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Adam Scott, Alan Tudyk, and Matt Besser All Auditioned for 'The Office'

by | March 18th, 2013

Rainn Wilson posted this sign-in sheet for auditions for The Office on Facebook today featuring a bunch of people who tried out for the roles of Michael, Dwight, Jim, and Pam. These are the first 14 actors to audition for the show in the fall of 2003, including UCB founder Matt Besser for Dwight, Melissa McCarthy's husband and writing partner Ben Falcone for Michael, and Mr. Show and 24 star Mary Lynn Rajskub for Pam. Rainn Wilson and Jenna Fischer are the only ones on here who booked the job, but plenty of talented people still populate this list. It's hard to imagine anyone else in these [...]

Arrested Development Development

It Seems at Least One Love Triangle Is Returning to 'Arrested Development'

by | September 10th, 2012

You know, the one that features two Lucilles? TV Guide is reporting that Liza Minnelli recently arrived in Los Angeles to shoot Arrested Development. This is very exciting news for Buster and maybe Gob. This comes after the news that Judy Greer and both Henry Winkler and Scott Baio are coming back. It's pretty safe to say that most if not all of the major guest stars will be returning for the fourth season. Steve Holt! Carl Weathers!

Casting

Thomas Middleditch to Play Dwight's Younger Bro

by | August 24th, 2012

Thomas Middleditch, who recently can be seen doing a Southern accent in The Campaign has a very extensive improv background, performing at IO, Second City, and UCB, and was named one of Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" in 2011. Late last night, Middleditch was officially cast to play Jeb Schrute, Dwight's laidback younger brother, on The Office spinoff, The Farm. He's joining Majandra Delfino who was cast earlier this week as sister Fannie Schrute. Jeb has had many zany careers: worm farmer, Bigfoot hunter, successfully running a Northern California pot farm, and he once made a workout video of things you can do with a knife and [...]

Casting

John Goodman in Talks to Play 'Hangover III's' Villian

by | August 16th, 2012

The lovely, awesome John Goodman is being eyed to play the bad guy in the final Hangover movie. (More like John not so Goodman. Get it? Because he won't be G– I'll just stop now.) Goodman is a natural bad guy, as was the case in this past season of Community, because of how physically imposing he is and the undeniable gravitas of his voice. If Goodman can't do it, Sean Penn and Robert Downey Jr. are director Todd Phillips' back-up choices. And this marks the first time where John Goodman, Sean Penn, and Robert Downey Jr. were fighting for the same role. Well, other than when they all [...]

Pilots

Robert Kelly and Godfrey Cast to Star in FX's Buddy-Cop Pilot

by | August 1st, 2012

We previously reported that Denis Leary was working with former Arrested Development writer Dean Lorey (because their names are similar, presumably) on a comedy pilot for FX, Bronx Warrants, about two detectives who hunt perps with outstanding warrants. Those two detectives will be stand-ups Robert Kelly and Godfrey. Both have long been successful stand-ups in New York and both appeared on Louie (Robert as Louie's brother and Godfrey as himself). In the pilot Godfrey will order a slice of cherry pie, to which Kelly will ask, "That's a bit on the nose – a bit meta – isn't it?" Godfrey will defensively ask, "What are you talking about?" [...]

Casting

Larry David Casts Every Actor for His Movie – There Are No More Actors

by | September 14th, 2012

You want to hang out with Larry David, right? So it should come as no surprise that a lot of people have signed on for Clear History, his semi-improvised HBO movie about a man named Nathan Flomm (David) who changes his identity to Rolly DaVore and moves to a small island off the coast of Massachusetts, after giving up 10% of an electric car company that eventually is worth billions. So who's signed on? Let's run them down:

Jon Hamm plays Will Haney, Flomm's handsome rival and boss at the car company.

Kate Hudson plays Rhonda, Haney's wife who has a special friendship with Flomm.

Michael Keaton plays [...]

Beef

Leslie Knope Has a VERY Exciting New Nemesis

by | August 27th, 2012

Jon Glaser has joined the cast of Parks and Recreation! He'll play a councilman and local orthodontist who, as Mike Schur tells TVLine: " “basically becomes Leslie’s nemesis. He doesn’t find her interesting or charming at all, and doesn’t care about her bright-eyed, bushy-tailed attitude toward making the town better… He just doesn’t like her.” Doesn't like her!?? Impossible. Well… It's great because it's about time that Leslie met someone who just doesn't buy into her whole thing (so she can vanquish him). It's also great because Jon Glaser is the best.

