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Several Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 25, 2011 @ 9:00pm PSTTags: Hallelujah, Hallelujah Casting, Hallelujah Pilot, Iceland, Iceland Pilot, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, TV, TV Casting, TV Pilots
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Frances O’Connor is set to co-star in Marc Cherry’s ABC pilot Hallelujah. It us set in the town of Hallelujah, Tenn., which is being torn apart by the forces of good and evil and whose fortunes change when a stranger, Rye Turner, comes to town, bringing justice, peace and possibly restoring faith. O’Connor will play Rye’s wife dealing with the aftermath of their son’s brain injury. This marks O’Connor’s return to ABC where she had a role on Cashmere Mafia. The actress, repped by Gersh, Rob Marsala and U.K.’s Artists Rights Group, joins previously cast Jesse L. Martin.

Scrubs alumna Kerry Bishe has landed the lead in the Fox single-camera pilot Iceland. The project, from writer-executive producer Andy Bobrow and Sony TV, centers on Mackenzie (Bische), a 20something woman whose fiance recently passed away. Also cast in the pilot is John Boyd. Bishe, repped by WME and Brookside Artists, will next be seen in Kevin Smith’s Red State. READ MORE »

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Five More Broadcast Pilots Land Directors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 8:05am PSTTags: Andy Ackerman, Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea Pilot, Hallelujah Pilot, Heavenly Pilot, Home Grown Pilot, Iceland Pilot, Marc Cherry Hallelujah, Michael Apted, Mimi Leder, Mimi Leder Heavenly, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots, Will Gluck
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Easy A helmer Will Gluck will make his TV directing debut with the Fox half-hour pilot Iceland, a single-camera romantic comedy from Sony TV about a group of friends moving forward after the loss of a loved one. UTA-repped Gluck, … Read More »

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Fox Picks Up Two Comedy Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 21, 2011 @ 2:27pm PSTTags: Fox Comedy, Fox Pilots, Fox Tagged, Iceland Pilot, Tagged, Tagged Pilot, TV, TV Deals
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UPDATE: Both pilots have now been officially picked up.

PREVIOUS: Fox has greenlighted one more comedy pilot, with another expected to join it shortly. Both are from Sony TV.

The project that has been officially picked up is Iceland, a singe-camera comedy … Read More »

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