Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Development News - Mae Whitman to Star in 'Good Girls'; Meaghan Rath Set as Lead on 'The Trustee'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Development News - February 15, 2017

ABC's Deception, Start Up & The Trustee; CBS' 9J, 9K and 9L; The CW's Searchers; and NBC's For God and Country, Good Girls & Untitled Kourtney Kang.




ABC's DECEPTION
  • Ilfenesh Hadera (Chi-Raq, Billions) has been cast as the female lead on the drama pilot starring Jack Cutmore-Scott. She will play Kay Daniels, a take-charge, hard-working FBI special agent who teams up with superstar magician Cameron Black (Cutmore-Scott).
NBC's GOOD GIRLS
  • Parenthood alum Mae Whitman is returning to NBC as one of the three leads on the drama pilot written by Jenna Bans. She will play Annie, Beth's (Kathleen Rose Perkins) younger sister, a single mom who is terrified of losing her son in a custody battle. She agrees to the store robbery in the hope that she might come away with enough money for a good attorney.
NBC's UNTITLED KOURTNEY KANG PROJECT
  • Rebecca Creskoff (Hung, Bates Motel) has joined the cast of the untitled comedy pilot written by Kourtney Kang. She will play Patty Jean, Katie's (Isabella Russo) Irish spit-fire, beautiful and fun mother.
ABC's START UP
  • Tiya Sircar (The Good Place) has landed a series regular role on the comedy pilot starring Zach Braff. She will play Noush, Alex's (Braff) wife, an attorney.
THE CW's SEARCHERS
  • Jeanine Mason (So You Think You Can Dance, Bunheads) has booked a series regular role on the drama pilot written by Jason Rothenberg. She will play Juniper, a girl who has spent 22 hard years on Earth, a cunning and audacious thief who has had her fair share of run-ins with the law.
ABC's THE TRUSTEE
  • Being Human star Meaghan Rath will play one of the leads on the hourlong comedy pilot written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn. She will play Eliza Radley, a driven but stubborn detective who finds unlikely help from her precinct's trustee. Though these two have completely opposing views on crime and punishment, a highly entertaining and successful partnership is born.
NBC's FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
  • Mike Vogel (Under the Dome, Childhood's End) has been cast on the drama pilot written by Dean Georgaris. He will play Michael Dalton, the commander of the ISA-special operations group who is responsible for getting back a kidnapped American doctor. He will do whatever it takes to make sure no foreign nation gets away with harming Americans.
CBS' 9J, 9K and 9L
  • Liza Lapira (Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life) will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Mark Feuerstein. She will play Eve, Andrew's (David Walton) wife, a Harvard-educated pediatrician.