Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Casting News - AnnaLynne McCord to Recur on 'Secrets & Lies'; 'iZombie' Casts Blaine's Father'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - August 5, 2015

ABC's Secrets & Lies; Crackle's The Art of More & SuperMansion; The CW's The Flash & iZombie; FOX's Bones & Empire; and MTV's Teen Wolf.





ABC's SECRETS & LIES
  • AnnaLynne McCord (90210, Dallas) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Melanie Warner, the outspoken, slightly inappropriate housewife of Patrick Warner (Charlie Barnett). Although she thought she finally arrived when she married Patrick, her victory was short-lived as it became clear the Warner family would never fully accept her into the fold.
MTV's TEEN WOLF
  • Marisol Nichols (NCIS, The Gates) has joined the cast of the drama's current fifth season. She will play the mysterious Desert Wolf, who will soon come face to face with daughter Malia (Shelley Hennig) for the first time since their fateful separation.
THE CW's IZOMBIE
  • Robert Knepper (Prison Break, Arrow) has been tapped to play Blaine's (David Anders) father, Angus, on the drama's upcoming second season. Angus is a polished, articulate and successful businessman who regards Blaine as a lifelong disappointment. Having cut check after check to help fund a series of business failures, Angus is unhappy to find Blaine once again asking for financial help.
FOX's EMPIRE
  • Grammy winner Mariah Carey will appear on the drama's upcoming second season, it was announced by series co-creator Lee Daniels today during her Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.
THE CW's THE FLASH
  • Insurgent star Keiynan Lonsdale has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season as a series regular. He will play Wally West, who in the comics becomes the speedster known as Kid Flash.
CRACKLE's THE ART OF MORE
  • The network will debut its first original drama series starring Dennis Quaid on Thursday, November 19. The 10-episode drama also stars Cary Elwes, Kate Bosworth and Christian Cooke.
CRACKLE's SUPERMANSION
  • The network's first stop-motion animated series will debut its first three episodes on Thursday, October 8 and the rest of its 10 episodes on a weekly basis starting on Thursday, December 17. The voice cast includes Bryan Cranston, Seth Green, Keegan-Michael Key, Jillian Bell and Chris Pine.
FOX's BONES
  • Kim Raver (24, Grey's Anatomy) has booked a two-episode arc on the drama's upcoming eleventh season. She will play FBI Special Agent Grace Miller, who is involved in the investigation surrounding the disappearance of Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz).