Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Casting News - Jihae Boards 'Dune: Prophecy'; Peter Mark Kendall and Ritchie Coster to Co-Star on 'Watson'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - May 14, 2024

CBS' Watson; Max's Dune: Prophecy & The Sex Lives of College Girls; and Netflix's Beauty in Black.





NETFLIX's BEAUTY IN BLACK
  • Tamera "Tee" Kissen has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Taylor Polidore Williams and Crystle Stewart. She previously appeared in three seasons of MTV's Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out. She also starred in the films White Men Can't Jump and House Party.
  • She will play Body.
MAX's THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS
  • Rebecca Wisocky has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming third season. She currently stars in CBS' Ghosts, which has been renewed for a fourth season.
  • She will play Professor Dorfmann, a professor at Essex College.
MAX's DUNE: PROPHECY
  • Jihae has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Emily Watson and Olivia Williams. She previously starred in the film Mortal Engines and recurred on HBO's Succession.
  • She will play Reverend Mother Kasha, the Emperor's own Truthsayer and confidant. She occupies a position of great influence in the Imperium. But when a new challenge leads her to question the Sisterhood's intentions, she finds her role increasingly difficult to navigate.
CBS' WATSON
  • Peter Mark Kendall and Ritchie Coster will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Morris Chestnut. Kendall previously starred for two seasons in CBS All Access' Strange Angel and in the Netflix limited series Kaleidoscope. Coster starred for two seasons in Syfy's Happy! and recurs on Paramount+'s Tulsa King.
  • Kendall will play twins Dr. Stephens Croft and Dr. Adam Croft. Hailing from a privileged family in Pennsylvania, the Croft brothers are twins whose differences have been shaped by and because of each other. Stephens excelled in academics, graduating top of his class at John Hopkins Med, specializing in infectious diseases, while Adam excelled in athletics, until an injury led him to functional medicine at Boston University. Stephens is deeply independent and emotionally unavailable due to his workaholism, while Adam is endlessly charming, empathetic, and at his worst, needy. Despite their differences, and Stephens' attempt to carve out his own path apart from his brother, the twins end up working side-by-side in the Holmes Clinic.
  • Coster will play Shinwell Johnson, a reformed man, thanks to Sherlock Holmes. He has traveled back across the pond to serve alongside Dr. John Watson (Chestnut) as an administrative aide for the new clinic. Thanks to his seedier days, Shinwell has insights and connections that the rest of the team wouldn't otherwise have access to, and when push comes to shove, his 'coercive tactics' and brooding physical presence are very valuable assets. As long as he's on Watson's side we have nothing to fear. But are his loyalties unwavering? Or is there a game afoot?