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Trio heading "East" for HBO comedy pilot

Wed May 30, 2007 1:57am EDT

By Nellie Andreeva

Television

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Katy Mixon, John Hawkes and Andrew Daly have joined the cast of the HBO comedy pilot "East Bound and Down."

The project, from Will Ferrell's production company, centers on Kenny Powers (co-creator Danny McBride), a burned-out former professional baseball pitcher who returns to his small Southern hometown, where the only job he can find is as a substitute gym teacher.

Mixon ("Blind Dating") will play Kenny's high school girlfriend, now a teacher at the school and engaged to the principal (Daly). Hawkes (HBO's "Deadwood") will play Kenny's brother.

Ferrell will serve as an executive producer along with Adam McKay, his partner in Gary Sanchez Prods.

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