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Martin Henderson, Sarah Paulson & Lauren Ambrose Tapped As The Leads Of 3 Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 2, 2011 @ 3:20pm PSTTags: Josh Brand, Kari Lizer, Lauren Ambrose, Lisa Zwerling, Martin Henderson, NBC, NBC Kari Lizer Pilot, Peter Horton The Crossing, Sarah Paulson, The Crossing, The Crossing Pilot, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellevue Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

Three high-profile pilots just landed their leads: Martin Henderson will headline NBC’s drama The Crossing, Sarah Paulson will star in NBC’s Kari Lizer comedy and Lauren Ambrose will topline Fox’s drama Weekends at Bellevue.

Written by Josh Brand and directed by Peter Horton, The Crossing is set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and centers on Jason (Henderson), a Civil War soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior – whether he likes it or not. The casting is in second position to Henderson’s current series, ABC’s softly-rated midseason drama Off the Map. The Crossing’s female lead is Henderson’s Off the Map co-star Rachelle Lefevre who is also in second position to the ABC medical drama, so NBC is making a big gamble that Off the Map won’t come back for a second season.

The untitled Kari Lizer multicamera comedy, from Warner Bros. TV, is a workplace comedy about a relationship-challenged woman (Paulson) who, with the help of her co-workers, guides people through unexpected career transitions and downsizings. The casting of Paulson lifts the contingency on the project. ICM-repped Paulson was the female lead on NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and ABC’s Cupid. Martha Marcy May Marlene, in which she stars, was recently picked up by Fox Searchlight. Lizer is with Scott Schwartz.

Based on Dr. Julie Holland’s memoir, Weekends at Bellevue centers on Ellie (Ambrose), the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit. The project hails from former ER writer-producer Lisa Zwerling, BermanBraun and UMS. Six Feet Under alum Ambrose, repped by UTA and Kipperman Management, co-stars on the upcoming season of Torchwood on Starz.

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Several Actors Board Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 28, 2011 @ 10:11pm PSTTags: Janet McTeer, My Freakin' Family, My Freakin' Family Pilot, NBC Whitney Cummings Pilot, Once Upon a Time Pilot, Once Upon a Time Pilot Casting, Playboy Pilot, Playboy Pilot Casting, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellevue, Weekends at Bellevue Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

ABC’s comedy comedy pilot has found the leads for its comedy pilot My Freakin’ Family: Ellen Woglom and Ravi Patel. Christopher Rich also has been cast in the project, which … Read More »

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Pilots ‘Weekends At Bellevue’ And ‘Secret Circle’ Book Directors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 3:01pm PSTTags: CW Secret Circle, Dr. Julie Holland, Fox Weekends at Bellevue, Jack Bender, Secret Circle, Secret Circle Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellevue, Weekends at Bellevue Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

Lost director-producer Jack Bender has signed on to direct the Fox medical drama pilot Weekends at Bellevue. The project, which Fox got in turnaround, hails from the same studio, UMS, that produces Fox’s veteran medical drama … Read More »

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Fox Picks Up Medical Drama Pilot ‘Weekends At Bellevue’ In Turnaround

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 9, 2011 @ 5:14pm PSTTags: Berman/Braun, Dr. Julie Holland, Fox Pilots, Fox Weekends at Bellevue, Lisa Zwerling, TV, TV Deals, Weekends at Bellevue, Weekends at Bellevue Pilot
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has handed a late pilot order to Weekends at Bellevue, a medical drama from former ER writer-producer Lisa Zwerling and BermanBraun. The project, centered on a psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit, … Read More »

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