Ashley Judd To Star In ABC Series 'Missing'

In her first regular TV series gig, Ashley Judd is close to a deal to topline ABC's action series Missing (aka Safe aka Hall of Mirrors). The project, from feature writer Greg Poirier and Grant Scharbo and Gina Matthews, was once slated for summer but now eyes a fall launch, with early September as a possibility. Missing centers on Becca Winstone (Judd), a devoted single mom who, after her 18-year-old son disappears in Italy where he'd been working on architecture fellowship, takes it upon herself to travel to Europe and track him down. It soon becomes clear that Winstone is a former CIA agent who will stop at nothing to bring her son home alive. Steve Shill, who won an Emmy in August for his directing work on Dexter, is on board to direct multiple episodes of the series, including the opener. He will also executive produce with Poirier, Scharbo and Matthews. Production is scheduled to begin late next month in Rome, Vienna and Prague. Missing, from ABC Studios and Matthews and Scharbo's Little Engine Prods., was put on fast-track development in early fall with an order for 3-5 backup scripts. WME-repped Judd next stars in the Warner Bros. film Dolphin Tale. Her memoir All That is Bitter & Sweet is being released on April ... Read More »

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/ashley-judd-to-star-in-abc-series-missing/

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