Martha Plimpton (Generation) is set for a season-long arc on Sprung, IMDb TV’s new single-camera comedy, in a recasting. The series hails from My Name Is Earl, Raising Hope and The Guest Book maker Greg Garcia, 3 Arts and Amazon Studios.
Plimpton joins recently cast Garret Dillahunt and Philip Garcia in Sprung, which follows an impossible gathering of formerly incarcerated people who band together to utilize their criminal expertise for great.
She will play Rooster’s mother Barb, replacing Ileana Douglas, who initially was projected in the role. The decision to recast was made because of an creative change to the person.
Sprung reunites Plimpton with Dillahunt and EP Garcia, with whom she worked away at Raising Hope, for which she acquired an Emmy nomination.
Sprung follows Jack (Dillahunt), a convicted criminal not really settled to shift direction and reclaim his lost a long time after serving over twenty years in jail. With no spot to live post-release, and a worldwide pandemic bringing the world to a virtual standstill, Jack moves in with his former cellmate Rooster (Phillip Garcia), Rooster’s mother Barb (Plimpton), and Jack’s former prison girlfriend Gloria. Limited by their damaged past and uncommon living conditions, they choose to begin correcting a portion of society’s wrongs, focusing on those individuals childishly exploiting others during the pandemic.
Garcia and Dillahunt executive produce Sprung with Michael Rotenberg and Jonathan Berry of 3 Arts. Tim Stack, Michael Pennie and Bobby Bowman are counseling makers, and Gina Gari is co-producer. Garcia will coordinate the pilot episode.
Three-time Tony candidate Plimpton as of late starred in HBO Max’s Generation. She additionally stars in the independent movie Mass, inverse Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney. Plimpton was as of late seen on the little screen in various episodes of Brockmire with Hank Azaria, NBC’s The Blacklist, and Younger made by Darren Star. Her film credits incorporate Frozen 2, The Goonies, Parenthood and Running on Empty, among others.
Plimpton is repped by Innovative Artists and Markham, Froggatt and Irwin.