CBS Gives Series Orders to Queen Latifah-Led ‘Equalizer’ Reboot, ‘Clarice,’ + More

Greenlit means a challenge is formally a go, so all it’s a must to do is observe these results in keep updated. You by no means know the place you’ll discover a possibility to land an audition!

“Clarice,” “The Equalizer,” and Extra
Whereas a lot of the trade stays shut down, CBS is maintaining some enterprise as common with a slew of latest season orders. The community has made three collection pick-ups for the 2020–21 season, together with “The Equalizer,” a reboot starring Queen Latifah, the “Silence of the Lambs” sequel series “Clarice,” and the multi-cam Chuck Lorre comedy “B Optimistic.” These reportedly mark the primary exhibits that have been going via the pilot season course of to get picked up for the following season, with “B Optimistic” the one pilot to have accomplished filming earlier than the manufacturing shutdown. As for the tasks themselves, “The Equalizer” reboot stars Latifah (alongside Chris Noth, Lorraine Toussaint, Tory Kittles, Liza Lapira, and Laya DeLeon Hayes) as “an enigmatic girl with a mysterious background who makes use of her intensive expertise to assist these with nowhere else to show.” As beforehand reported, “Clarice” will star Rebecca Breeds because the titular FBI Agent within the aftermath of the occasions of “The Silence of the Lambs.” And “B Optimistic” will star Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford and follows “a therapist and newly divorced dad (Middleditch) who’s confronted with discovering a kidney donor when he runs right into a rough-around-the-edges girl from his previous (Ashford) who volunteers her personal.” Be sure you preserve a watch out on all three exhibits’ casting groups when manufacturing is able to begin again up; Tucker/Meyerson is casting “The Equalizer,” April Webster is casting and Valko/Miller is casting “B Positive.”

M. Evening Shyamalan Characteristic
No twist right here: M. Night Shyamalan has set the cast for his next movie. Eliza Scanlen, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre, Alex Wolff, and Vicky Krieps are all reportedly in closing negotiations to star within the top-secret challenge, which will likely be written, produced, and directed by the well-known filmmaker and launched by Common. In response to Selection, the hope is to start filming by the top of the yr. No launch date has been set presently, so preserve a watch out on Shyamalan’s common casting director Douglas Aibel for any upcoming alternatives.

“Parks & Rec! The Unauthorized Musical Parody”
These eager to move again to Pawnee will get an opportunity to do in a brand new stage present. New York parody writers Bob and Tobly McSmith are placing their quarantine time to good use and have written “Parks & Rec! The Unauthorized Musical Parody,” an Off-Broadway musical that plans to forged and open following the shutdown. The present will spoof America’s favourite Deputy Director of the Parks and Recreation Division, Leslie Knope, as she eyes a run for president and consists of songs equivalent to “No matter Tammy Desires,” “What Would Nancy Pelosi Do?” and extra. The McSmith duo is beforehand behind stage musical parodies of “The Workplace,” “Buddies,” “Love Truly,” and others. Be sure you keep related for casting updates and extra by heading to its website.

Aniello/Downs/Statsky Comedy Collection
After a pilot order in January, a brand new comedy collection from “Broad Metropolis” alums Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, and Jen Statsky is formally heading to HBO Max. The at present untitled single-camera comedy, which can star Jean Sensible, has been given a 10-episode order. Govt produced by “The Good Place” creator Mike Schur, the challenge revolves round a darkish mentorship that kinds between two ladies from completely different generations: a Las Vegas diva (Sensible) and an entitled, 25-year-old outcast. No additional forged or casting crew has been introduced at this level, however Allison Jones is all the time a secure gamble in relation to a Schur challenge.

Beck/Woods Thriller Characteristic
Whereas “A Quiet Place 2” at present sits in theatrical limbo, the writers behind the unique are teaming again up for a brand new challenge. Scott Beck and Ryan Woods have landed their untitled sci-fi thriller at Sony Pictures. Plot particulars are at present being stored underneath wraps, however the duo will write, direct, and produce underneath their newly shaped Beck/Woods Banner, together with Sam Raimi/Zainab Azizi’s Raimi Productions and Debbie Liebling. That is the third movie that Raimi Productions has offered to the studio previously yr and the second collaboration between Raimi and Beck/Woods (the 2 not too long ago wrote and directed one episode of Raimi’s Quibi collection “50 States of Fright.”) Each Beck/Woods and Raimi repeatedly work with casting director Nancy Nayor—one other collaboration might be on the horizon.

“Platform”
BJ Novak has a number of tales to inform, and FX goes to assist him inform them. The creator and “The Workplace” star has landed an order at the network for “Platform,” a half-hour anthology series that’s being described as “utilizing the problems of our instances as a jumping-off level to inform character-driven tales in regards to the world we dwell in immediately.” Every episode of the challenge will characteristic a special forged, as evident by the primary two episodes, which have been filmed for a hopeful pickup. Included in these two episodes have been Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, O’Shea Jackson, Jr., Jon Bernthal, and extra. Novak wrote and directed the primary two episodes— anticipate him to return to the writers’ room and director’s chair for extra all through the primary season. Rich King and Kelly Hunt have been the background casting administrators for the challenge’s first two episodes, so be sure you preserve a watch out on calls from their places of work when manufacturing resumes!

“Revival”
Mike Flanagan is again for extra of Stephen King’s world. The “Physician Sleep” filmmaker will reportedly write and likely direct a feature adaptation of the author’s 2013 novel “Revival” for Warner Bros. Right now, Flanagan has solely signed on to put in writing and produce through his Intrepid Footage banner, however he does have the choice to direct. The story follows Reverend Charles Jacobs, a Maine minister who shares a secret obsession with a boy that has profound penalties for over 5 many years. That is Flanagan’s second King challenge, following November’s “The Shining” sequel. Search for him to return to Engine Casting CDs Anne McCarthy and Kellie Roy if he does find yourself helming “Revival.”