“Durango,” Hulu’s drama pilot starring Cooper Hoffman and Kathryn Newton, has been picked up to series. In addition, Merritt Wever, Mason Gooding and Abbey Lee have joined the cast.
\n\nCreated by Eliza Clarke, the series is co-produced by Media Res and 20th Television. The logline reads, “Mikey (Hoffman) is a ski bum townie chasing a buzz. Bunny (Newton) is a homeschooled runaway working as a greasy-spoon waitress. Together they’re riding an avalanche of bad decisions and falling in love while running from cops, criminals, and Mikey’s wife in pursuit of their own American dream.”
\n\nWever has been cast as Joni, who is described as “a sharp and self-effacing local detective who’s deeply unimpressed by almost everything. After 20 years of doing everything right in a resort town where the biggest case is usually a stolen ski pass, Joni has been handed the most interesting thing to happen to her entire career.”
\n\nGooding will play Miles, “a young detective with a sharp mind and a sharper mouth. Whip-smart and relentlessly good-natured, he’s the perfect foil to his colleague Joni.”
\n\nLee plays Irina, Mikey’s Russian wife who is “obsessed with American pop culture and is seeking US citizenship. She has Mikey in…
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