‘Arrow’ & CBS’ Ben Falcone Add To Casts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 1:30pm PST
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Colin Salmon Arrow CWColin Salmon has joined the CW drama pilot Arrow, a modern retelling of the story of DC Comics character Green Arrow, as a recurring. The pilot stars Stephen Amell as the vigilante superhero who fights crime using archery, martial arts and technology under his secret identity as Oliver Queen, a wealthy playboy and billionaire industrialist-turned-outspoken politician in Star City. Salmon, repped by Lighthouse Entertainment and Curtis Brown Group, will play Walter Steele, a former business associate of Oliver’s late father Robert Queen and the No. 2 executive at Queen Consolidated. He married Oliver’s mother Susanna Thompson following her husband’s death at sea and the disappearance of her son. Salmon recently wrapped Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil: Retribution, reprising his role from the first Resident Evil film.

Emily Rutherfurd CBSThe New Adventures Of Old Christine alumna Emily Rutherfurd is back at CBS with a supporting role on another multi-camera project, the untitled comedy written by actors Ben Falcone and Larry Dorf and co-executive produced by Falcone’s wife, Mike & Molly star Melissa McCarthy. The project centers on David (Falcone), a single 37-year-old who loses everything he has in the real estate collapse and finds himself back home in the house he grew up in … with his parents (Judd Hirsch, Andrea Martin). Rutherfurd will play David’s former high-school crush who now works as a waitress.

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Emily Rutherfurd, Rhys Darby Join CBS Comedy Pilots

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Emily Rutherfurd is set to co-star in Tucker Cawley’s comedy pilot for CBS The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for celebrity couple Mike and Ali. Rutherfurd will play Ali’s friendly, a bit manic and socially awkward … Read More »

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Carol Leifer To Showcase Spec Comedy Script With Live Table Read For TV Buyers

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 17, 2010 @ 8:00pm PDT
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Veteran comedian and comedy writer Carol Leifer is taking an entrepreneurial approach with her new half-hour spec script Have a Great Day. Instead of pitching it to the networks, the Seinfeld alumna is staging a live table read for … Read More »

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