TV Casting: THE POWER, INVENTING ANNA, Sean Bean in SNOWPIERCER, & More

TV Show Casting for The Power, Inventing Anna, Snowpiercer, and More

The Power, Inventing Anna, Snowpiercer, and other TV productions have made recent TV show casting, TV movie casting, and TV directing news. These shows and movies air on: TNT, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Netflix, and HBO Max. Beware of spoilers in these casting announcements.

TNT

Snowpiercer

Sean Bean has been cast in an unspecified role.

This actor joins already cast: Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Susan Park, Benjamin Haigh, Sasha Frolova, Katie McGuinness, Sam Otto, Alison Wright, Annalise Basso, Sheila Vand, Roberto Urbina, Lena Hall, and Rowan Blanchard.

Snowpiercer‘s plot synopsis: “TNT’s new Snowpiercer series will return fans of Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film to the desolate future where the Earth has become a nearly-uninhabitable tundra and much of the human population has been relegated to a perpetually-moving locomotive.”

Amazon Prime

The Power

Leslie Mann has been cast as Margot Cleary-Lopez, Mayor of Seattle, “who is known to the public as a loving wife and doting mother to three kids. Vital, charming and incredibly smart, Margot comes to see that power resides with strength rather than authority. As her career takes flight, it’s her husband Rob and daughter Jos who privately feel the effects of her success most keenly; for one of them, where previously there was conflict now comes a greater understanding, and for the other where there was love, comes hurt and betrayal.”

The Power’s plot synopsis: based on the novel by Naomi Alderman, “The world is a recognizable place: there’s a rich Nigerian boy who lounges around the family pool; a foster kid whose religious parents hide their true nature; an ambitious American politician; a tough London girl from a tricky family. But then a vital new force takes root and flourishes, causing their lives to converge with devastating effect. Teenage girls now have immense physical power–they can cause agonizing pain and even death. And, with this small twist of nature, the world drastically resets.”

Alderman, Claire Wilson, Whit Anderson, Stacy Oseri-Kuffour, and Rebecca Levene will be co-writing the screenplays for the TV series that Reed Morano will be directing.

Disney+

Big Shot

Shiri Appleby has been cast as Holly, “the good-humored and down-to-earth assistant basketball coach.”

Yvette Nicole Brown has been cast as Sherilyn, “the no nonsense dean of Westbrook School for Girls.”

This actor and actress join already cast: John Stamos, Richard Robichaux, Sophia Mitri Schloss, Nell Verlaque, Tiana Le, Monique Green, Tisha Custodio, and Cricket Wampler.

Big Shot‘s plot synopsis: “The 10-episode series follows a temperamental college basketball coach (Stamos) who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.”

Netflix

Inventing Anna

Anna Chlumsky has been cast as Vivian, “a reporter working to salvage her career with just the right story. The Anna Delvey story is her golden ticket – she is willing to face any problem to get it. But as she works on the Anna story, there is one problem she never expected – Anna herself. The more Vivian pursues the truth about Anna, the more attached to Anna she becomes.”

Julia Garner has been cast as Anna Delvey, “a young woman in her mid-20s with a hard to place European accent who takes New York by storm. Either a brilliant businesswoman or a scammer extraordinaire, Anna in turn inspires loyalty, compassion, contempt, and obsession – all while leaving behind an emotional body count.”

Katie Lowes has been cast as Rachel, “a natural born follower whose blind worship of Anna almost destroys her job, her credit and her life. But while her relationship with Anna is her greatest regret, the woman she becomes because of Anna may be Anna’s greatest creation.”

Laverne Cox has been cast as Kacy Duke. “As a celebrity trainer and life coach, Kacy gets sucked into the Anna whirlwind but is mature and centered enough to stay out of any real trouble. When she least expects it, in the wake of Anna’s crimes, Kacy finds herself becoming a coach to more than just Anna.”

Alexis Floyd has been cast as Neff, “an aspiring filmmaker working as a hotel concierge, Neff knows New York and its people. Neff’s all style, all substance — more complex than most. She’s drawn in by Anna’s charm, but while passionate and loyal, she’s nobody’s fool.”

Inventing Anna‘s plot synopsis: based on the article by Jessica Pressler, the film “chronicles the incredible rise and fall of now-infamous Anna Delvey (real name Anna Sorokin) who, through web of lies, scammed her way into becoming an “it” girl on the New York social scene and nearly launched a Soho House–type club. She had an unwitting partner in crime, luring former 11 Howard concierge Neffatari “Neff” Davis into her schemes.

In October 2018, Sorokin, who had claimed to be a wealthy German heiress, was accused of instead being a con artist who had scammed money from banks, businesses and friends. Earlier this year, she was convicted of multiple counts of larceny and theft and is currently behind bars.”

Shonda Rhimes wrote the screenplays for the David Frankel-directed TV mini-series.

HBO Max

Station Eleven

David Wilmot has been cast as Clark, “a corporate consultant who gave up artistic ambitions but discovers a hero within himself in the post-apocalyptic landscape.”

Station Eleven‘s plot synopsis: based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel, “Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines. It tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.”

Patrick Somerville wrote the screenplays for the Hiro Murai-directed TV series.

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