Casting

'Portlandia', 'Community' and More Guest Star Business

by | August 22nd, 2012

- Chloe Sevigny is going stop by Portlandia to play Fred and Carrie's new roommate Alexandra. If you made a list of perfect Portlandia guest stars, Chlo-Sev had to be in the top seven, if not the top four.

- Little Britain's Matt Lucas (aka the bald fellow in Bridesmaids) will be coming to Community to play Toby, a nerdish fellow who Abed meets at an Inspector Spacetime convention. The fast friends become faster friends when they learn they had previously "met" online. Sounds like a nice enough character, which makes me believe he will ultimately turn into a villain. A British villain. I smell a [...]

Casting

Chris Pratt to Play a Lawyer?

by | August 2nd, 2012

Human golden retriever Chris Pratt is in talks to star opposite Vince Vaughn in the remake of the French-Canadian comedy Starbuck. Starbuck is about Vaughn's character learning he's fathered 533 children via sperm donation. Pratt would play Vaughn's lawyer and the father of a whole mess of kids too. Andy as a lawyer!? Crazy. Before this, Pratt is supposed to play one of the marines who killed Osama Bin Laden; though, that sounds more like a job for Bert Macklin.

New Jobs

Jake Lacy Is Joining 'The Office' and Other People Were Cast in Other Roles

by | July 30th, 2012

- After being replaced by T.J. Miller on The Goodwin Games, Jake Lacy has been added as a series regular to The Office. He is the second young new hire, after Clark Duke, that seems like a good fit for the rumored reboot.

- Aasif Mandvi is going to co-star in the Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson comedy The Internship (aka "Workplace Crashers") as the man in charge of the internship that Vaughn and Wilson are a part of.

- In other Daily Show correspondent castings, Dan Bakkedahl will play a rival DEA agent in the Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy buddy copy film, The Heat.

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SNL

A Third Chicagoan Added to 'SNL' Cast: Cecily Strong

by | September 10th, 2012

Cecily Strong will join the cast of SNL this season and instantly become the cast member with the coolest name. Cecily, like Aidy Bryant and Tim Robinson – whose casting leaked Friday and confirmed today, is a veteran of the Chicago comedy scene, boasting training at iO, Annoyance Theatre, and Second City. These castings are undeniably big for the Chicago comedy community, which maybe gets overshadowed by New York and Los Angeles. Cecily will make her debut this Saturday night. Watch a few videos of her after the jump.

Casting

Dwight's Family Continues to Grow

by | August 27th, 2012

Tom Bower has been cast to play the Schrute's great uncle Heinrich on The Farm. He is described as charming and manipulative and possibly a former Nazi. Not like a metaphoric Nazi, like how a child might describe a particularly mean lunch-lady, but like an actual Nazi. This is somewhat typecasting for old Tom Bower as he was previously seen playing Pop Pop, the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia gang's Nazi grandfather.

Matt Jones, who's best known for playing Badger on Breaking Bad, has also joined the cast. He'll play Dwight's cousin Zeke. The word is that originally Zeke was supposed to be a minor recurring character but [...]

Casting

How Melissa Leo Met Louis

by | August 17th, 2012

"What happened was, I was at the Emmys with my son, and he said, 'Oh, there’s Louis C.K. I want to meet him!' I don’t think my boy’s ever said that. He’s 25 years old and has been around all sorts of people! So I went over and introduced myself to Louis C.K., and then I got more aware of who he was and what he had done. He offered me this role, and I asked to see some of his shows. So, yeah, I got what he was doing, and if he thought I could be her and do that with him — yeah, I’m willing to give it [...]

Casting

People Were Cast in Movie and Television Roles

by | August 2nd, 2012

- Josh Gad will play an anti-social engineer named Headphones (yes, Headphones), in the middle-aged internship comedy, The Internship, which co-stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

- Nelson Franklin, whose played a tall nerd in a bunch of stuff, most prominently Fox's failed Traffic Lights, is going to play Cece's new boyfriend on The New Girl who is partially deaf but entirely a tall nerd. Anna Maria Horsford, who "famously" played the security guard on The Wayans Brothers, is also joining The New Girl as Winston's tough mom.

- Matt Walsh is going to play a tornado chaser in Steve Quale's still untitled tornado chasing film.

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