Doctor Who Is Coming To America
by The Dark Defender on Nov.03, 2009, under Doctor Who, Television
No, not the popular British television series. David Tennant has just snagged the lead role in an upcoming NBC pilot. Details after the jump.
According to an article in The Hollywood Reporter, Tennant will be starring in a pilot titled “Rex Is Not Your Lawyer.” The plot focuses on “Rex Alexander (Tennant), a top Chicago litigator who begins suffering panic attacks and takes up coaching clients to represent themselves in court.”
The casting is reminiscient of Hugh Laurie’s nailing of the part of House on FOX, in that it’s like “the tapping of another established British TV actor with virtually no American TV experience.”
I, like many of our readers, would hope that this show is exactly what Tennant needs to get into mainstream audiences that way that he should and deserves. I hate to see him leave Doctor Who, but I am now thoroughly excited to see him start the next chapter of his career.
