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Ginger Gonzaga Lands Vacant Lead In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Mixology’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 14, 2013 @ 12:35pm PDTTags: ABC, Ginger Gonzaga, Mixology
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Ginger Gonzaga (Ted) has been cast in ABC’s comedy pilot Mixology. She replaces Mercedes Masohn who departed the project over the weekend. Written by feature scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover) in their pilot debut and directed by Larry Charles, Mixology is a complex project featuring 10 lead characters. Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, it chronicles the exploits of singles — five guys and five girls — in search of love, all over the course of one night. Gonzaga, repped by Innovative, Industry Entertainment and Patti Felker, plays one of them, Maya, a tough-as-nails sports attorney.

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Mercedes Masohn Exits ABC Pilot ‘Mixology’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday March 9, 2013 @ 1:06pm PSTTags: ABC, Jon Lucas, Larry Charles, Mixology, Scott Moore
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Mercedes Masohn is leaving ABC’s comedy pilot Mixology. The project, written by feature scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover) in their pilot debut, and directed by Larry Charles, is an ambitious high-concept effort featuring 10 lead characters.  Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, Mixology chronicles the exploits of singles, five guys and five girls, in search of love — all over the course of one night. Masohn was to play one of them, Maya. She was one of the first actors cast in the project more than a month ago while Charles’ deal was still being finalized and Nina Wass was just joining as non-writing executive producer. Nine other regulars have been cast since Masohn came on board and Lucas and Moore, with input from Charles and Wass, have tweaked some elements of the pilot, including the Maya character. “Masohn is an incredible talent with comedy chops and has been very accommodating and understanding with us, and we plan to be working with her again soon,” the Mixology producers said in a statement.  Read More »

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Sarah Bolger Joins ‘Mixology’, ‘Returned’ Adds Mark Hildreth, Leslie Bibb In ‘Boy’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 7, 2013 @ 10:43am PSTTags: About A Boy, Mixology, The Returned
Nellie Andreeva

Sarah BolgerSarah Bolger extending her relationship with ABC with a lead role in the network’s single-camera comedy Mixology, directed by Larry Charles from a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, Mixology, from ABC Studios, chronicles the exploits of singles, five guys and five girls, in search of love — all over the course of one night. Bolger will play one of them, Janey, Jessica’s (Alexis Carra) sweet, naive, little sister from New Jersey. Tonight is her big night in the city and she is woefully unprepared for the aggressive Manhattan dating scene. CAA-repped Bolger recurs on ABC/ABC Studios’ Once Upon A Time as Princess Aurora last season starred in their Shonda Rhimes-produced pilot Gilded Lilys. The Tudors alumna  toplines two indies that are yet to come out, Crush and Kiss Me.

Mark Hildreth has joined another ABC/ABC Studios pilot, drama The Returned, from Brillstein Entertainment, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and ABC Studios. Written by Aaron Zelman and directed by Charles McDougall, the project chronicles how the lives of the people in Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Hildreth, repped by Untitled and SMS, will play Preacher Tom Hild, the local minister, who starts to question his beliefs when the dead start coming back. Read More »

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Naveen Andrews Joins ABC Drama Pilot ‘Reckless’, Comedy ‘Mixology’ Casts A Lead

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 4:00pm PSTTags: ABC, Mixology, Reckless
Nellie Andreeva

Naveen AndrewsLost alum Naveen Andrews has been cast in the ABC pilot Reckless. Written/exec produced by Chris Black and directed/exec produced by Martin Campbell, the thriller centers on David (Patrick Fugit), a resourceful problem solver … Read More »

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Orlando Jones Cast In Fox Pilot ‘Sleepy Hollow’, Adam Campbell In ABC’s ‘Mixology’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 20, 2013 @ 5:16pm PSTTags: Adam Campbell, Mixology, Orlando Jones, Sleepy Hollow
Nellie Andreeva

Orlando Jones and Katia Winter (Dexter) have been cast in Sleepy Hollow, Fox’s drama pilot co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and directed by Len Wiseman. A modern–day supernatural thriller based on The Legend … Read More »

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Trio Cast In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Mixology’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 2:00pm PSTTags: Mixology
Nellie Andreeva

Mercedes MasohnBlake LeeBlake Lee (Parks & Recreation), Andrew Santino and Mercedes Masohn have landed lead roles in ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Mixology, from feature … Read More »

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ABC’s ‘Mixology’ Casts A Regular, Adds Ryan Seacrest’s Company

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 11:52am PSTTags: ABC, Mixology, Ryan Seacrest
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Simses (What’s Your Number) has landed a regular role in ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Mixology, from feature writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover, The Change-Up) and ABC Studios. I’ve also learned that Ryan Seacrest’s production company is boarding the project as a pod. Shepherding the pilot from Ryan Seacrest Prods will be veteran TV comedy producer Nina Wass, who joined the company as head of scripted in August. Wass has a long history at ABC Studios — she spent eight years there partnered with Gene Stein. I hear ABC Studios has been adding experienced TV producers to several of its newly picked-up pilots, including studio-based Matthew Gross (Body Of Proof), who is joining drama Murder In Manhattan. Read More »

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Bar Comedy From ‘Hangover’ Writers Gets Pilot Order At ABC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 4:35pm PSTTags: ABC, Big Deals TV, Mixology
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has given a pilot order to Mixology, a single-camera comedy pilot from feature writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover, The Change-Up) and ABC Studios. Set in the world of a sexy Manhattan bar, … Read More »

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Comedy From ‘Hangover’ Writers Jon Lucas And Scott Moore Lands At ABC As Put Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 1:32pm PDTTags: ABC, Big Deals TV, Jon Lucas, Mixology, Scott Moore
Nellie Andreeva

Hnagover Writers ABC Series MixologyEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation with multiple networks bidding, ABC has snagged Mixology, a comedy spec by Hangover writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, with a put pilot commitment. The project, which has been laid off at ABC Studios, marks feature scribes Lucas and Moore’s first foray into television. In the vein of the writing duo’s blockbuster Hangover, which chronicled the misadventures of three guys over one weekend, Mixology follows five guys and five girls trying to find love at a trendy Manhattan bar across the course of one night. Lucas and Moore serve as executive producers. Read More »

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