‘True Lies’: Ginger Gonzaga Joins Steve Howey For CBS Drama Pilot In Lead Role

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “John Wick” prequel series at Starz, “The Continental,” has cast Colin Woodell in the lead role, Variety has learned.Woodell will star as a young Winston Scott, the character played in the film franchise by Ian McShane. “The Continental” will explore the origin behind the titular hotel-for-assassins through the eyes and actions of Scott, who is dragged into the Hell-scape of a 1975 New York City to face a past he thought he’d left behind.

Coldplay were joined by Selena Gomez for the first performance of their song “Let Somebody Go” on Monday’s “Late Late Show”.

EXCLUSIVE: Diany Rodriguez (Law & Order: Organized Crime) has joined the upcoming ninth season of NBC’s long-running drama series The Blacklist in a heavily recurring role.

Speaking out. Robin Williams‘ daughter Zelda has seen that viral video of an actor impersonating her late father—and she doesn’t want fans to keep sending it to her.

Jamie Lang English-language thriller series “North Sea Connection,” the next Viaplay Original produced by Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT), is currently filming in Ireland and has confirmed that Sinéad Cusack (“V for Vendetta”; pictured) will star alongside Lydia McGuinness (“Wild Mountain Thyme”), Kerr Logan (“Alias Grace”), Alida Morberg (“Black Lake”) and Claes Ljungmark (“Borg”).The series follows Ciara (McGuinness), who is forced into an unenviable situation when her brother Aiden (Logan)

(Sean Murray).Harmon’s exit as a series regular ends a remarkable run as one of TV’s highest-profile actors on its top-rated drama — though it’s not totally unexpected.In June, “NCIS” added TV veteran Gary Cole and Katrina Law as FBI Special Agent Alden Park and Katrina Law as Special Agent Jessica Knight amidst news that Harmon was cutting back on his on-screen appearances on the series, which premiered in 2003.

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.

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.

Odetta Watkins is exiting Warner Bros. Television to join Amazon Studios as Head of Drama Series.

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.

Fox’s upcoming musical drama Monarch gets some Tony-winning talent as Broadway’s Faith Prince joins the cast in a major recurring role. She will appear opposite stars Susan Sarandon, Anna Friel, Trace Adkins and Beth Ditto.

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: Love Is… alum Tyrone Marshall Brown is set as a series regular opposite Sydney Chandler in Showtime drama pilot Coercion. Sydney Park also stars in the wiip-produced drama.

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterGinger Gonzaga will star opposite Steve Howey in the “True Lies” pilot at CBS, Variety has learned exclusively.Gonzaga will star as Helen, the role played in the “True Lies” film by 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.