Pilot Casting News - 14th February 2015

Natalie Martinez To Star In NBC Pilot ‘Warrior’

Under The Dome and CSI: NY alumna Natalie Martinez has landed the lead in Warrior, NBC’s magical martial arts drama pilot written/executive produced by David DiGilio, directed by Phillip Noyce and executive produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. Set in a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, Warrior, from Universal TV, centers on Kai Forrester (Martinez), a damaged heroine who works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international crime lord.

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Miranda Cosgrove to Co-Star in NBC's Suzanne Martin Comedy

Miranda Cosgrove is headed for broadcast.

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The iCarly alum has been tapped to co-star in NBC's untitled Suzanne Martin comedy pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The multigenerational family comedy centers on a couple of recent empty-nesters whose plans backfire when their two adult daughters move back home.

Cosgrove is cast as the younger daughter, Shea, who has a doctorate in astrophysics and wants to be an astronaut, yet she is slightly socially awkward.

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S. Epatha Merkerson To Star In ‘Chicago Fire’ Spinoff ‘Chicago Med’

Law & Order alumna S. Epatha Merkerson is returning to the Dick Wolf family. Merkerson, who spent 16 years on the mothership L&O series, the most of any cast member on the Wolf-created drama, is set for a lead role on the proposed spinoff in Wolf’s latest procedural franchise, Chicago Fire. Merkerson will star opposite Yaya DaCosta in NBC’s Chicago Med, the ensemble medical drama whose cast will be introduced in Episode 19 of Chicago Fire this season.

Emmy winner Merkerson will play Sharon Goodwin, the head of the hospital where the show is set. Although she doesn’t love the politics that go into running a hospital and doesn’t suffer fools, she is damn good at keeping the doors open.

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Daniel London & Li Jun Li Cast In ‘Minority Report’ Fox Pilot

Fox pilot Minority Report has recruited a cast member from the Steven Spielberg-directed movie to reprise his role in the series adaptation. Daniel London has been cast in the pilot, along with Li Jun Li.

yMinority Report, from 20th TV and Paramount TV, is envisioned as a sequel to the movie. It is set 10 years after the end of Precrime in D.C. One of the three Precogs, Dash, struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions of the future, when he meets a detective, Lara Vega, who is haunted by her past who just might help him find a purpose to his gift.

London plays Wally the Caretaker, the gawky caretaker at the Precrime Temple where the children were observed. A decade later, he is eager to help Vega and is assisting Dash in establishing a new identity. Li plays Akeela, a Crime Scene Investigation technician who works closely with Vega.

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Nadine Velazquez Joins NBC Pilot ‘Love Is A Four Letter Word’, Lance Gross In ‘Warrior’

Crisis star Lance Gross is reuniting with NBC and Crisis pilot director Phillip Noyce. Noyce has cast Gross in the pilot he is directing for NBC this year, martial arts drama Warrior. Also cast in the project, written/executive produced by David DiGilio and exec produced by Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald, is Andy Allo. Set in a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, Warrior, from Universal TV, centers on Kai Forrester (Natalie Martinez), a damaged heroine who works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down organized crime syndicate YOMI. Gross plays Agent Golden, an Interpol agent and former Navy SEAL who gives Kai the news that she is their best shot at getting an agent inside the triad. Allo plays the daughter of YOMI’s New York boss.

Nadine Velazquez has landed a lead role on NBC drama pilot Love Is A Four Letter Word, from playwright-TV writer Diana Son, 20th TV and Fabrik. It chronicles the collision of race, sexuality and gender roles when three diverse couples put modern marriage to the test. Velazquez will play Rebecca, a Cuban American who is deeply in love with Julie and very happy with their marriage, but doesn’t realize her wife is actively considering getting back together with her ex,

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Zach Gilford Cast In Jenna Bans ABC Pilot, Ed Oxenbould In ‘Chev & Bev’

Friday Night Lights alum Zach Gilford has been cast in ABC’s untitled drama pilot from Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal alumna Jenna Bans, Mandeville Prods. and ABC Studios. It follows the return of a politician’s young son, Adam Warren, who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. But as the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his community, the neighbor sitting in jail for his murder is released and the cop responsible is forced to re-examine what truly happened so many years ago. Gilford will play Adam’s self-destructive older brother. He recently starred in The Purge: Anarchy and USA pilot Stanistan.

Ed Oxenbould, the young star of Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, has been cast in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Chev & Bev, from Brad Copeland, Kapital Entertainment and ABC Studios. It stars Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as two baby boomers who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren. Australia-born Oxenbould plays the oldest of the three grandchildren, a nerdy handsome amateur magician.

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