Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Development News - Christopher Lloyd to Co-Star on 'Guess Who Died'; FOX Orders Pilot for 'Bless This Mess'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Development News - February 6, 2018

ABC's A Million Little Things; CBS' History of Them; FOX's Bless This Mess; and NBC's Guess Who Died & The Village.





NBC's GUESS WHO DIED
  • Christopher Lloyd will co-star opposite Hector Elizondo and Holland Taylor on the comedy pilot written by Norman Lear and Peter Tolan. He is known for his starring roles in the Back to the Future franchise and NBC's Taxi. He has most recently appeared on Syfy's 12 Monkeys and CBS' The Big Bang Theory.
  • He will play Mort, a crusty and grumpy guy who is puttering along slowly in his golf cart at the Las Esperanzado Senior Community. He's a man of mystery and wealth.
FOX NEW PILOT ORDER
  • BLESS THIS MESS (Comedy, Single Camera) - Starring, written by and to be directed by Lake Bell. Executive produced by Elizabeth Meriwether and Katherine Pope. Produced by 20th Century Fox Television. To be shot in June for series consideration outside the traditional pilot season. Logline: A newlywed couple gives up their unfulfilling New York City lives for a move to Nebraska. They anticipate the move will bring a simpler life, but that does not go according to plan.
CBS' HISTORY OF THEM
  • Caitlin McGee has been cast on the comedy pilot written by Gloria Calderón Kellett. She will star opposite Ana Villafañe, Brett Dier, Lisa Vidal, Felix Solis and Amit Shah.
  • She will play Skylar, Adam's (Dier) sister, a lawyer who knows what she wants and she wants it now.
NBC's THE VILLAGE
  • Moran Atias has booked a series regular role on the drama pilot written by Mike Daniels. She starred for three seasons in FX's Tyrant and is currently a series regular on FOX's The Resident.
  • She will play Edda, an Iranian immigrant who gets detained by ICE for having fraudulent citizenship papers.
ABC's A MILLION LITTLE THINGS
  • David Giuntoli has landed a lead role on the drama pilot written by DJ Nash. He starred for six seasons in NBC's Grimm.
  • He will play Eddie, the former front man of a local band turned music teacher and stay-at-home father. His marriage is in trouble, and though he loves being a dad, he wonders what his life would have been like had he made different choices.