Elijah Wood Joins the Cable Ranks

Add Elijah Wood to the list of film actors who are crossing over to television this year. The Lord of the Rings alum will star in FX's adaptation of the Australian series Wilfred. Jason Gann, who co-created and starred in the original project, will reprise his role as the title character for the U.S. iteration. The pilot script, from David Zuckerman (Family Guy, American Dad) centers on a guy (Wood) and a mixed-breed dog Wilfred (Gann) "who is part Labrador retriever and part Russell Crowe on a bender." This marks Wood's first starring role in a television series. [EW]