Karyn Kusama is reuniting with Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, the writers behind her 2015 cult thriller The Invitation, on the upcoming horror film Breed from Fox. Kusama will helm the pic from a script by Hay and Manfredi. Based on Chase Novak's (pen name Scott Spencer) novel, Breed follows a wealthy New York couple who…

TNT has passed on supernatural drama pilot Breed. The project, written by John Scott Shepherd and directed by Scott Winant, followed a series of brutal murders in the Pacific Northwest and the mysterious race of creatures that might be committing them. Breed was one of 3 pilots ordered by TNT just before Kevin Reilly…

Don Hany (Serangoon Road) has landed a male lead in NBC's drama pilot Heart Matters. Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato, the medical soap follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere (Melissa George), one of the rare female heart-transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week…

Bresha Webb is set as a lead opposite Tone Bell in NBC’s multi-camera comedy pilot People Are Talking, written by DJ Nash and directed by Pam Fryman. The project, from Universal TV and Will Packer Prods., is about a white and a black couple and examines sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk…

Megalyn Echikunwoke has joined the cast of Damien, Lifetime's straight-to-series drama follow-up to 20th Century Fox's classic horror film The Omen. Produced by Fox TV Studios, the six-episode Damien follows the adult life of Damien Thorn (James), the mysterious child from the 1976 film who has grown up, seemingly…

Nadia Hilker (Spring) and Amber Clayton (St. Vincent) are set as the female leads in TNT’s drama pilot Breed from writer/novelist John Scott Shepherd, director Scott Winant (Fargo) and producer Nicky Weinstock. Breed tells the wild and chilling story of a series of brutal murders in the Pacific Northwest and the…

Fittingly for Halloween, TNT has given a pilot order to a drama that has monsters in it. The network has picked up Breed, from writer/novelist John Scott Shepherd (Life Or Something Like It), director Scott Winant (Fargo) and producer Nicky Weinstock of Invention Film Co. That makes six pilot orders at TNT and TBS…