody is really stepping up to [...]

Rebecca Mader Returning to LOST

Lost is considering bringing back it’s fiery perpetually seizing redhead! March 16, 2010 – The popular ABC show is in talks with Rebecca Mader, who played the scientist Charlotte Lewis for 19 episodes before they killed her off. But in that odd way Lost has, The Island is thinking of bringing her back. The rumor [...]

Elisabetta Canalis Bangs Clooney, Gets Role on “Leverage”

Hey up-and-coming actors who train for five years and don’t get cast, we’re going to tell you something to really piss you off today. Elisabetta Canalis, a star only because she and her gigantic rump are fornicating with George Clooney on a regular basis, is going to guest star on the TNT show Leverage. No, [...]

Dustin Hoffman Makes Directing Debut with BBC’s “Quartet”

Did Dustin Hoffman drink seventeen liters of coffee this week? The Oscar winning star has not only agreed to sign onto the new HBO thoroughbred racing series, Luck, but he’s also inking his signature to direct a new BBC Comedy. With the turning out of shows like Survivors (if you haven’t seen this, Google it [...]

BAD Casting Decision, Showtime – Gabourey Sidibe Joins “Big C” Pilot

Oh dear God. Why did they give Gabourey Sidibe a role in something ELSE? The Precious star and her loud-mouthed, annoying personality are going to be starring in “The Big C”, a pilot that will inevitably get canceled and that is (to our shock) being helmed by Showtime. Did someone get fired at our usually [...]

HBO’s “Luck” Is Running Strong – Nick Nolte in Negotiations to Star

HBO’s Luck might be saddling a new star. Nick Nolte is rumored to be in negotiations to star in extremely hush-hush pilot, starring Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, of all people. Notle, who began his career in television many years ago with his breakthrough in Rich Man, Poor Man — is getting ready to ride [...]