Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Development News - Nathan Parsons Books Lead on 'Point of Honor'; Zach Gilford Joins 'Stanistan'; Plus 1 More Update!

Development News - September 17, 2014

Amazon's Point of Honor; MTV's Ken Jeong Made Me Do It; and USA's Stanistan.





AMAZON's POINT OF HONOR
  • Nathan Parsons (True Blood) and Luke Benward (Ravenswood) have been cast on the drama pilot from writers Carlton Cuse and Randall Wallace. Parsons will play John Rhodes, who finds himself on the opposite side of the conflict as his best friend and brother-in-law. Benward will play Garland Rhodes, the dashing black sheep brother of the Rhodes family.
MTV's KEN JEONG MADE ME DO IT
  • Peter Segal (Anger Management, Get Smart) has been tapped to direct the comedy pilot starring Community's Ken Jeong. He will also executive produce the potential series with his producing partner Michael Ewing.
USA's STANISTAN
  • Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) and Jonathan Cake (Desperate Housewives) have joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Jennifer Carpenter. Gilford will play Phillip Guthrey, an Infrastructure Manager for USAID whose unrequited love for Marcie (Carpenter) is not his only secret. Cake will play Greg Weir, a suave and fearless on-air foreign correspondent.