Friday, March 18, 2016

Casting News - 'How to Get Away With Murder' Promotes Conrad Ricamora; 'Shots Fired' Adds Helen Hunt; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - March 18, 2016

ABC's How to Get Away With Murder; The CW's iZombie; FOX's Shots Fired; HBO's Veep; Hulu's The Mindy Project; NBC's Game of Silence; Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events; and USA's Mr. Robot.




ABC's HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
  • After recurring throughout the first two seasons, Conrad Ricamora has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming third season. He plays Oliver, Connor's (Jack Falahee) boyfriend who provides technical expertise and his hacking skills to many of Annalise's (Viola Davis) cases.
HULU's THE MINDY PROJECT
  • Greta Gerwig (Mistress America, Frances Ha) will appear in an upcoming episode of the comedy's fourth season. She will play one of Mindy's (Mindy Kaling) new patients who is carrying a big secret about Danny (Chris Messina).
HBO's VEEP
  • Andrea Savage (The Hotwives) has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fourth season. She will play Senator Montez. All other character details are being kept under wraps.
THE CW's IZOMBIE
  • Andrea Savage (Episodes) has also landed a recurring role on the drama's current second season. She will play Andrea, the head of a private military contracting company interested in purchasing Super Max for unknown purposes.
NBC's GAME OF SILENCE
  • The broadcast network is making a major change to the premiere date for the upcoming drama series. Once again, the network is going to use its hit reality series The Voice to get audiences to sample the premiere of a new series. The drama will now debut on Tuesday, April 12 at 10/9c. following a two-hour episode of The Voice. The new series will then make its regular time slot debut on Thursday, April 14 at 10/9c.
NETFLIX's A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
  • Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show) is set for a recurring role on the upcoming adaptation of the hit book series. He will play the eccentric Uncle Monty, who the Baudelaire children are sent to live with after the death of their parents.
USA's MR. ROBOT
  • Aasif Mandvi (The Brink) has also landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Jesse, a special agent who is a bit of a "dog."
FOX's SHOTS FIRED
  • Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets), Richard Dreyfuss (Madoff) and Stephen Moyer (True Blood) have been cast on the upcoming limited series starring Sanaa Lathan. Hunt will play Patricia Eamons, the Governor of North Carolina. Dreyfuss will play Arlen Cox, a real estate mogul and owner of a privatized prison who intricately involved in the shooting. Moyer will play Officer Breeland, a seasoned veteran in the town's sheriff's department who gets caught in the middle of the investigation.