Monday, March 2, 2015

Development News - Mireille Enos Books 'The Catch' Lead; Wilmer Valderrama Joins 'Minority Report'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Development News - March 2, 2015

ABC's The Catch & Untitled NBA; The CW's Cheerleader Death Squad; FOX's 48 Hours 'Til Monday & Minority Report; and NBC's Untitled Aseem Batra, Untitled Monica Potter & Unveiled.




ABC's UNTITLED NBA COMEDY
  • Matthew Glave (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce) will round out the regular cast of the comedy pilot starring Skylar Astin & Blondy Baruti. He will play Jason's (Astin) somewhat disappointed and disapproving father, often referring openly to his son as a "doormat."
THE CW's CHEERLEADER DEATH SQUAD
  • Gia Mantegna (Gigantic) has been cast on the drama pilot written by Marc Cherry, Neal Baer and Dan Truly. She will play Grace, one of the cheerleaders of the eponymous Cheerleader Death Squad.
NBC's UNTITLED MONICA POTTER PROJECT
  • Allie MacDonald and Christine Prosperi have joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Monica Potter. MacDonald will play Heather, Jason's (Eddie Cibrian) new girlfriend who is jealous of the relationship he has with his ex-wife Bridget (Potter) and isn't above spying of her house when he is there. Prosperi will play Jessica, Bridget and Jason's daughter.
NBC's UNVEILED
  • Mouzam Makkar (The Following) has booked a regular role on the drama pilot written by John Sakmar and Kerry Lenhart. She will play Gabrielle Horne, a strong and smart guardian angel dedicated to helping people by way of calm guidance.
NBC's UNTITLED ASEEM BATRA PROJECT
  • Christine Woods (Hello Ladies) is set as the female lead on the comedy pilot written by Aseem Batra. She will play Georgie, whose relationship with her best friend Dale (Michael Cassidy) is upended when he starts dating the "perfect" woman.
ABC's THE CATCH
  • The Killing alum Mireille Enos has been cast in the lead role on the drama pilot written by Jennifer Schuur. Also cast on the pilot today are Jacky Ido (Taxi Brooklyn) and Jay Hayden (Battleground). Enos will play Alice, a feisty woman with a nervy spirit who is getting married to Kieran, yet feels uneasy about whether or not she should be marrying him. She is clean, minimalistic, tough and competent woman who is run over by worry and exhaustion. Her entire life is dedicated to work as a forensic accountant working in Chicago. Ido will play FBI Agent Thomas Delgado, who is handling Alice's case against Kieran. Hayden will play James, Alice's right hand and left-brained man at work.
FOX's 48 HOURS 'TIL MONDAY
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Rob Riggle and Sarah Chalke. He will play Dr. Craig Ellis, the perfect father whose weekend plans always show up Charlie's (Riggle). He looks at Charlie a bit like a charity case himself, constantly trying to help him be a better, more knowledgeable father.
FOX's MINORITY REPORT
  • Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show, From Dusk Till Dawn) has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Stark Sands and Meagan Good. He will play Will Blake, a new police detective at the precinct who fills in for Vega (Good) when she's out on leave, and when she sizes him up, she decides she doesn't like him.