ABC's Downward Dog & Presence; ABC Family's Famous in Love & Untitled Nicki Minaj Project; and USA's Paradise Pictures.
ABC's PRESENCE
- ABC has ordered its first drama pilot for the next development cycle - Presence written and to be directed by American Crime creator John Ridley. Ridley will produce with Michael McDonald. ABC Studios, International Famous Players Radio Picture Corporation and Stearns Castle Entertainment will produce. The project follows Presence Foster, a former Army veteran who finds herself interacting with a widely divergent, and highly colorful cross-section of Los Angeles as she unintentionally begins a career as an unlicensed Private Investigator.
ABC's DOWNWARD DOG
- Kirby Howell-Baptiste (UCB Comedy Originals) has been cast as a series regular on the comedy pilot starring Allison Tolman and Lucas Neff. She will play a character named Jenn.
ABC FAMILY's FAMOUS IN LOVE
- Ana Mulvoy-Ten (Vanity) has booked a recurring role on the drama pilot starring Bella Thorne. She will play Dakota, a talented, confident and charming actress who is up for the same role as Paige (Thorne) and Alexis (Niki Koss).
ABC FAMILY's UNTITLED NICKI MINAJ PROJECT
- Tim Story has signed on to direct and executive produce the comedy pilot which has a series commitment. The prospective series is shooting a pilot episode in New York this winter.
USA's PARADISE PICTURES
- USA has passed on the drama pilot written by Rick Muirragui and executive produced by Aaron Korsh. Universal Cable Productions may shop the series elsewhere. The project followed a group of ambitious people striving to get to the top in 1940s Hollywood. Little do they know the challenges they're about to face: the end of the studio monopolies, the blacklist and the new disruptive technology of television. The pilot's cast included Morgan Spector, Denyse Tontz, Duane Henry, Georgina Reilly, Daren Kagasoff and Matthew Del Negro.
