ABC Buys ‘Paradise Falls’ Drama From ‘Criminal Minds’ Showrunner Erica Messer
Posted on Wednesday September 20, 2017

Longtime Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Erica Messer has set up a new drama project at ABC. Paradise Falls, which Messer will write and executive produce, comes from ABC Studios where she is based. Paradise Falls is described as a grounded look at the challenging life of a multi-generational family. It centers around a working mom who figures out the best way to guide her kids (and even the adults) is through a series of homemade parenting videos. Paradise Fa…

Vincent D’Onofrio Sets Jake Schur In Title Role Of ‘The Kid’
Posted on Wednesday September 20, 2017

EXCLUSIVE: Making his directorial debut on The Kid, Vincent D’Onofrio has found his title character. He has set newcomer Jake Schur to star as Rio, in the title role of the Mimran Schur Pictures and Suretone Pictures co-production. He joins Ethan Hawke and Dane DeHaan in a Western that tells the story of the infamous gunfighter Billy The Kid, as seen through the eyes of a young boy who reaches out to his outlaw hero to help save his kidnapped sister. Schur is the 13-year…

‘I Mom So Hard’ Comedy Based On Web Series From Michelle Nader & Rob Thomas Gets CBS Production Commitment
Posted on Wednesday September 20, 2017

CBS has given a pilot production commitment to multi-camera comedy I Mom So Hard, from former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars). The project is based on the popular web series #imomsohard whose creators/stars Kristen Hensley and Jen Smedley also will topline the CBS adaptation, produced by Warner Bros. TV where Nader and Thomas are under overall deals Written by Nader and co-written by Hensley and Smedley, I Mom So Hard focuses…

Don Buchwald & Associates Adds Cassandra Freeman; Bohemia Group Signs Lakshmi Devy
Posted on Wednesday September 20, 2017

Cassandra Freeman has signed with Don Buchwald & Associates for theatrical representation and One Entertainment for management. The actress, who starred as Wanda Durant in the Lifetime movie The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story, recently guest starred on FX’s Donald Glover comedy Atlanta and recurred on the Netflix/Marvel's Luke Cage. Other credits include Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Chris Rock's I Think I Love My Wife, and Sundance fest film Blue Caprice. She’s…

‘Law & Order: SVU’: Sam Waterston To Reprise Jack McCoy Role In Season 19
Posted on Wednesday September 20, 2017

Jack McCoy is returning to the Law & Order fold. Sam Waterston, who played prosecutor Jack McCoy for 16 seasons on NBC’s mothership Law & Order, will reprise his role in a guest appearance on Law & Order: SVU later this season. No other details were revealed. Created by prolific, Emmy-winning producer Dick Wolf, Law & Order: SVU chronicles the life and crimes of the Special Victims Unit of the New York City Police Department, an elite squad of detectives who investigate…