Joaquin Consuelos, Sam Trammell and Heather Burns have joined the cast of “Foster Dade,” Hulu‘s upcoming pilot based on Nash Jenkins’ novel “Foster Dade Explores the Cosmos.”

Consuelos, who is the son of Kelly Ripa, will play Colby. The official character description reads, “Colby projects confidence and revels in his status as a senior prefect in Brennan House. Obsessed with getting into Brown, he never misses a chance to drop the name for his resume. He kindly offers to show Foster around school, but his true colors reveal a rule-obsessed enforcer with a chip on his shoulder.” Consuelos is repped by is repped by CAA & Untitled.

Trammell (“True Blood,” “Homeland”) will play Jim Dade, father of Foster (Jack Alldridge). Jim is “the kind of husband and father who can be depended upon to be undependable. He’s paid a lot of money to get Foster into Kennedy, and he feels he has the right to show up and make demands for his son’s love and attention whenever he pleases.” Trammell is repped by Innovative Artists and Trademark Talent.

Burns (“You’ve Got Mail,” “Miss Congeniality”) will play Charlotte Dade, Foster’s “caring, well-meaning, easily charmed, just-divorced mother who spends her copious free time with the three Ws: work, working out and wine.” Burns is repped by MGMT Entertainment and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

Per the official logline, “Foster Dade” is “a sophisticated mystery set at an East Coast boarding school that explores privilege, scandal, sexuality, and masculinity amid the rise of social media, millennial anxiety and pharmaceuticals.” Greg Berlanti and Bash Doran wrote the pilot and serve as executive producers alongside Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Robbie Rogers of Berlanti Productions as well as Donald De Line via De Line Pictures and Jenkins. Warner Bros. Television, where Berlanti Productions is under an overall deal, is the studio.