Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Development News - Ernie Hudson Joins 'Scorpion'; Adam Brody & Chloë Sevigny to Lead 'The Cosmopolitans'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Development News - April 9, 2014

Amazon's The Cosmopolitans & Hand of God and CBS' Only Human & Scorpion.





CBS' ONLY HUMAN
  • Actor/director Mario Van Peebles has booked a recurring role on the drama pilot starring Jamie Lee Curtis. He will play Dr. Potter, who runs the hospital where the entire family works.
CBS' SCORPION
  • Veteran character actor Ernie Hudson has boarded the drama pilot starring Elyes Gabel in a recurring role. He will play Brooks, the head Air Traffic Controller at LAX who knows how to read a computer screen and assign planes to runways but knows less than nothing about how computer system actually works.
AMAZON's THE COSMOPOLITANS
  • Adam Brody, Chloë Sevigny, Carrie MacLemore, Dree Hemingway, Freddy Åsblom and Adriano Giannini will round out the regular cast of the dramatic comedy from writer Whit Stillman. The pilot begins shooting this week in Paris.
AMAZON's HAND OF GOD
  • Elaine Tan, Elizabeth McLaughlin and Emayatzy Corinealdi have been cast on the drama pilot starring Ron Perlman. Tan will play Anne, an Ivy league educated assistant whose eagerness and drive turn into opportunism and betrayal. McLaughlin will play Alicia, Preacher Paul's (Julian Morris) sultry girlfriend. Corinealdi will play Tessie, Pernell's (Perlman) call girl and confidante.