Actor James Tupper has signed with UTA. He was at ICM Partners. Tupper played the male lead on the ABC series Men In Trees. He recurs on ABC’s Revenge as Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke’s (Emily VanCamp) dad David Clarke, and co-starred in the NBC/Jerry Bruckheimer pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives this past season. His series credits also include Grey’s Anatomy, Samantha Who and Mercy. On the feature side, Tupper recently co-starred in Decoding Annie Parker and Playing For Keeps. He continues to be represented by Untitled Entertainment and Jackoway Tyerman.
- 6/24/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: With two medical dramas on the air, Hart Of Dixie and Emily Owens, MD, the CW is still in the market for medical drama projects and has bought one from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Sascha Penn. Titled House Calls, the show is set in Boston and follows three idiosyncratic young doctors who’ve set up a 24-hour house call business. Penn is writing and will executive produce with Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman, with KristieAnne Reed co-executive producing for Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV. This marks a reteaming of Bruckheimer TV and Penn who sold soap/thrilled The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives to NBC last season. The project received an off-cycle pilot order in June and is wrapping casting. For Penn, House Calls is in second position to Secret Lives. This marks Penn’s return to the CW where he developed an adaptation of the...
- 10/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Mimi Gianopulos has landed the lead in ABC Family’s Continuing Fred, a half-hour multi-camera comedy that the network ordered to pilot last month. It centers on twentysomething Winifred “Fred” Harris (Gianopulos), a newly graduated slacker with an overbearing family who surprisingly finds purpose when she begins to teach at a local elementary school. Gianopulos, repped by ICM Partners, recently appeared in Lionsgate’s What To Expect When You’re Expecting. Laura Allen has been cast as one of the leads in NBC’s pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives. The thriller/dramatic soap is from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and writer Sascha Penn and revolves around the lives of several couples. Allen, repped by Gersh and Impression Entertainment, will play Alison Dunn, a grounded and levelheaded mother and wife who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of all. It’s a return to NBC for Allen, who...
- 10/12/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Jesse L. Martin has joined the starring cast of the upcoming new NBC drama pilot for the thriller, The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives, which centers on a murder, and the secrets and lies within a tightly woven group of 3 suburban couples and their families, exposed in its aftermath. As reported a week ago, Nicole Ari Parker is already attached to star as well, playing Paula Cooke, half of one of the 3 couples, described as a tough and strikingly beautiful trophy wife who, after twelve years of a troubled marriage, questions whether to stay with her husband because of love or respect… all while having no idea that he is financially...
- 10/10/2012
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Law & Order alum Jesse L. Martin is set to star opposite Martin Henderson in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives. It is described as thriller-dramatic soap that centers on a murder and the secrets and lies within a tightly woven group of three suburban couples and their families exposed in its aftermath. Martin will play half of one of the couples, Greg Cooke, a perpetual frat boy and former hedge fund manager whose faltering finances force him into partnering with an unsavory business associate. Also starring in the pilot are Perrey Reeves and Nicole Ari Parker. Martin, repped by ICM Partners and manager Bob McGowan, is recurring on NBC’s Smash this season, and he signed on do the pilot after the schedules for the two NBC projects could be worked out. Helping the matter is the fact that both Smash and...
- 10/10/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Martin Henderson (ABC’s Off The Map) has been cast as one of the leads in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives. It is described as thriller-dramatic soap that centers on a murder and the secrets and lies within a tightly woven group of three suburban couples and their families exposed in its aftermath. Henderson will play Kyle Dunn, a former flight surgeon and astronaut who returns home — after a prolonged absence — to live with his family and discovers that things are not as they seem. Henserson, repped by CAA, Management 360 and attorney Warren Dern, joins recently cast Perrey Reeves and Nicole Ari Parker.
- 10/4/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Hostages, a drama from writer-director Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. TV, has landed at CBS with a pilot production commitment. Based on an Israeli format, the project centers on a family caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever. Hostages was originally developed for Israel’s Channel 10 by Alon Aranya, Omri Givon and Rotem Shamir. The show has not been produced in Israel, but an U.S. adaptation written by Aranya found its way to Buckheimer TV, which bought the rights and then brought in Nachmanoff (Traitor). Nachmanoff is set to write and direct Hostages as well as executive produce it with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Givon, Rotem Shamir and Chayim Sharir. Aranya and KristieAnne Reed serve as co-executive producers. This is the latest big commitment for Jerry Bruckheimer TV this season. The company has a pilot order at NBC...
- 10/2/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: In its first drama sale this season, Bruckheimer TV has landed a put pilot commitment from CBS for an FBI drama written by Aron Eli Coleite. Titled The Bureau, the project is described as a character drama set at the NY field office of the FBI. It reunites the auspices behind last season’s drama pilot Trooper: writer Coleite, Bruckheimer TV, CBS and Warner Bros TV. While it didn’t make the cut at CBS in May, Trooper was just ordered to pilot by TNT. The Bureau is being executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Coleite and Jonathan Littman, with KristieAnne Reed co-executive producing. Bruckheimer TV got a head start this development season with an early pilot order by NBC for drama The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives, which is casting. The company also has sold two comedies, a docu-style military comedy At Ease, which got a put pilot commitment at NBC,...
- 9/28/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Nicole Ari Parker has been cast as one of the leads in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced NBC drama pilot The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives. It is described as thriller-dramatic soap that centers on a murder and the secrets and lies within a tightly woven group of three suburban couples and their families exposed in its aftermath. Parker will play half of one of the three couples, Paula, a tough and strikingly beautiful trophy wife who, after 12 years of a troubled marriage, questions whether to stay with her husband because of love or respect… all while having no idea that he is financially ruined. She joins Perret Reeves, recently cast as another wife. Parker, repped by Gersh and Klwgn, is coming off a full Broadway run of A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Blair Underwood. ER and Three Rivers alumna Justina Machado is back on the medical beat, this time on the comedy side.
- 9/27/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Mark Pellington, Roger Corman, Mick Garris, Bernard Rose, and more!
Some quick blurbs from a our vast and roaming congregation of gurus:
Mark Pellington is going to direct the pilot for Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, a NBC drama. Here’s the Variety blurb:
The pilot, ordered in June from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, revolves around three couples living in a seemingly idyllic California community that becomes a hotbed of secrets and intrigue.
Written by Sascha Penn, “Husbands” is inspired by the book of the same name by Josie Brown. Penn, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producers while KristieAnne Reed and Pellington are co-executive producers.
While best known as a feature helmer, Pellington recently directed midseason ABC drama “Red Widow.” He’s also directed and served as consulting propducer on CBS’ “Cold
Bernard Rose‘s new film Boxing Day will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
Some quick blurbs from a our vast and roaming congregation of gurus:
Mark Pellington is going to direct the pilot for Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, a NBC drama. Here’s the Variety blurb:
The pilot, ordered in June from Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Warner Bros. TV, revolves around three couples living in a seemingly idyllic California community that becomes a hotbed of secrets and intrigue.
Written by Sascha Penn, “Husbands” is inspired by the book of the same name by Josie Brown. Penn, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are executive producers while KristieAnne Reed and Pellington are co-executive producers.
While best known as a feature helmer, Pellington recently directed midseason ABC drama “Red Widow.” He’s also directed and served as consulting propducer on CBS’ “Cold
Bernard Rose‘s new film Boxing Day will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival.
- 7/31/2012
- by Danny
- Trailers from Hell
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