On Cynopsis Today: ABC negotiating with Christina Ricci to star in the network's period series Pan Am, set in the 1960s, reports THR. Sony Pictures Television is behind the primetime drama soap about pilots and flight attendants who worked for the iconic airline. Jack Orman wrote the script and will executive produce. To date, Australian actress Margot Robbie was cast as a flight attendant along with Michael Mosley as one of the pilots.