Friday, May 8, 2015

Casting News - Rosario Dawson Will Return for 'Daredevil' Season 2; Eliza Coupe Joins 'Casual'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - May 8, 2015

A&E's Unforgettable; ABC Family's Shadowhunters; AMC's Fear the Walking Dead; Hulu's Casual; Netflix's Daredevil; and Syfy's Killjoys.





AMC's FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
  • Mercedes Mason (666 Park Avenue, The Finder) has joined the cast of the upcoming spinoff of The Walking Dead as a new series regular. No details about the character she will be playing were immediately made available.
HULU's CASUAL
  • Eliza Coupe (Happy Endings, Benched) has booked a five-episode arc on the upcoming comedy starring Tommy Dewey and Michaela Watkins. She will play Emmy, the perfect match for Alex (Dewey) because she is witty, sharp and unapologetic in her perspective on sex and relationships. But her free spirit threatens to drive them apart.
SYFY's KILLJOYS
  • Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary, Stargate SG-1) will guest star on an upcoming episode of the new drama. She will play a fiercely clever scientist whose charismatic charm keeps her true intentions concealed from the Killjoys.
A&E's UNFORGETTABLE
  • E.J. Bonilla (Revenge) has joined the cast of the revived drama's upcoming fourth season as a new series regular. He will play Denny Padilla, a new team member at the Major Cases division and a fast-rising star within the NYPD.
NETFLIX's DAREDEVIL
  • Rosario Dawson has signed on to reprise her role as Claire Temple in the second season of the hit Marvel drama set to debut in 2016. She has signed a larger deal that would allow her to appear in any of Marvel's other Netflix original series - including A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and The Defenders.
ABC FAMILY's SHADOWHUNTERS
  • Matthew Daddario (Delivery Man) and Isaiah Mustafa (Horrible Bosses) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama series. Daddario will play Alec Lightwood, who joins Jace (Dominic Sherwood) and Isabelle (Emeraude Toubia) in their pursuit of demonic creatures but whose strict moral code forces him to follow the law to the letter. Mustafa will play Luke Garroway, an NYPD detective investigating a string of "demonic" murders who feels a fatherly instinct to protect Clary (Katherine McNamara) but has secrets of his own.