{"id":574903,"date":"2026-04-10T00:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574903\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:29:12","slug":"american-blue-pilot-casts-algee-smith-paulina-olszynski-2-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/574903\/","title":{"rendered":"American Blue’ Pilot Casts Algee Smith, Paulina Olszynski & 2 More"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: HBO Max<\/a>\u2018s American Blue<\/a> pilot<\/a> continues to build its series regular cast with the addition of Paulina\u00a0Olszynski\u00a0(Best Thing), Algee Smith\u00a0(Euphoria), Jeremy Bobb\u00a0(The\u00a0Knick), and Rich Sommer (Mad Men). <\/p>\n

\n\tThey join the previously announced lead, Milo Ventimiglia as Brian Milkovich, alongside Kelly Jenrette as Meg Jackson, Carlito Olivero as Mike Ortiz, Onye Eme-Akwari as Darryl Andrews, Jess Gabor as Suze Dombrowski and Eddie Kaye Thomas as Sergeant Paul \u201cPJ\u201d Booker.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe\u00a0exclusively announced the project was in the works<\/a>\u00a0back in January. The HBO Max cop drama hails from Jeremy Carver (Supernatural) and Warner Bros Television, where Carver is under an overall deal.\u00a0David Ayer will direct the pilot.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe one-hour drama American Blue\u00a0follows native son Brian \u201cMilk\u201d Milkovich (Ventimiglia), who returns to his hometown of Joliet, IL, to rescue a beleaguered police force while seeking redemption of his own.<\/p>\n

\n\tDetails on who the new additions will play can be found below.<\/p>\n

\n\tOlszynski\u00a0as Lisa \u2018Matty\u2019 Matichak, a patrol officer and mom to a child with special needs, determined to push through her daily challenges with\u00a0Midwestern\u00a0grit and a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSmith as Andre Quick, a rookie patrol officer, a go-getter, whose family connections cause him grief on the job.<\/p>\n

\n\tBobb as Joe Bebar, a veteran patrol officer, burned out and angry at a world\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0angry at him.<\/p>\n

\n\tSommer as Ray Kaluza, Joliet\u2019s Chief of Police, who is struggling to steer his department through\u00a0a crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tCarver writes and executive produces alongside Brian Udovich, Neil Reynolds and Ayer. Ventimiglia co-executive produces, with his longtime producing partner, Russ Cundiff, serving as a producer. Warner Bros Television is the studio for the one-hour drama pilot.<\/p>\n

\n\tOlszynski is repped by Industry Entertainment. Smith is repped by Neon Kite, UTA, and Goodman Genow Schenkman. Bobb is repped by Gersh and Suskin\/Karshan Management. Sommer is repped by Innovative Artists and Davis Spylios Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max\u2018s American Blue pilot continues to build its series regular cast with the addition of Paulina\u00a0Olszynski\u00a0(Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[252848,88,1010,22329,92],"class_list":["post-574903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-american-blue","tag-entertainment","tag-hbo-max","tag-pilot","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}