Ellen Burstyn will join the cast of Showtime’s drama pilot “Possible Side Effects,” Daily Variety reports. Burstyn will play the matriarch of the central dysfunctional family, which runs a pharmaceutical company. She joins previously announced cast members Josh Lucas and Tim Blake Nelson. Tim Robbins will serve as writer and executive producer, while Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Daniel Thomas will executive produce.
—Sergio Ibarra