Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Development News - Natalie Zea Books Female Lead on TBS Family Comedy; 'Walking Dead' Companion Series Casts 1st Two Actors

Development News - December 2, 2014

AMC's Untitled Walking Dead Companion Series and TBS' Untitled Jones-Bee Project.





AMC's UNTITLED WALKING DEAD COMPANION SERIES
  • Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Alycia Debnam Carey (Into the Storm) have been cast on the drama pilot. They will play siblings and the children of the show's female lead. He is battling a drug problem while she is described as ambitious.
TBS' UNTITLED JASON JONES & SAMANTHA BEE PROJECT
  • Natalie Zea (Justified, The Following) has been tapped to play the female lead opposite Jason Jones on the comedy pilot. She will play Robin, Nate's (Jones) wife, an offbeat but warm woman who can't understand why her husband has "cheaped out" and cashed in their airline tickets right before their family vacation. She is now stuck in a car with her two unruly kids as this impromptu road trip is taking a hellish turn, and every leg of their journey is fraught with unforeseen disaster.