TV Casting: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, Alexander Skarsgård in THE STAND, & More

TV Show Casting for Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Umbrella Academy, The Stand, and More

Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Umbrella Academy, The Stand, and other TV productions have made recent TV show casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and movies air on: Netflix, BBC, Amazon Prime, CBS All Access, and The CW. Beware of spoilers in these casting announcements.

Amazon Prime

Hanna

Dermot Mulroney has been cast as John Carmichael, “a former mentor of Marissa’s (Enos) who has taken over the new chapter of the Utrax operation and is determined to see through its ruthless agenda.”

Anthony Welsh has been cast as Leo Garner, “a charming and calculated man who is part of the operations team at Utrax, responsible for indoctrinating the trainees.”

Severine Howell-Meri has been cast as Helen, part of “a wolf pack of all-girl trainees.”

Gianna Kiehl has been cast as Jules, part of “a wolf pack of all-girl trainees.”

Cherelle Skeete as been cast as Terri Miller, “an up and coming CIA officer who has been recruited to play a crucial role in cultivating the trainees.”

The CW

Crisis on Infinite Earths – Arrowverse Annual Crossover (Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow)

John Wesley Shipp will be reprising the role of Henry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths, this year’s annual Arrowverse crossover event.

Netflix

The Umbrella Academy

Ritu Arya, Yusuf Gatewood, and Marin Ireland have been cast in unspecified roles.

BBC

The Watch

Richard Dormer has been cast as Sam Vimes, “Captain of The Watch, disempowered by a broken society that’s reduced his department’s jurisdiction to almost nothing.”

Jo Eaton-Kent has been cast as Constable Cheery, “the ingenious non-binary forensics expert, ostracized by their kin and finding a new home and identity.”

Adam Hugill has been cast as Constable Carrot, “the idealistic new recruit, raised by dwarfs, but really a human abandoned at birth.”

Marama Corlette has been cast as Corporal Angua, “who is tasked with Carrot’s training and keeping the rookie alive.”

Lara Rossi has been cast as Lady Sybil Ramkin, “last scion of Ankh-Morpork’s nobility, who’s trying to fix the city’s wrongs with her chaotic vigilantism.”

Sam Adewunmi has been cast as Carcer Dun, wounded and wronged, who is “out to hijack destiny itself, take control of the city and exact a terrible revenge on an unjust reality.”

The Watch‘s plot synopsis: “Set in the fictional city of Ankh-Morpork, where crime has been legalized, The Watch is a uniquely anarchic drama. The series centers on a group of misfit cops as they rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. The Watch is an inclusive genre-bending series inspired by the legendary ‘City Watch’ subset of Sir Terry Pratchett’s bestselling “Discworld” novels and its many iconic characters.”

Simon Allen, Joy Wilkinson, Catherine Tregenna, Amrou Al-Khadi, and Ed Hime are writing the screenplays for Craig Viveiros-directed TV series.

CBS All Access

The Stand

Alexander Skarsgård has been cast as Randall Flagg / The Man in Black, “a demonic figure who wreaks havoc after a plague kills most of the population.”

Jovan Adepo has been cast as Larry Underwood, “a young musician with a taste for fame and illegal substances who is forced to confront his demons during his trek to the new world after the plague hits.”

Owen Teague has been cast as Harold Lauder, “who goes searching for fellow survivors with Frannie, but while he has good intentions, his infatuation with his fellow survivor and jealousy could lead him down a dark path.”

Brad William Henke has been cast as Tom Cullen, “Andros’ traveling companion who is a sweet soul, but is developmentally disabled after a childhood accident who will play an instrumental role in the fight for survival.”

Daniel Sunjata has been cast as Cobb, “a military man charged with supervising Stu as the government searches for a cure during the outbreak.”

These actors join already cast: James Marsden, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg, Greg Kinnear, Odessa Young, and Henry Zaga.

The Stand‘s plot synopsis: based the book by Stephen King, The Stand deals with the way “the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after, a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides — or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail — and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.”

Josh Boone and Ben Cavellare writing the screenplays for the TV series.

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