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Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick has landed one of the male leads in ABC's drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. The character-driven "true crime" procedural, written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in Los…

Matador star Gabriel Luna is set as the co-lead opposite Adam Rothenberg in ABC's drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. The character-driven "true crime" procedural, written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras…

Ripper Street star Adam Rothenberg is set as a lead in ABC's drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. Also cast in the character-driven "true-crime" procedural is Holley Fain (Grey’s Anatomy). Written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, L.A. Crime explores sex, politics and popular…

American Horror Story‘s Taissa Farmiga and Darrell Britt-Gibson (The Wire) have been added to the cast of ABC's drama pilot L.A. Crime, from ABC Studios and Mandeville. The character-driven, "true-crime" procedural, written by Steven Baigelman and directed by Tom Shankland, explores sex, politics and popular culture…

Veteran pilot director Michael M. Robin has been tapped to helm the ABC drama pilot The Advocate, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein's Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Two British TV directors have been hired on other ABC drama pilots: Tom Shankland (Ripper Street) for LA Crime and Coky Giedroyc (The Hour) for B…

ABC joined the pilot pickup action tonight with five hourlong orders: gun-trade drama Runner, biblical drama Of Kings And Prophets, family dramedy Mix, true-crime drama LA Crime and terrorist drama Quantico. Three come from the network’s sibling ABC Studios and one each from 20th TV and Warner Bros TV. Runner, from…