Thursday, August 8, 2024

Casting News - Michelle Pfeiffer to Star in and Executive Produce 'Yellowstone' Spinoff 'The Madison'; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - August 8, 2024

ABC's Grey's Anatomy & The Rookie; AppleTV+'s Untitled Owen Wilson Comedy; HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; Paramount's The Madison; and Paramount+'s 1923.




PARAMOUNT's THE MADISON
  • Michelle Pfeiffer will star in and executive produce the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff created by Taylor Sheridan. She has received three Academy Award nominations for Dangerous Liaisons in 1988, The Fabulous Baker Boys in 1989, and Love Field in 1992. Furthermore, she garnered an Emmy Award nomination for her performance in HBO's The Wizard of Lies in 2017.
  • She will play the matriarch of a New York City family that moves to the Madison River valley of central Montana.
HBO's A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
  • Edward Ashley, Henry Ashton, Youssef Kerkour, Daniel Monks, Shaun Thomas, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Danny Webb will co-star on the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel starring Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell. Ashley previously recurred on AMC's The Terror and AppleTV+'s Masters of the Air. Ashton currently stars in Amazon's My Lady Jane and Netflix's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. Kerkour starred in the Channel 4 limited series Home. Monks recurs on Netflix's upcoming drama Kaos. Thomas starred for three seasons in BBC Three's Ladhood. Vaughan-Lawlor starred in the ITV limited series The Ipcress File. Webb starred in the HBO limited series The Regime.
  • Ashley will play Ser Steffon Fossoway. Ashton will play Daeron Targaryen. Kerkour will play Steely Pate. Monks will play Ser Manfred Dondarrion. Thomas will play Raymun Fossoway. Vaughan-Lawlor will play Plummer. Webb will play Ser Arlan of Pennytree.
APPLE TV+'s UNTITLED OWEN WILSON COMEDY
  • Judy Greer has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming comedy starring Owen Wilson. Greer previously starred for fourteen seasons in FXX's Archer, two seasons in Showtime's Kidding, in the NBC limited series The Thing About Pam and in the HBO limited series White House Plumbers.
  • She will play Amber-Linn, the ex-wife of Pryce Cahill (Wilson). She replaces Jamie Neumann, who was originally cast in the role but has departed the series.
ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY
  • Michael Thomas Grant has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming 21st season. He previously starred for two seasons in NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.
  • He will play James, the new openly gay Episcopal chaplain at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. He holds a special place in his heart for his younger patients, and his warmth, training and spirituality make him comfortable and confident in any situation. In his personal life, James finds himself at a crossroads where he is open to love and taking great leaps of faith.
ABC's THE ROOKIE
  • Tru Valentino will not be returning as a series regular on the drama's upcoming seventh season. He joined the drama as a recurring guest star in the fourth season and was promoted to series regular status starting with the fifth season.
  • He played Sergeant Aaron Thorsen, the son of a famous rapper who became famous on TikTok for touting his privileged lifestyle. He was then arrested for murder and was found not-guilty at trial. That prompted a serious life change where he attended the police academy.
PARAMOUNT+'s 1923
  • Augustus Prew has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. Earlier this year, he starred in the Netflix film Players. He also recurred on AppleTV+'s The Morning Show and Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
  • He will play Paul, a dapper, bookish, well-to-do young British man on a passenger ship.