According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jeff Goldblum is in final negotiations to star in NBC's drama pilot Seeing Red, Anne Heche is set to topline ABC's one-hour Men in Trees, and Gale Harold has landed the lead in another high-profile drama pilot, Fox's Vanished. Meanwhile, Oscar-nominated Bruce Beresford and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence are set to direct their first pilots with CBS' drama Orpheus and NBC's single-camera comedy Alpha Mom, respectively.

In other pilot-casting news, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has joined Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man, and Bonnie Somerville has been tapped to star opposite Danny Comden in his comedy pilot for ABC.