Thursday, February 19, 2015

Casting News - Jill Marie Jones Joins 'Ash Vs. Evil Dead' as Female Lead; Trio Board 'A.K.A. Jessica Jones'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - February 19, 2015

AMC's Halt and Catch Fire; BBC America's Doctor Who; Netflix's A.K.A. Jessica Jones; and Starz's Ash Vs. Evil Dead.





STARZ's ASH VS. EVIL DEAD
  • Jill Marie Jones (Girlfriends, Sleepy Hollow) has been cast as the female lead opposite Bruce Campbell on the upcoming series. She will play Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper who sets out to find Ash (Campbell) to prove he's responsible for a crime. But as she soon learns, Ash and his cohorts may be mankind's only hope against the plague of Evil Dead.
NETFLIX's A.K.A. JESSICA JONES
  • Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty and Wil Traval have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Krysten Ritter. Darville will play Malcolm, a neighbor of Jessica's (Ritter) whose own journey will intertwine with her quest in a surprising way. Moriarty will play Hope, a young girl who becomes a client of Alias Investigations. Travel will play an NYPD cop who takes "protect and serve" very seriously.
AMC's HALT AND CATCH FIRE
  • Mark O'Brien (Republic of Doyle) and Aleksa Palladino (Boardwalk Empire) will recur on the drama's upcoming second season. O'Brien will play Tom, the head of the IT department at a law firm and an early and enthusiastic adaptor of Mutiny's offerings. Palladino will play Sarah, an erudite and well-traveled freelance journalist who has recently reconnected with Joe (Lee Pace).
BBC AMERICA's DOCTOR WHO
  • Michelle Gomez will reprise her role as Missy aka The Master on the upcoming ninth season premiere of the veteran genre show.