12-08-2008, 09:17 PM
. . .2 new USA pilots. . .one from ABC. . .
USA Lines up 'White Collar,''Operating Instructions' Casts
Marsha Thomason, Nick Zano and Diana Maria Riva join two USA pilots
The USA family is expanding.
Marsha Thomason has joined the cast of the 90-minute pilot "White Collar," while Nick Zano and Diana Maria Riva have joined another USA pilot," "Operating Instructions," says The Hollywood Reporter.
Thomason, who was most recently seen on the short-lived CW Sunday night drama " Easy Money," will star opposite former "Chuck" actor Matthew Bomer who plays Neal Caffrey, a brilliant con artist who gets out of maximum-security prison only to become the reluctant partner and consultant to his FBI nemesis (Tim DeKay) in order to solve white-collar crimes. Thomason will play Diana Lancing, a smart and sassy junior agent who will no doubt provide Neal with some distractions.
Thomason is also known for playing Naomi Dorrit on "Lost" and Nessa Holt on "Las Vegas."
"Operating Instructions," another 90-minute pilot centers on Rachel (Emily Rose), an ex-Marine trauma surgeon who returns after a tour of duty overseas to take a post at a military hospital. Zano will play Luke, a fellow Marine who shared a traumatic experience with Rachel in Iraq, while Riva will play Amani, an OR nurse.
Zano is known for playing Vince on the sitcom "What I Like About You." Riva has had recurring roles on "The West Wing" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and played Vivy on "Side Order of Life."
In other USA news, the network is close to ordering up a season of episodes for the hourlong drama "Royal Pains," starring Mark Feuerstein as a young doctor who loses everything after making a critical decision in the ER. When he visits the Hamptons, he reluctantly becomes a concierge doctor to the wealthy and elite.
Pilots: DC's 'Fables' Making Leap to ABC
'Six Degrees' producers will develop the comic for TV
THe award-winning comic-book series "Fables" is making its way to television, courtesy of a pilot deal with ABC.
The network has given a put pilot commitment to the project, which Raven Metzner and Stu Zicherman ("Six Degrees" ) will write. The show will be based on Bill Willingham's series, published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo, in which fairy-tale and folkloric characters exiled from their homelands set up an enclave in New York City.
David Semel ("Heroes," "Life" ) will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter
ABC's project is the second attempt at developing the comic for TV. NBC and writer Craig Silverstein ("Bones," "K-Ville" ) gave it a shot in the 2006-07 development season, but the project didn't make the cut.
Zicherman and Metzner are avowed fans of "Fables." They say that Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf, who are central to the comics' early stories, will be heavily featured in their show, but they haven't yet decided which other characters will be regulars.
"We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode," Metzner tells the HR.
Metzner and Zicherman were executive producers on ABC's "Six Degrees" a couple of seasons back. They've also worked on "What About Brian" and co-wrote the feature film "Elektra."
USA Lines up 'White Collar,''Operating Instructions' Casts
Marsha Thomason, Nick Zano and Diana Maria Riva join two USA pilots
The USA family is expanding.
Marsha Thomason has joined the cast of the 90-minute pilot "White Collar," while Nick Zano and Diana Maria Riva have joined another USA pilot," "Operating Instructions," says The Hollywood Reporter.
Thomason, who was most recently seen on the short-lived CW Sunday night drama " Easy Money," will star opposite former "Chuck" actor Matthew Bomer who plays Neal Caffrey, a brilliant con artist who gets out of maximum-security prison only to become the reluctant partner and consultant to his FBI nemesis (Tim DeKay) in order to solve white-collar crimes. Thomason will play Diana Lancing, a smart and sassy junior agent who will no doubt provide Neal with some distractions.
Thomason is also known for playing Naomi Dorrit on "Lost" and Nessa Holt on "Las Vegas."
"Operating Instructions," another 90-minute pilot centers on Rachel (Emily Rose), an ex-Marine trauma surgeon who returns after a tour of duty overseas to take a post at a military hospital. Zano will play Luke, a fellow Marine who shared a traumatic experience with Rachel in Iraq, while Riva will play Amani, an OR nurse.
Zano is known for playing Vince on the sitcom "What I Like About You." Riva has had recurring roles on "The West Wing" and "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" and played Vivy on "Side Order of Life."
In other USA news, the network is close to ordering up a season of episodes for the hourlong drama "Royal Pains," starring Mark Feuerstein as a young doctor who loses everything after making a critical decision in the ER. When he visits the Hamptons, he reluctantly becomes a concierge doctor to the wealthy and elite.
Pilots: DC's 'Fables' Making Leap to ABC
'Six Degrees' producers will develop the comic for TV
THe award-winning comic-book series "Fables" is making its way to television, courtesy of a pilot deal with ABC.
The network has given a put pilot commitment to the project, which Raven Metzner and Stu Zicherman ("Six Degrees" ) will write. The show will be based on Bill Willingham's series, published by DC Comics imprint Vertigo, in which fairy-tale and folkloric characters exiled from their homelands set up an enclave in New York City.
David Semel ("Heroes," "Life" ) will direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter
ABC's project is the second attempt at developing the comic for TV. NBC and writer Craig Silverstein ("Bones," "K-Ville" ) gave it a shot in the 2006-07 development season, but the project didn't make the cut.
Zicherman and Metzner are avowed fans of "Fables." They say that Snow White and the Big Bad Wolf, who are central to the comics' early stories, will be heavily featured in their show, but they haven't yet decided which other characters will be regulars.
"We set up a structure to allow any fairy tale character to show up in any one episode," Metzner tells the HR.
Metzner and Zicherman were executive producers on ABC's "Six Degrees" a couple of seasons back. They've also worked on "What About Brian" and co-wrote the feature film "Elektra."
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