Casting News - December 15, 2022
AppleTV+'s Dark Matter; Disney+'s Genius: MLK/X & The Spiderwick Chronicles; and Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones.
AppleTV+'s Dark Matter; Disney+'s Genius: MLK/X & The Spiderwick Chronicles; and Hulu's We Were the Lucky Ones.
HULU's WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES
- Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Moran Rosenblatt, Sam Woolf and Michael Aloni have joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Joey King and Logan Lerman. Lloyd-Hughes previously starred in the AMC limited series Ragdoll and in the Amazon dramedy Mammals. Rosenblatt starred in Netflix's one-season drama Hit & Run. Woolf currently recurs on Netflix's The Crown. Aloni starred for two seasons in the Israeli drama Beauty Queen of Jerusalem.
- Lloyd-Hughes will play Genek, the eldest of the Kurc siblings who carries himself with irresistible charm and swagger. A lawyer by trade, he grapples with his pride and his faith as he navigates the horrors of war.
- Rosenblatt will play Herta, an uninhabited, playful presence who is the perfect counterpart to Genek.
- Woolf will play Adam, a skilled architect whose quiet intellect and keen attention to detail catch the eye of Halina (King), the youngest of the Kurc siblings.
- Aloni will recur as Selim, Mila's (Hadas Yaron) adoring husband, who runs a medical research lab in Radom. Their daughter is not yet a year old when Selim is called to fight at the start of the war.
DISNEY+'s THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES
- Jack Dylan Grazer has been added to the cast of the upcoming drama starring Joy Bryant, Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell. He currently stars in the Shazam film franchise. He previously starred in the It film franchise and in the HBO limited series We Are Who We Are.
- He will provide the voice of Thimbletack, a boggart who lives in the walls of the Spiderwick Estate. Hundreds of years old, he is still a teenager amongst his kind, a mischief-maker with an explosive temper. He could be a great help to the Grace children (Daniels, Cottrell and Mychala Lee)... if only he could learn to control his larger than life emotions.
DISNEY+'s GENIUS: MLK/X
- Jalyn Hall will guest star in the upcoming fourth installment of the anthology series. Hall currently stars in The CW's All American, which is now airing its fifth season. He also stars in the film Till. He will next star in Disney+'s upcoming drama The Crossover.
- He will play a young Martin Luther King Jr. - who is played as an adult by Kelvin Harrison Jr.
APPLE TV+'s DARK MATTER
- Amanda Brugel has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly. She currently stars in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, which has been renewed for a sixth and final season.
- She will play Blaire, Daniella's (Connelly) close friend.