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Fox’s Lucifer will shed some light on LAPD detective Chloe Decker’s dark past when new details about her father’s murder — as well as Dad himself? — surface in Season 2.

Chris Payne Gilbert, whose credits include 10 Items or Less and Lifetime’s The Protector, will co-star in the coming season’s seventh episode as John Decker, who back in the day was a beat cop, a good man and even better father. Chloe was a 19-year-old just beginning a movie career when John was killed in the line of duty, sending Chloe on her path to becoming a detective. [...]

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The first review for THE PAVILION is in. Have a read and see what you think!

Winning back the girl he left behind at 'The Pavilion'
Review by Margaret Gray

Craig Wright's often-produced play "The Pavilion", now in a lovely revival at Malibu Playhouse, takes place in the early 2000s, in the fictional town of Pine City, Minn. (That's where Wright, who also has a long list of TV writing credits including "Six Feet Under," "Lost" and "Dirty Sexy Money," has set a number of plays.) But the narrator of "The Pavilion," a mysterious, dapper young man all in black (Jason Lott), seems to think more context is required to set the scene: He takes us all the way back to the beginning of the universe, summing up the cosmic events that, over eons, finally gave rise to the play's protagonist, a thirty-something guy named Peter (Chris Payne Gilbert), who has just driven in to attend his 20th high-school reunion. Lott delivers the introduction with an intense stare, a slightly unsettling smile and a tone reminiscent of spoken-word poetry. If the language seems unusually portentous for a high-school reunion drama — well, doesn't everybody secretly suspect that he or she is the center of the universe, its ultimate achievement, the sensibility for which the whole fantastic contraption has been specifically designed? [...] (Read more...)


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The Pavilion

by Craig Wright
Directed by Jeremy Skidmore

From the Emmy nominated writer of Six Feet Under. Peter (Chris Payne Gilbert) returns to his twenty-year high school reunion with dreams of winning back Kari (Leslie Murphy), the girl he left behind after an unexpected pregnancy ended their relationship. Standing in Peter’s way is Kari’s resentment, an entire village of characters (all played by a single virtuosic Narrator-Jason Lott), and the momentum of space and time all converging on a single moment in one small town.


More information: http://malibuplayhouse.org/the-pavilion/

The worlds of a depressed psychologist and an emotionally disturbed homeless woman collide. While trying to rescue her they fall in love, and each gets a second chance at a new life. Starring Chris Payne Gilbert, Lisa Marie, and Briana Cuoco, 'In the Broken' is italian director Max Leonida's first English speaking project. Currently in post production and due for release in 2014, the film is written by Dennis Wilder and produced by JJ Dalton and Ryan Lacen.
More information: imdb.com/title/tt3312604/

Chris guest stars as Seth Coyle, a man struggling with the loss of his wife who enlists the help of Grayson and Jane. The episode is directed by Michael Grossman.

'BROTHERS', a 14 minute short feature will finally be completed in March 2014. A collision of time and space, this story about the past and future of two brothers, stars JON GRIES (Napoleon Dynamite, The Bridge) and the late CHANEY KLEY (One Way to Valhalla, Legally Blonde). Set on a street corner in downtown LA, the two must relive a tragic event in order to find acceptance and move forward. This piece marks his debut as a filmmaker.

From ABC Studios, and based on the hit BBC series of the same name, this is produced by Bob Sertner (Revenge), KJ Steinberg (Gossip Girl) and Rina Mimoun (Privileged).

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The BAU team hit choppy waters on the beaches of Southern California when they discover a series of bodies hidden in lifeguard towers along the coast.


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Kate is tasked with preventing a strike by the city transit-workers union. Chris guest-stars as Jim Hayward.


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A partly scripted, partly improvised American comedy series created by Nancy Hower, Robert Hickey and John Lehr.


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