Thursday, July 11, 2024

Casting News - Luke Evans Boards 'Criminal'; Edward Bluemel to Co-Star on 'The Seven Dials Mystery'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - July 11, 2024

Amazon's Criminal & Overcompensating; Netflix's The Seven Dials Mystery; Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin; and Starz's Spartacus: House of Ashur.




AMAZON's CRIMINAL
  • Luke Evans has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Charlie Hunnam. He previously starred in two seasons of TNT's The Alienist, in the first season of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and in the AppleTV+ limited series Echo 3
  • He will play Tracy Lawless, who was pushed out of the outlaw life of his family at the age of 18 when a judge gave him a choice of prison or the military. In the Army, he thrived, his wild outlaw instincts getting funneled into the strict discipline of the military. He was placed into the Special Forces and trained to be an expert in covert operations and guerrilla warfare. But underneath it all, the Lawless blood still pumps in his heart.
NETFLIX's THE SEVEN DIALS MYSTERY
  • Edward Bluemel is set as a series regular on the upcoming limited series starring Mia McKenna-Bruce. He currently stars in Amazon's My Lady Jane, which released its first season last month.
  • He will play Jimmy Thesiger, a charming and witty man who becomes Bundle's (McKenna-Bruce) ally in the murder investigation.
AMAZON's OVERCOMPENSATING
  • Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam DiMarco, Rish Shah, Holmes, Corteon Moore, Owen Thiele and Nell Verlaque have joined the cast of the upcoming comedy created by and starring Benito Skinner.
  • Baram (What We Do In the Shadows) will play Carmen, a high school outsider on a mission to fit in at all costs in college, who becomes fast friends with Benny (Skinner) at orientation.
  • Barone (Black Mirror) will play Grace, Benny's older sister, who has blossomed in college and loves managing Benny.
  • DiMarco (The White Lotus) will play Peter, Grace's boyfriend, who looks out for Benny.
  • Shah (The Sweet East) will play Miles, a cute, mysterious freshman who catches Benny's eye right away.
  • Holmes (Welcome to Flatch) will play Hailee, Carmen's wild and iconic army brat roommate with a heart of gold.
  • Moore (From) will play Gabe, the alpha best friend of Peter and fellow member of the prestigious F&G secret society.
  • Thiele (Theater Camp) will play George, a confident, out, gay sophomore at Yates who wants to help Benny come out.
  • Verlaque (Thanksgiving) will play Emily, a fellow Yates freshman and the coolest, prettiest girl from Carmen's hometown.
STARZ's SPARTACUS: HOUSE OF ASHUR
  • Graham McTavish, Tenika Davis, Jamaica Vaughan, Ivana Baquero, Jordi Webber, Claudia Black, India Shaw-Smith and Leigh Gill will co-star on the upcoming Spartacus spinoff starring Nick Tarabay.
  • McTavish (The Witcher) will play Korris, a former gladiator who won his freedom in the arena and is now Ashur's (Tarabay) Doctore, training the gladiatos in Ashur's Ludus.
  • Davis (Jupiter's Legacy) will play Achillia, a female gladiator driven to surpass her male counterparts.
  • Vaughan (Home and Away) will play Hilara, a young, elevated house slave, deeply in love with Ashur.
  • Baquero (Pan's Labyrinth) will play Messia, a house slave in love with Hilara.
  • Webber (Choose Love) will play Tarchon, a brash and headstrong gladiator.
  • Black (The Nevers) will play Cossutia, a politician determined to keep Ashur in his place and is constantly plotting his downfall.
  • Shaw-Smith (The Pines Still Whisper) will play Viridia, Cossutia's daughter.
  • Gill (Joker) will play Satyrus, the leader of the Brothers Ferox, gladiators from a rival Ludus.
SHOWTIME's DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN
  • Joe Pantoliano, Brittany Allen, Randy Gonzalez, Aaron Jennings, Raquel Justice, Jasper Lewis, Carlo Mendez, Isaac Gonzalez Rossi and Roberto Sanchez have landed recurring roles on the upcoming Dexter prequel starring Patrick Gibson.
  • Pantoliano (The Sopranos) will play Mad Dog.
  • Allen (The Boys) will play Laura Moser, Dexter's (Gibson) biological mother.
  • Gonzalez (Bloodline) will play Santos Jimenez.
  • Jennings (Pure Genius) will play Clark Sanders.
  • Justice (One Day at a Time) will play Sofia.
  • Lewis (V/H/S) will play Doris Morgan, Dexter's adoptive mom and Harry's (Christian Slater) wife.
  • Mendez (The Bay) will play Hector Estrada.
  • Gonzalez Rossi (That's Amor) will play Gio.
  • Sanchez (Palm Royale) will play Tony Ferrer.