Vanessa Williams to star in a new series based on the book from former The View host Star Jones, Jason Lee signs up for CBS comedy, Katie Aselton joins Noah Hawley’s FX pilot Legion, and more in our daily casting round-up!
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Sarah Shahi has been cast as Nancy Drew; David Spade will team up with fellow SNL alum Tina Fey; Gabriel Iglesias’s The Fluffy Shop is hiring and more in today’s TV casting round-up.
Bill Paxton joins Training Day, Judy Greed to lead Laura Steinel’s comedy, T.R. Knight returns to ABC in new pilot, and more in our daily TV casting round-up.
Greg Berlanti’s latest CW series Riverdale has found its ‘Archie’ in Kiwi actor KJ Apa; Adam Pally has been recruited by Lord and Miller; Katey Sagal is headed back to comedy after spending years hanging with Sons of Anarchy and more in TV casting news!
The Big Short writer-director Adam McKay and partner Will Ferrell have picked up the rights to Jessica Pressler’s acclaimed New York Magazine piece. McKay, Ferrell, and Jessica Elbaum are producing under their Gloria Sanchez banner.
J.K. Simmons has been tapped to star alongside Mark Wahlberg in the Boston Marathon bombing drama, Patriots’ Day. The movie will be based on the true events of the bombing and the five day search that led to the capture of suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
The remarkably true, modern Robin Hood story of a group of ex-strippers who stole money from filthy, rich men.
Another day gearing up for pilot season, another onslaught of casting news. Luke Perry, Elisabeth Shue, and Dermot Mulroney have all landed new roles in new series.
Demi Moore has signed on to lead the series 10 Days In The Valley from Skydance Television while Powerless has added Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk, and Christine Kirk. The trio joins previously cast Vanessa Hudgens.
Fresh off of the wild success of Deadpool, Ryan Reynolds has already jumped into his next project — and Salma Hayek and Elodie Yung are joining him. The three will star together in The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which is set to start production in April.
Vanessa Hudgens joins NBC’s DC Universe-based office comedy Powerless, Felicity Huffman and John Ridley extend their relationship, Hina Abdullah joins The Jury and more in today’s TV Casting news.
Skyler White herself, Anna Gunn will co-star in ABC’s Chunk & Bean single-cam comedy pilot. See today’s biggest TV casting news, including
Gina Carano continues to add credits to her film resume with the Peter Howitt’s Scorched Earth. She recently signed on to star in the indie apocalyptic action flick alongside John Hannah.
Rememory has added Julia Ormond to the cast, joining Peter Dinklage. She replaces Catherine O’Hara in the role of Carolyn.
A supernatural thriller about a terrifying entity that may be responsible for a string of mysterious disappearances in a small midwestern town.
Franco, Stewart, and Carter are circling the biopic about the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction story behind the hoax of JT LeRoy, a woman who pretended to be a man that identified as transgender, tricking the rich and famous in Hollywood, the fashion world, and elite literary circles.
Logline: Two colleagues, who work at a revolutionary research lab that designs technology set to improve and perfect relationships, discover truths that are more profound than they could have ever imagined.
Julie Delpy has signed on to join the ensemble cast of the the The Bachelors alongside J.K. Simmons. The comedic drama follows a widower, played by Simmons, and his 17-year-old son as they move from northern California to Los Angeles for a new start.
Logline: Story centers on the irony free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly.
Tony Kushner has signed on to pen the adaptation of the August Wilson play, Fences. Denzel Washington will direct and likely star in the film, alongside Viola Davis. The two actors previously headlined the Broadway revival.
Logline: Two amateur criminals break into a suburban home and have to fumble their way out of a dangerous situation when they discover a horrific secret in the basement.
Jon Bass is the latest to join the wave of actors in the Baywatch movie. The Big Time in Hollywood, FL actor will star alongside Dwayne Johnson in the big screen adaptation of the popular ’90s TV show.
It seems that actress Ashley Bell is having a good week. First, she stars in the thriller, Carnage Park, which premieres this week at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, she just signed on to star alongside Melissa Leo in the coming-of-age nun drama, Novitiate, the directorial debut of Maggie Betts.
Logline: Based on the true story about one man’s inspirational rise from the ashes – the love story of Art Daily and his future wife, Allison, who are being pulled together by forces bigger than themselves. After the tragic death of Art’s wife and two sons, Art Daily must choose to believe that life can truly begin again. He finds the healing power of a stranger’s grace in Allison and through it all, the living memory of Art’s wife and sons guide and comfort them.
Tremblay to guest on The Last Man On Earth, Hulu books Regina Hall for comedy pilot Crushed, Meagan Good heads to Code Black, CBS summer series American Gothic adds three.
Ilfenesh Hadera has joined the rapidly growing cast of the Baywatch movie. She will play Dwayne Johnson’s love interest, Stef. Johnson made the announcement today via his Instagram account.
Taylor Sheridan, the writer behind Sicario, is making his feature debut with Wind River and has found his leads in Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen.
Who will the original Dr. Frank-N-Furter play in Fox’s remake? Twisted‘s Kylie Bunbury is playing ball, Neil Patrick Harris to experience Unfortunate Events while Trisha Yearwood and Prince Royce are feeling the passion.
The remarkably true, modern Robin Hood story of a group of ex-strippers who stole money from filthy, rich men.
Debra Messing and Abigail Breslin on board for Dirty Dancing; UnReal taps Being Mary Jane‘s B.J. Britt as first African-American “bachelor”; Adam Lambert rocking Fox’s Picture Show; Netflix and Miranda Sings say Haters Back Off.
