"Craig Bierko ("Cinderella Man," "The Long Kiss Goodnight") will join the regular cast of ABC's critically acclaimed, award-winning drama series "Boston Legal" this season. Bierko will play Jeffrey Coho, an intense, grandiose criminal defense attorney as comfortable with making enemies as he is making friends. Katey Sagal ("Lost," "Futurama," "Married with Children") has also been confirmed as guest starring in the first story arc of the season. The third season premieres October 4th..." (full details)
"Intrepid Pictures has preemptively acquired the spec script "Mercy" by scribes Carolyn Townsend and Eddie Hartman. Story follows a college student who sets out to debunk the urban legend of the Mercy Killer -- a killer who makes his victims' deaths look like suicides -- only to discover that he is all too real and has chosen her as his next victim..." (full details)
"Ed O'Neill and Brian Van Holt have joined the cast of "John From Cincinnati," David Milch's drama pilot for HBO. "John" revolves around the dysfunctional Yost family of Imperial Beach, Calif., led by patriarch Mitch (Bruce Greenwood), whose life is disrupted by the arrival of the dim but wealthy John (Austin Nichols) from Cincinnati, a savant who has come to take surfing lessons, and Barry Cunningham, who is returning to Imperial Beach to avenge a wrong done to him by the Yosts 23 years ago. O'Neill will play Bill, a friend of the Yost family and a former Marine. Van Holt will play Mitch's son Butchie..." (full details)
