‘Coercion’: Tyrone Marshall Brown Joins Showtime Drama Pilot

Uma Thurman will join the cast of Showtime’s Super Pumped. The Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress is set to appear opposite Jospeh Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler in the first installment of an anthology series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAustin Stowell has been cast in the upcoming Showtime drama series “Three Women,” Variety has learned exclusively.The series is based on the book of the same name by Lisa Taddeo. It is described as a portrayal of American female desire, in which three women are on a crash course to radically overturn their lives.

Corbin Bernsen is set as a lead opposite Blair Underwood in L.A. Law, a new incarnation of the iconic Steven Bochco legal drama. which was officially picked up to pilot by ABC earlier this month. Underwood and Bernsen, reprising their roles as Jonathan Rollins and Arnie Becker, respectively, are believed to be the only original cast members who are series regulars in the sequel pilot. (More are expected to make guest-starring appearances on the potential series.)

Selome Hailu editorShowtime announced that Blair Underwood and Lola Kirk have been cast in the upcoming drama series “Three Women” based on Lisa Taddeo’s book of the same name.As a series regular, Underwood will play Richard, a popular chef who is blindsided when his wife Sloane (DeWanda Wise) enters a sexual relationship with another man.

Emmy winner Blair Underwood (In Treatment) is set as a lead opposite Shailene Woodley, DaWanda Wise and Betty Gilpin in the upcoming Showtime drama series Three Women. Additionally, Mozart In The Jungle alumna Lola Kirke has been tapped for a recurring role in the hourlong series based on the nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, who has adapted her book.

EXCLUSIVE: Soul Food alumna Vanessa Estelle Williams has joined the Season 5 cast of Fox drama series 9-1-1 in a heavily recurring role.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has opted not to proceed with its drama pilot Getaway. Headlined by Annie Ilonzeh, it starred two leads of recently canceled broadcast series that have since been resurrected, Manifest’s Matt Long and All Rise‘s Marg Helgenberger. Both actors are now available to do other shows, including their old ones, which both have been picked up for 20 episodes. Meanwhile, NBC’s other drama pilot, Dangerous Moms, remains in contention.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG Award winner Iqbal Theba (Green Book, Glee) has signed on to star in Land of Gold, a drama from writer-director Nardeep Khurmi, which is currently in production in Oklahoma.

Scandal alum Jeff Perry is set as the male lead opposite Hilary Swank in ABC’s Alaska-set drama pilot from Spotlight and Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and 20th Television.

Selome Hailu editorJeff Perry has joined the cast of Tom McCarthy’s upcoming drama pilot at ABC.As Stanley, Perry joins previously announced cast member Hilary Swank, who stars as another journalist who moves to Alaska for a fresh start at a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage after making a big career mistake. Stanley is a fellow journalist who grew up in Alaska and returns home after a career at various metro dailies throughout the country.

rumors always swirled that the two were romantically connected. In 2019, a book by Houston’s friend Robyn Crawford claimed that Houston in 1989 was infatuated with Murphy even as she was being pursued by Bobby Brown, and that she even tried to woo Murphy with no luck.

EXCLUSIVE: Akende Munalula (The Salon), Shacai O’Neal (Black Lightning), Lily Keene (Deadwood: The Movie) and Margot Catherine Terry (9-1-1) have joined Showtime drama pilot Coercion as series regulars opposite Sydney Chandler. Sydney Park and Tyrone Marshall Brown also star in the wiip-produced drama.

Ginger Gonzaga (Kidding) will join Shameless‘ Steve Howey for CBS’ drama pilot True Lies, based on James Cameron’s 1994 action comedy film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis. The series hails from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, McG and Cameron.

Omar Miller (Ballers) Erica Hernandez (Mission Unstoppable) and Mike O’Gorman (Vice Principals) are set as series regulars opposite Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga in True Lies, the CBS drama pilot adaptation of James Cameron’s 1994 action comedy movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.

EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists alumna Sydney Park is set as a series regular opposite Sydney Chandler in Showtime drama pilot Coercion. Written and to be directed by Susannah Grant (Unbelievable, Erin Brockovich), Coercion is inspired by the life of Rebecca Bender, a national leader on and survivor of sex trafficking. Wiip is producing.

It was only a matter of time before Ariana Grande blocked John Legend during “The Voice”‘s season 21 Blind Auditions — but it didn’t quite go according to plan!

Ariana Grande blocked John Legend during 'sseason 21 Blind Auditions — but it didn't quite go according to plan!During Monday's Blinds, Ariana said that John «pushed a button, literally and figuratively» when he blocked her to land showtune-loving crooner Joshua Vacanti last week.

Warner Chappell has announced that it has renewed its worldwide publishing administration deal with William Patrick Corgan. Who? Well, you might know him as Billy.

EXCLUSIVE: Ashton Sanders has joined the cast of the biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the upcoming feature about the late musical icon, Whitney Houston. Sanders will play Bobby Brown and sources also tell Deadline that Black Label Media is coming on board to co-finance the film with Compelling Pictures and Primary Wave Music.