More sci-fi pilot casting info
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- February
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Here’s some more casting news for a few sci-fi pilots/shows, including one from HBO.
First, the rock star of the bunch, “True Blood,� on HBO from Alan Ball, creator of “Six Feet Under� and director of American Beauty. Anna Paquin, the Oscar-winner (she was 11 when she won) and portrayer of Rogue in the “X-Men� movies, has been cast as Sookie Stackhouse in the series, which is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris.
In the books, vampires can buy Japanese-made synthetic blood and a group then integrates into a small town in Louisiana.
• Next, we have Life on Mars. David E. Kelley’s adaptation of the BBC’s drama will be directed by Dwight Little, who’s done lots of TV, including episodes of 24, Millennium, Vanished, Day Break and The X-Files.
• Lastly, “Pushing Daisies.�
Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth and former “Boston Publicâ€? principal Chi McBride, Lee Pace and Anna Friel will star in the pilot. McBride’s character goes into business with the main character, “a man who falls in love with a deceased woman after he figures out how to bring the dead back to life.” The show’s created by Bryan Fuller, who brought us the quirky “Dead Like Meâ€? and “Wonderfallsâ€?
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i watched life on mars on bbc america. very interesting show.