Showtime’s drama pilot “Possible Side Effects,” nabbed Ellen Burstyn has joined the cast. The plot is set inside the world of the pharmaceutical industry.
Burstyn is set to play the matriarch of the Hunt family, a powerful but dysfunctional brood that runs a drug company that gets into a heap of trouble – must be straight from the headlines. Josh Lucas is already attached to star, as is Tim Blake Nelson.
Tim Robbins is writing and directing “Possible Side Effects.”
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“Peacock” has an all-star cast to gush over: Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Josh Lucas, Cillian Murphy and Ellen Page.
The psychological thriller takes place in a small town, where a quiet bank clerk’s (Murphy) life is shattered by a train crashing into his back yard revealing a woman living there.
Michael Lander is set to direct with a script he co-wrote together with Ryan Roy.
According to Variety, Sarandon stars in Warner Bros.’ upcoming “Speed Racer” and was most recently seen in Disney’s “Enchanted.”
Pullman starred in the Sundance film “Phoebe in Wonderland” and “Bottle Shock.” He also will be seen in Jennifer Lynch’s “Surveillance,” which will bow in Cannes this month.
Lucas is in production on Michael Cuesta’s “Tell-Tale” and next can be seen in Boaz Yakin’s “Death in Love.” His production company, Two Bridges, recently wrapped “The Boy in the Box,” in which he plays the single father of a mentally challenged boy.
With this cast “Peacock” looks very promising.
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