Monday, May 16, 2022

Casting News - Reba McEntire Set as New Series Regular on 'Big Sky'; Yasmin Finney Joins 'Doctor Who'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - May 16, 2022

ABC's Big Sky; BBC's Doctor Who; and Peacock's Bupkis.






ABC's BIG SKY
  • Reba McEntire has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming third season. The country singer has received 16 Grammy Award nominations - winning three of them. She also starred for six seasons in The WB/The CW's Reba.
  • She will play Sunny Brick, the mercurial matriarch of the Brick family, a successful backcountry outfitter with a secret history of missing customers.
PEACOCK's BUPKIS
  • Edie Falco will star opposite Pete Davidson in the upcoming comedy based on his life. She has received 14 Emmy Award nominations - winning four of them for her lead performances in HBO's The Sopranos and Showtime's Nurse Jackie. She recently starred in the FX limited series Impeachment: American Crime Story.
  • She will play Davidson's mother.
BBC's DOCTOR WHO
  • Yasmin Finney has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming fourteenth season - featuring Ncuti Gatwa as the new incarnation of the titular character. She currently stars in Netflix's Heartstopper, which released its first season last month.
  • She will play Rose.