‘Rocky Point’ pilot
lands Lauren Holly

Lauren Holly will co-star in the pilot episode of the WB's family drama "Rocky Point" that begins 10 to 12 days of filming on the North Shore Sept. 7. Her resumŽ includes a role in the Jim Carrey film "Dumb and Dumber," but she is perhaps best known for her role as Deputy Maxine Stewart on the CBS drama "Picket Fences."

With three network series in progress on Oahu, "Rocky Point" producers will have to bring in about 40 percent of their crew from Los Angeles because local working ranks are thin. If the series is picked up as a mid-season replacement, filming will start up again in November.

An open casting call last Sunday at the Turtle Bay Resort brought in 550 hopefuls. Four additional scripts for the show have been written ...

A real-life soap opera behind the on-camera one of Fox's "North Shore" is getting major media attention. There are serious personal issues between the show's very well-liked Brooke Burns and the newly hired Shannen Doherty. The conflict runs so deep that, last week, Burns reportedly threatened to quit over Doherty's hiring. A top network executive reminded the dissatisfied actor about contractual legalities and possible consequences if she broke the deal.

Sources say some the show's scripts are being rewritten to minimize on-camera contact between the two, though an early scene in the current episode called "Alexandra" had the sibling characters embracing on a Ko Olina beach following a long absence.

The crew has been instructed not to say anything to the actors involved. Sources also say the news media won't be allowed on set until next month.

In the meantime, Jason Momoa is getting more dialogue and story lines and dialogue -- one has him managing the Grand Waimea's nightclub "GW"...

The fourth episode of ABC's "Lost," titled "House of the Rising Sun," begins filming today, directed by Michael Zinberg. Local extras playing plane crash survivors are slowly being "killed off," but as many as four out of the original 40 may get to live and stay on the show ...

There's been a change in date for NBC's "Hawaii" series premiere. The police drama will first air in its regular 7 p.m. Wednesday slot on Sept. 1, rather than give the show a Monday sneak preview as first announced.

The pilot episode will repeat Friday and Saturday, Sept. 3 and 4 ...