Deadline is reporting that soapy FOX drama pilot Filthy Rich has added David Denman (The Office) and LA to Vegas alum Olivia Macklin. Denman is set as popular, influential televangelist Reverend Paul Luke Thomas, while Macklin plays the snooty, prim wife of Eric Monroe.
Based on the New Zealand drama series of the same name, with Tate Taylor (The Help) developing for American television, Filthy Rich tells the story of the Monroe family, in charge of a hugely popular conservative television network based in Mississippi. When their patriarch suddenly dies in a plane crash, they’re stunned to find out that he not only had grown, illegitimate children they knew nothing about, but these new heirs are in his will. The series follows the Monroes as they fight to hold on to what’s theirs while maintaining their perfect facade to the outside world.
In addition to his role on the NBC comedy, Denman’s television credits include Outcast, Traffic Light, and Parenthood, while Macklin has been seen on The Young Pope, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, and Noches con Plantanito. They join a cast that includes Gerald McRaney (This Is Us), Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Steve Harris (The Practice), Melia Kreiling (Tyrant), Aubrey Dollar (Battle Creek), Benjamin Aguilar (Aloha Haha), Corey Cott (Z: The Beginning of Everything), and Mark L. Young (The Comeback).
Filthy Rich is part of a drama pilot slate for FOX that includes cop drama Deputy; A.I. thriller neXt; an untitled dramedy from Tom Kapinos (Lucifer) that takes place over the course of one wedding; legal drama Prodigal Son; and an untitled fertility drama from Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights) based on Australian series Sisters.
