Friday, March 14, 2014

Development News - Anthony LaPaglia to Topline 'Red Zone'; 'Scandal's Joe Morton Joins 'Proof'; Plus 12 More Updates!

Development News - March 14, 2014

ABC's Damaged Goods, Forever & Untitled LaGravenese; CBS' Cuz-Bros, Red Zone & Untitled Elmore/Cavill; The CW's Identity; FX's Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll; HBO's Untitled Winter/Scorsese; NBC's Babylon FieldsBad Judge & The Mysteries of Laura; and TNT's Guilt by Association & Proof.


CBS' CUZ-BROS
  • Enlisted star Geoff Stults has booked the lead role on the multi-camera comedy pilot from writers David Caspe and Erik Sommers. He will play Nick, a successful, suave ladies man working as a sportscaster for a local Los Angeles TV station whose perfect life gets turned upside down when his mess of a cousin needs a place to stay. His casting is formally in second position to FOX's Enlisted.
NBC's BABYLON FIELDS
  • S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order) has landed a recurring role on the drama pilot starring Meagan Good and Skeet Ulrich. She will play Pearl Montoya, Janine's (Good) stepmother. Interestingly, Merkerson previously played Good's mother on her previous NBC drama Deception.
ABC's UNTITLED RICHARD LAGRAVENESE PROJECT
  • Oded Fehr (The Mummy) has been cast on the untitled drama pilot starring Rufus Sewell and Katie Holmes. He will play Anderson Cole, Margot's ex-husband and one of the Forbes 500 whose power has resulted in expanding a multi-million dollar company into a multi-billion dollar corporation. Anderson has fooled three beautiful women into marrying him and is working on Trophy No. 4.
ABC's DAMAGED GOODS
  • Kyle Jones (Plan C, Masters of Sex) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Anna Camp. He will play Kyle, the group's loyal best friend who just might be gay, but if he is, he doesn't know it yet.
THE CW's IDENTITY
  • Manish Dayal (The Hundred-Foot Journey) will co-star on the drama pilot starring Ahna O'Reilly. He will play Mike, Mia's (O'Reilly) boyfriend.
TNT's PROOF
  • Scandal star Joe Morton has booked a regular role on the drama pilot starring Jennifer Beals. He will play Dr. Charles Russell, the serious, dry and intimidating head of Katherine's (Beals) hospital. He's hard-pressed to control her but appreciates her abilities and commitment.
TNT's GUILT BY ASSOCIATION
  • Tom Everett Scott (Southland) and Niall Matter (Eureka) have landed roles on the drama pilot starring Julia Stiles. Scott will play Eric Northup, the Head Deputy of the Special Trials Unit. Matter will play LT. Graden Hales, a police lieutenant and Detective Bailey Keller's (Elisabeth Rohm) boss.
NBC's BAD JUDGE
  • Miguel Sandoval (Medium, Entourage) will co-star on the single camera comedy pilot starring Kate Walsh. He will play Judge Connors, Rebecca's (Walsh) boss on the San Bernardino County bench who gives her extra work because he believe in her as a judge.
CBS' UNTITLED TAYLOR ELMORE & BEN CAVILL PROJECT
  • Joseph Lyle Taylor (The Dark Knight Rises) has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Charlie Cox and Maggie Grace. He will play Shaw, Conklin's (David Morse) thuggish fixer.
FX's SEX&DRUGS&ROCK&ROLL
  • Robert Kelly and Elizabeth Gillies have been cast on the comedy pilot created by and starring Denis Leary. Kelly will play Bam Bam, the Keith Moon-inspired drummer of The Heathens. He still hangs around Johnny (Leary), but the years have not been kind and he suffers no illusions about a resurgence of his musical career. Gillies will play Gigi, a 22-year-old singer in search of a songwriter and veteran session musicians to record her first album.
ABC's FOREVER
  • Joel David Moore, Barbara Eve Harris and Donnie Keshawarz have landed roles on the drama pilot starring Ioan Grufford. Moore will play Lucas, a young M.E. tech who's a bit of a hipster and is easily tongue-tied around pretty women. Harris will play Lt. Roark, an old school New York cop and Det. Jo Martinez's (Alana de la Garza) boss. Keshawarz will play Detective Hanson, a brash homicide detective who works with Jo.
CBS' RED ZONE
  • Without a Trace star Anthony LaPaglia is returning to CBS with a starring role on the drama pilot from writer Nikki Toscano. He will play Coach Holden Weller, the coach/athletic director at a Virginia high school whose commitment to his past job as a CIA analyst nearly cost him his family.
  • Graham Rogers (Revolution) and David Castro have also been cast on the pilot today. Rogers will play Jake, an all-American teenager and second string quarterback who has a special bon with Coach Weller. Castro will play Rezo, a smart and thoughtful new student at the high school who has just transferred there to play baseball.
HBO's UNTITLED TERENCE WINTER & MARTIN SCORSESE PROJECT
  • Max Casella (The Sopranos) and Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) have joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Bobby Cannavale. Casella will play Julian Silver, the head of A&E at Richie's (Cannavale) American Century Records who is having a had time staying hip in the youth-obsessed industry. Quaid will play Clark Morelle, an A&E executive whose youth is keeping him from finding a foothold in his competitive team.
NBC's THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA
  • Josh Lucas (The Firm) is set as the male lead opposite Debra Messing on the drama pilot. He will play Jake, a clever cop with keen instincts who winds up being captain in the same precinct as his soon-to-be ex-wife, Laura (Messsing) - ex, if only he would sign the papers. A serial cheater who could schmooze his way out of the electric chair, Jake's charm and coveted "good dad" role means he deftly leaves the parenting of his young twin children entirely to Laura.