Girlboss alum Britt Robertson has signed on to star in ABC’s newest Shondaland drama For the People, replacing Britne Oldford in a pilot recasting.
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Rosewood star Jaina Lee Ortiz is the first person cast on Shondaland’s Grey’s Anatomy spinoff series about firefighters. The show is set to premiere in midseason.
Freeform mermaid drama Siren has began filming in Vancouver for a 2018 premiere and has added Sibongil Mlambo as a new series regular cast member.
Director James Cameron is planning a new documentary about Titanic on the 20th anniversary of his blockbuster film of the same name, set to air on National Geographic in December.
Leonardo Dicaprio’s Appian Way is developing a scripted series adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff for National Geographic.
Set in the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, the adult fantasy comedy series will feature ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses, and lots of human fools.
Michael Emerson is joining Season 6 of Arrow in a role that is, naturally, being kept a mystery for now. David Nykl is also returning to the show to play Oliver’s mentor Anatoly Knyazev.
Danny Trejo will be joining The CW’s The Flash in Season 4, playing a character named Breacher. Neil Sandilands and Kim Engelbrecht will also guest star next season.
James Remar and Damon Gupton are joining new CW comic book series Black Lightning as series regulars, executive producers announced during the show’s panel at the San Diego Comic Con Saturday.
Supergirl will welcome back Calista Flockart in addition to four new faces in Season 3. Adrian Pasdar, Yael Groblas, Carl Lumbly and Emma Tremblay will all visit National City in the season that kicks off in October.
Smallville star Tom Welling is joining the Season 3 cast of Fox’s DC comic book adaptation Lucifer as a new series regular.
Riverdale Season 2 will be 22 episodes and will pick up in the immediate aftermath of the Season 1 finale, according to the show’s Comic-Con panel. Vanessa Morgan is joining the cast as bisexual character Toni Topaz.
Charlize Theron will guest star on an episode of Seth MacFarlane’s new Fox comedy The Orville. The two previously worked together on MacFarlane’s A Million Ways o Die in the West.
American Gods star Jonathan Tucker has joined the cast of Westworld Season 2 in a recurring capacity. Additionally, the HBO fantasy series has also added Neil Jackson as a new series regular.
Wonder Woman star Said Taghmaoui will play Season 2 villain Shadow King on FX’s Marvel superhero series Legion. Dan Stevens stars on the show which will return in early 2018.
Lena Dunham will join Season 7 of American Horror Story, creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy announced Wednesday. The news comes a day ahead of the reveal of the title of the upcoming installment of the FX horror anthology series. Billie Lourd and Billy Eichner are also joining the franchise in Season 7.
Suranne Jones has been set to star in new drama series Gentleman Jack from HBO and BBC One, the companies announced Wednesday. The actress will play the role of Anne Lister.
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker is headed to the small screen as he joins Empire in a recurring role for season four. He joins Demi Moore who has also signed on for a recurring role after making an appearance in the season three finale.
HBO is staying in business with Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, picking up new series Confederate from he duo. The series takes place in an alternate timeline, where the southern states have successfully seceded from the Union, giving rise to a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution.
Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale have been added as series regulars in Season 8 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. The move comes on the heels of two original cast members, Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park, leaving the show after they could not come to terms with the show on new contracts.
Universal Cable Productions has unveiled its slate of new in-development projects, including adaptations of The Raven Boys, Sand, Lord of Light and other new programming.
Husband and wife producing partners Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil have sold dramedy series LOVE IS ___ to Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network. The Akils will create and executive produce the series through their Akil Productions banner with Mara Brock Akil also serving as showrunner.
Romantic drama novel White Fur is getting the television treatment from Amazon. The streaming giant bought the project from FilmNation and has attached Drake Doremus to direct.
San Andreas star Carla Gugino has been tapped to co-lead Netflix’s 10-episode adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House alongside Michel Huisman, the Tracking Board has confirmed.
Ed Sheeran is getting animated for his next TV gig following a much-hyped cameo on Sunday night’s premiere of Game of Thrones. The British singer will next appear on an episode of The Simpsons, and we have the first photo of his animated character Brendan, who attracts the eye of Lisa Simpson.
MTV is making some big changes for the third season of Scream as the series has tapped C.J. Wallace and Tyga to star. Queen Latifah will executive produce the show and Brett Matthews will serve as showrunner
Baldwin and writer Aaron Sorkin will executive produce along with Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, and the televised play is expected to air in the second quarter of 2018.
BBC has revealed the identity of the thirteenth iteration of Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker, who becomes the first woman to ever play the iconic role.
The actress is the star of CBS’ Elementary and is also a multi-hyphenate who has already directed multiple episodes of that series. Luke Cage stars Mike Colter and is currently in production.
Westworld has added The Leftovers alum Katja Herbers as a new series regular for Season 2, The Tracking Board as confirmed. Herbers will play a new character named Grace, described a seasoned guest in the titular theme park whose latest visit comes at the park’s darkest hour.
