Monday, February 24, 2014

Development News - Tim Daly to Co-Star on 'Madam Secretary'; Hope Davis & Margarita Levieva Join 'Coercion'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Development News - February 24, 2014

ABC's My Thoughts Exactly & Sea of Fire; CBS' Madam Secretary & More Time With Family; FOX's Home; NBC's Coercion, Love Is Relative & Marry Me; and TBS' Your Family or Mine.




ABC's MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY
  • Chloe Wepper has been cast on the comedy pilot from writer Jeff Lowell. She will play Chloe, Peter's (Jake McDorman) younger sister.
FOX's HOME
  • Series Prototype Order with Additional Scripts - Drama
  • From executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Home is described as a family thriller/soap that delves into the secrets lingering behind the facade of a suburban family. Aron Eli Coleite will pen the pilot script and executive produce with Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman. KristieAnne Reed will co-executive produce. The order is for off-season production during summer 2014.
NBC's COERCION
  • Hope Davis (The Newsroom) and Margarita Levieva (Revenge) will co-star on the drama pilot from writer-director George Nolfi. Davis will play Katya O'Connor, the mother of the family who is your average Brooklyn mother but, under the surface, is sexy, dangerous, tough, smart and ready to do anything to protect her family. Levieva will play Natalie O'Connor, a sexy and tough wild child who is often too smart for her own good.
CBS' MORE TIME WITH FAMILY
  • In-demand multi-camera comedy director James Burrows has signed on to helm the CBS comedy pilot starring Tom Papa and Alyson Hannigan.
TBS' YOUR FAMILY OR MINE
  • Emmy winning director Gail Mancuso (Modern Family, Ground Floor) is set to direct the family comedy pilot from writer Greg Malins.
ABC's SEA OF FIRE
  • Amanda Detmer (Necessary Roughness) has been cast on the drama pilot starring Jennifer Carpenter and Jack Davenport. She will play the mother of the girl who disappeared.
NBC's MARRY ME
  • Sarah Wright (Happy Endings) and Tymberlee Hill (Drunk History) have joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Casey Wilson and Ken Marino. Wright will play Dennah, Annie's (Wilson) best friend with a take it or leave it attitude towards marriage. Hill will play Kay, Annie's eccentric but well-meaning neighbor.
NBC's LOVE IS RELATIVE
  • Leslie Bibb (The Following, About a Boy) has landed the female lead on the single camera comedy pilot from writer Dan Mazer. She will play Rose, a strong-willed, opinionated, fearless, wry-humored, "say anything" kind of woman and the mother of 6-year-old Maggie and 18-month-old Dylan.
CBS' MADAM SECRETARY
  • Private Practice vet Tim Daly will co-star opposite Tea Leoni on the drama pilot from writer Barbara Hall. He will play Henry, Elizabeth's (Leoni) husband, a professor and father of their two children who is a tweedy academic and a college professor/expert on medieval religious history.