Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Development News - Parker Sawyers to Star in 'Miranda's Rights'; Peter Serafinowicz to Play 'The Tick'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Development News - March 22, 2016

ABC's Hail Mary & Still Star-Crossed; Amazon's The Tick; Hulu's When the Street Lights Go On; NBC's Cruel Intentions & Miranda's Rights.





NBC's MIRANDA'S RIGHTS
  • Southside With You star Parker Sawyers has been cast as the male lead on the drama pilot written by Katie Lovejoy. He will play Tanner, a charming and confident attorney and one of the founders of the firm. He's also Miranda's (Rebecca Breeds) ex, the one she dumped to take up with a married Senator. Now teamed with four other lawyers, all partners at a start-up law firm, he offers Miranda a job, only to ruffle the feathers of Lana (Jamie Chung), a fellow partner and his fiancée.
NBC's CRUEL INTENTIONS
  • Taylor Zakhar (Young & Hungry) has joined the cast of the drama pilot in a recurring role. He will play Jay, a recently-out hard partier and Cassidy's (Samantha Logan) ex-boyfriend who tries to convince Bash (Taylor John Smith) to join his team.
HULU's WHEN THE STREET LIGHTS GO ON
  • Kelli Mayo and Ben Winchell will co-star on the drama pilot written by Chris Hutton and Eddie O'Keefe. Mayo will play Berlice Beaman, a 15-year-old bohemian bookworm. Winchell will play Brad Krichoff, the brooding, quarterback boyfriend dating the prom queen.
ABC's HAIL MARY
  • Tom Stourton (Siblings) has booked a regular role on the comedy pilot starring Casey Wilson. He will play Inspector Matteo, a dry-witted, confident emissary from the Vatican who has come to this small town to investigate a sighting of the Virgin Mary.
ABC's STILL STAR-CROSSED
  • Dan Hildebrand (Game of Thrones, Sons of Anarchy) has landed a regular role on the drama pilot written by Heather Mitchell. He will play Friar Lawrence, who uses the church in order to climb the social ladder.
AMAZON's THE TICK
  • Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy, Shaun of the Dead) is set to play the title role on the comedy pilot based on the comic book character. He will play The Tick, a blue-suited, muscle-bound, antennae-sporting superhero. In the potential series, he is recovering from a memory loss and ends up reteaming with his sidekick Arthur (Griffin Newman) to fight evil.