Leslie Hope To Star In ABC’s ‘The River’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 14, 2011 @ 6:47pm PDTTags: ABC, The River

24 alumna Leslie Hope has landed the female lead in ABC’s drama pilot The River, a thriller/horror drama from Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, which is being directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Described as being in the mold of Paranormal Activity, The River centers on Tess (Hope), a world traveler and top-notch producer who, six months after her TV explorer husband Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing in the Amazon, receives a signal from his beacon. Convinced that Emmet is alive, Tess forces her reluctant son Lincoln (Joe Anderson) to abandon his medical studies and lead a rescue expedition. Hope, repped by Domain and manager Perry Zimel, has been recurring on The Mentalist.

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COMMENTS (8)

I am very much looking forward to this show! Hope it’s great!!

Comment by Tony — Monday March 14, 2011 @ 8:08pm PDT Reply to this post
Leslie Hope is one of the smartest and finest actors and people I know. Nice to see she and Bruce Greenwood working togehter again. Oren is fortunate to have actors of this caliber at the center of his show.

Comment by Gerard Bocaccio — Monday March 14, 2011 @ 8:23pm PDT Reply to this post
Great news. Hope is a wonderful actress I look forward to seeing more of. She shouldve been nominated for an Emmy for 24.

Comment by 24lover — Monday March 14, 2011 @ 9:32pm PDT Reply to this post
Best of luck – Hope, while completely competent and professional, is the very definition of one-note.

Comment by Michael Berman — Monday March 14, 2011 @ 10:37pm PDT Reply to this post
- Have to agree with that. They needed someone more wicked for that role (as requiered by the script).
  
  Comment by Heard you — Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 3:31am PDT Reply to this post
Outstanding! The show looks fun and different, and Leslie is a fabulous actress. I’m really looking forward to this show. Cool!

Comment by Pat Lee — Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 6:28am PDT Reply to this post
She’s a cool lady!

Comment by Anonymous — Tuesday March 15, 2011 @ 11:47am PDT Reply to this post
Ohhh. I like hope but I wanted Alberta Watson with Bruce Greenwood here :’( Well, I want Alberta Watson in primetime, period.

Comment by J.B. — Wednesday March 16, 2011 @ 7:23am PDT Reply to this post

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