TV Show Casting

TV Casting: THE HANDMAID’S TALE, KUNG FU, Joel Edgerton in FLORIDA MAN, & More

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Florida Man, Kung Fu, Florida Man, and more TV Show Casting News

Florida Man, Kung Fu, Florida Man, and other TV productions have made recent TV show casting, TV mini-series casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and movies air on: The CW, HBO Max, Hulu, and Netflix. Beware of spoilers in these casting announcements.

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Florida Man

Joel Edgerton has been cast Reed Crowe, “a middle-aged beach bum, beleaguered and disenfranchised, living on ill-gotten gains deep in the jungly heart of Florida.”

Florida Man‘s plot synopsis:  based on the novel by Tom Cooper, “He is a middle-aged beach bum, beleaguered and disenfranchised, living on ill-gotten gains deep in the jungly heart of Florida. When sinkholes start opening on Emerald Island, not only are Reed Crowe’s seedy businesses–a moribund motel and a shabby amusement park–endangered, but so are his secrets. Crowe, amateur spelunker, begins uncovering artifacts that change his understanding of the island’s history, as well as his understanding of his family’s birthright as pioneering homesteaders.”

Graham Gordy is writing the screenplay for the TV mini-series.

The CW

Kung Fu

Vanessa Kai has been cast as Pei-Ling Zhang, “a skilled fighter, spiritual guide, and mentor to Nicky Shen (Liang), one of dozens of monks that lived and trained in an all-female Shaolin temple buried deep in the mountains of Yuanyang province. After her tragic death at the hands of a mysterious assassin, Pei-Ling lives on in Nicky’s memory, evoking the lessons and skills her mentor taught her at the monastery. But as Nicky hunts down Pei-Ling’s murderer, she will discover her beloved Sifu had her own dark secrets… and will learn that Pei-Ling’s past might hold the key to Nicky’s future.”

This actor joins already cast Olivia Liang.

Pandora

Tina Casciani‘s character Tierney has been upped to a series regular. “Tierney is the ruthless leader of the criminal organization the Hypatia Syndicate. A daughter of the Howard Hughes-like industrialist, Harlan Fried, Tierney has long sought to break away from her father’s shadow by living on the wrong side of the law. Intelligent, conniving, and charming, Tierney always has a card up her sleeve, and a knife at the ready just in case.”

HBO Max

Minx

Ophelia Lovibond has been cast as Joyce, “an earnest young feminist who dreams of producing a magazine by, for and about women and joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.”

Ellen Rapoport is writing the screenplay for the Rachel Lee Goldenberg-directed comedy pilot.

Hulu

The Handmaid’s Tale

Mckenna Grace has been cast as Mrs. Keyes, “a sharply intelligent, teenaged wife of a much older Commander who rules her farm and household with confidence. She has a rebellious, subversive streak, and is calm and pious on the outside with turmoil, even insanity, on the inside.”‘

This actor joins already cast Elizabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Alexis Bledel, Ann Dowd, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle, Amanda Brugel, Bradley Whitford, and Sam Jaeger.

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Netflix

On the Verge

Sarah Jones has been cast as one of four friends “who chose to use midlife not as a time of mourning their youth but as an opportunity for personal reinvention.”

Alexia Landeau has been cast as one of four friends “who chose to use midlife not as a time of mourning their youth but as an opportunity for personal reinvention.”

Giovanni Ribisi has been cast in an unspecified role.

This actors join previously cast Elisabeth Shue and Julie Delpy.

On the Verge‘s plot synopsis: “On the Verge follows four female friends in their late 40s — played by Delpy, Shue, Jones and Landeau — who chose to use midlife not as a time of mourning their youth but as an opportunity for personal reinvention, with the hope of finally living lives that embody their beliefs and values.”

Landeau and Delpy will write the screenplays for the TV series.

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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