Silent Bob, Rome's Mark Anthony Join Wild 'Child
Per the
Hollywood Reporter, View Askewniverse auteur
Kevin Smith and British thesp
James Purefoy (
Rome) have joined the cast of
Manchild, a Showtime comedy pilot based on a BBC series about four chums who hit midlife crises. Smith will play a cynical, self-loathing divorced guy, while Purefoy's character is fancied as the circle of friends' ad hoc leader, a wealthy club-hopper who doesn't date anyone over 25. John Corbett and Paul Hipp round out the quartet.
