Parenthood Rounding Out Cast With Krause, Tierney, Nelson

Peter Krause and Maura Tierney have landed roles on NBC’s pilot Parenthood. In the project based on the 1989 movie, the Krause star is set and the Tierney is in negotiations to play versions of the characters portrayed by Steve Martin and Dianne Wiest. Craig T. Nelson and Dax Shepard are in negotiations and Mae Whitman and Sarah Ramos are set to co-star in the pilot. Krause will play Adam Braverman, a married man with two children who is a lunatic beneath the surface. Ramos will play his good-girl daughter. Tierney will play his sister, Sarah Braverman, a single mother. Whitman will play her rebellious 16-year-old daughter. Shepard will play the youngest Braverman, a slacker. Nelson will play their father, a Vietnam vet-turned-actor/hippie.

The pilot is produced by UMS and Imagine TV. Ron Howard, who directed the original movie, is executive producing with the film’s producer Brian Grazer and Katims.