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Dennis Haysbert Joins CBS’ ‘Backstrom’, Jim Gaffigan Comedy Pilot Adds Priest

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 1, 2013 @ 6:45pm PSTTags: Dennis Haysbert, Jim Gaffigan, Tongayi Chirisa
Nellie Andreeva

Dennis Haysbert, star of the CBS military drama The Unit, is reuniting with the network and The Unit producer 20th Century Fox TV with a co-starring role in the CBS/20th TV drama pilot Backstrom. Written by Hart Hanson based on the Swedish book series, the project centers on Everett Backstrom, an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Gersh-repped Haysbert plays John Almond, one of the detectives working with Backstrom.

Here is a tongue twister: Tongayi Chirisa (NBC’s Crusoe) has been cast as Father Nicholas Ngungumbane in CBS’ Jim Gaffigan comedy pilot. Written by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan, the project centers on Jim (Gaffigan) a guy who lives with his wife Jeannie (Mira Sorvino) and five kids in a 2-bedroom New York apartment. Father Ngungumbane is Catholic priest from Zimbabwe, recently relocated to New York and thrilled to be living in the United States, who tries to convince Jim to come to church more often. Chirisa is with Domain and New Wave.

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Gersh Signs TV/Film Star Dennis Haysbert

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 23, 2012 @ 11:19am PDTTags: Dennis Haysbert, LUV, The Gersh Agency
Mike Fleming

Dennis Haysbert Gersh AgencyEXCLUSIVE: Dennis Haysbert has signed with Bob Gersh at the Gersh Agency. Haysbert, who starred in the series The Unit and films like Michael Mann’s Heat, has become most identified with his role as the Allstate spokesman. … Read More »

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UTA Signs Dennis Haysbert

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 3, 2011 @ 4:51pm PDTTags: Agency, Dennis Haysbert, UTA
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Haysbert, former star of Fox’s 24 and CBS’ The Unit, has signed with UTA. He was previously at ICM. On the feature side, Haysbert co-stars in the Sundance entry The Details, which was picked up by the … Read More »

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Sundance: Update; Weinstein Co. Closes ‘The Details’ For $7.5 Million, $10 Million P&A

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Tuesday January 25, 2011 @ 8:30pm PSTTags: 2011 Sundance Dealmaking, 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Dennis Haysbert, Elizabeth Banks, Harvey Weinstein, Jacob Aaron Estes, Laura Linney, Mark Gordon, Mickey Liddell, Movie Deals, Movies, Ray Liotta, Ron Burkle, Sundance Film Festival, Tobey Maguire
Mike Fleming

UPDATE: The Weinstein Company indeed closed this deal, and here are the details. I’m told the minimum guarantee was $7.5 million, with a P&A commitment upwards of $10 million. That makes The Details the largest minimum guarantee of … Read More »

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