Joshua Jackson is the fourth and final star to round out the impressive lead cast of Showtime’s new drama pilot The Affair. The Fringe star joins actors Ruth Wilson, Dominic West, and Maura Tierney in the intriguing drama by the creative team behind HBO’s critically acclaimed In Treatment.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler may be making their way back to the Golden Globe stage next year. It has been reported that the pair have been approached to reprise their co-hosting duties for the awards show.
Seth Rogen’s new animated comedy has been given a pilot order at FX. The show is called Bigfoot and will feature the mythical creature’s adventures in modern times and trying to make it as a modern man. Fans of Rogen will certainly want to tune in for this one.
Omari Hardwick has been chosen for the lead role in a new drama premiering on Starz. He will play a wealthy night club owner who also runs a double life as the king pin of the most elite drug network in New York. Things get complicated when his family gets involved and he tries to leave his life of crime behind.
Liz Sarnoff and Tricia Small have created their own production company under Fox 21 and have made a pact with 20th Century Fox TV’s cable division to become part of the upcoming show Salem.
News about popular True Blood character Eric Northman may reveal the character’s fate, which was left ambiguous after the close of the most recent season.
The FOX network has won a bidding war for a new multi-camera series from the ctreative team behind the critically acclaimed comedy 30 Rock. The new comedy will be written by 30 Rock writer and executive producer Matt Hubbard and will be executive produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. The show will be set in a women’s college that just recently began accepting male students for the first time.
The cable network History has put into development a new four-part miniseries that will follow the story of famed magician Harry Houdini. Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is set to star as the iconic illusionist and production will begin in the fall.
Rhys Ifans has been cast in the new Showtime pilot Trending Down. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the star as well as the executive producer on the show. The series will be an attack on our youth-obsessed culture, with a darkly comic look at what it means to matter, or not, in today’s society.
Julie Delpy is closing in on a deal with HBO films to write the script and adapt the memoir Cancer Vixen: A True Story. Cate Blanchett will play the star of the film, a magazine cartoonist appearing in publications such as The New Yorker and Glamour.
