Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Casting News - Greg Poehler and Rachel Blanchard to Topline 'You Me Her'; Debra Winger Joins 'The Ranch'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - August 25, 2015

CBS' Blue Bloods; The CW's The Flash; DirecTV's You Me Her; E!'s The Royals; FX's Married; Hulu's The Way; and Netflix's Flaked, Orange Is the New Black & The Ranch.




DIRECTV's YOU ME HER
  • Greg Poehler (Welcome to Sweden) and Rachel Blanchard (Fargo) have landed the lead roles on the upcoming comedy created by John Scott Shepherd. The comedy series centers on Jack (Poehler) and Emma (Blanchard), a happily married couple who are coming off several years of "baby sex" and fertility struggles. A waning sex life and a sequence of surprising turns are about to spin their relationship in a direction neither could have imagine. Additionally, Nisha Ganatra (Transparent, Married) has signed on to direct all 10 episodes of the first season.
FX's MARRIED
  • Rob Huebel (The League, Transparent) will appear in the September 24 episode of the comedy's second season. He will play Jacob, Abby's (Sarah Burns) charming yet cunning ex-husband.
NETFLIX's THE RANCH
  • Oscar nominee Debra Winger (An Officer and a Gentleman) has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Ashton Kutcher, Danny Masterson and Sam Elliott. She will play the mother in this family, married to Elliott's character with Kutcher and Masterson as her sons.
THE CW's THE FLASH
  • Violett Beane and Demore Barnes will appear in recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Beane will play Jesse Quick, a brilliant but quirky college student who gets caught up in the battle between The Flash and Zoom. Barnes will play Henry Hewitt aka Tokamak, a charming but cocky scientist who is recruited to join the team and fulfill his destiny as a powerful meta-human.
NETFLIX's FLAKED
  • Ruth Kearney (The Following) has been tapped to play the female lead on the upcoming comedy starring Will Arnett. Additionally, Lina Esco (Cane) has booked a recurring role. Kearney will play London, a beautiful Venice Beach waitress, who is latest object of Dennis' (David Sullivan) affection, but she is clearly smitten with Chip (Arnett). Esco will play Kara, Chip's current girlfriend who is trying to stay sober but isn't getting the support she needs.
NETFLIX's ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
  • Brad William Henke, Mike Houston and Kelly Karbacz have landed recurring roles on the prison dramedy's upcoming fourth season. Details about all of their characters are being kept under wraps.
E!'s THE ROYALS
  • The hit drama series starring Elizabeth Hurley, William Moseley, Alexandra Park and Jake Maskall returns for its second season on Sunday, November 15 at 10/9c.
CBS' BLUE BLOODS
  • Esai Morales (The Brink, From Dusk Till Dawn) will guest star on the drama's upcoming sixth season. He will play Delgado, a charismatic NYPD sergeant who has a plan to increase the accuracy of police statistics by seeking the opinions of the city's youth.
HULU's THE WAY
  • Amy Forsyth (Defiance) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Aaron Paul and Michelle Monaghan. She will play Ashley Fields, Hawk's (Kyle Allen) smart, popular classmate who forces him to confront the confines of his own religious upbringing.