Shadow and Act has confirmed that the NBC pilot Dangerous Moms has rounded out its cast, with three more stars joining Shanola Hampton and Dascha Polanco.
Based on the Spanish series Señoras del (h)Ampa, it is described as “an off-center, dark dramedy about four diverse mothers who accidentally kill the queen bee of their school’s PTA during the demonstration of a new high-end food processor. The story becomes a female anthem about friendship and family as it tells the story of one completely unprepared group of women who must juggle their everyday lives while their worlds are turned upside down.”
Hopkins wiill play Fatima. The highly spiritual Fatima lives in and works as a manager at one of Pia’s (Polanco) buildings, where she takes care of her own grandson. She is also a full-time embalmer at a popular funeral home.
Park’s Chloe Chen is Monique’s (Hampton) brash, judgmental BFF from grade school who is now her partner in crime at the PTA. She works as an administrative assistant at the nearby police station, is married to a detective, and has two kids.
Marano will play the role of Rebecca “Becki” Rossi. Rebecca is a bubbly, pregnant newlywed, with no filter. She knows Fatima, Chloe, and Monique from the PTA, but after a series of crazy events, they become unsuspecting friends.
The series’ executive producer, writer and showrunner is Janine Sherman Barrios. Rachel Kaplan is executive producing through Absecon Entertainment. Also executive producing are Tariq Jalil, Lucas Carter through Intrigue Entertainment, Arantxa Écija through Mediaset España Comunicació and Santi Botello through Producciones Mandarina SL.
Dangerous Moms a co-production between Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
