Luke Wilson And Imogen Poots Will Be Roadies

Keisha Castle-Hughes and more join Cameron Crowe's pilot

At least two of the leads had already been rumoured as in talks, but now we have the full, official main line-up for Cameron Crowe’s new TV rock comedy Roadies. Luke Wilson, Imogen Poots, Rafe Spall, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Peter Cambor will star in the pilot for US cable channel Showtime.

Roadies, which sounds like an even more comedic take on the experiences he drew on for 2000’s Almost Famous, follows the day-to-day dramas of a rock tour. He’s writing and directing the pilot, which finds Wilson as road-weary, sleep-deprived tour manager Bill, the best in the business. Poots will be Kelly Ann, a first-tier tech genius with second-tier people skills, while Castle-Hughes is the band’s outspoken sound mixer Donna, while Spall will be a successful British financial adviser sent to oversee the band’s budget despite knowing nothing about the music. Cambor, meanwhile, will be a guitar tech with questionable personal hygiene but amazing charm.

Once Crowe has kicked things off, My So Called Life/thirtysomething’s Winnie Holzman will take over show-running duties, assuming the series is picked up. And J.J. Abrams, who knows a little something about TV series, is also aboard to offer his assistance – you know, in between finishing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the 783 other things he’s working on. Crowe will kick off shooting on the pilot next month in Vancouver. Rock on!

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