Former Nickelodeon Star Emma Roberts Cast In New Fox Drama Pilot "Delirium"

The television news website TV Line is reporting the news in the following article that Fox has cast former Nickelodeon Star Emma Roberts, who played lead character 'Addie Singer' in the popular Nickelodeon original comedy series "Unfabulous", for the lead role in Fox's new drama pilot titled "Delirium".

Based on the bestselling young adult novels by Lauren Oliver, "Delirium" is set in world where love is deemed illegal and is able to be eradicated with a special procedure. But with 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, defiant teen heroine Lena Holoway (Roberts) does the unthinkable and falls in love:

Pilot Scoop: Emma Roberts Lands Starring Role in Fox Drama Delirium

Emma Roberts is plotting a major TV comeback, signing on to play the lead role in Fox’s drama pilot Delirium, TVLine has learned.

Based on the bestselling young adult novels by Lauren Oliver, Delirium is set in world where love is deemed illegal and is able to be eradicated with a special procedure. But with 95 days to go until her scheduled treatment, defiant teen Lena Holoway (Roberts) does the unthinkable and falls in love.

Karyn Usher (Prison Break) penned the script and will serve as an EP alongside Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope.

After hitting it big with Nickelodeon's Unfabulous, Roberts went on to star in films such as Nancy Drew, [Nickelodeon Movie] Hotel For Dogs and Scream 4. She recently wrapped a role in We're the Millers opposite Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudekis.

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Emma Roberts to lead new Fox drama 'Delirium'

Emma Roberts is to lead new Fox drama pilot Delirium.

The Scream 4 star will play teen heroine Lena Holoway in an adaptation of Lauren Oliver's novel series, TVLine reports.

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American actress Emma Roberts
Delirium - from Prison Break producer Karyn Usher - is set in a future world where all feelings of love have been eradicated. Roberts's character rebels against the system when she falls for a young man.

22-year-old Roberts - the niece of Julia Roberts - first rose to fame for her role in the Nickelodeon television series Unfabulous. Her recent credits include the films Hotel for Dogs (2009), The Art of Getting By (2011) and Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012).

The Delirium pilot was picked up by Fox last month, alongside a new television version of Sleepy Hollow from Star Trek Into Darkness writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.

Other pilots in contention for a series pick-up at the network include Gavin & Stacey US remake Friends & Family and the legal drama Rake starring Greg Kinnear.

Watch Emma Roberts in the trailer for Scream 4 [here on digitalspy.co.uk]: