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Jeff Pierre (Drumline: A New Beat) has booked a regular role on Freeform drama series Beyond. From Imperative Entertainment and Automatik, Beyond centers on a young man who wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new supernatural abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy. Pierre…

Tony winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur) is set for a series regular role opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Amazon's upcoming original drama Trial, from executive producer David E. Kelley. The legal drama, which Kelley co-wrote with his Practice and Boston Legal producer Jonathan Shapiro, centers on Billy McBride…

Amazon today officially acknowledged Trial, its straight-to-series drama starring Oscar winners Billy Bob Thornton (Fargo) and William Hurt (Broadcast News), along with Olivia Thirlby (Juno), Maria Bello (Prisoners), Molly Parker (House Of Cards) and Sarah Wynter. Trial, which had been on track for a 10-episode order…

Orange Is The New Black‘s Alysia Reiner has signed on for a recurring role on the Fox drama series Rosewood. Created by Todd Harthan, Rosewood stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a private pathologist in Miami who partners with Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz). Reiner will play Lilian…

Molly Parker (House Of Cards) has landed a key role in Trial, the Amazon Studios legal drama from The Practice creator David E. Kelley. It centers on Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton), a once-powerful lawyer who has become a shell of his former self after losing a case that saw an innocent kid murdered. His…

Sarah Wynter has landed a series regular role opposite Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Olivia Thirlby and Maria Bello in Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice and Ally McBeal creator David E. Kelley. The legal drama, which Kelley co-wrote with his Practice and Boston Legal producer Jonathan Shapiro…

Maria Bello is set to co-star opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice creator David E. Kelley, which is on track for a 10-episode straight-to-series order. The legal drama, which Kelley co-wrote with his Practice producer Jonathan Shapiro, centers on Billy McBride (Thornton)…

Olivia Thirlby (Juno) is set to co-star opposite Billy Bob Thornton in Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice creator David E. Kelley, which is on track for a 10-episode straight-to-series order. The legal drama, which Kelley co-wrote with his Practice producer, fellow former attorney Jonathan Shapiro…

Billy Bob Thornton is set for the lead in Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice, Ally McBeal and Picket Fences creator David E. Kelley, which is on track for a 10-episode straight-to-series order. Kevin Costner previously had been eyed for the role but talks fell through. David Semel, who has directed the…

It wasn’t meant to be. After weeks of courtship and a week of negotiations, Kevin Costner has opted not to proceed with Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice, Ally McBeal and Picket Fences creator David E. Kelley. For a few days, it looked like Costner was well on his way to toplining his first TV series…

EXCLUSIVE: In what would be a big coup for Amazon, I hear the streaming service is talking to Kevin Costner for the lead in one of its pilots. I’ve learned that the Oscar winner is in negotiations to star in Trial, the Amazon Studios drama from The Practice, Ally McBeal and Picket Fences creator David E. Kelley. With…