Development News - June 4, 2014
ABC Family's Recovery Road and Amazon's Hysteria & Red Oaks.
AMAZON's RED OAKS
- Spin City alum Richard Kind is the first actor cast on the comedy pilot from writers Greg Jacobs and Joe Gangemi. He will play Sam Myers, who expects his son David to become an accountant and who, believing he is about to die while suffering a heart attack, confesses some shocking secrets to David that make things awkward between the two going forward.
AMAZON's HYSTERIA
- Jenessa Grant (Reign) and Joseph David Jones have joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Mena Suvari. Grant will play Cassie Yates, the star dancer of the high school team who will transform into a powerful force. Jones will play Deante Sanstreet, a straight A UT student and a dancer who meets Cassie and her dance teammates.
ABC FAMILY's RECOVERY ROAD
- Sebastian De Souza (The Borgias) and Alexis Carra (Mixology) have joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Samantha Logan. De Souza will play Wes Stewart, the mysterious, bad-boy guy who is another patient in rehab to whom Maddie (Logan) is immediately attracted. Carra will play Cynthia McDermott, the high school guidance counselor who discovers Maddie's problem and sends her to rehab.
