Here’s an interesting new series coming to FX. Hoke stars Paul Giamatti portraying yet another quirky character, which I think he does best.. I’ll bite. I love Giamatti in just about everything he’s in, so it should be a worthwhile show.
FX NETWORKS FINALIZES CAST FOR DRAMA SERIES PILOT “HOKE”
STARRING PAUL GIAMATTI
Oona Chaplin, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Wisdom,
Jordi Mollà and Tammy Blanchard Round Out Cast
Scott Frank Wrote and Will Direct Pilot Episode Which Will Shoot in Miami This Spring
Scott Frank, David Manson, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon,
Paul Giamatti and Dan Carey Are Executive Producers
LOS ANGELES, January 8, 2014 – FX has finalized its casting on the drama series pilot Hoke, starring actor/producer Paul Giamatti, with Oona Chaplin, John Carroll Lynch, Robert Wisdom, Jordi Mollà and Tammy Blanchard rounding out the cast. Hoke is produced by FX Productions, and production on the pilot will begin this spring in Miami.
Scott Frank wrote and will direct the pilot episode, and he will be Co-Showrunner with David Manson if Hoke goes to series. Frank, Manson, Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Paul Giamatti and Dan Carey are Executive Producers.
Hoke is a darkly comedic drama based on Charles Willeford’s series of novels Sideswipe, New Hope for the Dead and The Way We Die Now. It is a story of mid-life crisis and murder that features the hardboiled and possibly insane homicide detective, “Hoke Moseley” (Giamatti), in pre-chic Miami circa early 1980s.
Oona Chaplin plays “Ellita Sanchez,” a sharp young homicide detective recently promoted from dispatcher to Hoke’s new partner.
John Carroll Lynch plays “Bill Henderson,” an old guard Miami PD detective and Hoke’s former partner who is equally as miserable in the recently diversified department.
Robert Wisdom is “Major Brownley,” the head of the Miami PD Homicide Squad who has a long history with Hoke and his antics.
Jordi Mollà plays “Armando Zuniga,” a sociopathic Cuban man who arrives on the shores of Miami in the rumpled, faded clothing of a peasant Cuban refugee and integrates into the city posing as a famous poet of the Cuban people.
Tammy Blanchard plays “Loretta Hickey,” the striking mother of a murdered drug addict who Hoke comes across while investigating the case.
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