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Mira Sorvino To Star In CBS’ Jim Gaffigan Comedy Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 21, 2013 @ 2:32pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Jim Gaffigan, Mira Sorvino
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EXCLUSIVE: Mira Sorvino is returning to her comedy roots (she won an Oscar for Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite) with a starring role opposite Jim Gaffigan in his CBS comedy pilot. Written by Gaffigan and Peter Tolan (the two co-wrote the story, and Tolan wrote the script), the project centers on Jim (Gaffigan) a guy who lives with his wife Jeannie (Sorvino) and five kids in a 2-bedroom New York apartment. Sorvino’s Jeannie is a super-wife and super-mom. The mother of five kids, she has a sixth child in the house: her husband Jim. Sony Pictures TV and Fedora are producing, with Gaffigan, Tolan, Michael Wimer and Alex Murray executive producing. The pilot reunites Sorvino with CBS where she toplined drama pilot Trooper last season. (She also reprised her role in the TNT version of the pilot.) In addition to Mighty Aphrodite, Sorvino’s comedic roles include the cult Romy & Michelle’s High School Reunion and last year’s well reviewed Union Square. She is with ICM Partners, Untitled Entertainment and Michael Adler & Jonathan Shikora.

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Mira Sorvino To Topline, Jason Ensler To Direct Bruckheimer TV’s TNT Pilot ‘Trooper’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 26, 2012 @ 2:17pm PDTTags: Mira Sorvino, Trooper
Nellie Andreeva

Mira Sorvino Trooper TNT PilotMira Sorvino is set to star in TNT‘s drama pilot Trooper, which Jason Ensler has come on board to direct. This is Sorvino’s second turn in the role, which she first played … Read More »

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Mira Sorvino To Star In CBS Pilot ‘Trooper’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 23, 2012 @ 1:00pm PSTTags: CBS, Mira Sorvino, Trooper
Nellie Andreeva

Mira Sorvino is in final negotiations to star in CBS’ Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama pilot Trooper. This would mark the first series for the Oscar winner, who had been approached for pilots several times over the years. Written by Aron Eli … Read More »

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TCA: Producer of New Woody Allen Doc Talks About Filmmaker Hitting The Top At 75

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 31, 2011 @ 2:03pm PDTTags: Mira Sorvino, PBS, PBS American Masters, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA.

Bob Weide, producer of the forthcoming four-hour Woody Allen documentary that carries the working title Seriously Funny — The Comic Art of Woody Allen and premieres Nov. 20-21 as part of PBS’ American Masters series, appeared this morning on a TCA panel to hype this show. Flanking him were Manhattan star Mariel Hemingway and Oscar-winning Mighty Aphrodite star Mira Sorvino as well as American Masters creator and exec producer Susan Lacy. Notably absent from the panel: Mr. Woody Allen himself.

Hardly a shock.

“He’s in Rome right now shooting a film,” Weide reasoned.

“Or he’d be here,” Lacy quickly added.

“Right. Sure he would,” Weide shot back. “As a matter of fact, I have Mister Allen right here backstage … along with Marshall McLuhan.” Read More »

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Mira Sorvino Will Star In ‘Union Square’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday November 24, 2010 @ 12:34pm PSTTags: Mira Sorvino, Movie Deals, Movies

Nancy Savoca will direct Sorvino in the indie, about a reluctant reunion between two estranged sisters. One is on the verge of marriage; the other is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Sorvino will be starring along with Tammy Blanchard. … Read More »

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