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Filming on the Fox ballet-themed dramedy pilot The Big Leap was suspended two days ago following confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in a zone of the production that includes the cast as well as crew members who interact with the actors. The positive test results came in through a routine screening, part of the strict…

EXCLUSIVE: Piper Perabo and Kevin Daniels have joined The Big Leap, Fox's ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot, in recastings, and Mallory Jansen also is set as a lead in the project inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. Written by The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens, The Big Leap is…

Fox is planning to produce all six of its pilot orders for this year's development season and will continue to ramp up its off-cycle pilot orders. The network has made the decision after its traditional pilot season was impacted by the COVID-19 production shutdown. Fox is the latest network to make its pilot…

Newcomer Simone Recasner and Jon Rudnitsky (Catch-22)  are set as series regulars in The Big Leap, Fox's ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. Written by The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens, The Big Leap is descried as a funny and contemporary tale about…

EXCLUSIVE: Scandal and Whiskey Cavalier alum Scott Foley has been tapped as a lead in The Big Leap, Fox's ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. Written by The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens, The Big Leap is descried as a funny and contemporary tale about…

Teri Polo leads a quartet of actors cast in The Big Leap, Fox’s ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot from The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens. Matt Lucas, Jumanji;s Ser'Darius Blain and Ray Cham also are cast in lead roles in the project, inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. It is a…

Prolific TV director-producer Jason Winer is set to direct the Fox pilot The Big Leap, a ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet, from The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens and producer Sue Naegle. The project is a co-production between 20th Century Fox Television…

Fox has given a pilot order to The Big Leap, a ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama from The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens and producer Sue Naegle. The project, inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet, will be a co-production between 20th Century Fox Television, where Heldens is under an overall dea…