Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Casting News - Showtime Sets January Premiere Dates for 'Billions' and 'Shameless'; Matt Ryan Joins 'Arrow'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - August 11, 2015

ABC's How to Get Away With Murder; The CW's Arrow & Jane the Virgin; FOX's The X-Files; Hulu's The Mindy Project; Showtime's Billions, Shameless & Web Therapy; and USA's Colony.




ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
  • Matt Cohen (Supernatural) will appear in at least three episodes of the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Levi, a sexy and edgy working class guy. He will debut in the second episode of the season.
USA's COLONY
  • Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) and Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama's first season. Pasdar will play Nolan, a smart, savvy and important player in the politics of the occupational government. Morris will play Charlotte, Nolan's wife, a well-heeled cultural director and patrician in the Green Zone.
SHOWTIME's BILLIONS and SHAMELESS
  • The premium cable network announced a January 17, 2016 premiere date for the sixth season of Shameless (at 9/8c.) and the new drama Billions (at 10/9c.). The cast for Billions includes Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad.
SHOWTIME's WEB THERAPY
  • The comedy series based on the web series of the same name will not return for a fifth season, it was announced by Showtime president David Nevins following his executive session at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour. The series starring Lisa Kudrow ran for 43 episodes and wrapped its run in January with 23,000 total viewers.
HULU's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • Happy Endings alum Eliza Couple will appear on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. Coupe shared a picture of herself on set with star Ike Barinholtz on Instragram. No additionally details were made immediately available about the character she will be playing.
THE CW's JANE THE VIRGIN
  • Singer Britney Spears is set to appear on an upcoming episode of the hit comedy series for its second season. Spears broke the news herself with a message on Twitter. She will play a new nemesis to Rogelio (Jaime Camil).
THE CW's ARROW
  • Constantine star Matt Ryan will reprise his role as John Constantine on an upcoming episode of the drama's fourth season. It's currently unclear why Constantine will run into Arrow (Stephen Amell) and company on the new season.
FOX's THE X-FILES
  • Annabeth Gish will return as Agent Monica Reyes in one episode of the upcoming six-part event series. She appeared on the last two seasons of the hit drama, working as an agent alongside Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Doggett (Robert Patrick).