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Rachael Leigh Cook To Star Opposite Eric McCormack in TNT Pilot ‘Perception’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 16, 2010 @ 8:26am PSTTags: Cable TV, Eric McCormack, Perception Pilot, TNT Perception Casting, TNT Pilot, TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Rachael Leigh Cook is set as the female lead opposite Eric McCormack in the TNT drama pilot Perception. The project, from ABC Studios, centers on Dr. Geoffrey Pierce (McCormack), an eccentric, frequently erratic and absolutely brilliant university professor in neuropsychiatry who helps the FBI solve complex cases. Cook will play sexy, sharp-tonged  and smart FBI agent Kate Rossi who recruited her former professor Pierce to work for the bureau. The setup appears similar to that on Castle between Nathan Fillion’s Richard Castle and Stana Katic’s Kate Beckett and on The Mentalist between Simon Baker’s Patrick Jane and Robin Tunney’s Teresa Lisbon. Kenneth Biller and Mike Sussman co-wrote the pilot, with Alan Poul directing. Cook, who started off as a teen actress, recently recurred on USA’s Psych.

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Several Television Pilots Land Directors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 12, 2010 @ 6:46pm PSTTags: Alan Poul, Alcatraz Pilot, Danny Cannon, Gregory Hoblit, Homeland Pilot, Michael Cuesta, Michael Cuesta Homeland, Nine Lives Pilot, Perception Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
Nellie Andreeva

Former Dexter director-producer Michael Cuesta, who most recently helmed the pilot for CBS’ cop family drama Blue Bloods, has signed on to direct Showtime’s drama pilot Homeland, a psychological thriller from former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon based on an … Read More »

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