Confirmation, Madoff, American Crime Story: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, and other TV productions have made recent TV show casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and movies air on FX, AMC, and NBC.
Under The Dome (CBS)
Frank Whaley (Ray Donovan, Gotham) has been cast in a recurring role on the third season of CBS’ summer drama series Under The Dome…He will play Dr. Marston, a brilliant doctor and scientist with questionable motives.
Recovery Road (ABC Family)
Roberto Urbina (Che) has booked a recurring role on ABC Family’s drama series Recovery Road…Urbina…will play the edgy and mysterious Asa.
Fear The Walking Dead (AMC)
Ruben Blades has closed a deal for a series regular role on AMC’s upcoming The Walking Dead companion series, Fear The Walking Dead, which has a two-season pickup. Blades will play Daniel, the father of Mercedes Mason’s character.
The Get Down (Netflix)
Jimmy Smits has been tapped for a key role in Baz Luhrmann’s music-driven drama for Netflix The Get Down.
Smits will play Francisco Cruz, aka “Papa Fuerte,” a South Bronx political boss who delivers services the City fails to provide – jobs, housing, healthcare, etc. A big man with brass, he navigates downtown politics the same way he handles his uptown turf – with ease and a touch of deception. Whether it’s his niece’s desire for disco stardom or a recent immigrant’s struggle to grab a hold of the American dream, if you want something in the neighborhood, you come to Papa Fuerte.
Newcomer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has been cast in The Get Down…Abdul-Mateen…will play Cadillac, a fly gangster and prince of the disco world who’s the owner and proprietor of the most notorious after-hours night spot in the Bronx.
Heroes Reborn (NBC)
Dylan Bruce has been tapped for a recurring role in NBC’s upcoming event series Heroes Reborn…Details about Bruce’s character are being kept under wraps.
The Clan Of The Cave Bear (Lifetime)
Charlene McKenna (A.D.: The Bible Continues) has joined the cast of Lifetime’s drama pilot The Clan Of The Cave Bear…Written by Maleficent scribe Linda Woolverton
McKenna will play Iza, Brun’s (Hal Ozsan) sister and the Clan’s medicine woman.
American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)
Max Greenfield has joined the cast of FX’s American Horror Story: Hotel
American Crime Story: The People Vs O.J. Simpson (FX)
Rob Morrow (Texas Rising) is the latest to join the cast of FX’s American Crime Story: The People Vs O.J. Simpson. He will play Barry Scheck, the co-founder of the Innocence Project who is called upon by O.J.’s defense team for his DNA expertise.
Confirmation (HBO)
Current U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was a key player in the explosive 1991 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. He will be portrayed by Greg Kinnear in Confirmation…Also joining the cast of the project are Jennifer Hudson, Jeffrey Wright and Alison Wright.
As then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden presided over the Thomas hearings, and there had been speculation over the years that he might have gotten intimidated, cutting the hearings short and not calling additional witnesses while allowing Hill, who had come forward to accuse Thomas of sexual harassment, to be attacked mercilessly by other senators.
One of those additional witnesses who might have changed the outcome of the hearing was Angela Wright (Hudson). Dubbed “the other woman,” Wright was prepared to testify that she too was sexually harassed by Thomas, but she never was called. Jeffrey Wright will play Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who represented Hill at the hearing.
Alison Wright will play Thomas’ wife, attorney Virginia “Ginni” Thomas. She also plays a key part in the saga. It was a bizarre voice message she left for Hill in 2010, asking Hill to apologize to her husband, that thrust the story back into the spotlight.
Suits (USA)
John Pyper-Ferguson has landed a major recurring role in the upcoming fifth season of USA’s Suits. He will play Jack, a partner at the law firm and new head of the firm’s Compensation Committee. He will have to work with the on-going power struggle between Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and Louis (Rick Hoffman).
Fuller House (Netflix)
Bob Saget is set to reprise his role as the squeaky-clean patriarch Danny Tanner in Fuller House.
After confirmation that Lori Loughlin and Dave Coulier are going to return and the Olsen twins aren’t, Saget really was the last piece of the puzzle.
Madoff (ABC)
Erin Cummings (The Iceman) has signed on for a lead role opposite Richard Dreyfuss in ABC’s miniseries Madoff. Cummings will play Eleanor Squillari, personal secretary to Bernie Madoff’s (Dreyfuss)
Gotham (Fox)
Nicholas D’Agosto was cast in a recurring role as Harvey Dent/Two Face in the first season of Fox’s Gotham with an option to become a regular in Season 2, and now the network has exercised that option. D’Agosto will return for the second season as a regular in the role.
Shadowhunters (ABC Family)
Jon Cor (Dark Matter) has been cast in a recurring role on ABC Family’s straight-to-series drama Shadowhunters. He will play Hodge Starkweather, a weapons trainer at the Shadowhunters New York Institute and a former Circle member.
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