Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
CASTING NEWS
Legendary actress Meryl Streep has joined the second season cast of Big Little Lies. She will play Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (Alexander Skarsgard). (Variety)
Legendary actor John Malkovich will appear in the third season of Billions as Russian billionaire Grigor Andolov. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Cherry Jones (24) will appear in the second season of The Handmaid’s Tale as Holly, the feminist mother to June/Offred (series lead Elisabeth Moss). (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film star Helen Mirren will appear in the HBO telefilm Catherine the Great. (Variety)
Actor Brett Dalton (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will appear in the upcoming ABC mid-season drama Deception, playing CIA agent Isaac Walker, who teams with Cameron (series lead Jack Cutmore-Scott) & Co. for a counterintelligence case. Isaac also shares a romantic past with the magician’s partner in crime-solving, FBI agent Kay Daniels (series lead Ilfenesh Hadera). (The Futon Critic and TV Line)
Actors Michael Shannon and Alexander Skarsgard and newcomer Florence Pugh have joined the cast of the upcoming AMC mini-series The Little Drummer Girl about a brilliant young actress, Charlie (Pugh), who strikes up an acquaintance with an intriguing stranger while on vacation in Greece, but it rapidly becomes apparent that his intentions are far from romantic. The man is Becker (Skarsgard), an Israeli intelligence officer who entangles her in a complex and high-stakes plot orchestrated by Israeli spymaster Kurtz (Shannon). (The Hollywood Reporter)
Actress Joanne Whalley (The Borgias) has appear in Marvel’s Daredevil, playing Sister Maggie, a strong-willed nun who speaks her mind and cares deeply about Matt’s safety. (The Futon Critic)
Actor Kip Pardue (Marvel’s Runaways) will guest star in Once Upon a Time as the fiancé of Zelena’s (Rebecca Mader) cursed alter-ego Kelly. (The Futon Critic and Entertainment Weekly)
Actress Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones) will appear in Krypton, the upcoming Syfy Superman prequel. She will play Jax-Ur, formerly one of Krypton’s greatest scientists with deep ties to Krypton’s past; now determined to bring radical change to Krypton as leader of the underground terrorist organization, Black Zero. (Deadline)
Actress Lolita Davidovich (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders) will recur on How To Get Away with Murder. There are no details about what role she will play though. (Deadline)
CANCELLATION NEWS
The USA Network has cancelled the new drama series Damnation after only one season. (Variety)
NEW SERIES NEWS
The Grey’s Anatomy spin-off finally has an official title: Station 19. (Deadline)
MOVIE NEWS
Actress-singer Jennifer Hudson will play the one and only Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic about the life of the Queen of Soul. [NOTE: Hudson is hand-picked by Franklin to play the role]. (Deadline)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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