Monday, February 13, 2017

Development News - Edward James Olmos to Star in 'Mayans MC'; Jason Biggs Books Lead on 'Charlie Foxtrot; Plus 6 More Updates!

Development News - February 13, 2017

ABC's Charlie Foxtrot & Losing It; CBS' Distefano, Mission Control & S.W.A.T.; FOX's Behind Enemy Lines; FX's Mayans MC; and WGN America's Scalped.




FOX's BEHIND ENEMY LINES
  • B.J. Britt (Being Mary Jane, UnREAL, Pitch) has been cast on the drama pilot written by Nikki Toscano. He will play Reggie Mitchella, a jaded former Marine and the Weapons Systems Officer for Navy pilot Ziggy Rodriguez.
CBS' MISSION CONTROL
  • Nestor Serrano (The Last Ship, A.P.B.) has joined the cast of the drama pilot written by Andy Weir. He will play Diaz, the director of the Johnson Space Center.
WGN AMERICA's SCALPED
  • Lily Gladstone (Certain Women) has booked a series regular role on the drama pilot written by Doug Jung. She will play Carol Red Crow, the estranged daughter of Chief Red Crow. Tragic circumstances set her against her father and down a self-destructive spiral meant to punish him as much as herself. Fiercely independent and intelligent, she gradually comes to discover the influence she can play on the Rez's future.
FX's MAYANS MC
  • Battlestar Galactica alum Edward James Olmos will star in the drama pilot spinoff of Sons of Anarchy. He will play Felipe Reyes, the family's formerly strong patriarch who after years of being crushed by bullets and labor, struggles to keep his past buried and lead his own sons down a lawful and righteous path.
CBS' S.W.A.T.
  • Stephanie Sigman (American Crime, Narcos) has landed a lead role on the drama pilot written by Aaron Thomas. She will play Jessica, ambitious, fastidious and who has earned her high rank at S.W.A.T. headquarters. 
ABC's CHARLIE FOXTROT
  • Jason Biggs (American Pie, Orange Is the New Black) has been cast in the lead role on the comedy pilot written by Sam Sklaver. He will play Captain Charlie Taylor, a cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg who promises to look after his brother's impulsive fiancée and her two misfit teens while his brother is deployed in Iraq.
ABC's LOSING IT
  • Natalie Morales (The Grinder, Parks & Recreation) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot written by DJ Nash. She will play Charlie, the family's adopted sister who works as a baker.
CBS' DISTEFANO
  • Annie Potts (Ghostbusters, Designing Women) will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Chris Distefano. She will play Helen, Chris' (Distefano) passive-aggressive yet vulnerable Irish Catholic mother.