TV Casting: OUTLANDER, THE RANCH, Aaron Paul in THE WAY

Saints & Strangers (National Geographic Channel)

Paul Edwards will direct National Geographic Channel’s (NGC) four-hour scripted movie event “Saints & Strangers”

The film focuses on the relationship between Native Americans and the earliest settlers.

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“Saints & Strangers” follows 101 men, women and children who sailed on the Mayflower for a place no one had ever seen. Half of these “pilgrims” were religious separatists who had abandoned their prior lives for religious freedom and an opportunity to create a new social order built on their values. The other half, “adventurers,” were mostly single men seeking financial opportunity and a rapid acquisition of wealth in a new land or trying to escape their old identities or criminal pasts

Intertwined with these complex inner struggles is the relationship with the Native Americans and the conflicting allegiances among these groups, culminating in trials of assimilation, faith and compromise that to this day define our country.

American Horror Story: Hotel (FX)

Finn Wittrock…has signed on for the upcoming fifth installment of the FX anthology series, subtitled “Hotel”

And it appears that he’ll be competing with fellow “AHS” return customer Matt Bomer for Lady Gaga’s attention.

The Way (Hulu)

Aaron Paul will star opposite Michelle Monaghan and produce Hulu drama “The Way”

The actor…will play Monaghan’s husband, Eddie Cleary, a man with a wayward past who converts to a controversial movement. He suffers a crisis of faith when all that he’s come to accept as truth in his life is fundamentally challenged.

Madoff (ABC)

ABC’s upcoming miniseries “Madoff” has added Charles Grodin and Lewis Black to its cast.

Grodin…will play Carl Shapiro, a longtime friend and big financial backer of Madoff’s. Black will play Ezra Merkin, aka “The Rabbi,” a close business associate to Madoff.

Blythe Danner has also signed on for the miniersies as Madoff’s wife Ruth.

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