Trio heading 'East Bound' for HBO pilot

May 30, 2007 Katy Mixon, John Hawkes and Andrew Daly have been tapped to co-star opposite co-creator Danny McBride in HBO's comedy pilot "East Bound and Down." The project, from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Prods., centers on Kenny Powers (McBride), a burned-out former professional baseball pitcher who returns to his small Southern hometown, where the only job he can find is as a substitute gym teacher. Mixon ("Blind Dating") will play Kenny's high school girlfriend, now a teacher at the school and engaged to the principal (Daly).

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