EXCLUSIVE: After yesterday's news that Tobey Maguire will make his feature directorial debut on the adaptation of Jo Nesbo's Blood On Snow, here's another project based on one of the hot Norwegian author's works with big names involved. We've learned that Bond screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are adapting…

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED:  In another indication that they are high on drama pilot I Am Victor, I’ve learned that NBC and pilot’s producer Universal TV have extended the options on six cast members, led by star John Stamos, who plays the title character, an LA divorce attorney. Also picked up are Matthew Lillard, who plays…

Boasting a bona fide TV star, John Stamos, NBC‘s drama pilot I Am Victor came close to a series order last month. And now NBC is taking another crack at the project. I’ve learned that the network has commissioned a two-week rewrite by the original script’s scribe Mark Goffman. Based on Jo Nesbo's book, I Am Victor…

Michael Beach (Third Watch) and One Tree Hill alum James Lafferty have been added to the cast of  NBC's drama pilot from writer-executive producer Rand Ravich, an emotionally charged action thriller set in and around the world of Washington DC. It follows Marcus Finley (Lance Gross), an idealistic Secret Service agent…

Up and comer Lorenza Izzo has landed a female lead opposite John Stamos in NBC's drama pilot I Am Victor. Also cast in the pilot, written by Mark Goffman and based on Jo Nesbo's book, is McKaley Miller (Hart Of Dixie). It centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high-powered divorce attorney with a unique view of…

Oz alum Terry Kinney is set to co-star opposite John Stamos in NBC's drama pilot I Am Victor. Written by Mark Goffman based on Jo Nesbo's book, it centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships. Kinney, repped by ICM Partners and manager Emily Gerson Saines, will…

Matthew Lillard will co-star opposite John Stamos in NBC's drama pilot I Am Victor. Written by Mark Goffman based on Jo Nesbo's book, it centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships. Lillard, repped by Paradigm, plays Victor’s best friend Elliott, an off-beat…

Megan Dodds is set as a female lead opposite John Stamos in NBC‘s drama pilot I Am Victor. Written by Mark Goffman based on Jo Nesbo's book, it centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships. Dodds, repped by UTA, Untitled and UK’s Independent Talent, plays…

ER alum John Stamos is returning to NBC as the lead of I Am Victor, a drama pilot from former House executive producer Katie Jacobs and bestselling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo. Stamos is in final negotiations for the project, written by Mark Goffman based on Nesbo's book. It centers on Victor Port (Stamos), a high…

NBC has given a pilot order to drama I Am Victor, from former House executive producer Katie Jacobs and bestselling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo. Written by Mark Goffman (Studio 60, The West Wing), the project, based on Nesbo's book, has some of House's DNA as it is described as "House as a divorce attorney". It…

Former House executive producer Katie Jacobs has teamed with bestselling Norwegian novelist Jo Nesbo for I Am Victor, a drama at NBC. The project, based on Nesbo’s book, has some of House‘s DNA as it is described as “House as a divorce attorney”. Mark Goffman is writing, with Nesbo, Jacobs and Television 360’s Daniel…