Both Pace and Friel getting pilots within days of eachother?!Anna Friel To Co-Star In Showtime Pilot ‘The Vatican’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
Pushing Daisies‘ Anna Friel is eying a return to American television with a co-starring role opposite Kyle Chandler in The Vatican, Showtime‘s high-profile drama pilot from Paul Attanasio and Ridley Scott. Said to evoke The Sopranos and Upstairs, Downstairs, Vatican is described as a provocative contemporary genre thriller about spirituality, power and politics set against the modern-day political machinations within the Catholic church. Friel will play Kayla Duffy, the younger sister of Cardinal Thomas Duffy (Chandler). Unlike her brother, Kayla is a sexually active, hard-partying New Yorker. The Vatican, which co-stars Matthew Goode as Papal Secretary Bernd Koch, and Sebastian Koch as Cardinal Marco Malerba, will begin production next month in Rome. Sony Pictures TV is producing with Scott Free and Showtime. Brit Friel, repped by UTA, has been sought after for pilots since the end of ABC’s Pushing Daisies, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. This is the first pilot she has committed to.
Now they've got the Waitress, too? Seriously, this had better be ****ing good.
Do we know the format of this show yet? My big concern is that it will be a run of the mill CBS laugh track sitcom, even with the awesome cast and creator.
This is not Surprising
Zero Hour Cancelled?
http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/03/zero-hour-cancelled.html
Longer then Lone Star
Why do you say these things when you know they'll hurt Prison Mike?![]()
It'll be the typical CBS sitcom. They're doing a number of single camera comedies this year (including another by Greg Garcia, starring Rupert Grint), but this isn't one of them.
This is not Surprising
Zero Hour Cancelled?
http://www.spoilertv.com/2013/03/zero-hour-cancelled.html
Jason Ritter, trading Gilmore mother for Gilmore daughter?Alexis Bledel To Star In Fox Comedy Pilot ‘Friends & Family’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
In her first series regular role since Gilmore Girls, Alexis Bledel is set as the female lead opposite Jason Ritter in Friends & Family, Fox‘s single-camera comedy pilot from writer David Rosen, Sony TV and BBC Worldwide Prods. Based on the UK series Gavin & Stacey, Friends & Family focuses on the key life moments for Gavin (Ritter) and Stacey (Bledel), who try to maintain their relationship while combining their polarizing families’ lives. Bledel recently did an arc on Mad Men.
Jason Ritter, trading Gilmore mother for Gilmore daughter? :eek:[/QUOTE] Lucky, lucky man.