TV Casting: THE WALKING DEAD, DAREDEVIL, Francis Lawrence directing NEVERWHERE

Empire (Fox)

Funkmaster Flex…has booked a guest starring role to play himself on Fox’s “Empire”

Flex will show up in episode 8 of the show’s upcoming second season, and will be seen acting as the emcee for a rap battle between Hakeem Lyon (Bryshere Gray) and newcomer Freda Gatz (Bre-Z), who will be introduced in the Season 2 premiere.

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New Girl (Fox)

Megan Fox has been cast on the fifth season of “New Girl” in a recurring role

The “Transformers” actress will make her debut in the sixth episode of the season, playing Reagan, a pharmaceutical sales rep who comes to town on business and rents out Jess’ (series star Zooey Deschanel) room while she is sequestered on jury duty.

Viva La Madness

Jason Statham will play the anonymous hero of the story, who is stranded in the Caribbean itching for the criminal life he left behind–but he’s still a wanted man back home. Soon he joins forces with two robust London gangsters: the menacing Sonny King and his paranoid partner Roy “Twitchy” Burns.

August Wilson’s Plays (HBO)

Denzel Washington…has worked an arrangement with the estate of August Wilson to direct and exec produce all 10 of the Pulitzer-winning dramatist’s plays for HBO.

“I’m directing, producing — and acting in one (Fences) — and I’m executive producing the other nine,” he [said]

He also said Viola Davis also will star in Fences.

Westworld (HBO)

Tessa Thompson (Dear White People) has joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming drama series Westworld as a regular.

Thompson will play Charlotte Hale, a mysterious and savvy provocateur with a unique perspective on Westworld.

Colony (USA)

Thora Birch (American Beauty) is set for a major recurring role in USA Network’s upcoming drama series Colony