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EXCLUSIVE: The CW and Warner Bros TV kept the search for the male lead in their buzzed-about new pilot Cult in-house. Matt Davis, co-star of the hit CW/WBTV series The Vampire Diaries, is set to star opposite Jessica Lucas in the pilot, which WBTV co-produces with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire. Written by Rockne O’Bannon, Cult centers on Skye (Lucas), an inquisitive young production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult. After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, she joins Jeff (Davis), a journalist blogger whose brother was among those gone missing, in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program in real life. In addition to starring in Cult, Davis will be available to make guest appearances in future seasons of Vampire Diaries, where he plays high school history teacher/vampire hunter Alaric Saltzman, though he will no longer be a regular. He is with Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment.
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Yet another mid-30s actor cast in a leading role. Very intrigued by CW’s strategic re-positioning for next season.
Does this show have any teenagers in it? I’m shocked if it doesn’t.
I think we’ve all had enough of teenagers for a while.
Here! Here! enough of the teeny boppers BS CW! get with the times….or at least do 1/2 and 1/2 3 nights 30 and over and the rest under 30
wait!!! Does he die in TVD????
No, the article says he’ll continue on TVD.
Yes, but not as a regular. Which means he’s being written off the show. Sad as that means they’ll have no useful adults on the show (sheriff and mayor moms don’t count as useful).
Well he is already dead, and he’s a threat so he has to die some time or another.
Devastated over the loss of Team Badass… but congratulations, Ernesto.
30 is the new 13.
This dude sounds creepy. He’s just in vampire and cult stuff?
So glad, Matthew will be seen on the Television more often. But i swear the better not kill off Alaric on TVD, i will be extremely mad!!!
Um no, he isn’t just into creepy stuff. That was rediculous comment. He was in legally blonde and other non supernatural stuff. However, nothing wrong w/ vampire diaries it’s awesome. It’s not twighlight, it’s more family/friend drama with vampire stuff the background. Besides who cares.
Really surprised to see this show end up on the CW seeing as the pilot script is, well, actually good.
I really tried to give The Vampire Diaries a chance, but it is just another teen soap opera with vampires. Matt Davis was a standout, though, but definitely too old for that type of series. I’m glad he has been cast in Cult. Like Nikita and Ringer (which I haven’t seen), the CW seems to be trying to add content that would interest older viewers (i.e., in their 20s and 30s) instead of just teens.
Actually, he’s the same age as Ian Somerhalder (33) and Paul Wesley will be 30 in July.
This pilot script was HORRIBLE. He’s clearly just in it for the paycheck, because there’s no way this show gets picked up.
One of the few things I liked about TVD was the awesome, badass bromance between Alaric and Damon. Without that, I don’t know if I’ll keep watching. There’s only so much boring love triangle crap that one can take.
Cult? this is by far the most uninspired concept of the entire 2012 pilot season. The main character is a production assistant? seriously? could have been a reporter, journalist, or blogger, hell even a socialite would have been more innovative than a freaking P.A. This gets an F.