Jamie-Lynn Sigler To Star in Lifetime Pilot; John Hawkes Joins FX's 'Outlaw Country'

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 I hear The Sopranos alumna Jamie-Lynn Sigler has been tapped to star opposite Sherry Stringfield as the lead in Lifetime's untitled Josh Berman pilot. In another key pilot casting, former Deadwood co-star John Hawkes is set to star in FX's drama pilot Outlaw Country.

Lifetime’s untitled drama pilot from Drop Dead Diva creator/executive producer Josh Berman, from Sony Pictures TV, is a closed-ended drama set in San Diego, which centers on police detective Molly Collins (Stringfield), married mother of two on the verge of divorce, who, along with her partner Brooke Kross (Sigler), investigate the city’s most high-profile crimes while navigating their divergent personal lives. This is one of 3 pilots Lifetime greenlighted in June, along with Against the Wall and Exit 19. If the pilot goes to series, it will mark Sigler's first regular series gig since The Sopranos. She recently recurred on HBO's Entourage and ABC's Ugly Betty.

Outlaw Country, from Fox TV Studios and FX Prods., is a crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty. It focuses on 4 main characters, played by Luke Grimes, Haley Bennett, Mary Steenburgen and Hawkes. Grimes plays twentysomething Eli Larkin, a half-cowboy, half-modern guy who tries to get out of the crime ridden life he has grown accustom. Bennett plays twentysomething Annabel Lee, a gorgeous country singer who is living in the shadow of her overprotective mother (Steenburgen). Hawkes plays Tarzen Larkin, Eli's uncle and one of the most charismatic and compelling characters in Slaughter, a big-time player in the Southern crime world. Hawkes recently did an arc on ABC's Lost.