Monday, June 16, 2014

Casting News - 'Being Erica' Star Joins 'Rookie Blue'; Andrew Marlowe Exits as 'Castle' Showrunner; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - June 16, 2014

ABC's Castle, Last Man Standing & Rookie Blue; Netflix's Orange Is the New Black; and Syfy's Haven.





NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
  • Yael Stone is the latest heavily recurring guest star to be promoted to series regular for the prison dramedy's third season. She has played inmate Lorna Morello throughout the first two seasons.
ABC's LAST MAN STANDING
  • Jonathan Adams has been upped to series regular for the comedy's upcoming fourth season. He's been recurring for the past two seasons as Chuck Larabee, neighbor to the Baxters.
ABC's ROOKIE BLUE
  • Being Erica star Erin Karpluk has landed a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. No details were immediately released about her character, expect that she will debut in Episode 11.
ABC's CASTLE
  • Series creator Andrew W. Marlowe is stepping down as showrunner on the veteran procedural. He will maintain a day-to-day presence while also starting to develop new projects as part of his overall deal with ABC Studios. He will be replaced by David Amann, who joined the drama as an executive producer in Season 3.
SYFY's HAVEN
  • Laura Mennell (Alphas) has been tapped for a recurring on the drama's super-sized fifth season. She will play a brilliant epidemiologist from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who fears the town is on the verge of a deadly viral outbreak.