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'Fargo' and 'The Good Wife' alum Matt Shakman will direct the pilot for the summer 2016 drama.
CBS' American Gothic is adding to its cast.
The straight-to-series drama has enlisted Virginia Madsen to co-star, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, with Matt Shakman (Fargo, The Good Wife) set to direct the pilot.
Set to air in the summer, American Gothic centers on a prominent Boston family that is attempting to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades, amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his accomplice.
Madsen will play Madeline, a warm, intelligent, patrician Boston matriarch who is fiercely protective of both her family and her social standing.
She joins a cast that also includes Justin Chatwin, Megan Ketch, Antony Starr, Juliet Rylance, Stephanie Leonidas and Gabriel Bateman.
Corinne Brinkerhoff (The Good Wife) will pen the script and exec produce alongside Amblin's Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank (The Americans, Under the Dome, Extant), James Frey and Todd Cohen.
Madsen's credits include her Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated role in Sideways, TV roles in Witches of East End, Hell on Wheels and more. Repped by UTA and Untitled, she can be seen on screen in Jennifer Lawrence's Joy. Shakman's directing credits include Fargo, Mad Men and The Good Wife.
American Gothic is expected to join returning drama Zoo and fellow rookie BrainDead, from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King, on CBS' summer schedule.
