Megan Boone has landed the central role in the CW’s untitled Amy Holden James drama pilot, with Sarah Jones and Tasso Feldman also set for lead roles.
Additionally, Ben Lawson is in talks to star opposite Sarah Chalke in ABC comedy pilot “Freshmen”; Sarah Roemer and Scott Patterson have been added to NBC drama pilot “The Event”; “The Office” alum David Denman will co-star opposite Nelson Franklin in Fox comedy pilot “Traffic Light”; Kelly Hu has boarded CBS’ drama pilot “The Odds”; and John Carroll Lynch, Windell Middlebrooks and Geoffrey Arend have been cast in ABC’s drama pilot “Body of Evidence.”
CW’s untitled Holden James drama, co-exec produced by Hayden Panettiere, revolves around the freshmen class at Harvard Medical School and centers on Nell (Boone), a first-year HMS student intimidated by her new surroundings. Jones (”Sons of Anarchy”), repped by Greene & Associates and Luber/Rocklin, will play another freshman, a super-rich aspiring surgeon. Feldman, repped by Don Buchwald and Jackson-Medavoy, will play an arrogant first-year student.
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