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TV Casting: THE WALKING DEAD, THE WAY, Jon Bernthal is The Punisher in DAREDEVIL [Updated]

Chicago Med (NBC)

Colin Donnell (Arrow, The Affair) has been added to the cast of NBC’s new drama series Chicago Med as a new regular…the character Donnell will be playing is still being fleshed out. He is expected to be a doctor, possibly in pediatrics.

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Special Correspondents (Netflix)

Kelly Macdonald has been cast as one of the female leads in Ricky Gervais‘ Netflix movie “Special Correspondents”

Eric Bana stars as Frank, an arrogant New York-based radio journalist whose decadent lifestyle has hindered his career. With his job on the line, he decides to fake frontline war reports from the comfort of his hideout above a Spanish restaurant in Manhattan.

Macdonald will play Claire Makepeace, a colleague of Bana’s at the radio station, where she has been harboring a crush on Finch, who will be played by Gervais. When Frank and Finch go missing, she becomes the face of the station in the press.

Benjamin Bratt co-stars as Bana’s TV anchor nemesis in the film, which is expected to debut on Netflix next year.

Confirmation (HBO)

“Confirmation”…has added Jennifer Hudson, Greg Kinnear and Jeffrey Wright to its cast.

“Dreamgirls” and “Smash” alum Hudson has signed on to portray Angela Wright, who had worked with Thomas at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and provided a statement in support of Thomas.

Kinnear, meanwhile, will play Joe Biden, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee during the 1991 hearings on Thomas’ confirmation.

Wright…has signed on as Anita Hill’s legal counsel, Charles Ogletree.

Alison Wright will play Thomas’ wife, Ginni.

Madoff (ABC)

Blythe Danner has signed on for the ABC miniseries “Madoff,” joining Richard Dreyfuss, who will portray the title character of Bernie Madoff.

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ABC also said that Raymond De Felitta (“City Island”) has come aboard as director of the series.

Danner will play Madoff’s wife Ruth in the project, which also features Frank Whaley, Erin Cummings and Tom Lipinski among its cast.

Update

Daredevil (Netflix)

Jon Bernthal (“Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Walking Dead, ” “Fury”) joins the upcoming season of “Marvel’s Daredevil”…Bernthal will portray The Punisher, one of Marvel’s most popular characters. He is a vigilante who aims to clean up New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results.

The Get Down (Netflix)

Actor-musician Jaden Smith (After Earth) has joined the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s music-driven Netflix drama for The Get Down…Smith will recur as Marcus “Dizzee” Kipling, 18, a psychedelically talented and enigmatic graffiti writer raised in the South Bronx.

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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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