· Barry Sonnenfeld is experimenting with a new development strategy. The Pushing Daisies executive producer has attached himself to a scripted supernatural thriller called Beat the Devil and, with the help of Fluent Media Group and Resonant TV, is shopping the project overseas. The hope is that after finding international buyers, producers can create a full proof product that can skip the U.S. development process altogether. [THR]
ABC considers recruiting Old Christine, Californication casts a rock star's daughter, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· ABC is reportedly in talks to pick up The New Adventures of Old Christine and Ghost Whisperer. [Deadline]
· Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet, has scored a six episode arc on Showtime's Californication. She will play a free-spirited peer of Becca's (Madeleine Martin). [EW]
· Now everyone can join the Chuck flash mob today (between noon and 1 PM PST) via Twitter. [THR]
· Laura Linney's dark comedy series The Big C premieres Monday, August 16 at 10:30 PM on Showtime. [THR]