A&E's The Infamous; ABC's Chunk and Bean & Dream Team; CBS' Bunker Hill & What Goes Around Comes Around; FOX's Pitch; NBC's Midnight, Texas; and USA's The Wilding.
FOX's PITCH
- Paris Barclay (Sons of Anarchy, Glee) has joined the drama pilot written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer as director and executive produce. The pilot stars Kylie Bunbury in the lead role.
A&E's THE INFAMOUS
- Emily Rios (Breaking Bad, The Bridge) has landed the female lead role on the drama pilot starring Bokeem Woodbine. Additionally, Anthony Hemingway has signed on to direct. She will play Alice Calderon, a tough, rookie Los Angeles police officer who grew up in the streets of South Central, LA, in the neighborhood she now patrols. She has to balance the tough situation of policing a community she grew up in, and deal with the ramifications, and he attitudes and tactics of the police force she works for.
CBS' WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
- Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like a Man) has signed on to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from writer Dan Kopelman and producer Aaron Kaplan.
CBS' BUNKER HILL
- David Semel (Code Black, The Man in the High Castle) is set to direct and executive produce the drama pilot written by Jason Katims.
ABC's CHUNK & BEAN
- Chris Koch (Galavant, Grandfathered) has been tapped to direct the single camera comedy pilot written by Ed Herro and Brian Donovan.
ABC's DREAM TEAM
- Emmy winner Marc Buckland (My Name is Earl, Ed) has signed on to direct the single camera comedy pilot written by Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel.
NBC's MIDNIGHT, TEXAS
- Niels Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot, Under the Dome) has boarded the drama pilot based on the novel series of the same name to direct and executive produce.
USA's THE WILDING
- The cable network has passed on the 2-hour drama pilot written by Silka Luisa and executive produced by Tim Kring. From Universal Cable Productions, the project centered on the Hayes family, a typical, loving blended family seeking a fresh start after their 17-year-old daughter is released from a mental health institution following ten years of treatment. However, their ideals are quickly threatened when her apparitions of the dead begin to haunt them once again. The cast for the pilot included Jordana Spiro, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Dominic Fumusa, Antonio Jaramillo and Nadia Alexander.
