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EXCLUSIVE: Weeds alum Justin Kirk is set for a key recurring role opposite John Lithgow, Matthew Rhys and Tatiana Maslany in Perry Mason, HBO’s limited series from Team Downey. Written and executive produced by Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald, who also will showrun, the reimagined Perry Mason is set in 1932 Los…

Justin Kirk is set as the male lead opposite Jennifer Morrison in Under the Bridge, CBS' drama pilot from Mistresses executive producer Rina Mimoun and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Under the Bridge, penned by Mimoun and directed by Victoria Mahoney, centers on surgeon Caitlin Lanchaster (Morrison). When a scandal rocks the…

Weeds alum Justin Kirk is returning to Showtime for a recurring role opposite Jim Carrey and Judy Greer in the premium cabler’s upcoming half-hour comedy series Kidding. Created by Dave Holstein, and directed by Carrey's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind helmer Michel Gondry, the 10-episode Kidding centers on…

Weeds alum Justin Kirk has been cast as the lead in Fox’s drama pilot APB. Also cast in the pilot, directed by Len Wiseman, is Eric Winter (The Mentalist). Written by David Slack, APB was inspired by the New York Times Magazine article "Who Runs The Streets Of New Orleans." It explores what happens when enigmatic tech…

EXCLUSIVE: Justin Kirk has been tapped to join the cast of The Tribes Of Palos Verdes, the coming-of-age drama based on Joy Nicholson's debut YA novel that is being toplined by Jennifer Garner. The is the role originally set for Stephen Moyer, who was slated to play Garner’s husband and father to their two kids, one…

More than a year after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Disgraced — Ayad Akhtar’s scorching play about identity politics in post-9/11 New York — made it to Broadway this season, if in a somewhat flattened production. Now this young playwright has defied the laws of the Sophomore Jinx with The Invisible Hand…

Weeds alum Justin Kirk has been cast in the high-profile FX drama pilot Tyrant, from Howard Gordon, Gideon Raff and Craig Wright. Also cast in the project is Sibylla Deen. Tyrant tells the story of an unassuming American family — Barry, Molly and their kids — drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle East nation…

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage. At today's TCA panel on Weeds, creator-executive producer Jenji Kohan and cast members (Mary-Louise Parker, Hunter Parrish, Alexander Gould, Kevin Nealon and Justin Kirk) were unwilling to reveal any details about how the show's final season will unfold. "We're…

EXCLUSIVE: Another key Weeds player is set to return for the series’ upcoming eight and likely final season. I’ve learned that Justin Kirk has closed a deal for Season 8 of the dark Showtime comedy. He joins the series’ star Mary-Louise Parker, who was signed before Weeds was renewed for Season 8 in November, and…

Weeds‘ Justin Kirk is set as the lead of NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot Animal Kingdom. The office comedy centers on a House-like veterinarian (Kirk) who loves animals but usually hates their owners. Brian Gatewood and Alex Tanaka wrote the script and are executive producing with Anthony and Joe Russo, who are…