The Hangover's Justin Bartha has been tapped to co-star in Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler's NBC comedy pilot The New Normal.
The single-camera project revolves around a gay couple and the woman who becomes their surrogate. Bartha joins the previously cast Andrew Rannells (The Book of Mormon) and will play David, the significant other/husband with whom Bryan (Rannells) intends to start a family.
Ryan Phillippe has dropped out of CBS' Greg Berlanti/Nicholas Wootton cop drama pilot.
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the feature actor, who is currently filming a major arc on FX's fifth and final season of Damages, has amicably parted ways with the project.
Brothers & Sisters star Ken Olin is staying with the ABC family.
The actor has been tapped to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Americana, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.
Described as a soap revolving around a legendary fashion designer and his family, Olin will play Martin, the owner of a garment manufacturing company whose daughter designs clothes for the company.
4:45 PM PST 2/21/2012 by Lacey Rose, Lesley Goldberg
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Dollhouse's Dichen Lachman has joined the ensemble cast in Shawn Ryan's ABC drama pilot The Last Resort.
Revolving around the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost where they declare themselves to be the world's smallest nuclear nation.
The Runaways co-star Stella Maeve has joined CBS' Ryan Phillippe cop drama.
In the project, Phillippe will play Detective Clark, the cop at the center of the story, who rises quickly through the ranks from officer to detective to police commissioner in the project, previously known as Golden Boy.
Love Monkey co-star Erik Jensen has joined the ensemble cast of NBC's The Frontier.
The actor, whose credits include arcs on 30 Rock, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will play Dr. William Strong in the drama that revolves around a group who follows their dreams and heads West from Missouri across the unchartered country in the 1840s.
The star of the Syfy drama -- which will kick off its fifth and final season in April -- has been tapped to star in Like Father, the Fox comedy pilot loosely inspired by Cougar Town co-creator Bill Lawrence's relationship with his father.
Midnight in Paris co-star Mimi Kennedy has boarded ABC's Judy Greer comedy pilot.
In the project from Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, Greer stars as a cosmopolitan woman who gets married and becomes a fish-out-of-water in the suburbs having to juggle her step-kids, mother-in-law and the ex-wife of her husband, who also happens to be the town sheriff.
Kennedy will play Greer's character's mother-in-law in the ABC Studios project.
Former Barbershop star Toni Trucks has joined CBS' legal drama pilot Baby Big Shot.
In the project, which revolves around a working-class woman named Marina who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a top New York law firm, Trucks will play Cindi, Marina's edgy secretary and "comradette" in arms.
Former Dexter killer Jonny Lee Miller has landed the lead role in the network's drama pilot Elementary, described as a New York-set modern take on the cases of the famed detective, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Ryan Phillippe is going from playing a Julian Assange-type character to a cop on the rise.
The Lincoln Lawyer star, who will appear in the upcoming fifth and final season of DirecTV's Damages, has booked the starring role in CBS' untitled Greg Berlanti/Nicholas Wootton drama, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Producers instead are eyeing a one-off Hollywood Bowl benefit concert in the fall in a bid to raise $10 million for its Glee Give a Note charity.
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The actor — who goes head-to-head with his rival in Thursday's episode — tells THR that his character is overcompensating for sounding silly.
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Projects from Shonda Rhimes, Kevin Williamson, Ryan Murphy, Josh Schwartz and Greg Berlanti highlight the comedy and drama offerings for the five broadcast networks as the more than 80 projects begin staffing up.
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