As regular readers know, The Human Target, DC’s Assassin-stopping character, is headed (back) to TV. The lead for the Pilot episode was announced last month as Mark Valley playing Christopher Chance. Now, for the time being only via Twitter, Entertainment Weekly’s TV Gossip god Michael Aussielo has revealed two more names to throw into the fire:
EWAusielloFilesPilot scoop: Pushing Daisies scene-stealer Chi McBride has joined the cast of Fox’s Human Target pilot.
EWAusielloFilesMORE pilot scoop: Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children) is also joining Fox’s Human Target pilot.
In addition to Pushing Daisies, which brought genre to a lot of people that normally wouldn’t touch it, McBride also voiced the Chief Elder in Ultimate Avengers 2. Haley, well, if you haven’t heard the name, you’ve been hiding in a hole. He’s currently in Theaters tomorrow as Rorschach in Watchmen, and is likely a huge coup for the Pilot. No word yet on who either will be playing, but we’ll keep an eye out for you.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Good to hear that it is all coming together…just hope it does not fall apart at the last minute like “Global Frequency” did a few years ago.
March 7th, 2009 at 12:55 am
I get this nagging feeling they’ll be adapting the Milligan mini for the TV show. McBride would be the reverend with a secret and Haley would be the guy who thinks he’s Christopher Chance.
January 17th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Would you be inquisitive about exchanging links?