TYLER RITTER, LUKE YOUNGBLOOD TO RUN A FUNERAL HOME IN 'PLAYING DEAD' SERIES! ETHAN PECK, JON ECKER ARE IN LOVE TRIANGLE IN 'FOR LOVE' SERIES! DELIGHTFUL 'DON'T TALK TO IRENE' TRAILER WITH MICHELLE MCLEOD, GEENA DAVIS

CW continues casting for their new drama pilots. The latest info is that Clara Lago has joined Tyler Ritter and Luke Youngblood in PLAYING DEAD! It is a dramedy about a single dad mortician, Joe (Tyler Ritter), and his son whose lives are turned upside down when Isabel (Clara Lago), the woman who abandoned them 15 years ago, returns and asks them to fake her death.

Luke Youngblood is his best friend and assistant

Isabel is a fiery, self serving con artist with a wicked sense of humour who also happens to be on the run from the mafia. Used to living dangerously, trained in martial arts and with a knack for improvisation, Isabel has come up with a plan to save her own skin and make Joe a whole lot of money. But first Joe has to agree to help her fake her own death.  Galavant young starLukeYoungblood will play Joe’s loyal, long time assistant at the funeral parlour as well as his best friend! He does not like Isabel at all!

Gregory's grandson Ethan Peck is one of the leads

Another blast from the past (it seems to be a new trend with Josh Dallas returning from dead in Manifest at CW too) will be seen in ABC's drama pilot for FOR LOVE which just hired Ethan Peck and Jon Ecker as male leads! The story follows journalist Hope Castille. Five years ago, her fiancé, Charlie Lapree (Jon Ecker) was killed. This morning she received a phone call from him. An epic love triangle set against a grounded, secret world of magic in present day New Orleans. Ethan Peck will play Hope’s current boyfriend, Gabriel Dumaine. Charming, handsome and worldly, Gabriel is a member of the powerful Dumaine family and also a candidate in the upcoming mayoral race. Respectful of Hope’s loss, he’s very much in love with her and hoping to start a life with her, even though he realizes that might expose her to the dangerous secret the Dumaine family hides. Charlie Lapree is, meanwhile,  hard working and delightful, fully in love with Hope and a

Jon Ecker takes one of the two male leads in For Love

journalist himself. After taking a call while remodeling their new apartment, Charlie is found dead after a car accident. Five years later, he reappears.

Irene is currently out in cinemas around the world

You can also check out a delightful and heart warming trailer for DON'T TALK TO IRENE which is already out in Europe and is out this weekend in USA.  When Irene (Michelle McLeod) - the fattest girl in high school - gets suspended, she must endure two weeks of community service at a retirement home. Following her passion for cheerleading, she secretly signs up the senior residents to audition for a dance-themed reality show to prove that you don't need to be physically "perfect" to be perfectly AWESOME. Geena Davis also stars alongside Bruce Gray and Anastasia Phillips.