Monday, November 16, 2015

Casting News - 'Better Call Saul' Gets February Premiere Date; 'Once Upon a Time' Casts Its Hercules; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - November 16, 2015

ABC's Once Upon a Time; AMC's Better Call Saul; HBO's Silicon Valley; NBC's Grimm; and TV Land's The Soul Man.





TV LAND's THE SOUL MAN
  • Missi Pyle (Jennifer Falls, Another Period) has been cast in a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fifth and final season. She will play Boyce's (Cedric the Entertainer) campaign manager who keeps him out of unexpected trouble as he starts a new path and runs for mayor.
AMC's BETTER CALL SAUL
  • The Emmy-nominated drama starring Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks will return for its second season on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 10/9c. In a statement, showrunner Peter Gould teases: "Jimmy McGill's journey takes surprising, left-handed turns in Season 2. He goes to places we'd never, ever expected. As for Mike Ehrmantraut, he's pulled deeper into a world he was sure he'd left forever. We can't wait to share the next chapter of Better Call Saul with the fans who have embraced the show."
NBC's GRIMM
  • Longmire alum Bailey Chase has booked a recurring role on the drama's current fifth season. He will play Lucien Petrovich, the leader of a Wesen revolutionary group.
HBO's SILICON VALLEY
  • Erin Breen (Black Dossier) is set to recur on the upcoming third season of the hit comedy. She will play Jan, a new salesperson hired at Pied Piper.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • Newcomer Jonathan Whitesell and Hannibal alum Kacey Rohl will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's fifth season. Additionally, Bailee Madison is set to reprise her role as Young Snow White in the same episode. Whitesell will play Hercules, a dashing, strapping young man who is single-minded in his pursuit to be the greatest hero who ever lived but then falls in love with a beautiful princess. Rohl will play Meg, a plucky young adventurer with a sly sense of humor and a tough spirit that hasn't disappeared despite living in a dungeon.