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August 30, 2012 3:34 PM
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Netflix Series 'Orange Is The New Black' Finds Its Incarcerated Lead in Taylor Schilling
Jaime Lee Kirchner, Michelle Trachtenberg, Taylor Schilling in 'Mercy'
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Since "Mercy" was canceled, Schilling's appeared in a starring role in the dismal 2011 Ayn Rand adaptation "Atlas Shrugged: Part I" and opposite Zac Efron in gauzy Nicholas Sparks film "The Lucky One," but things are looking up for the actress in terms of material. According to Deadline, she's been cast as the lead in "Orange Is The New Black," the upcoming Netflix original series from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan.
Kohan created a plum role for Mary-Louise Parker in Nancy Botwin, and with "Weeds" ending after this current season is turning her attention to what will be, along with David Fincher's "House of Cards," Eli Roth's "Hemlock Grove" and the new season of "Arrested Development," a key part of Netflix's first slate of programming all its own.
In "Orange Is The New Black," based on the memoir by Piper Kerman, Schilling will play a woman who's happily living in New York with her boyfriend when a scheme she got involved in with an ex in her college days a decade ago lands her in prison.
"Orange Is The New Black" is slated for 13 hour-long episodes and will, like "Weeds," be a mix of comedy and drama.
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noor | August 31, 2012 11:38 AM
Netflix when does all your shows starting appearing on netflix lol, i been hearing so much so shows but i dont see them.
when will this air today, tomorrow or 10 years
susanne | August 30, 2012 11:32 PM
Really netflix? You pick up this crap but get rid of stargate sg1?