Craig Robinson and Grace Gummer sign on to season two of Mr. Robot. Jenna Fischer set to star as Matt LeBlanc’s on-screen wife. Mad Men alum, Kevin Rahm joins Lethal Weapon.
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Gina Torres joins The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez; Blair Underwood is tapped for Reese Witherspoon pilot; 24: Legacy builds up its cast and more in this week’s TV casting round-up!
Fresh off of her final season on AMC’s hit series Mad Men, Elisabeth Moss is now joining the biopic about Rocky inspiration Chuck Wepner. The Bleeder, starring Liev Schreiber as Wepner, centers on the boxer’s claim to fame after he shocked the world by knocking Muhammad Ali to the canvas.
Logline: Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free.
Logline: Follows a depressed nurse practitioner who cares for the terminally ill while trying to reconnect with his estranged family.
Logline: A female thief on parole decides to pull off one last score so she can get her son out of the country, but she comes across a crooked P.I. who wants the money she stole from a Vegas Casino.
Logline: The lines between fiction and reality become blurred when the life of a screenwriter with a severe case of schizophrenia begins to mirror the script he is writing.
Logline: Story centers on former heavyweight champion, Chuck Wepner and his boxing match with Muhammad Ali.
Logline: Kept under wraps but will chronicle the life of famed magician Harry Houdini with a “Lovecraftian” bent.
Logline: True story of three expeditions that were hit by ferocious blizzards on a climb to the top of Mt. Everest.
