Fall 2007: ABC Casts Mr. Smith, and More Updates
The latest pilot updates, from our friends at the
Hollywood Reporter and
Variety:
"
Kirstie Alley has collared the title role in
The Minister of Divine, Fox's take on the Britcom
The Vicar of Dibley.
"
Martin Henderson (
The Ring) will play Brad to Jordana Brewster's Angelina in ABC's
Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (If you are dating either of the leads, please think very carefully before splurging on the Valentine's gift.)
"
Brian White (
Stomp the Yard) is Kyle in ABC's
Football Wives.
"
Lee Pace (
The Good Shepherd) has landed the lead, as a man who can bring the dead back to life with but a touch, in ABC's
Pushing Daisies.
"
Mark-Paul Gosselaar will star opposite Janeane Garofalo in CBS' public-defenders comedy.
"
Cole Hauser will star in
K-Ville, Fox's New Orleans-cops drama.
"
Colm Feore is the police-department captain in ABC's
Judy's Got a Gun.
"
That '70s Show's
Kurtwood Smith is a justice in
Supreme Courtships, Fox's look at a half dozen clerks and judges.
"
The Queen helmer
Stephen Frears will direct and exec-produce
Skip Tracer, CBS' drama starring Stephen Dorff as a guy who finds people who try to disappear.