Add Elijah Wood to the list of film actors who are crossing over to television this year. The Lord of the Rings alum will star in FX’ s adaptation of the Australian series Wilfred . Jason Gann, who co-created and starred in the original project, will reprise his role as the title character for the U.S. iteration. The pilot script, from David Zuckerman ( Family Guy , American Dad ) centers on a guy (Wood) and a mixed-breed dog Wilfred (Gann) “who is part Labrador retriever and part Russell Crowe on a bender.” This marks Wood’s first starring role in a television series. [ EW ]
