Some TV news you should know... First, Vondie Curtis-Hall has been cast as a series regular on NBC's futuristic thriller pilot Tin Man, from writer Ehren Kruger, which centers on a robot played by Patrick Heusinger, who is accused of killing his creator. Curtis-Hall will play a veteran homicide detective who is brought in to investigate the murder. Second, Rose Rollins has been cast as a lead on TNT’s legal drama pilot Guilt By Association, which hails from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, who gained fame as the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case. The series will be based on a book she wrote. Guilt By Association centers on a Deputy District Attorney in the...
- 2/17/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Matt Barr, who played the title character in Lifetime’s Romeo Killer: The Chris Porco Story, has been cast as the male lead opposite Ahna O’Reilly in the CW drama pilot Identity, exec produced by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. It centers on Mia (O’Reilly), a young New Yorker who learns she needs an organ transplant to survive and her only living relative is a newfound half-brother, Davis (Barr), the charming, privileged only son of a wealthy and powerful Charleston family. She connects with them only to find they’re the target of a CIA investigation for involvement in domestic terrorism, and the agency wants her as their newest informant. As Davis bonds with his newfound sister, he begins to question his family’s nefarious plans. Barr, repped by UTA, Luber/Roklin and attorney Allison Binder, returns to the CW where he co-starred on Hellcats. He also co-starred in History’s Hatfields & McCoys.
- 2/13/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Kathleen York and Kristen Connolly have been cast as series regulars in the NBC pilot Tin Man, a futuristic thriller drama from feature writer Ehren Kruger. Set in the near future, it centers on robot Adam Sentry (Patrick Heusinger), accused of the first-degree murder of his creator, Charles Vale. York has been cast as Wendy, described as the idealized version of the perfect spouse to come home to, and Connolly plays Katie Piper, a public defender forced to fight for Adam’s cause. York was most recently a series regular on Lifetime’s The Client List. Her other TV credits include The West Wing and ABC’s Vengence Unlimited. Also a songwriter, York received a Best Song Oscar nom for “In The Deep” from the movie Crash. Connolly recently wrapped The History Channel mini-series Houdini as well as the second season of House Of Cards for Netflix. On the film side,...
- 1/25/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Kara Killmer has been cast as a series regular in the NBC pilot Tin Man, a futuristic thriller drama from feature writer Ehren Kruger. Set in the near future, it centers on robot Adam Sentry (Patrick Heusinger), accused of the first-degree murder of his creator, Charles Vale, and the female public defender forced to fight for his cause. Killmer, repped by Apa and Kelly Tiffan Management, will play Athena True, Vale’s synthetic robotic companion, a gorgeous and provocative seductress modeled to exactly resemble Vale’s late wife. She claims to be an eyewitness of Adam murdering Vale, but the truth may be a lot more complicated. Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost) has joined another NBC drama pilot, Odyssey. Co-written and to be directed by Peter Horton, Odyssey is described as a Traffic-like global conspiracy thriller centered on three families whose lives are torn apart when a stranded female soldier (Anna Friel), a disillusioned corporate attorney,...
- 1/24/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Nia Long has joined WEtv’s first original scripted series The Divide. The legal thriller centers on District Attorney Adam Page (Damon Gupton), who uncovers new evidence that prompts the re-investigation of a sensational murder case. Long will play Billie Page, the Da’s hard-charging wife. Production is underway in Toronto. Long, repped by Resolution, Intellectual Artists Management and Neil Meyer, recently co-starred in Universal’s sequel The Best Man Holiday and on Showtime’s House Of Lies. Homeland’s Shaun Toub has been cast as a series regular in the NBC pilot Tin Man, a futuristic thriller drama from feature writer Ehren Kruger. Set in the near future, it centers on a robot (Patrick Heusinger) accused of first-degree murder who may hold the key to the future of human evolution, and the female public defender forced to fight for his cause. Toub, repped by Abrams Artists Agency, will play David Dashiell,...
- 12/13/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Erstwhile Gossip Girl Lord Patrick Heusinger has landed the lead role in NBC’s drama pilot, Tin Man.
From Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Transformers), the futurstic crime thriller centers on a fugitive robot (Heusinger) accused of first-degree murder and the female public defender forced to fight for his cause. What’s more, the ‘bot may hold the key to the future of human evolution.
Our sister site Deadline first reported the news.
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Heusinger’s recent TV credits include Revolution and Royal Pains.
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From Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Transformers), the futurstic crime thriller centers on a fugitive robot (Heusinger) accused of first-degree murder and the female public defender forced to fight for his cause. What’s more, the ‘bot may hold the key to the future of human evolution.
Our sister site Deadline first reported the news.
Related | 2014 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Cancelled? What’s Returning? What’s on the Bubble?
Heusinger’s recent TV credits include Revolution and Royal Pains.
Ready for more of today’s TV dish?...
- 12/10/2013
- by Megan Masters
- TVLine.com
On the heels of their success with “Revolution,” NBC is getting into the science fiction genre yet again with a new pilot from film writer Ehren Kruger, crime thriller “Tin Man,” which has no relation to “Wizard of Oz,” as far as we can see, despite the name. Deadline reports, Patrick Heusinger has been cast in the [...]
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- 12/10/2013
- by Araceli Roach
- UpandComers
Patrick Heusinger is set to star in the pilot of NBC's Tin Man which Ehren Kruger (Transformers franchise, The Ring franchise) is writing, reports Deadline. This sounds very close to I, Robot starring Will Smith. The psychological thriller takes place in the near future and follows Adam (Heusinger) a fugitive robot who is accused on first-degree murder and could hold the key to the future of human evolution. There's also a young female defender who fights for his cause after he is a suspect in the murder of his master, who was stabbed to death.
- 12/10/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Exclusive: Patrick Heusinger (Gossip Girl, Royal Pains) has been cast as the male lead in Tin Man, NBC’s drama pilot from top feature writer Ehren Kruger. Set in the near future, Tin Man is a psychological crime thriller that focuses on fugitive robot Adam (Heusinger) accused of first-degree murder, who may hold the key to the future of human evolution, and the young female public defender forced to fight for his cause. Adam, a robotic valet, became a murder suspect after his builder and master was found stabbed to death. Kruger is executive producing the pilot with Daniel Bobker and John Glenn. D.J. Caruso is directing. Heusinger got the attention of NBC executives with his arc on the network’s drama Revolution this season. He is with Gersh and Kyle Luker. Related: NBC Gives Pilot Order To Futuristic Crime Thriller ‘Tin Man’...
- 12/10/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Despite the dead-on-arrival 2010 film, it seems “The Wolfman” is being revived for the small screen, thanks in no small part to successful shows like the Fox show “Sleepy Hollow,” NBC’s “Dracula” or any of the other dozens of vampire-centric, fairy tale-esque, horror-tinged shows currently on air. Deadline reports NBC has tapped “Dracula” showrunner Daniel Knauf to shepherd the new take which is “described as a supernatural thriller that explores what it means to be a man and to be a human.” It’s unclear if the show will be set in the present day.Staying with news from the Peacock network, Deadline also reports “Eagle Eye” and “Disturbia” director D.J. Caruso will helm the pilot for NBC’s “Tin Man.” Don’t be fooled by the title, it has nothing to do with the Land of Oz. On the contrary, the show “is a psychological crime thriller that focuses...
- 12/3/2013
- by Cain Rodriguez
- The Playlist
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