Oprah Winfrey is set to star in HBO Films’ The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks. George C. Wolfe penned the adaptation and will direct.
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Oprah Winfrey is set to star in HBO Films’ The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks. George C. Wolfe penned the adaptation and will direct.
Jennifer Hudson, Derek Hough, and Martin Short have signed on for NBC’s Hairspray Live!. The TV event takes place in 1962 Baltimore and follows Tracy Turnblad, who wins a role on TV and becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colorful array of characters.
Pearl Mackie has won the role of the new companion opposite Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who for the 10th season. This is Mackie’s first major television role.
Starz continues fill out their cast for the adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods as they add Cloris Leachman, Peter Stormare, Chris Obi, and Mousa Kraish.
Bryce Dallas Howard is teaming up with RatPac Entertainment for the adaptation of The Swans Of Fifth Avenue. Plus, Jackie Earle Haley books The Tick, and Jodie Comer has won the title role of The White Princess on Starz.
Brad Garrett has been tapped for a guest starring role in the two-part season finale of Law & Order: SVU this season, while Bella Heathcote has joined Amazon’s hit series The Man In The High Castle.
Sean Harris and Yetide Badaki have joined the Starz series American Gods, opposite Ian McShane; Bojana Novakovic will play the female lead opposite Wilmer Valderrama in Four Stars; Speechless adds John Ross Bowie and more in today’s TV casting round-up!
Luke Cage himself made headlines at the Daredevil season two red carpet when he announced that his series would drop on Netflix in September.
Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods has landed Ian McShane to star opposite The 100‘s Ricky Whittle. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green are writer/showrunners of the series.
Actress Nora-Jane Noone has joined the cast of indie thriller The Deep End. She joins previously cast Alexandra Park. The two women will play sisters who become trapped under the fiberglass cover of a public pool.
Alexandra Park, who stars as Princess Eleanor on E! scripted soap The Royals, joins the indie thriller about two sisters who become trapped under the fiberglass cover of a public pool.
After co-starring in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice, Katherine Waterston has now signed on for the lead role of “Daniels” in Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.
Behold My Heart is filling out its cast with Marisa Tomei, Timothy Olyphant, Charlie Plummer, and Mireille Enos. Tomei will also produce through her Bella Vida Productions.
Following his role on Netflix’s Daredevil, consummate character actor Vincent D’Onofrio will continue his run of powerful tyrants by taking on the Wonderful Wizard in NBC’s darkened Oz adaptation.
They join previously announced cast Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, and Chris Hemsworth. Garcia will play the Mayor of New York City, while Williams will take on a character named Hawkins.
Waterston will play Porpentina, who comes across magiczoologist Newt Scamander (Redmayne) when he arrives in New York City on his expedition to discover and document new magical creatures, set seventy years before the boy who lived’s adventures.
They join Rapace in the story following a struggling single mother who is abducted by a mysterious organization. They uncover that she has special abnormal abilities that she learns to access.
Based on the series created by Rick Rosner, the story follows the cases of highway patrolman Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, who will be portrayed by Dax Shepard and Michael Pena in the film.
Sam Raimi is returning direct the pilot episode of the ten episode season that follows the continuing horrific adventures of Ash Williams, as he fights the deadites that have been connected to him since the events of the original film.
The “Dollhouse” actress has joined the cast of the upcoming Cinemax conspiracy thriller series.
The tables turn as the former companion of “Dr. Who” becomes a time traveling hero on the anticipated CW spinoff series.
The “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” star is in talks for a role in the upcoming western.
The “That 70’s Show” star has joined the cast of the “Minority Report” series.
A round-up of this week’s TV casting!
Josh Peck joins John Stamos on an upcoming television pilot.
A round-up of this week’s TV casting!
A round-up of this week’s TV casting!
The Italian actress will star in the reboot of “The Ring”
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
A roundup of the week’s TV casting news!
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