Judy Greer has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC comedy pilot “Drop-Off” (working title).
The project, which comes from Lionsgate and ABC Signature, is based on Sharon Horgan’s BAFTA-nominated British format comedy “Homeland” and stars Ellie Kemper as Julia, a working mom for whom nothing is working. So she goes in search of her village.
“With the help of new friends Calvin and Liz, Julia learns that she can be successful at balancing work and parenting from time to time,” the official logline explains. “It’s a comedy for everyone who dropped their kids off at school, heaved a sigh of relief… then realized it was Sunday.”
Greer will play the ultra-confident and uber-organized Amanda, one of the fiercely “together” moms who make up the inner circle at Julia’s kids’ school.
Amanda is described as “an expert in the art of a compliment that is really an insult” who usually arranges babysitting swaps with mothers during school holidays. Amanda arranges a swap with Julia, who agrees to watch their children while she prepares for one of her famous dinner parties, which ends in disaster for Julia.
“Drop-Off” executive produced by Kemper, Horgan, director Michael Showalter (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” “The Big Sick,” “The Dropout”), writer Julianne Smolinsky (“Grace & Frankie,” “The Shining”) Will happen. Vale,” “Black Monday,” “Idiotsitter,” “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll”), Clelia Mountford, Stacy Greenberg and Kira Carstensen from Merman Television, Paul Feig and Dan Magnante, Holly Walsh and Helen Serafinowicz from FIGCO Entertainment.
Greer has appeared in nearly 200 roles to date, including the Blumhouse reboot of “Halloween” starring alongside Jamie Lee Curtis. The highly anticipated sequel, “Halloween Kills,” was released late last year in which Judy stars opposite Curtis once again.
Greer most recently starred in “Reboot,” Steve Levitan’s series for Hulu and 20th Television alongside Keegan Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Paul Reiser. The show was canceled in January after one season. Last summer, Greer shot the Disney+ feature “Hollywood Stargirl” with Uma Thurman and Grace VanderWaal for director Julia Hart, which recently dropped on the streamer. She also starred in the Blumhouse/NBC/Peacock limited series “The Thing About Pam” with Renée Zellweger, for which she was nominated for a Hollywood Critics Association Award, and the Showtime limited anthology series “The First Lady” directed by Susan Bayer. With Michelle Pfeiffer, Viola Davis and Gillian Anderson. She may next appear in the HBO limited series “White House Plumber” for director David Mandel alongside Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux.
Greer is replaced by Artists First, CAA, and Felker, Toczek, Sudelson, Abramson, McGinnis, Ryan LLP.
