Lenny Venito & Sahr Ngaujah Among Additions To Taxi-22 Pilot Cast

CBS pilot Taxi-22hasrounded out its cast. Joining star John Leguizamo as regulars in the single-camera comedy project that had been shepherded by the late James Gandolfini are Lenny Venito (The Neighbors) and Sahr Ngaujah (Last Resort). Venito will play Dean, Bobbys (Leguizamo) boss at the Yellow Cab Garage and Ngaujah is Valentine, a Nigerian cab driver who shares a taxi as well as a love hate relationship with Bobby (Leguizamo) at Yellow Cab.

Alsoset for the CBS TV Studios-produced pilot in guest starring/recurringrolesare Jennifer Esposito (Blue Bloods), Rebecca Creskoff (Hung), F. Murray Abraham (Homeland), Christopher Nicholas Smith (Paranormal Activity 3). This marks a return to CBS and CBS TV Studios for Esposito two years after her headline-grabbingexit from their drama series Blue Bloods. She just signed on as a new lead on the ABC summer series Mistresses.

Shooting on the pilot, based on a Canadian format, begins shortly. Dennis Erdman and Clark Petersonexecutive produce along withthe original series creator/star, Patrick Huard, Franois Flamand, Nancy Sanders and Mark Armstrong. Gandolfiniis getting a posthumousexec producer crediton the pilot and potential first season of the series. Leguizamoco-executive produces alongside Jeff GolenbergandSam Maydew.

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Lenny Venito & Sahr Ngaujah Among Additions To Taxi-22 Pilot Cast