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" Showtime has picked up its pilots House Of Lies and Homeland. The network announced that it has ordered 12 episodes of each show. House Of Lies stars Don Cheadle as Marty, a ruthless management consultant. The series is based on the Martin Kihn book House Of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Tell You The Time and the cast also includes Kristen Bell, Dawn Olivieri, Ben Schwartz and Josh Lawson. Meanwhile, Homeland stars Claire Danes as Carrie Anderson, a CIA officer who believes that a US soldier is planning a terrorist attack. The project has been penned by 24&amp;#039;s executive producer Howard Gordon and will feature performances from Damian Lewis, Mandy Patinkin, Laura Fraser, David Harewood and Diego Klattenhoff. Showtime&amp;#039;s president of entertainment David Nevins said: &amp;quot;On the heels of successfully launching our four freshman series in the last eight months [The Big C, Shameless, Episodes and The Borgias], we&amp;#039;re excited to introduce the next wave of Showtime shows. &amp;quot;Homeland and House Of Lies are audacious in both their concept and their casting. They build upon the network&amp;#039;s successful pedigree and expand the definition of what a Showtime series can be.&amp;quot; Production on Homeland and House Of Lies is expected to begin this summer. &amp;amp;gt; Gordon &amp;#039;wrote Homeland pilot for Danes&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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