VIDEO : Ellen Barkin, Scott Speedman to Star in TNT's 'Animal Kingdom'

Emmy winner Ellen Barkin and Felicity favorite Scott Speedman are set to star in the Turner-owned network's drama pilot Animal Kingdom, the Hollywood Reporter has learned. Barkin is set to star as Janine "Smurf " Cody, a working-class mom with what appears to be a picket-fence lifestyle. Speedman is set as Barry "Baz" Brown, who was adopted by the Cody family when he was 12 and now leads the group in their armed robberies, but also thinks of breaking away from a life of crime. Production on the pilot begins in August in Los Angeles.