The channel just announced a few new shows it's picking up for this upcoming seasonand a small-screen adaption of.
His small screen credits include Bones, 24, and most recently, I Mom So Hard, a new pilot from CBS. makes his television series starring debut in this offbeat family comedy from the team behind 'The Drew Carey Show' and. Match 6: Lumberjack: John Cena & Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho & The Big Show. Everyone's favorite super sleuth is coming to the small screen, thanks to the CW. Per The Hollywood Reporter, which broke the news, Nancy Drew producers wanted to go in a different direction, but Prinze Jr.
TV vet Scott Wolf has boarded the project in the role of Nancy’s estranged father, replacing the previously cast Freddie Prinze Jr. Prinze’s film credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer, She’s All That, and Scooby-Doo. The CW’s Nancy Drew series has introduced its first plot twist but it’s happening behind the scenes. READ MORE: Brittany Adebumola And Joseph David-Jones Say 'The 4400' Is 'A Beautiful Companion To The Original' But his attempts to reconnect with his daughter run aground when Nancy’s murder investigation reveals unsettling secrets from Carson’s own past.” READ MORE: Sabrina Spellman Makes An Appearance On The CW's Riverdale Kiernan Shipka Reveals 'Fans Will Get Some Clarity'Īs previously reported, Kennedy McMann has been cast as Nancy, and Tunji Kasim will be playing Nancy’s secret flame, Nick. Prinze will portray Nancy’s dad, Carson Drew, who’s described as “ a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. is ready to return to the small screen According to the reports the 43-year-old has been cast to play Carson Drew, the father to teenage sleuth Nancy Drew in a new pilot ordered by The CW. The series at first alternated between the two characters, with The Brady Bunch Hour airing sporadically. has joined the cast of The CW’s untitled Nancy Drew pilot. It looks like beloved ’90s actor Freddie Prinze Jr. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, based on the long-running The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew book series, premieres on ABC Parker Stevenson and Shaun Cassidy star as Frank and Joe Hardy, and Pamela Sue Martin stars as Nancy Drew. The pilot is CBS TV Studios’ third go at a Nancy Drew series in recent years: It had the Sarah Shahi-led Drew at CBS in 2016 and a second attempt from the same writers, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, at NBC in 2017 both were passed over.Philadelphia (CW Philly) - Nineties heartthrob Freddie Prinze Jr. Per Deadline, Carson Drew is described as a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. It only just got picked up for a series on The CW. Director Larry Teng is also an EP, and Lis Rowinski is a co-exec producer. had the role of Carson Drew, but the role was recast with Wolf following the pilot. The Nancy Drew pilot comes from writers and executive producers Noga Landau ( The Magicians), Melinda Hsu Taylor ( The Gifted), Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage ( Gossip Girl, Runaways) and CBS Television Studios, which owns the rights to the Nancy Drew books. The role would also be his first as a live-action series regular since the eighth season of Fox’s 24 in 2010 he most recently has done voice work on Star Wars Rebels. Prinze would join the likes of Riverdale‘s Skeet Ulrich, Madchen Amick, Molly Ringwald and the late Luke Perry in graduating from 1980s-90s teen icons to playing parents on the network. The cast also includes Leah Lewis ( Charmed), Tunji Kasim, Maddison Jaizani and Alex Saxon. has also been cast in the film to play Nancy’s father, Carson Drew.