ABC
Andre Braugher will lead the ensemble cast in the drama pilot LAST RESORT, from the mind of Shawn Ryan and writer Karl Gajdusek. The series centers on the crew of the U.S.S. Nevada, a nuclear submarine, who, after disobeying a suspicious order, become fugitives. Braugher will play Capt. Marcus Chaplin, the commander of the U.S.S. Nevada
Sarah Chalke is set as the lead in the ABC comedy pilot HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, from Claudia Lonow.
CBS
JoAnna Garcia Swisher is set as the female lead in the UNTITLED MALINS/BERLANTI COMEDY PROJECT. The CBS comedy centers on Nick, who has a health scare and realizes that Wendy, his best friend and business partner of 15 years, is “the one”. Greg Malins and Greg Berlanti wrote the script and will executive produce, with Malins serving as showrunner.
NETFILX
Corey Stoll has joined the cast of David Fincher’s drama, HOUSE OF CARDS, starring Kevin Spacey. The political thriller, based on Michael Dobbs’ novel, stars Spacey as Representative Frank Underwood, the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, who after being passed over for Secretary of State, hatches a plot to bring down the new president. Stoll will play Patrick Russo, a loose-cannon, womanizing three-term Italian-American congressman, divorced with two kids, who is having an affair with his secretary.
STARZ
Sanna Lathan and Jonathan Groff has joined the second season of the pay channel’s drama series BOSS. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as ruthless Chicago mayor Tom Kane. Lathan will play Mona, Kane’s new Chief of Staff, who becomes an obsession of his. Groff will play Ian Todd, a smart and ambitious staffer in Kane’s office who steps into the void Ezra Stone has left to offer astute council to Kane.
