Development News - March 15, 2019
ABC's The Baker and the Beauty, Nana, Until the Wedding & Woman Up; CBS' Tommy; The CW's Jane the Novela & Untitled Nancy Drew; FOX's Next & Patty's Auto; and NBC's Emergence & Prism.
NBC's EMERGENCE
- Zabryna Guevara has been cast on the drama pilot starring Alison Tolman. She previously starred for one season in FOX's Gotham and one season in CBS All Access' Tell Me a Story. She currently recurs on NBC's New Amsterdam and next appears in an episode of CBS All Access' The Twilight Zone reboot.
- She will play Abby, a pediatrician who is a longtime friend of Jo's (Tolman).
THE CW's UNTITLED NANCY DREW PROJECT
- Freddie Prinze Jr. has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Kennedy McMann. He previously starred for one season in FOX's 24 and four seasons in Disney XD's Star Wars Rebels. His film credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer, She's All That and the live-action Scooby-Doo.
- He will play Carson Drew, Nancy's (McMann) father, a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife - but his attempts to reconnect with his daughter run aground when Nancy's murder investigation reveals unsettling secrets from Carson's own past.
FOX's PATTY'S AUTO
- Jonathan Sadowski will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Carra Patterson. He previously starred for five seasons in Freeform's Young & Hungry.
- He will play Bill, the crass and tough owner of the Muffler Men auto repair shop across the street from Patty's Auto. Despite his fierce competition with Patty (Patterson), the two are more alike than different and are therefore drawn to each other.
ABC's UNTIL THE WEDDING
- Christian Borle has booked a series regular role on the drama pilot starring Olivia Thirlby and E.J. Bonilla. He is a two-time Tony Award winner for Peter and the Starcatcher and Something Rotten. He also starred for two seasons in NBC's Smash.
- He will play Miles, Adrienne's (Thirlby) charming, highly accomplished brother and stay-at-home dad.
ABC's THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY
- David Del Rio has landed a series regular role on the drama pilot starring Nathalie Kelley and Victor Rasuk. His film credits include The Belko Experiment and Pitch Perfect. He also appeared in FOX's Grease Live.
- He will play Mateo Garcia, Daniel's (Rasuk) younger brother.
FOX's NEXT
- Michael Mosley is set as a series regular on the drama pilot written by Manny Coto. He previously starred for two seasons in USA's Sirens and in the Netflix limited series Seven Seconds. He has also recurred on A&E's Longmire and Netflix's Ozark.
- He will play CM, a Southern ex-con hacker with a genius IQ who works at the FBI cybercrime division.
ABC's NANA
- Ben Lawson has been tapped to replace Josh Cooke as the male lead on the comedy pilot starring Katey Sagal. He starred for one season in ABC's Designated Survivor and has recurred on Netflix's 13 Reasons Why and NBC's The Good Place.
- He will play Alex, a fire chief in Indianapolis who is a newly widowed single father of two girls. It's clear that he is in over his head with the girls, but he is reluctant to hire help and can't imagine letting a stranger look after his children. Overly protective and a bit controlling, the last thing he wants is to welcome his late wife's chaotic, disruptive and inappropriate mother, Nana (Sagal), into the home. After seeing Nana interacting with the girls, he's forced to reconsider his stance. She might be exactly what the family needs in the face of their recent loss.
ABC's WOMAN UP
- Bryce Charles and Tate Moore have scored series regular roles on the comedy pilot starring Mary Elizabeth Ellis and Tawny Newsome. Charles has recurred on ABC's Black-ish and next appears in Netflix's upcoming limited series Tales of the City. Moore is a relative newcomer.
- Charles will play a young version of Phoebe (Newsome).
- Moore will play a young version of Liz (Ellis).
NBC's PRISM
- Joe Tippett and Alex Neustaedter have been cast on the drama pilot starring Malin Akerman and Ramon Rodriguez. Tippett starred in NBC's one-season drama Rise. Neustaedter starred for three seasons in USA's Colony.
- Tippett will play Lucius King, Rachel's (Akerman) second chair.
- Neustaedter will play Michael Jamison. It's hard to tell if he's a bit unstable of just masterfully playing everyone.
THE CW's JANE THE NOVELA
- Hunter Parrish will play the male lead in the anthology pilot starring Jacqueline Grace Lopez and Marcia Cross. He previously starred for eight seasons in Showtime's Weeds and next stars in Netflix's upcoming drama Ratched opposite Sarah Paulson. His casting reunites him with Cross after they previously played mother and son on ABC's Quantico.
- He will play Felix, Napa's most eligible bachelor and heir apparent to his family's winery. Though his future looks bright, he is tortured by the secrets of his past.
CBS' TOMMY
- David Fierro and Joseph Lyle Taylor will co-star on the drama pilot starring Edie Falco. Fierro previously starred for two seasons in Cinemax's The Knick. Taylor has previously recurred on FX's Justified, NBC's Law & Order: SVU and Amazon's Sneaky Pete.
- Fierro will play Buddy, the brilliant, manipulative Mayor of Los Angeles, who becomes a rival for power with Tommy (Falco).
- Taylor will play Treat "The Dude" Dudik, Buddy's deputy, the somewhat dim, brutal and blindly loyal fixer who always returns to his master's side for another kick.
