You may remember that Academy Award-nominated actor Greg Kinnear started his TV career as host of the original "Talk Soup" on the E! Entertainment network. Kinnear is now set to turn to TV.
Kicking
off its drama pilot orders, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has given a
pilot order to RAKE, a character-driven comedic drama by Peter
Duncan (creator of the original Australian series) and
executive-produced by Peter Tolan (“Rescue Me,” “Analyze This”) and
Michael Wimer (“2012”). Kinnear (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “The Kennedys”) has been cast
in the lead role of KEEGAN JOYE, a brilliant, but self-destructive
criminal defense lawyer.
Kinnear also will co-executive-produce.
Based
on the Australian AACTA nominee for Best Television Drama Series, RAKE
follows the chaotic and comedic life of criminal defense lawyer KEEGAN
JOYE (Kinnear). Brilliant, frustratingly charming, and with zero
filter, Keegan is one of life's great addicts. His staggering lack of
discretion and inability to self-censor land him the cases that nobody
else wants, but behind that lies a resolute optimism
and belief in justice that fuel his dogged determination to defend
those who seem beyond redemption. In addition to Keegan’s cases within
the justice system, the show follows his personal trials and
tribulations, including his ongoing battle against the IRS,
his mounting debt to his bookie, overlapping affairs and liaisons with
women, a hormonal son, an exhausted ex-wife and the evolving
relationship between his two married best friends, Ben and Scarlett.
Greg Kinnear received an Academy Award nomination for his work in the 1997 film “As Good as It Gets.” His recent role on “Modern
Family” earned him a 2012 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding
Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. For his performance as John F. Kennedy
in the cable miniseries “The Kennedys,” he was nominated
for 2011 Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a
Miniseries or Movie. In 1995, Kinnear and the producers of cable’s “Talk
Soup” won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program.
In
2006, Kinnear starred in the Academy Award-nominated film “Little Miss
Sunshine.” Other film credits include “Thin Ice,” “Green Zone,” “Flash
of Genius,” “Ghost Town,” “Baby Mama,” “Feast of Love,” Invincible,”
“Fast Food Nation,” “Bad News Bears,” “Stuck On You,” “Auto Focus,” “The
Gift,” “Nurse Betty” and “You’ve Got Mail.” He will next be seen in
Josh Boone’s “Writers,” co-starring Jennifer Connelly,
Kristen Bell and Lily Collins. The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto
Film Festival. He also has completed production on Craig Zisk’s “The
English Teacher,” co-starring Julianne Moore, Lily Collins and Nathan
Lane.
RAKE is Kinnear’s first network drama pilot.
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