BrainDead alum Nikki M. James has been cast as a series regular in Fox's drama pilot from Empire co-creator Danny Strong and feature writer David Elliot. The untitled project (fka Infamy), a legal drama set in a wrongful-conviction firm, hails from 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Danny Strong Productions. Penned…

Witches of East End alum Eric Winter has signed on a series regular in Las Reinas, ABC's drama pilot from feature writer Dean Georgaris, ABC Studios and the Mark Gordon Co. Written by Georgaris and directed by Liz Friedlander, Las Reinas centers on Detective Alex De La Reina (Daniella Alonso), who is forced to…

Nikki M. James (The Book Of Mormon) has joined the cast of BrainDead, CBS' upcoming summer series from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King. The comic-thriller, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Laurel (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer whose first job in Washington, D.C. leads her…