Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones land roles in Sleepy Hollow, Fox’s drama pilotPosted by Wilson Morales
February 21, 2013
Source: Deadline
In her biggest break to date, up-and-coming actress Nicole Beharie has scored the female lead in Sleepy Hollow, Fox’s drama pilot written by Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci and Phillip Iscove and directed by Len Wiseman. She joins Orlando Jones and Katia Winter (Dexter).
A modern–day supernatural thriller based on The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, the project, from 20th TV and K/O, follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s Detective Abbie Archer (Beharie) to solve the mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil. Abbie is about to leave for the FBI Academy when she witnesses the brutal murder of someone close to her, and her story is corroborated by only one person — a man called Ichabod Crane.
Jones, repped by Paradigm and New Wave, will play Lt. Frank Williams, the serious and sternly professional detective transferred to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a double homicide.
Swedish actress Winter, repped by Gersh and Schachter Entertainment, will play Katrina, Crane’s wife and a nurse with the 37thRegiment in the Revolutionary War.
Beharie, repped by ICM Partners and ATA Management, was last seen in Matthew A. Cherry‘s film, ‘The Last Fall,’ and will next be seen in 42, the Jackie Robinson biopic.
