23 April 2010,
From Entertainment Weekly:
One Tree Hill alum Michaela McManus has scored the female lead in The CW’s promising Alias-esqe pilot Nomads, sources confirm to me exclusively.
The underrated McManus, who followed up her OTH run with a year-long stint as ADA Kim Greylek on Law & Order: SVU, will play a brave and resourceful Army Brat determined to earn a place in the CIA. She finds herself fighting an attraction to her handler (Mental‘s Warren Kole) and a fellow agent-in-training (Friday Night Lights‘ Scott Porter).
23 April 2010,
From Entertainment Weekly:
Sources confirm to me exclusively that the network has tapped the Friday Night Lights MVP to star in Nomads, an hour-long drama pilot about a group of young backpackers who work odd jobs for the CIA. Porter will play John, a magnetic and forceful college grad who is determined to find his missing brother.
The project hails from Ken Sanzel (Numb3rs).
23 April 2010,
From The Hollywood Reporter:
The CW has picked up "Nomads," an action adventure drama from "Numb3rs" executive producer Ken Sanzel, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The project, from CBS Studios, Warner Bros. TV and Scott Free Productions, is described as an adrenaline-fueled thrill ride following a group of nearly broke young backpackers traveling the world who agree to earn money by working secret missions for the CIA.
Sanzel wrote the script and will direct the pilot. He is also executive producing with Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker.
