Showtime's drama pilot Homeland has assembled a pretty solid cast. Former Life star Damian Lewis has been tapped to star opposite Claire Danes in the pilot from 24 executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa. Lewis will play the male lead in the project, which centers on Marine Sergeant Scott Brody (Lewis), who returns home after spending eight years as a prisoner of war in Baghdad, and Carrie Anderson (Claire Danes), a driven CIA officer who suspects he might be plotting an attack on America. Scott, who was discovered during a U.S. attack on an enemy base, was brought to the U.S. with much fanfare and is happy to be home with his family, wife Jessica (Laura Fraser), and two kids, but still carries with him the trauma of his imprisonment and torture. Lewis, a British screen and stage actor, is best known in the U.S. for his roles in the NBC quirky drama Life and HBO's Emmy-winning World War II mini-series Band of Brothers.Also cast in Homeland is another British actor, David Harewood (Blood Diamond). He will play David Estes, the the youngest Deputy Director of Intelligence in CIA history, decisive, political, professional, but ultimately self-serving who is frequently exasperated by Carrie's obsessive determination to follow up any lead, no matter how small or politically inconvenient. Production on the pilot, whose cast also includes Mandy Patinkin, is slated to begin Jan. 10 in Charlotte, N.C.
Source: Deadline
On Homeland, 24's Sean Callery (he won 3 Emmys for his work on 24) will be reuniting with Howard Gordon & Alex Gansa, he just signed up to be the composer of the show. And furthermore, there's another 24 alum who will work on Homeland brecause Michael Klick (assistant-director/director on 24 from day one) will be directing and producing several episodes along with Michael Cuesta, the other director we know will be involved.
ReplyDeleteThis upcoming series seems pretty, pretty, pretty good. Damian Lewis and Claire Danes will be a great lead. Awesome cast so far.
The fact that everyone thinks this will be awesome leads me to suspect that it won't be, which is a shame. However it is a showtime show, showtime is always awesome :)
ReplyDeleteThis isn't the sort of thing I'd normally be interested in watching, but if Damian Lewis is going to be in it, then I'm definitely willing to give it a shot. I loved him in the show Life and was really disappointed that it didn't last longer than it did.
ReplyDeleteme too! Life was one of those "cop shows" I truly enjoyed week to week and wanted to watch for more than 2 seasons!
ReplyDeletePlus Mandy Patinkin is going to be in the series too! Well, assuming he has not already left the show.....
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