Daniel Craig And Rachel Weisz Board Broadway’s ‘Betrayal’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday April 5, 2013 @ 8:50am PDT

Real-life husband and wife Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in her Broadway debut will join Rafe Spall to star in Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, to be directed by Mike Nichols and produced by Scott Rudin. Performances are set to begin October 1 at the Barrymore Theatre, with opening night November 3. The plan is to run the drama, which originally appeared in 1978 at London’s National Theatre, for 14 weeks through January 5, 2014. In the play, Emma (Weisz) is married to Robert (Craig), a publisher, but she has long had an affair with Jerry (Spall), a literary agent and Robert’s best friend. As time is regained, the full complexity of their relationships comes to light.

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Stuart Townsend To Star In ABC’s ‘Betrayal’, Bess Armstrong Added To ABC’s ‘Reckless’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 8, 2013 @ 9:16am PST
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UPDATED: Stuart Townsend (XIII: The Series) will play the male lead opposite Hannah Ware in ABC‘s drama pilot Betrayal. Written by David Zabel and directed by Patty Jenkins, Betrayal centers on Sara (Ware), a beautiful … Read More »

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Matthew Lillard To Co-Star In NBC Pilot ‘I Am Victor’, Trio Added To ABC’s ‘Betrayal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 6, 2013 @ 11:39am PST
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Matthew Lillard will co-star opposite John Stamos in NBC‘s drama pilot I Am Victor. Written by Mark Goffman based on Jo Nesbo’s book, it centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships. Lillard, repped by Paradigm, plays Victor’s best friend Elliott, an off-beat, off-books former cop who helps Victor acquire information and things, legally and otherwise. Read More »

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James Cromwell Joins ‘Betrayal’, ‘Influence’ & ‘Friends With Better Lives’ Add To Casts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 4:30pm PST
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James Cromwell (American Horror Story) will co-star opposite Hannah Ware in ABC‘s drama pilot Betrayal. Written by David Zabel based on a Dutch series and directed by Patty Jenkins, Betrayal centers on Sara (Ware), a beautiful but unhappily married female photographer who begins a torrid affair with Jack, a lawyer for a powerful family. Cromwell plays Terence Karsten, the head of the powerful Chicago family. Read More »

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Hannah Ware To Star In ABC’s ‘Betrayal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 8:56am PST
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EXCLUSIVE: BossHannah Ware has been cast as the lead in ABC‘s drama pilot Betrayal. Written by David Zabel based on a Dutch series and directed by Patty Jenkins, … Read More »

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Paget Brewster Cast In ABC Pilot ‘Spy,’ Henry Thomas In ‘Betrayal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 20, 2013 @ 9:00am PST
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Criminal Minds alumna Paget Brewster will co-star opposite Rob Corddry and Mason Cook in Spy, ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot based on the UK series. Spy centers on Tim (Corddry), a well intentioned father of a highly intelligent … Read More »

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Patty Jenkins To Direct ABC Drama Pilot ‘Betrayal’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 1, 2013 @ 6:24pm PST
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EXCLUSIVE: Monster director Patty Jenkins, who helmed the pilot for AMC’s mystery drama The Killing, is back on pilot directing duty with ABC‘s drama Betrayal. Written by David Zabel, Betrayal is a serialized drama … Read More »

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