Monday, March 28, 2016

Development News - Tattiawna Jones Cast on Mackay/Weeks Pilot; Brendan Hines Joins 'The Tick'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Development News - March 28, 2016

ABC's The Fluffy Shop & Untitled Mackay/Weeks; Amazon's The Tick; and CBS' MacGyver.





ABC's UNTITLED HANNAH MACKAY & ED WEEKS
  • Tattiawna Jones (Flashpoint) has been cast as the female lead on the comedy pilot written by Hannah Mackay and Ed Weeks. She will play Hilda, an intelligent and seemingly confident lesbian lothario with a dry sense with humor that she uses to hide her underlying fear of growing up, settling down and becoming conventional.
CBS' MACGYVER
  • Addison Timlin (Californication) and Michelle Krusiec (Hawaii Five-0) will co-star on the drama pilot starring Lucas Till and George Eads. Timlin will play Mickey, an app developer who's aggressively progressive in her political views but who has a soft spot for MacGyver (Till). Krusiec will play Agent Croix, Lincoln's (Eads) sister who works for the Department of Homeland Security.
AMAZON's THE TICK
  • Brendan Hines (Lie to Me, Scorpion) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Peter Serafinowicz. He will play Superian, a new superhero with issues who The Tick (Serafinowicz) and Arthur (Griffin Newman) team up with.
ABC's THE FLUFFY SHOP
  • Tyler Hilton (One Tree Hill, Extant) has been tapped to replace Paul Walter Hauser on the comedy pilot starring Gabriel Iglesias. He will play Memo, Gabe's (Iglesias) oldest and most loyal friend who is high-spirited, earnest and sincere.