Awoogah! Awoogah!
Actual news news!!!
The business known as show news website Deadline is reporting that Kathryn has signed up to take a role in a new NBC network pilot called Reverie.
Reverie is a vehicle for Sarah Shahi (Person Of Interest) and is centred around the topical idea of virtual reality software. Apparently the software is causing significant issues for users and Sarah’s Mara behavioural expert and ex-detective is brought in to investigate.
Kathryn’s role is as a Department Of Defense official called Monica Shaw. Not surprisingly the military are very interested in such technology, especially if it is having psychological effects on those that have experienced it. If it can be weaponised, they’ll do it.
At present this is just a pilot, an initial episode that is used to showcase the project to the network heads to make a decision of whether to turn it into a series. As such it is currently classified on IMDb as a TV movie. We saw the same with the Surgeon General show that Kathryn was involved in a few years ago. That one didn’t get past the pilot stage.
This early part of the year is very much ‘pilot season’. Projects have got through the selection process and a few are being put into production as a first episode test. Those lucky few that become series, likely to start broadcasting in the autumn, would start filming in the summer. The pilot could be shown as episode 1, or it could be re-worked/filmed if changes are made.
Dennis Haysbert (24), Jessica Lu (Awkward.), and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) have already joined the cast. Amblin Television, owned by Steven Spielberg who Kathryn worked with in A.I. and Minority Report, is producing the show created by Mickey Fisher (Extent).
More news on Reverie when we hear it.
Update (25 Feb 2017): Johnny Messner (Kathryn’s partner) has posted his congratulations to Kathryn in his own inimitable style on Instagram and Twitter. It goes thusly:
Congrats my honnneeee !!! You just took the whole show up 10000 notches !! You are by far one of the most talented actors I know and a even better momma !!! 😍😍😍😍 I love you for that – link
Leave a Reply