Lawless joins Tarzan cast

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Lucy Lawless, once syndication’s Xena: Warrior Princess, is joining
the cast of The WB Television Network’s Tarzan as the ape-man’s aunt.

As part of her agreement, Lawless also signed an exclusive series-development
deal with the network for the 2004-05 season.

In Tarzan, Lawless plays Kathleen Clayton, a New York newspaper
publisher, who is at odds with her brother, Tarzan’s uncle Richard, over how to
integrate Tarzan into civilization.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.