Nellie Andreeva

Kate Lang Johnson (Fired Up) is set as a lead opposite Chyler Leigh and Humphrey Ker in NBC’s comedy pilot Holding Patterns, from writer Justin Spitzer, TBD Prods and Universal TV. It is an ensemble multi-camera comedy about a group of friends whose lives completely change after they survive a plane crash, caused by Leah (Leigh) ruining Griffin’s (Ker) proposal dinner. Johnson, repped by Innovative and McKeon/Myones, plays Sabrina, Griffin’s perfect fiancée, a beautiful doctor.

Arian Moayed has been cast as a regular in Believe, NBC’s drama pilot from J.J. Abrams and Alfonso Cuarón. The project, written by Cuarón and Mark Friedman, is about the unlikely relationship between Bo (Johnny Sequoyah), a girl in possession of great powers — which will come into their own in seven years — and Tate (Jake McLaughlin), the man sprung from prison to protect her from those trying to hunt her down. Moayed, repped by Gersh and Kipperman Management, will play Corey, the right-hand man to hit woman Moore (Sienna Guillory). He was nominated for a Tony for Bengal Tiger At The Baghdad Zoo and just finished a two-episode arc on The Following.

Max Schneider (How To Rock) has been added to NBC’s drama pilot from writer-executive producer Rand Ravich. The emotionally charged action thriller set in and around the world of Washington DC follows Marcus Finley (Lance Gross), an idealistic Secret Service agent who finds himself at the epicenter of an international crisis on his first day on the job as the President’s son’s protection when the son, along with several of his schoolmates, are kidnapped. Schneider, repped by The Collective and WME, will play Ian, a good friend of Beth Ann (Stevie Lynn Jones), who has a crush on Amber (Halston Sage).

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