Directed by:
Jake KasdanScreenplay:
Jake KasdanCinematography:
Uta BriesewitzComposer:
Michael AndrewsCast:
David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, Judy Greer, Fran Kranz, Justine Bateman, Lucy Davis, Willie Garson, Alan Blumenfeld, M.C. Gainey (more)Plots(1)
The story follows a TV pilot as it goes through the network TV process of casting, production, and finally airing, while showing that there is as much entertainment behind the cameras as there is in front. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![David Duchovny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/443/161443546_0fbd8d.jpg)
David Duchovny
USA
Best movies:
The Simpsons: Dark Secrets (1998) (video compilation)
The X-Files – File 7: Tunguska (1996) (video compilation)
The X-Files – File 2: Tooms (1995) (video compilation)
![Sigourney Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/859/164859291_c41291.jpg)
Sigourney Weaver
USA
![Ioan Gruffudd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/848/162848582_3beead.png)
Ioan Gruffudd
UK
Best movies:
Warriors (1999) (TV movie)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998) (TV movie)
![Judy Greer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618386_a8ff36.jpg)
Judy Greer
USA
Best movies:
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Ant-Man (2015)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
![Fran Kranz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279444_b21c51.jpg)
Fran Kranz
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Darko (2001)
Training Day (2001)
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
![Justine Bateman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/713/161713172_d21756.jpg)
Justine Bateman
USA
Best movies:
The TV Set (2006)
In the Eyes of a Stranger (1992) (TV movie)
Deadbolt (1993) (TV movie)
![Lucy Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/203/163203103_be02f4.jpg)
Lucy Davis
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
![Willie Garson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/679/162679013_0fe2a4.png)
Willie Garson
USA
Best movies:
The Rock (1996)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Taken (2002) (series)
![Alan Blumenfeld](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/405/405068_7a7369.jpg)
Alan Blumenfeld
USA
Best movies:
The Ring (2002)
Innerspace (1987)
WarGames (1983)
![M.C. Gainey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272948_ac0c40.jpg)
M.C. Gainey
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Lost: The Final Journey (2010) (TV movie)
Tangled (2010)
![Philip Baker Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269375_410985.jpg)
Philip Baker Hall
USA
Best movies:
The Truman Show (1998)
The Rock (1996)
Enemy of the State (1998)
![Simon Helberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/769/163769190_c1d862.jpg)
Simon Helberg
USA
Best movies:
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
A Serious Man (2009)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
![Lindsay Sloane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274102_4b8188.jpg)
Lindsay Sloane
USA
Best movies:
Horrible Bosses (2011)
In the Land of Women (2007)
Very Bad Cops (2010)
![Andrea Martin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/711/161711906_220a75.jpg)
Andrea Martin
USA
Best movies:
Harrison Bergeron (1995) (TV movie)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Gypsy (1993) (TV movie)
![Bree Turner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/727/162727790_e714e5.png)
Bree Turner
USA
Best movies:
The Ugly Truth (2009)
American Pie 2 (2001)
Jekyll + Hyde (2006)
![Nat Faxon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400669_4c3c73.jpg)
Nat Faxon
USA
Best movies:
The Way Way Back (2013)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
The Slammin' Salmon (2009)
Daniel Bridges
Best movies:
The TV Set (2006)
Lizzie (2013)
Alien Dawn (2012)
![Sean Galuszka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309495_71a7c8.jpg)
Sean Galuszka
USA
Best movies:
Water for Elephants (2011)
The TV Set (2006)
Killing Zoe (1993)
Susanna Vilén
Best movies:
The TV Set (2006)
Aidan Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
The TV Set (2006)
In My Sleep (2010)