Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Development News - Casey Wilson Boards 'The Sackett Sisters'; Bobby Moynihan to Star in 'Me, Myself and I'; Plus 10 More Updates!

Development News - March 1, 2017

ABC's Deception, Doomsday, Raised By Wolves & Splitting Up Together; CBS' Me, Myself and I & S.W.A.T.; The CW's Life Sentence; FOX's Behind Enemy Lines, Ghosted & Untitled Matt Nix; FX's Mayans MC; and NBC's The Sackett Sisters.



ABC's RAISED BY WOLVES
  • Lulu Wilson (Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Millers) has been cast on the comedy pilot starring Georgia King. She will play Yoko Gable, a gentle, wide-eyed 11-year-old who wants to save the world.
NBC's THE SACKETT SISTERS
  • Happy Endings alum Casey Wilson will play the co-lead opposite Busy Philipps on the comedy pilot written by Luke Del Tredici. She will play Sutton Sackett, the cautious, humble and smartest in the family of train wrecks who moved as far from them as possible the minute she was old enough. Now living a normal and boring life for herself in California, she works as a cost accounting supervisor for a canned fruit and vegetable distributor and has dated three straight guys named Dave.
CBS' ME, MYSELF AND I
  • Saturday Night Live star Bobby Moynihan will star in the comedy pilot written by Dan Kopelman. He will play the present-day version of Alex Riley, a lifelong inventor who is always trying to glimpse into the future. But to get over his current case of inventor's block, Alex must instead look to his past. Should CBS pick the pilot up to series Moynihan would exit the cast of Saturday Night Live.
FOX's BEHIND ENEMY LINES
  • Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High) and Melia Kreiling (Tyrant) have joined the cast of the drama pilot written by Nikki Toscano. Chavarria will play Ziggy Rodriguez, a Navy pilot and the son of lifetime career Senior Navy Executive Officer Mateo Rodriguez. Kreiling will play Shia Irivani, a Naval officer of deep faith, strong, principled, a woman of integrity, not without a sense of humor. 
ABC's SPLITTING UP TOGETHER
  • Nashville alum Oliver Hudson has been tapped as the male lead on the comedy pilot starring Jenna Fischer. He will play Martin, an athletic, easy-going kind of guy adjusting to his suddenly divorced life with hopeful optimism. However, as a newly single parent, he can't help but wonder - during unfamiliar moments of freedom - what went wrong in his marriage. 
ABC's DOOMSDAY
  • Taye Diggs (Private Practice, Empire) will play the lead role on the drama pilot written by Mark Bianculli and VJ Boyd. He will play Dr. Davis Albright, an engineer and architect who at one point was the youngest-ever head of disaster prevention for FEMA. He is also the ex-husband to Elle Trask.
FOX's UNTITLED MATT NIX PROJECT
  • Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs, Gotham) has booked one of the young lead roles on the drama pilot starring Stephen Moyer. She will play Lauren, the Stewarts' daughter who is smart, pretty, popular, organized and already ahead on her college applications - essentially the model of a perfect child.
FX's MAYANS MC
  • American Crime star Richard Cabral will co-star on the drama pilot spinoff of Sons of Anarchy. He will play Johnny "El Coco" Cruz, a full patch member of Mayans MC, Santo Padre. A former Army sharpshooter and weapons specialist, he earned a section 8 for shooting a cigar out of his CO's mouth from a half-mile away - while he was stoned.
THE CW's LIFE SENTENCE
  • Elliot Knight (American Gothic, Once Upon a Time) has landed a series regular role on the hourlong comedy pilot starring Lucy Hale. He will play Wes, Stella's (Hale) husband, who was totally unhappy working in finance in the UK until he met Stella while traveling in Paris and she inspired him to change his life. He is now cool, laid back and very happy making hand-hewn wooden furniture and living in the moment with Stella.
ABC's DECEPTION
  • Justin Chon (Gook) is set for a series regular role on the drama pilot starring Jack Cutmore-Scott. He will play Jordan Monroe, a witty and energetic street magician who is part of Cameron's (Cutmore-Scott) team.
CBS' S.W.A.T.
  • Lina Esco (Kingdom) and Kenny Johnson (The Shield) have been cast on the drama pilot starring Shemar Moore. Esco will play Chris, a skilled officer who is exceedingly calm under pressure. She isn't pleased with her leader's sudden departure and a shift in power but doesn't spend too much time focused on the negatives. To her, the mission is the only thing that matters. Johnson will play Luca, the team's expert driver and a skilled combat officer. He lives for the job and almost has too much fun behind the wheel. He'll follow orders, no questions asked - a necessary skill when part of such an efficient team.
FOX's GHOSTED
  • Ally Walker (Sons of Anarchy, Longmire) has booked the female lead on the comedy pilot starring Craig Robinson and Adam Scott. She will play Captain Lafrey, the head of the Underground Investigative Service.