We’re keeping tabs on the status of the television pilots in which two of our Stargate stars have been cast. This latest report comes from Deadline Hollywood‘s Nellie Andreeva, who regularly updates her “Primetime Pilot Panic” series of articles.
Andreeva opens up her report, “With pilots starting to be delivered, more information is trickling in for the 2010-2011 season. Remember, it’s still very early and many pilots have not been screened yet. This is Round 2, updating my previous, PRIMETIME PILOT PANIC: Early Hot List, with polling from agents, executives, showrunners, producers, directors, writers, etc:”
Beau Bridges: Bridges has been cast as Rocky, the father of the title character, Jim Rockford, in the remake of the James Garner classic The Rockford Files. The pilot is for NBC. Its status: “NBC has been very high on this for obvious reasons (well-known franchise … David Shore as creator). The network only received the pilot this weekend, early feedback from people who have seen the cut is positive.”
Ben Browder: Browder has been cast in the Hellcats pilot as the college football coach whose character breakdown describes someone who is far removed from the honorable Col. Cameron Mitchell of SG-1. The CW, known to target a young audience, is considering this pilot, which is executive produced by actor Tom Welling of Smallville, a show that was just renewed for its tenth season on the same network. Hellcats centers around the team members of the competitive world of college cheerleading. Even during casting, this pilot looked to be “on track” and Andreeva reports that it looks “very strong, very on-brand.”
The Rockford Files and Hellcats will premiere in the fall if picked up. Here’s crossing our fingers for “good luck” to both!
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