Friday, March 18, 2016

Development News - Ben Rappaport Boards 'Zoobiquity'; Gavin Stenhouse Joins 'Me & Mean Margaret'; Plus 5 More Updates!

Development News - March 18, 2016

ABC's Hail Mary; CBS' What Goes Around Comes Around; FOX's HR, The Mick, Untitled Chris Case Project & Zoobiquity; and NBC's Me & Mean Margaret.




FOX's UNTITLED CHRIS CASE PROJECT
  • Joshua Carlon (Richie Rich), Steele Stebbins (Vacation) and Amberia Allen (Punk'd) have been cast on the comedy pilot starring Bill Bellamy and Becki Newton. Carlon will play Colin, Christy's (Newton) meek, awkward son who has absolutely no game whatsoever. Jay (Bellamy) takes him under his wing and tries to teach him self-confidence. Stebbins will play Harry, Christy's other son who is charming, rap-loving, more confident than motivated, and as much of a ladies' man as a kid can be at 12. Allen will play Angela, Jay's well-educated, successful and strong-willed sister.
NBC's ME & MEAN MARGARET
  • Allegiance star Gavin Stenhouse has landed the male lead on the comedy pilot starring Stockard Channing. He will play Ben, a nice, responsible, hard-working lawyer with a solid plan for his life: make partner, get a killer apartment with his girlfriend, get married. He accepts his latest assignment as the legal conservator/babysitter for Margaret Manley (Channing), a notoriously mean and mischievous former actress, but quickly realizes it's more than he bargained for. He's forced to go way outside his comfort zone and think on his feet - and in the process, learns a thing or two from her about standing up for himself.
FOX's ZOOBIQUITY
  • Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot, The Good Wife) has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Peter Facinelli, Marsha Thomason and Kim Raver. He will play Dr. Henry Lowe, a cardiology resident. Ambitious and always concerned with doing the right thing for his career, he surprisingly bends hospital rules.
FOX's HR
  • Veronica Osorio and Lateefah Holder will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Judy Greer and Patton Oswalt. Osorio will play Tanya, a real Jersey girl who started as Jane's (Greer) assistant but worked her way up to payroll and severances. Holder will play Effie, a factory worker who is the kind of person who makes dramatic, impassioned pleas to keep the soda machines.
FOX's THE MICK
  • Carla Jimenez, Thomas Barbusca and Jack Stanton have booked regular roles on the comedy pilot starring Kaitlin Olson. Jimenez will play Alba, the Pembertons' housekeeper who gets along famously with Mickey (Olson). Barbusco will play Chip, a supremely confidant 12-year-old with adult-like sensibilities and an extremely punchable face. Stanton will play Ben, the youngest Pemberton child.
CBS' WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
  • Matt Murray (Kevin From Work) has been cast on the comedy pilot starring Jason Lee and Alyssa Milano. He will play Doyle, a guy who believes that Kenny (Lee) can do no wrong and views him like the father he never had.
ABC's HAIL MARY
  • Jackée Harry (227, Sister Sister) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Casey Wilson. She will play Wanda, the insightful, no-nonsense nurse tending to Mary's (Wilson) father.