* Syfy will marathon the first five episodes of its Friday-night freshman drama Helix this Thursday, Feb. Nick Cannon will exec-produce and appear in the film. * VH1 has green lit the original movie Drumline: A New Beat, focusing on a new set of characters, to premiere this fall. RICHARD SCHIFF signed (ONCE UPON A TIME) 8X10 W/COA King Leopold. He will play the father of the title character, a habitual criminal who digs into the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities. Details about RICHARD SCHIFF signed (ONCE UPON A TIME) 8X10 W/COA King Leopold. * Alphas star David Strathairn has joined the cast of ABC’s drama pilot Clementine, per Deadline. The project revolves around America’s first female Vice President (Stone), who learns that the job comes with a Top Secret duty: protecting the Constitution in times of great crisis with the aid of her Chief Steward and a secret operative designated “Agent X.” * John Shea ( Gossip Girl, Lois & Clark) will star opposite Sharon Stone in TNT’s drama pilot Agent X, playing President Eckhart, per. But it is not with her that he has unfinished business and perhaps some things are better left buried. RELATED | Pilot Season 2014: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows and Who’s Starring In Them Snow finds her father in the underworld and wants to help him move on to a better place to be with her mother. Her role as a British national and the widow of a notorious terrorist is expected to be recast. * Judy Davis has exited Fox’s 24: Live Another Day for personal reasons, reports Deadline.
