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Sam Neill & Emmanuelle Chriqui Join CBS Pilot ‘The Ordained’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 5, 2013 @ 4:45pm PSTTags: CBS, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Sam Neill, The Ordained
Nellie Andreeva

Sam NeillSam Neill and Entourage alumna Emmanuelle Chriqui has been cast in the CBS drama pilot The Ordained, executive produced by Frank Marshall. Directed by RJ Cutler from a script by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Ordained centers on Tom Reilly (Charlie Cox), the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer at a top New York firm to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. Neill plays Tom’s dad, Michael Thomas Riley aka The Governor.  Chriqui plays Sam who lives next door to Tom.

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Sam Neill To Star In J.J. Abrams’ ‘Alcatraz’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 10, 2010 @ 12:46pm PSTTags: Alcatraz, Alcatraz Casting, JJ Abrams Alcatraz, Sam Neill, Sarah Jones Alcatraz, TV
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Sam Neill is set to star opposite Sarah Jones in the J.J. Abrams-produced Fox pilot Alcatraz. The drama project, from Warner Bros. TV, Abrams’ Bad Robot and executive producer/showrunner Liz Sarnoff, chronicles the efforts of a … Read More »

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And In Other Film Deals…

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday October 14, 2010 @ 2:25pm PDTTags: Buried, Channing Tatum, Jessica Lange, Movie Deals, Movies, Rachel McAdams, Robert De Niro, Sam Neill, Sigourney Weaver, The Vow
Mike Fleming

Director Rodrigo Cortes has found his followup to Buried, attaching Robert De Niro and Sigourney Weaver to star in the psychological thriller Red Lights. Cortes wrote the script. I saw Buried at its premiere screening and thought Ryan Reynolds and Cortes pulled off quite a feat, but the film unfortunately seems … Read More »

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