ABC Recasting Lead Roles In Happy Town

Steven Weber is in talks to take over the lead role on ABC’s Happy Town. Weber would play John Haplin, whose family practically runs the city. He is obsessive and filled with agony over the disappearance of his daughter, kidnapped years ago by the Magic Man. Weber is replacing Dean Winters who played John Haplin in the pilot.

Additionally, Ben Schnetzer has signed on to take over another lead role. Schnetzer will replace John Patrick Amedori as Haplin’s son, a wealthy teenager entangled in a Romeo and Juliet-style romance. Happy Town is a mystery set in a small town rattled by the return of a serial kidnapper, known as the Magic Man.