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, 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!