Peter Krause, Maura Tierney to Play Siblings in Parenthood

BuzzSugar — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:30:01 -0700

Meet the Bravermans: Peter Krause and Maura Tierney have signed on for starring roles in NBC's TV remake of Parenthood, playing new versions of the characters made famous by Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest.

They join Dax Shepard, Craig T. Nelson, Mae Whitman (who?), and the previously cast Erika Christensen as the potential members of the sprawling Braverman clan. Here's a quick breakdown of the who's-who so far:

Krause will play Adam Braverman, "a married man with two children who is a lunatic beneath the surface."
Tierney will play his sister Sarah, the single mother of . . .
. . . Whitman's character, a rebellious 16-year-old.
Shepard's character is the youngest Braverman, a slacker.
Christensen is their sister Julia, a corporate attorney.
And Nelson will play the clan's father, "a Vietnam vet-turned-actor/hippie."

I was a little skeptical of this project at first, just because a TV adaptation of Parenthood failed once before, but I'm starting to get a kick out of this cast. I'll give anything with Krause a try at least once, so I'm starting to hope that this one makes it through pilot season and onto our TVs. What about you?

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Ann Veal Lands A Job!

BuzzSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:40:52 -0700

"Her?" Yes, her! Mae Whitman, previously known (to me) as Ann Veal on Arrested Development will be joining one of Rob Thomas' many upcoming projects. The ABC pilot, Good Behavior will be an American version of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. The show follows "the mother of a family of criminals, who decides to take the family down the straight and narrow path after her husband is jailed."

Whitman has been cast as one of the children in the family, the teenage daughter "who's extorting her principal and running a hall-pass scam at her school."

This is fantastic. I'm already going to watch this show. And now it leaves the other daughter role of the wannabe model named Pascalle to - maybe just maybe - Kristen Bell. How funny would it be to have Veronica Mars and Ann Veal be sisters? Fingers crossed!

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