Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins have Cabin fever.
The two are circling Joss Whedon's new horror flick, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Jenkins has, in fact, already signed on while Whitford is in final negotiations.
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NBC can't get enough of Bradley Whitford.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Emmy-winning star of The West Wing and the short-lived Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, is returning to the Peacock as the star and producer of a new single camera comedy pilot Off Duty. Weeds' Romany Malco will costar.
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Bradley Whitford and Neve Campbell (Party of Five) are set to front Burn Up, a four-hour global-warming thriller being shopped around to the networks, says Variety.... Showtime has given a pilot order to Possible Side Effects, a drama about a family that runs a pharmaceutical company, says the Reporter. Tim Robbins wrote and directed the pilot and will exec-produce the series, but will not star in it.... Versus will premiere Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller on Nov. 6, to air Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET.... Lewis Black has been tapped to moderate The Root of All Evil, a Comedy Central series that will "put pop culture on trial" (whatever that means).
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Question: I heard a rumor that Bradley Whitford is the front-runner for the new ADA on Law & Order. Any truth?
Answer: I hear he's too expensive. According to the rumor mill, they're also talking to Michael Imperioli about filling the revamped Waterston slot. I know what you're thinking: "WTF? He's a detective!" Apparently, his character graduated from law school since last we saw him.
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Jesse L. Martin has renegotiated his contract to return to Law & Order for a minimum of 13 episodes, says the New York Post. Similarly, FoxNews.com says that Criminal Intent's Vincent D'Onofrio and Chris Noth (and Ms. Erbe, I have to imagine) have agreed to the previously reported salary freezes, keeping their haul at $350K for each of the 11 episodes they shoot. Meanwhile, with Sam Waterston's Jack McCoy stepping up to replace Fred Thompson's Arthur Branch, the question is who will serve as the mother ship's ADA. Fox hears that L.A.-based West Winger Bradley Whitford is on the short list, but likely commands far too high a payday for the belt-tightening series.
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