Casting News - September 6, 2022
Disney+'s The Acolyte; HBO Max's Full Circle; and Paramount+'s Lioness.
Disney+'s The Acolyte; HBO Max's Full Circle; and Paramount+'s Lioness.
HBO MAX's FULL CIRCLE
- Zazie Beetz will star in the upcoming limited series created by Ed Solomon and Steven Soderbergh. She currently stars in FX's Atlanta, which returns for its fourth and final season later this month. Her film credits include starring roles in Deadpool 2, Joker and Bullet Train.
- She will play an agent for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
PARAMOUNT+'s LIONESS
- Dave Annable, LaMonica Garrett and James Jordan have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira. Annable previously starred for five seasons in ABC's Brothers & Sisters and recurred on The CW's Walker. Garrett starred in the Paramount+ limited series 1883 and recurred on Amazon's The Terminal List. Jordan recurred on Paramount Network's Yellowstone and Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown.
- Annable will play Neil, Joe's (Saldaña) husband and the father of their two daughters.
- Garrett and Jordan will play Tucker and Two Cups, respectively. They are experienced CIA Special Activities Division operatives on Joe's team.
DISNEY+'s THE ACOLYTE
- Jodie Turner-Smith is finalizing a deal to star in the upcoming Star Wars drama starring Amandla Stenberg. She previously starred for two seasons in TNT's The Last Ship and in the 2019 feature film Queen & Slim. She will next star in AppleTV+'s upcoming drama Bad Monkey.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.