New trend: stars before pickups
Posted by Neal Roscoe on March 4th 2008 in Uncategorized
With the pilot season truncated to three months because of the writers strike, some broadcast networks are switching the order of pilot casting and pickups to save time and give themselves a better shot at sought-after talent.
On Wednesday, British actor Toby Stephens (“Die Another Day”) was cast as the lead in Fox’s drama “Inseparable.” However, the project has not yet been picked up to pilot.
Hollywood Reporter 2/28/08
