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Jesse Metcalfe
Centers on a freelance journalist who gets trapped inside a shopping mall in a small town that’s overrun by zombies and has to use all his limited resources to find a way to escape and learn the truth of what’s causing the horrible epidemic.
The “Veronica Mars” and “Dallas” stars and seven more join Qasim Basir’s indie drama.
Meghan Ory also joins the cast of the video game adaptation.
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
Logline: Centers on a freelance journalist who gets trapped inside a shopping mall in a small town that’s overrun by zombies and has to use all his limited resources to find a way to escape and learn the truth of what’s causing the horrible epidemic.
Logline: Tells the true story of Vanessa del Rio, a poor waitress from Harlem who went from prostitution to adult films in her early 20s, becoming the first Latina adult film star.
Logline: A pivotal moment in 13-year-old Rasheed’s life splits off into two possible outcomes: one in which he becomes an up-and-coming architect being used by cynical real estate developers to gentrify and destroy his old neighborhood, and one in which he becomes a powerful drug lord who rules his surroundings but may regret what he’s built.
Lots of casting news & offers out: ABC adds four, and makes offers to two leads, CBS adds a Lost alum to join Sarah Michelle Gellar in Ringer, Cinemax lands two leads for their first original series in two decades, Comedy Central continues their recasting on Playing With Guns, while NBC eyes a Steve Carell replacement, and makes offers to six others, TNT circles two men for the role of “Chris” and USA adds their first to Over/Under!