Cougar Town, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence’s buzzworthy half-hour comedy pilot starring Friends alum Courteney Cox, is busily beefing up its cast. If greenlit for a season, the series will follow Cox’s 40-year-old character, the mother of a teenage son who begins actively dating again when she becomes single.

Recently added to the cast of the highly anticipated series is Dawson’s Creek and Freaks and Geeks alum Busy Philipps, most recently seen in a recurring role on Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. As a series lead, she’ll play the younger woman who hangs out with Cox’s character.

Following on that news was the addition of Lawrence’s real-life wife Christa Miller (Scrubs, The Drew Carey Show) as Cox’s other best friend, as well as former Aliens in America star Dan Byrd, the lucky guy playing Cox’s son. I don’t see the resemblance there at all, but Byrd is talented and I trust that Lawrence knows what he’s doing.

Die hard Scrubs fans lamenting the May 6th finale of their favorite show, during which J.D. will exit the building for good, have been holding on to one silver lining as of late: Executive Producer Bill Lawrence and his team are already hard at work on a new comedy starring Courteney Cox, which I first told you about back in October. Casting for Cougar Town is currently underway and sources close to the project tell me Dawson’s Creek alum Busy Philipps has landed a leading role, playing Cox’s character’s younger partner-in-crime.

As a Busy Philipps fan, I like this thought. You?

UPDATE: ABC has indeed confirmed to me that Busy Philipps will be playing Laurie, best friend to Cox’s character Julia.

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that Adam Sandler’s ‘Bedtime Stories’ will hit store shelves on DVD and Blu-Ray April 7. The film stars Adam Sandler, Courtney Cox-Arquette, Lucy Lawless, Guy Pearce, and Keri Russel.

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Director Wes Craven has addressed the mounting rumor circulating around whether or not he will direct “Scream 4“. Talking to Bloody-Disgusting, the creator of many horror films confessed on what it would be needed to bring him back to helm the fourth film for the popular ’90s horror movie franchise.

“It would take it being really as good a script as the first one was,” the 69-year-old explained, adding further, “and the pay day reflects what I’ve done for that company and what Ive gone through on Cursed (laughs).” When pressed further on the possible storylines, he insisted, “I don’t know his ideas at all. But they have made a deal with Kevin [Williamson] to write.”

“Scream 4” is intended to be a younger version of the “Scream” movies. In earlier reports, it was suggested that several of the original main characters, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox and David Arquette, would make their returns as cameos. Kevin Williamson, the writer of the first two “Scream” films, has also been reported to be writing the draft.

ABC greenlit a slew of pilots on Wednesday, including the Courteney Cox-Bill Lawrence project “Cougar Town,” a project starring Kelsey Grammer and one from Cedric the Entertainer.

Four other comedies, including a remake of the British show “No Heroics,” also have earned pilot orders over the last couple days, the showbiz trade papers report.

Here’s a rundown:

“Cougar Town” stars Cox as a 40ish woman with a teenage son who finds herself single and dating again. The show grew out of Cox’s guest stint on “Scrubs” earlier this season. Lawrence wrote the pilot with fellow “Scrubs” scribe Kevin Biegel.