Broadway actors John Gallagher Jr. and Thomas Sadoski have joined Aaron Sorkin’s HBO pilot More As This Story Develops. Sorkin and fellow executive producer Scott Rudin also have cast in the pilot Josh Pence, who co-starred in The Social Network, the movie written by Sorkin and produced by Rudin that earned Sorkin an Oscar.
More As This Story Develops centers on cable news anchor Will McCallister (Jeff Daniels) and his show’s staff led by executive producer Mackenzie (Emily Mortimer). Gallagher Jr. will play the good-looking Jim, who was offered another job when Mackenzie’s show was cancelled but turned it down to come with her and work on Will’s show, where he develops a crush on associate producer Maggie (Alison Pill). Pence will play Rob, senior producer in charge, who has been in relationship with Maggie for five months and starts to become jealous of her budding romance with Jim. Sadoski will play Will’s former executive producer who left him to go work for Will’s protege’s new show. Gallagher, who won a Tony for Spring Awakening, recently appeared in Green Day’s musical American Idiot and currently stars in the play Jerusalem. He is with Gersh. Pence, repped by Innovative and Anonymous, will next be seen in Battleship and The Dark Knight Rises. Sadoski, repped by UTA and Industry, was nominated for a Tony for Reasons To Be Pretty.
Damn! If those goes the way of the ‘A Miraculous Year’ pilot, I will be extremely disappointed.
It’s sounding pretty great so far.
Its nice to see that they are getting some fresh talent rather than the usual “names” that are on every TV show.
I thought Emily Mortimer never fully accepted the role. /shrug. Looks like all the players are there now so let’s get this thing done. I know Munn is shooting a movie right now so it might be fall before they shoot the pilot
Thomas Sadoski is immensely talented- good for him. After Josh Pence’s scenes were cut in ” The Social Network ” , I am very happy Josh is getting more acting opportunities .
Agreed. My first thought upon reading the Josh Pence casting news is that Aaron Sorkin probably felt somewhat bad about working with this actor for so long only to cut his face out of every scene he was in.
Are their any African Americans in this ??? I was told Jesse l Martin , who is based in ny tested higher than any actor in the history of abc, when they tested the pilot hallelujah !! Yet no one is going after him !
They should just change the name of this show to “The Whitey White Show”. So much for shows that look like the Real America.
I’ll watch any Sorkin project – at least to start – but I would REALLY watch it if Jesse Martin was in it! And a nice guy on top of all that talent!!
I like Jesse as much as anyone, but it looks like his Mom and his agent are posting on DHD.