The racially-charged FOX event series, 'Shots Fired', that reteams Sanaa Lathan with her 'Love & Basketball' filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood is shaping up quite nicely with four veteran actors including two Oscar winners recently joining the cast in pivotal roles.

Slated to debut later this year, it examines the aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small town in North Carolina with Lathan portraying an expert investigator who digs into the case.

Oscar winner Helen Hunt has signed a one season deal as Patricia Eamons, the fictional governor of North Carolina, while fellow Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss will play Arlen Cox, a real estate mogul and owner of a privatized prison who is intricately involved in the shootings.

Additionally, 'True Blood' alum Stephen Moyer has joined as Officer Breeland, a seasoned veteran in the town’s Sheriff’s Department, and Will Patton will take on the role of Sheriff Daniel Platt, whose precinct is investigated after the shooting. This certainly sounds like a winner!!!

Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer, who co-star in the forthcoming live NBC broadcast of 'The Sound of Music', participated in a couple of media interviews for the upcoming production, which is scheduled to air on December 5th.

The country cutie and handsome actor talked about the difficultly of taking on one of the most-beloved musicals, bringing the story to a new generation, helping each other out in their known fields and more. Watch their interviews and rehearsal footage beneath:

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Rehearsal: 'The Sound of Music, Live!'

Carrie Underwood has found her leading man for 'The Sound of Music'. 'True Blood' actor Stephen Moyer has been cast as decorated World War I hero Captain Georg Von Trapp opposite the country music star's Maria Von Trapp.

The forthcoming three-hour live holiday production will air December 5th on NBC and follows a woman (Underwood), who leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower (Moyer). While Moyer has tons of acting experience and has even worked on Broadway, all eyes will be on Underwood, a relative newbie, who has huge shoes to fill given Julie Andrew's iconic performance.