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Elijah Wood To Star In FX Pilot ‘Wilfred’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 29, 2010 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: Actors, Cable TV, Elijah Wood, Elijah Wood Wilfred, FX Pilot, TV, TV Pilots, Wilfred
Nellie Andreeva

elijahLord of the Rings star Elijah Wood is set to make his series debut with a lead role opposite Jason Gann in the FX comedy pilot Wilfred, which is based on the acclaimed Australian series of the same name, co-created and starring Gann. David Zuckerman, who wrote the adapted pilot script and serves as executive producer, describes Wilfred as comedy “about a guy, Ryan (Wood), the girl next door, and mixed-breed dog, Wilfred (Gann), who is part Labrador retriever and part Russell Crowe on a bender.” Randall Einhorn is directing the pilot, which will be filmed this summer. Rich Frank, Paul Frank, Jeff Kwatinetz, Joe Connor and Ken Conner also exec produce, with Gann serving as co-exec producer for FX Prods. Wood, who will next be seen this fall in The Romantics and has lent his voice to Happy Feet 2, is repped by WME and Brillstein Partners.

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David Manson To Co-Run ‘Outlaw Country’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 22, 2010 @ 7:11am PDTTags: Cable TV, David Manson, Fox TV Studios, FtvS, FX, FX Pilot, Josh Goldin, Mary Steenburgen, Outlaw Country, Rachel Abramowitz
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: David Manson has joined FX’s drama pilot Outlaw Country as an executive producer/co-showrunner. Additionally, Manson has inked a blind pilot deal with Fox TV Studios, which recently came on board to co-produce Outlaw Country with FX Prods. Manson also has another script set up at FtvS entitled Netherworld, which … Read More »

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