Jerry Ferrara, Jesse Bradford and Todd Lowe will join USA Network’s Ryan Phillippe-starrer Shooter as recurring characters, the network said today. Beverly D'Angelo will be back when the show returns for its second season July 18. Ferrara (Entourage) will play Kirk Zehnder, a former marine who always detects a…

UPDATED, 10:55 AM: Producers of the indie road-trip comedy Frat Pack say they now have paid their cast and crew, many of whom hadn't been paid because completion funds had been tied up pending the settlement of a lawsuit in Ontario, where the film was shot. "It was an awful situation, because despite our best efforts…

Principal photography has begun in Virginia on Big Beach and Raindog Film’s historical drama Loving, and the full cast has been announced. The film follows the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia who married in 1958 when interracial relationships were illegal. The pair were…

ABC added four more pilots to its slate, two comedies and two dramas. All hail from sister studio ABC Studios. The comedies include Chev & Bev, starring National Lampoon's Vacation’s Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, and a half-hour loosely based on the life of boundary-pushing columnist Dan Savage, from DiBonaventura…

Brad Copeland (Arrested Development) has come on board to write ABC’s family comedy toplined by Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. The network bought the project, which reunites the National Lampoon's Vacation stars, in January with a big penalty said to be the size of a production commitment. The comedy,  which hails…

While New Line's National Lampoon’s Vacation reboot has been put on hold, the stars of the hit feature comedy franchise Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo are reuniting for a TV comedy project, which has received a large penalty by ABC that qualifies as a production commitment. They again will play a married couple…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Malcolm In the Middle star Jane Kaczmarek has joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming comedy series Whitney as a recurring. Created by Whitney Cummings, the multicamera comedy revolves around Whitney (Cummings) and Alex (Chris D’Elia), a happily unmarried couple. Kaczmarek will play Whitney’s outspoken…

Bonnie Somerville (Cashmere Mafia) has been cast as the female lead in ABC’s comedy pilot Other People’s Kids. Johnny Sneed (Unhitched) has also been cast in in the pilot, which centers on Adam, a 32-year-old guy with no responsibilities who suddenly finds himself with an insta-family when he falls in love with the…