Today see's more casting news as networks and studios get closer and closer to beginning filming their pilots for the next season.
In this edition we see names like Missi Pyle, Victor Garber, and Barry Sloane being added to comedies, dramas, and soaps. Roland Emmerich's project has added to its cast, and the adaptation of 666 Park adds another star. See all this, and more right after the break.
According to Deadline, Missi Pyle will be joining the cast of Prodigy Bully. The actress most recently seen in The Artist will be coming to the half-hour comedy to play Celeste, the mother of the lead character Audie Murphy, a boy genius who uses his intelligence and strength to get pretty much whatever he wants. The pilot was written by Mike O'Malley and was based on the one minute movies of the same name created by Hank Perlman. O'Malley will also be playing the role of Audie's father. The boy has not yet been cast. but Hayley Holmes has been cast as his sister.
The Hollwood Reporter says that Rachel Taylor will be starring in the new drama 666 Park. The former Charlie's Angel will be playing the co-manager of the strange apartment building that is the focus of the ABC pilot. Set in New York City, the show is centered around a young couple that moves to the city to manage an historic apartment building. Strange and supernatural events start happening in the building which make it a dangerous place for everyone there. Dave Annable will be starring opposite Taylor as Henry. Terry O'Quinn is set to play the owner of the building. The story is based on the series of book by Gabriella Pierce.
In the upcoming drama Gotham, Deadline reports that Brit TV actor Barry Sloane (Pleasureland) has picked up the lead in the ABC pilot. The show was written by Michael Green and revolves around the character Annie Travers, a cop who discovers a magical world that exists within New York City. Sloane will play a detective in the magic world called Boyo, he is assigned Annie as a new partner.
Matt Jones (Red State) has been cast in Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Rebounding. He will be playing the role of a rock musician in a group of close friends of a man recovering from the death of his fiancé. Jason Winer will be directing the comedy pilot with a script from Joe Port.
In the NBC comedy pilot Go On, Suzy Nakamura has been cast as a member of a group therapy sessions because her parents are getting a divorce. Deadline reports that the show is centered around an "irreverent yet charming sportscaster" who finds solace in the members of his mandatory therapy meetings. The pilot was written by Friends alum Scott Silveri.
Linus Roache has been picked up to star in an untitled drama pilot from Roland Emmerich. ABC has cast Roache to play Senator Teras, "an ambitious, enigmatic man with an eye on the White House." Emmerich wrote the pilot with Harold Kloser, and Emmerich is also set to direct. The story is centered on the character Carter, an astrophysics grad student who is said to be the chosen one that will destroy the forces of evil.
Fox has cast Ana Nogueira in the comedy pilot El Jefe. The show revolves around a 30-year-old guy who is tossed out of his fancy house and is forced to move in with his Latin American nanny. Nogueira will play the daughter of the nanny who is described as a "beautiful and fiercely competitive doctor-in-residence." The project comes from writers David Guarascio and Moses Port.
Deadline reports that Victor Garber from Alias and Eli Stone will star in the pilot of Notorious over at NBC. The story is centered around a female detective who goes undercover in a wealthy family as a maid's daughter. This is all to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her best friend.
Garber will play Robert Lawson, the father of the wealthy family as well as the CEO of Lawson Pharmaceuticals. This man expects absolute obedience from everyone including friends and family.
