Monday, March 20, 2017

Development News - Sharif Atkins to Co-Star on 'Amy's Brother'; Peyton List Joins 'Mission Control'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Development News - March 20, 2017

ABC's The Trustee; CBS' Mission Control, Perfect Citizen & Untitled Jenny Lumet; The CW's Insatiable; FOX's Amy's Brother; and NBC's Redliners & Relatively Happy.




CBS' UNTITLED JENNY LUMET PROJECT
  • Omar Metwally (The Affair, Mr. Robot) has been cast on the drama pilot starring Sharon Leal. He will play Nate, Naomi's (Leal) fiancé and the District Attorney of Manhattan South.
FOX's AMY'S BROTHER
  • White Collar alum Sharif Atkins has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Annie Mumolo and Michael Urie. He will play Christian Chase, the slick and cutthroat top seller at Regency Realty. He always seems to close the deal and be one step ahead of Matthew (Urie).
NBC's RELATIVELY HAPPY
  • Derek Gaines (Joking Off, Greatest Ever) will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Genevieve Angelson and Jon Rudnitsky. He will play Royal, Henry's (Rudnitsky) best friend since childhood. He is now his upstairs neighbor and is desperately trying to be "Brooklyn," though he grew up in "Brookline." Despite being good-looking and charming, Royal is remarkably neurotic, especially about keeping his girlfriend, Sydney (Diona Reasonover) happy.
NBC's REDLINERS
  • Sons of Anarchy alum Tommy Flanagan has booked a regular role on the drama pilot starring Hannah Ware and Jerod Haynes. He will play Angus Cochrane, a charismatic, handsome and seductive mobster and Anne's (Ware) ex-husband.
ABC's THE TRUSTEE
  • L. Scott Caldwell (Lost, How to Get Away With Murder) has landed a regular role on the comedic drama pilot starring Meaghan Rath and Laverne Cox. She will play Odelle Jones, Amanda's (Cox) feisty and spry grandmother. She raised Amanda the "right way" and is disappointed with her incarceration.
THE CW's INSATIABLE
  • Irene Choi (Community, Mozart in the Jungle) is set as a series regular on the drama pilot starring Debby Ryan and Dallas Roberts. She will play Dixie, Bob's (Roberts) pageant contestant and a bit of a villain. She and her mother are on the warpath to ruin Bob's life.
CBS' PERFECT CITIZEN
  • Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Mr. Robot, The Path) has been cast on the drama pilot starring Noah Wyle. He will play Paul, Deck's (Wyle) best friend since law school and a powerful ally. He's a Boston power broker who is connected, smooth and combines leverage with real charm and a sense of humor.
CBS' MISSION CONTROL
  • Frequency star Peyton List has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring David Giuntoli and Poppy Montgomery. She will play Kim, a member of the astronaut training program and CAPCOM for the mission. Her casting is in second position to The CW drama, which didn't get a back order and seems unlikely to be renewed.