Abrams' 'Catch' Back on Track at ABC
(Wednesday, March 23 09:38 AM)
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) "The Catch," a long-in-development pilot from "Alias" and "Lost" creator J.J. Abrams, is finally ready to begin filming.
The show, originally about a pair of bounty hunters, first showed up on ABC's development slate last spring. At the time, it was intended as a midseason replacement starring "Alias" and "Felicity" veteran Greg Grunberg and Orlando Jones, with comic Don Rickles in a supporting role.
Jones later departed the show, and late last year writer-producer John Eisendrath, who has worked with Abrams on "Alias," joined the project with an eye toward revamping it.
Eisendrath, who also created ESPN's "Playmakers," has a development deal with Touchstone TV, which is producing "The Catch."
The rewritten pilot, in which Grunberg will play a private eye and single dad, begins filming this week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Rickles remains on board as Grunberg's grandfather and business partner, while Kym Whitley ("Deliver Us from Eva," "The Parkers") will play their new associate.
Joanne Kelly ("Jeremiah") and Daylia Wallace have also joined the cast, playing Grunberg's sister and daughter.
