Robert Knepper is set to co-star in the CW drama pilot Cult. The project, from Warner Bros TV and Fake Empire, centers on Skye (Jessica Lucas), an inquisitive young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult who, after a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, joins a journalist blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program in real life. Prison Break and Heroes alum Knepper will play actor Roger Reeves, who portrays charismatic cult leader Billy Grimm on the show-within-a-show. Billy is a charismatic madman who commands his own cult of followers willing to do anything Billy asks of them — including kidnapping and murder. Meanwhile, off-screen Roger is an affable, working actor. Knepper, repped by Innovative Artists and Kramer Management, will next be seen in Universal’s R.I.P.D.

Friday Night Lights‘ Aimee Teegarden has landed the lead in another CW drama pilot, Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain’s The Selection. Based on the upcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is an epic romance set 300 years in the future that centers on America Singer (Teegarden), a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads. Teegarden is with Innovative.

因饰演《越狱》中T-Bag一角儿走红全球的罗伯特·克耐普（Robert Lyle Knepper）近日又有新动作，他正式加盟了CW试映集《Cult》。

该剧由《绯闻女孩》（Gossip Girl）的一对制片人出品，资深科幻制片人兼编剧Rockne S. O'Bannon（《遥远星际》）打造。在该剧中，一些人神秘失踪（遇害）后，许多人猜测一部名叫《Cult》的流行电视剧可能诱发了这一系列案件。这部电视剧的女制片助理（杰西卡·卢卡斯 饰演）决定和一个博客作家联合调查狂热的剧迷，希望查到有人模仿犯罪的证据。Alona Tal扮演一个女演员，在这部「流行电视剧」里扮演一名洛杉矶警察。

罗伯特·克耐普扮演演员Roger Reeves，在这部「流行电视剧」中扮演疯狂的Billy Grimm，运用自己的影响力来左右追随者（剧迷）的意志，令他们甘心为他做任何事－－包括谋杀和绑架。但在银屏之外，Roger Reeves是个和蔼可亲、工作敬业的人。该剧的故事情节存在「三重嵌套」，结构有些复杂。