Friday, March 11, 2016

Development News - Jordin Sparks Joins 'Time After Time'; Andrea Anders to Star in 'Crunch Time'; Plus 13 More Updates!

Development News - March 11, 2016

ABC's The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez, Spark & Time After Time; CBS' Bunker Hill, Four Stars, Training Day, & What Goes Around Comes Around; The CW's No Tomorrow; FOX's A.P.B., Chad: An American Boy & Untitled Laura Steinel; and NBC's Chicago Law, Cruel Intentions, Crunch Time & Untitled Caamaño/Sztykiel.


ABC's TIME AFTER TIME
  • In her biggest acting commitment to date, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Freddie Stroma and Josh Bowman. She will play Jesse Givens, a New York stylist and Jane's (Genesis Rodriguez) roommate and best friend. If the pilot is ordered to series, Sparks will recur throughout the first season.
NBC's CRUNCH TIME
  • Andrea Anders (Better Off Ted, Modern Family) has been cast as the female lead on the comedy pilot starring Craig Ferguson. She will play Emily, an up-and-coming producer trying to wrangle the volatile host of the game show (Ferguson). Driven, loyal and level-headed, she is finally running a show she created. She has put on hold a persona life in exchange for her career, and time is running out for her to "have it all."
CBS' WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND
  • Charmed and Mistresses alum Alyssa Milano is set to play the female lead opposite Jason Lee on the comedy pilot. She will play Robin, who vowed that she'd never be like her overly strict parents and now tries to be open and understanding with her teenage kids - but sometimes she'd just like to lock them up until they're ready for college. Jee Young Han has also joined the cast today as Jess, the opinionated receptionist at Kenny's (Lee) firm.
THE CW's NO TOMORROW
  • Amy Pietz (The Nine Lives of Chloe King) will co-star on the hourlong comedy pilot starring Tori Anderson. She will play Deirdre, Evie's (Anderson) boss at the Amazon-like distribution center.
NBC's UNTITLED VLADIMIR CAAMANO & ADAM SZTYKIEL PROJECT
  • Josh Segarra (Sirens) has booked a regular role on the comedy pilot written by Vladimir Caamaño and Adam Sztykiel. He will play Frankie, Vlad's (Caamaño) older brother.
CBS' BUNKER HILL
  • Odette Annable (The Astronaut Wives Club, Banshee) has landed the female lead role on the drama pilot starring Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew. She will play Zoe, a forthright, idealistic physician at Bunker Hill and a positive life force.
FOX's UNTITLED LAURA STEINEL
  • Patton Oswalt (The Goldbergs) and Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) have been cast on the comedy pilot starring Judy Greer. Oswalt will play Sam, the CEO of the company who lives life at a higher octave than everyone else. He is an ideas guy, but none of them are suitable for this small-town New Jersey plastics plant. Vayntrub will play Alex, who's new to the company's H.R. department which is her first job in the real world.
FOX's CHAD: AN AMERICAN BOY
  • Matthew Mindler (Our Idiot Brother) has joined the cast of the comedy pilot starring Nasim Pedrad. He will play Chad's (Pedrad) best - and only - friend, an aloof, pubescent, oddly content kid.
FOX's A.P.B.
  • Justin Kirk (Weeds) and Eric Winter (Witches of East End) have been cast on the drama pilot written by David Slack. Kirk will play Gideon Reed, a multi-billionaire and creative genius with a childlike curiosity, whose awkwardness is balanced by an undeniable charm. After a tragic crime rate claims the life of a dear friend, Gideon literally buys himself a police precinct and sets out to rethink everything about the way cops do business. Winter will play Tom Murphy, a vice cop and tough guy with a big heart who is married to Detective Amelia Murphy (Natalie Martinez).
ABC's SPARK
  • Antonia Thomas (Misfits) and Rege-Jean Page (Roots) will play the lead roles on the drama pilot written by Michael Cooney. Thomas will play Pin, a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level two rival family empires. She is a smart, driven, fiercely independent young woman whose mission it is to bring back electricity to the masses no matter the cost. Page will play Alex, a handsome and charismatic young man with a wickedly sexy smile, he's the youngest son of the powerful Lavelle family, the industrial natural gas titans who control half the city and who are constantly jockeying to undermine the coal interests that rule the other half.
CBS' TRAINING DAY
  • Julie Benz (Defiance, Hawaii Five-0) is set as a series regular on the drama pilot starring Bill Paxton. She will play Holly McCabe, an unapologetic Hollywood madam who takes pride in how well she treats her girls. In addition to having a tacit understanding with Frank (Paxton), they are also a couple.
ABC's THE DEATH OF EVA SOFIA VALDEZ
  • Jeimy Osorio (Celia, Porque el Amor Manda) has landed a regular role on the drama pilot starring Gina Torres. She will play Luz, wild-haired and hugely pregnant, she's another of the strange "shadow women" who is delighted to help Eva Sofia (Torres) exact revenge on Blair Monroe (Eric Close).
NBC's CRUEL INTENTIONS
  • Bryce Cass (Battle Los Angeles) has booked a recurring role on the drama pilot starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. He will play Miles Castillo, the kid brother of Carmen (Nathalie Kelley), the Barrett family's chief of staff.
NBC's CHICAGO LAW
  • Nazneen Contractor (24, Heroes Born) will appear in the backdoor pilot for the next installment of the Chicago franchise opposite Philip Winchester. She will play Dawn Harper, an Assistant State's Attorney who works closely with Winchester's lead prosecutor.
CBS' FOUR STARS
  • Danielle Savre (Hollywood Heights) will co-star on the drama pilot starring Bruce Greenwood and Steven Bauer. She will play Lieutenant Kriss, a decorated combat pilot and lifelong adrenaline junkie, and the daughter of four-star General Buckley (Greenwood).