... Lisa Kudrow has joined ABC's Scandal in a recurring capacity for Season 3. The Friends star will play ... well, we don't know because Shonda Rhimes doesn't want us to know. But we can tell you that she's going to be a politician.
... J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan (the executive producers of Person of Interest) are developing Michael Crichton’s cult film Westworld for HBO. Westworld was a 1973 film about an android in a futuristic Western-themed amusement park.
... Rob Thomas, the creator of Veronica Mars is now bringing a present-day version of Les Misérables to television. The project, which has landed at Fox, revolves around a lawyer who runs an exoneration program, all the while fighting to evade the consequences of his own wrongful conviction from a long time ago. He is, of course, constantly trying to remain one step ahead of a US Attorney who just refuses to let anything go.
BUSINESS TIME
... FX has ordered a drama pilot starring Paul Giamatti. Hoke, written and produced by Justified's Scott Frank, is based on Charles Willeford's Hoke Moseley novels. It's set in Miami in the '80s and Giamatti plays the titular homicide detective who might just be a tiny bit off his rocker. Looks like it fits the FX Equation for Success: At Least One Recognizable Face + Dark Comedy + Some Sort of Crime Being Committed By Someone Who May or May Not Be the Lead = Success!
... There's going to be a prequel Luther movie! Idris Elba is going to reprise his luther role quicker than we thought, shortly after season 3 finished airing in the UK, a movie version of the series has been commissioned.
... Former Chuck executive producer Matt Miller is re-teaming with Zev Borow, a former writer for the NBC series, for a new cop drama. Bad Guys is about an NYPD detective named Lea Morris who is also a single mother, and her father, a recently paroled ex-con who wants back in to her life. The project just landed at Fox.
... Robin Wright has directed an episode of Season 2 of Netflix's hit show, House of Cards.
CASTING NEWS
... Ben Feldman (Mad Men) is, much like every other good-looking male these days, heading to The Mindy Project. He'll appear in multiple episodes as an arts and culture writer who thinks Mindy's tastes are kind of terrible. But because this is The Mindy Project, he's also a love interest for Mindy.
... Josh Groban will guest-star in an upcoming episode of The Crazy Ones, CBS' new comedy starring Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and James Wolk. Groban will not be playing himself like Kelly Clarkson does in the pilot. He'll be playing a character from Sydney's (Gellar) past named Richie.
... Russell Tovey (UK's Being Human) has been cast in Looking, HBO's new half-hour comedy about a group of gay men living in San Francisco. He'll play the recurring role of Kevin, a kind of video-games wunderkind who achieved financial success at a young age.
... Casting for Ron Moore's new series Outlander is also making headway. Stephen Walters (Layer Cake) and Annette Badland (Doctor Who) have each booked recurring roles on the series, adapted from the book series of the same name by Diana Gabaldon. Walters will play Angus Mhor, who drinks heavily and is always ready for a fight. Badland will play Mrs. Fitzgibbons, an intelligent woman who holds Castle Leoch together.
... Suits is in the middle of its summer half-season, but when the series returns this winter, you might recognize a familiar face in the mid-season premiere. Michael Phelps, bazillion-time Olympic medal winner, is guest-starring as himself when Scottie (Abigail Spencer) tries to land him as a client.
... Mekhi Phifer has joined Showtime's House of Lies as Dre, a successful business mogul, that employs Don Cheadle's character.
... Walter Bishop is in the house! Ahem, sorry. John Noble is returning to The Good Wife in Season 5. But how? Isn't he dead? Yep! Noble's Matthew Ashbaugh was murdered in Season 4 and he appeared mostly through flashbacks in his episode, so how exactly does he return? Is he a ghost? Is this an entire flashback episode? All good questions. None of which I have the answer to. Sorry!
... There's about to be one less good-looking brunette for Rayna to make out with in Nashville, and one more person to keep track of in Westeros. Michiel Huisman has joined HBO's Game of Thrones for Season 4.
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