Friday, December 16, 2016

Casting News - Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Gets Premiere Date; Heléne Yorke to Recur on 'The Good Fight'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - December 16, 2016

Amazon's Jack Ryan; CBS All Access' The Good Fight; Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale; NBC's This Is Us; Netflix's GLOW; and TNT's Animal Kingdom.




HULU's THE HANDMAID'S TALE
  • The streaming service has announced today that the upcoming drama starring Elisabeth Moss will debut on Wednesday, April 26. The 10-episode first season also stars Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Samira Wiley, Max Minghella, Madeline Brewer, O-T Fagbenle and Ann Dowd.
CBS ALL ACCESS' THE GOOD FIGHT
  • Heléne Yorke (Masters of Sex, Graves) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming spinoff of The Good Wife. She will play Amy, Maia's (Rose Leslie) longtime girlfriend who is a lawyer as well. Additionally, Emmy winner Carrie Preston is set to reprise her role as Elsbeth Tascioni in a guest role on the new series.
NETFLIX's GLOW
  • Chris Lowell (Veronica Mars) and Alex Rich (True Detective) have landed recurring roles on the upcoming comedy starring Alison Brie. Lowell will play Sebastian "Bash" Howard, a wealthy playboy whose obsession with wrestling leads him to create and fund the first women's wrestling TV show. Rich will play Florian, Bash's childhood best friend turned butler
AMAZON's JACK RYAN
  • Wendell Pierce (The Wire), Ali Suliman (Lone Survivor) and Dina Shihabi (Amira & Sam) will co-star on the upcoming drama starring John Krasinski. Pierce will play James Greer, Jack Ryan's (Krasinski) new boss and a highly successful case officer working in the CIA Directorate of Operations. Suliman will play Suleiman, a charismatic Islamic activist whose life has taken a wrong turn. Shihabi will play Hani, Suleiman's wife and an independent Muslim who is willing to go to the ends of the earth to protect her children.
TNT's ANIMAL KINGDOM
  • Jennifer Landon (As the World Turns, Banshee) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She will play Amy, who runs a Bible study group and ex-con rehabilitation program and is steadfast in her belief that salvation and forgiveness are possible. She has been through the ringer, made life-altering mistakes and is seeking redemption through her faith.
NBC's THIS IS US
  • Hari Dhillon (Holby City, Law & Order: SVU) has joined the hit drama's first season in a recurring role. He will play Sanjay, a workplace rival of Randall's (Sterling K. Brown).