'EMILY IN PARIS'
LILY COLLINS SET AS LEAD!
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| Lily Collins is moving to Paris! |
Comedy Wednesday today, people! After
Sex and the City,
Darren Star is preparing new half hour dramedy for the small screens and has just cast
Lily Collins (who absolutely amazed us this winter in BBC's
Les Miserables with her deeply haunting portrayal of Fantine) as the lead lady in
EMILY IN PARIS
Paramount Network's new comedy series will see her playing Emily, a
driven twenty something American woman from the Midwest, who moves to
Paris for an unexpected job opportunity, tasked with bringing an
American point of view to a venerable French marketing firm. Cultures
clash as she adjusts to the challenges of life in a foreign city, while
juggling her career, new friendships and love life. Paramount's Kevin
Costner series Yellowstone was last year's most watched cable series so
they're looking to score success with this one as well.
'FRIENDS IN LAW' SITCOM
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| Zach Cregger will be Jake in Friends in Law |
TO BE TOPLINED BY ZACH
CREGGER AND MICHAEL URIE
Meanwhile, NBC has rounded up the cast for their new multicam sitcom
FRIENDS IN LAW and it is rather superfun! Our beloved
Wrecked and
Guys with Kids star
Zach Cregger will lead the cast with always lovely
Michael Urie, Vella Lovell and
Gil Ozeri. The story centres on Brian (Urie) and Jake (Cregger), polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends Margaret (Lovell) and Randy (Ozeri) decide to get married. Urie’s Brian fears that his best friend Margaret’s potential marriage to Randy will leave him left out. He forms an unlikely partnership with Randy’s best friend, Jake, to disrupt their union.
Cregger’s
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| Michael Urie will be Brian in Friends in Law! |
Jake is handsome and a little too arrogant. Jake has been best friends with Randy since kindergarten, and he rejects the unwanted additions of Margaret and Brian in his life.