Exclusive: Brillstein Entertainment Partners has signed a new two-year deal with ABC Studios, which will bring the company's current tenure at ABC to eight years. Under the new pact, Brillstein Entertainment is reorganizing its TV division. Peter Traugott, who has run the TV unit for the past five years, will leave to form his own production company, which I hear will be based at NBC. Brillstein is coming off one of its strongest development seasons since setting up shop at ABC Studios in 2005. (Brillstein Entertainment's predecessor, Brillstein-Grey, also had a TV financing deal with ABC in the mid-1990s). The company landed three pilot orders, for comedies My Freakin' Family and Other People's Kids at ABC and drama Ringer at CBS, which stars Brillstein client Sarah Michelle Gellar. Ringer went to series at the CW, with ABC Studios pulling out as an active co-producer but retaining passive interest. "We've enjoyed...
- 5/31/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Undercovers star Boris Kodjoe has joined ABC's pilot Georgetown, an ensemble drama about young staffers on Capitol Hill. Kodjoe, repped by Gersh and Untitled, will play the Democratic president's fiercely intelligent senior adviser. Tom Arnold has been cast in ABC's half-hour pilot Other People's Kids. The multicamera comedy centers on Adam (Jesse Bradford), a 32-year-old with no responsibilities who suddenly finds himself with an insta-family when he falls in love with an older woman, Michelle (Bonnie Sommerville), who has two kids, an ex-husband and ex-in-laws. Arnold will play the guest starring/recurring role of the lover of Michelle's ex-husband's mother's (Judith Light). Rescue Me alum Lenny Clarke has joined NBC's comedy pilot Are You There Vodka? It's Me Chelsea. Inspired by Chelsea Handler’s bestselling autobiographical book about her party-rich life in her 20s, the Warner Bros/.Werner Entertainment project centers on Chelsea Hanson (Laura Prepon), an alcohol-loving, oversexed cocktail waitress.
- 3/19/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
The Tudors alumna Natalie Dormer is set as the female lead opposite Chris Egan in ABC's drama pilot Poe. The project, from Warner Bros. TV and Lin Pictures, is a crime procedural following Edgar Allan Poe (Egan), the world’s very first detective, as he uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston. Dormer, repped by Icm and U.K.'s United Agents, will play Celeste, a beautiful spitfire, with a firm moral center - the logical yin to Poe's wildly theoretical yang. She owns the newspaper for which Poe writes, having inherited it from her fiancé who died in mysterious circumstances. Judith Light has been tapped for a regular role in ABC's half-hour pilot Other People's Kids. The multicamera comedy, written by Hunter Covington and directed by Michael Fresco, centers on Adam (Jesse Bradford), a 32-year-old guy with no responsibilities who suddenly finds himself with an...
- 3/9/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Chris Egan is set as the lead in ABC's drama pilot Poe. The project, from Warner Bros. TV and Lin Pictures, is a crime procedural following Edgar Allan Poe (Egan), the world’s very first detective, as he uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston. The casting stems from Egan's talent deal with ABC. The actor previously played the lead in NBC's drama Kings. Also cast in Poe today was The Legend of the Seeker alumna Tabrett Bethell as Poe's muse. Jesse Bradford (NBC's Outlaw) has landed the lead in ABC's half-hour pilot Other People's Kids. The multicamera comedy, written by Hunter Covington and directed by Michael Fresco, centers on Adam (Bradford), a 32-year-old guy with no responsibilities who suddenly finds himself with an insta-family when he falls in love with an older woman (Bonnie Sommerville) who has two kids, an ex-husband, and ex-in-laws. Bradford also...
- 3/5/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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