Thursday, December 17, 2020

Development News - Crispin Glover, James Urbaniak and Jamie Clayton to Co-Star on 'Red Bird Lane'; Plus 1 More Update!

Development News - December 17, 2020

HBO Max's Head of the Class and Red Bird Lane.






HBO MAX's HEAD OF THE CLASS
  • Gavin Lewis has been cast as a series regular on the comedy pilot starring Isabella Gomez. He previously starred in Netflix's one-season comedy Prince of Peoria and in the Hulu limited series Little Fires Everywhere.
  • He will play Luke Burrows. 14-years-old, driven, ambitious and conservative, he already has a 10-point life plan to follow in his senator father's footsteps.
HBO MAX's RED BIRD LANE
  • Crispin Glover will co-star on the drama pilot starring Susan Sarandon. Moreover, James Urbaniak, Jamie Clayton, Rya Kihlstedt, Grantham Coleman and Damon Dayoub have joined as recurring. Glover currently stars in Starz's American Gods, which returns for its third season in January 2021. Urbaniak starred for three seasons in Hulu's Difficult People. Clayton starred for two seasons in Netflix's Sense8. Kihlstedt has recurred on Amazon's One Mississippi, Freeform's The Bold Type and FX on Hulu's A Teacher. Coleman's guest credits include FX's The Ameicans and NBC's The Carmichael Show. Dayoub starred for three seasons in Freeform's Stitchers.
  • Glover will play Jonah, a bad man who arrives at the mysterious house in the center of the thriller for money.
  • Urbaniak will play Tanner, a charming and arrogant man who arrives at the house for unspeakable reasons.
  • Clayton will play Jessica, a sarcastic, hard-edged but charming woman who comes to the house for fraud.
  • Kihlstedt will play Eloise, a blunt yet enigmatic house guest who arrives for a dinner party.
  • Coleman will play Sigmund, an intelligent, handsome but cruel man who comes to the house to bury a secret.
  • Dayoub will play Ian Goodman, a handsome philosophy professor.