Jeffrey Tambor Eyes Return to Sitcoms, Judith Light Gets ABC Pilot and More Casting News
It's no 'Arrested Development' movie, but Jeffrey Tambor is in talks to return to TV, eyeing a role in NBC's 'Bent.'According to Deadline, Tambor will play a former actor who lives with this son, Pete (David Walton). Pete is hired to redo the kitchen of Amanda Peet's character, Alex, a single mom.
Tambor's character lives with his son, has to be driven everywhere and plays piano in the Nordstrom lobby when not chasing after ladies.
In other casting news ...
• Judith Light will star opposite Jesse Bradford and Bonnie Somerville in 'Other People's Kids.' The 'Who's the Boss?' veteran will play Somerville's ex-mother-in-law who has a live-in lover. [Deadline]
• Louise Lombard is dusting off her 'CSI' badge and reporting back to the hit CBS series. Lombard's Sofia Curtis is now deputy chief. "She's gotten her shield and she has a real take-no-prisoners attitude," Carol Mendelsohn said. [TVLine]
• 'The Vampire Diaries' actress Arielle Kibbel has joined ABC's 'Hallelujah.' Kibbel will play Veda Roman in the show about good versus evil. [Hollywood Reporter]
• Natalie Dormer will star in 'Poe.' Dormer, known for her role as Anne Boelyn in 'The Tudors,' will play Celeste, a woman with a "firm moral center." [Entertainment Weekly]
• Brooke D'Orsay has signed on to star opposite Kyle Howard and Marcia Gay Harden in ABC's 'Smothered.' D'Orsay will play Gillian, one part of a couple who have two very different sets of parents. [Deadline]

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