ABC's Once Upon a Time; Amazon's Transparent; Audience's Ice; Freeform's Famous in Love; National Geographic's Genius; Showtime's Masters of Sex; and Starz's Power.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC's GENIUS
- Emmy winner Geoffrey Rush (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers) has been tapped to play Albert Einstein on the upcoming anthology series. Additionally, newcomer Johnny Flynn will play the younger version of the physicist. The first season will focus on Einstein in the years before he rose to international attention and acclaim. It will chart how an imaginative, rebellious patent clerk, who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate, unlocked the mysteries of the atom and the universe. Each episode will explore Einstein's scientific achievements, along with his volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships.
STARZ's POWER
- After appearing in three episodes of the hit drama's current third season, Matt Cedeño (Devious Maids, Z Nation) has been promoted to series regular for Season 4. He plays Cristobal.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
- Jonny Coyne will reprise his Once Upon a Time in Wonderland role in an upcoming episode of the drama's sixth season. He plays Dr. Lydgate, who ran the asylum where Alice (Sophie Lowe) was institutionalized on the spinoff series. He will appear in the fourth episode of the new season.
AUDIENCE's ICE
- Judith Shekoni (Heroes Reborn, Ordinary Lies) has been cast as the female lead on the upcoming drama from Antoine Fuqua. She will play Sister Rah, a major crime lord of the Los Angeles diamond trade.
AMAZON's TRANSPARENT
- Younger star Molly Bernard is set to play the younger version of Shelly Pfefferman (Judith Light) in flashbacks for the dramedy's upcoming third season.
SHOWTIME's MASTERS OF SEX
- Mike & Molly alum Rondi Reed has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. She will play Helen's (Sarah Silverman) mother, a woman caught completely off guard by her daughter's sexual orientation when she and her husband come by for a family visit.
FREEFORM's FAMOUS IN LOVE
- Tanjareen Thomas (Family Time) has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Bella Thorne. She will play Brandy, someone from Jordan's (Keith Powers) past with a secret she holds over him.
