Development News - March 18, 2015
CBS' For Justice & Limitless; FOX's Fantasy Life & Lucifer; and NBC's Endgame & Not Safe for Work.
CBS' LIMITLESS
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Grimm) has been cast on the drama pilot starring Jake McDorman. She will play Nazreen "Naz" Awad, a former prosecutor who joined the FBI in her mid-30s and now serves as the Special Agent in Charge of the division that investigates and tracks NZT.
FOX's FANTASY LIFE
- Jamie Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Kevin Connolly. She will play Abby, a strong, confident, attractive and smart sports analyst on Mitch's (Connolly) Fantasy Football league show.
CBS' FOR JUSTICE
- Tim Blake Nelson (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) has booked a regular role on the drama pilot starring Anika Noni Rose. He will play Ochs Rainey, a chief with the Civil Rights Unit, a former angry Southern boy from a Klan family who has learned to move past his legacy of racism.
NBC's ENDGAME
- Cara Buono (Mad Men, Person of Interest) will co-star on the drama pilot starring Philip Winchester. She will play Ginny, Alex's (Winchester) ex-wife, a hardworking surgeon who struggles with her sobriety.
FOX's LUCIFER
- Lesley-Ann Brandt (Spartacus, The Librarians) has been tapped to replace Lina Esco on the drama pilot following the table read. Brandt will now play Maze, Lucifer's (Tom Ellis) best friend, a fierce demon in the form of a beautiful young woman.
NBC's NOT SAFE FOR WORK
- Vanessa Lachey (Dads) is set as a lead opposite Michael Cassidy and Christine Woods on the (previously untitled) comedy pilot. She will play Drea, Dale's (Cassidy) new girlfriend, a perky local morning news anchor who is self-conscious about maintaining her image.
