Carla Gugino ("Watchmen," "American
Gangster," "Entourage"), fresh off her acclaimed run on Broadway in
"Road to Mecca," is set to star opposite Sigourney Weaver ("Avatar") in
USA Network’s six-hour original series POLITICAL ANIMALS,
from Warner Horizon Television. Gugino will star as Pulitzer
Prize–winning newspaper reporter Susan Berg, a hungry DC journalist bent
on destroying the career of former First Lady and newly appointed
Secretary of State Elaine Barrish (Weaver).Slated for the network’s summer lineup, the drama comes from acclaimed television and film producers Greg Berlanti ("Brothers & Sisters," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Everwood") and Laurence Mark ("Dreamgirls," "Julie & Julia," "Jerry Maguire") and also stars James Wolk (“Lonestar,” “Happy Endings”) and Brittany Ishibashi (“Parenthood,” FAIRLY LEGAL).
USA says, "Pulling
back the curtain on persuasive public speeches and stirring campaign
ads, the fictional look at a former first family exposes a dynasty
weakened by political ambition, lust and greed. In the wake of a recent
divorce from her philandering ex-husband — who is still as much in love
with her as with the office he once held — and the loss of the
presidential nomination, Barrish (Weaver) attempts to keep her family
together while simultaneously dealing with crises of the State
Department and the dogged Berg (Gugino)."
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