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Another starlet joins the celeb-filled cast of the new CBS pilot remake, Hawaii Five-0. And not just any starlet — two time Emmy nominated Jean Smart. Kind of annoying for the up-and-coming actors out there without twenty years of film credits, but we digress. At least the acting will be awesome, since CBS seems to [...]
The pilot “Kindreds” is spiking Kathy Bates’ attention. Perhaps it’s the necessity for great writing, now that the jobs of screenplay pennists are less cushy and easy to obtain than they used to be. Perhaps it’s the fact that fewer movies are being made because of our in-the-toilet economy. Or perhaps it’s because Dustin Hoffman [...]
Even with the Oscar excitement, quite a bit of casting is happening this week in Los Angeles. Body of Evidence has brought aboard the peppy blonde ICM upfront Jeri Ryan NBC’s comedy Our Show has freshly cast Jonathan Sadowski and Nate Corddry ABC’s new drama Edgar Floats has plucked Robert Patrick (remember him from The [...]
Wow, another pilot has been thrown into the Network Chest of Death due to a casting difficulty. CBS has decided to shelve Tad Quill, a new comedy pilot about a widowed dad with a 12-year-old son who’s just now re-discoveringing the dating world. Liz Marx was the original casting director on the project. This joins [...]
Pilot season is just a little bit different this year. Has anyone noticed that most of the pilots coming out for casting are all just a bit… dated? Not in a bad way, mind you. But take a gander at some of the lineup: Hawaii Five-O, Rockford Files, Luck? Not only are we looking at [...]
We cried when Will & Grace went off the air. We eyebrow quirked when fire-domed comedy darling Debrah Messing decided to do a bad USA network show (The Starter Wife). And now — we’re thrilled. Her reps at Gersh might have finally got it right. (Wait… why is the fabulous, Emmy winning Debra Messing still [...]
Dustin Hoffman has finally found the one reason to place his name on a pilot. HBO has very quietly released a new pilot, Luck, which centers around the gambling and alcohol-ridden addictions of the thoroughbred horse-racing world. What’s sexier than a bunch of attractive older guys figuring out their malcontent lives, and sticking the dirty [...]
“187 Detroit”, a new they’re-casting-it-now pilot for ABC, has signed on a new star. Sharon Bialy & Sherry Thomas, casting. The UTA repped Michael Imperioli (Sopranos), will take on the role of the cynical, dry-humored detective “Fitch” in the dramatic series, which will be staged and potentially be shot in Detroit. The premise of the [...]
They tried to make Taylor Swift and actor in the nausea-inducing scenes of Valentine’s Day… NOW they’re turning the bible-belt / American Idol extractee Katherine McFee into an actor? Oh, you poor actually trained actors who spend years in MFA programs… when, oh when will it end? NBC’s has handed over a role in the Sheila [...]
Grace Park is moving on up. The Battlestar Galactica star will be stripping off her space suit in favor of a (naturally) skimpy bikini to play a champion surfer on the new Alex O’Loughlin starring pilot Hawaii Five-0. The original, featuring the infamous Bo Derek, is being strategically re-made by by CBS. Lost is ending, [...]
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