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Melissa George and Thandie Newton have joined the U.S version of Aussie mini-series “The Slap”. George reprises the role she played in the Australian version, that of the mother whose boy was slapped. Newton plays Aisha, a doctor, wife of Hector and mother of their two children. (Deadline)
Ed Begley Jr. (”Arrested Development”) and Stephanie Hunt (”Californication”) will be regulars, while Collette Wolfe (”Cougar Town”) will recur on the new TBS comedy “Your Family or Mine”. (Deadline)
Hugh Laurie and Tom Hiddleston are set for espionage drama “The Night Manager”, with several networks already interested in picking it up straight-to-series. The drama, based on the John le Carre book, is being developed in partnership with the BBC, and follows “Jonathan Pine, a British soldier turned luxurious hotel night auditor. Pine crosses paths with a French-Arab woman named Sophie with ties to Richard Onslow Roper, an English black marketer who specializes in weapons. The woman provides Pine with incriminating documents, which he forwards to a friend in British intelligence. After Sophie winds up dead, Pine works with intelligence operatives and goes undercover as part of a sting against Roper to avenge Sophie’s death.” (The Hollywood Reporter)
Musician turned actor Tyson Ritter has joined the cast of the Drew Barrymore-Toni Collette comedy/drama “Miss You Already”. (Deadline)
