Don Cheadle scores comedy pilot on Showtime

It looks like Showtime Network is grabbing up all the big names in Hollywood to add to their fabulous roster. The latest addition is award winner Don Cheadle who signed on to star in the pilot for House of Lies, a half-hour, dark comedy created and written by Matthew Carnahan (Dirt) from the hit tell-all book House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn, which will go into production in February 2011 in Los Angeles, CA.

Jessica Borsicsky (Flash Forward) will serve as executive producer, and Emmy® winner Stephen Hopkins (Californication, 24) will direct.

“Don Cheadle is one of the great dramatic actors of our generation,” said SHOWTIME® President of Entertainment David Nevins. “He also happens to be an extremely funny man. HOUSE OF LIES is the perfect show to take advantage of both sides of him. Honestly, I would have been happy just to get his autograph.”

HOUSE OF LIES is a subversive, scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a top-tier firm. Cheadle will star as Marty, a highly successful, cutthroat consultant who is never above using any means (or anyone) necessary to get his clients the information they want.