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Several More Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 25, 2011 @ 8:44pm PDTTags: Casting, I Hate That I Love You, My Life as an Experiment, Reconstruction, The Assistants, The Secret Circle, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellvue
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Danneel Ackles (formerly Harris) and Jamie Lee Kirchner have landed the last 2 leads in NBC’s comedy pilot I Hate That I Love You. The single-camera project, from writer/exec producer Jhoni Marchinko and 20th TV, is described as a twisty romantic comedy in which a straight couple, Brad (Nick Thune) and Missy (Kirchner), introduce their lesbian roommates, Brad’s Allie (Ackles) and Missy’s Sarah (Anna Camp), to each other. Ackles, repped by Gersh and Untitled, co-stars in 20th TV’s comedy series for NBC Friends with Benefits, which is yet to be scheduled.

A day after his FX series was canceled, Lights Out co-star Billy Brown has booked a pilot, NBC’s drama Reconstruction. Written by Josh Brand, the project is set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and centers on Jason (Martin Henderson), a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior. Brown will play Sam, a former a former slave with a hearty, life-affirming laugh who brings Jason up to speed on the happenings of the their small Missouri town. Brown, represented by TalentWorks and Benerspink, played “Death Row” Reynolds, the boxing nemesis of Patrick “Lights” Leary (Holt McCallany), on Lights Out.

Sarah Wright, who recurs on CBS’ midseason comedy Mad Love, has been cast in the network’s comedy pilot The Assistants, an ensemble about the assistants who work for a celebrity, Ali (Heather Locklear), and her husband. It centers on Mike (David Henrie) who, newly arrived in Hollywood from a small town, is hoping his job as an assistant to Ali might open doors for him. Wright, repped by ICM and Ellen Meyer Management, will play Tina, a spunky and cute assistant who babysits Ali’s son and catches Mike’s eye. 

Gale Harold, who has been recurring on the CW’s Hellcats this season, has joined another CW project, drama pilot The Secret Circle. Co-written by Kevin Williamson, it centers on Cassie (Britt Robertson), who moves to a new town and discovers that not only is she a witch and part of a secret coven, but she’s also the key that will unlock a centuries-old battle of good versus evil. Harold, repped by Gersh and Principal, will play Thomas Meade, the father of Diane, the head of the witch circle and Cassie’s friend.

Aaron Yoo (21) has been added to the cast of the Fox drama pilot Weekends at Bellevue, which centers on Ellie (Lauren Ambrose), the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift at Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric unit. Yoo, repped by Gersh and Tony Cloer, will play a highly competitive psychiatry intern.

Anjelah Johnson has been added to NBC’s comedy pilot My Life As an Experiment, which centers on magazine immersion journalist A.J. Wilder (Jon Dore) and his wife Stacie (Paget Brewster). Johnson, repped by Gersh and Generate, will play Luciana, their outspoken Brazilian babysitter who shows up to babysit wearing sparkly tight leggings and very high heels.

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PILOT CASTINGS: NBC’s ‘I Hate That I Love You’ And ABC’s ‘Identity’ Find Leads

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 11, 2011 @ 6:40pm PSTTags: ABC, I Hate That I Love You, Identity, NBC, Nick Thune
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Comedian Nick Thune has been cast as the male lead in NBC’s comedy pilot I Hate That I Love You. The single-camera project, from writer/exec producer Jhoni Marchinko and 20th TV, is described as a twisty romantic comedy in … Read More »

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PILOT CASTINGS: Two Land Comedy Projects

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 8:33am PSTTags: Don't Trust the Bitch in Apt. 23, I Hate That I Love You, Jhoni Marchinko, Nahnatchka Khan, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilot Casting, TV Pilots
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True Blood alumna Anna Camp has become the first actress cast in the NBC comedy pilot I Hate That I Love You, landing one of the four leads in the single-camera project from writer-exec producer Jhoni Marchinko and 20th TV. … Read More »

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Emmy-Winning Directors Back On Pilot Duty

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 4, 2011 @ 8:00am PSTTags: CBS Pilots, CBS TV Studios, Grimm, I Hate That I Love You, Marc Buckland, Marc Buckland Grimm, Richard Shepard, Ringer, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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Richard Shepard, who won an Emmy for directing the pilot of ABC’s Ugly Betty, has come on board to direct another hourlong pilot with a female lead, CBS’ Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. Ringer, written on spec by Eric Charmelo … Read More »

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NBC Orders Steven Spielberg Musical Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 3:43pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, DreamWorks TV, I Hate That I Love You, Jhoni Marchinko, NBC Pilots, NBC Smash, Pilot Pickup, Robert Greenblatt NBC Entertainment, Smash Pilot, Steven Spielberg, TV, TV Deals, Universal Media Studios
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New NBC entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt is putting his stamp on the network’s development with a pilot order for a project he originally developed while at Showtime. NBC just greenlighted Smash, an ambitious one-hour musical about the mounting of a … Read More »

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