Casting News - September 10, 2024
MGM+'s Spider-Noir; Netflix's His & Hers; Paramount+'s JonBenét Ramsey; and Peacock's Untitled The Office Spinoff.
MGM+'s Spider-Noir; Netflix's His & Hers; Paramount+'s JonBenét Ramsey; and Peacock's Untitled The Office Spinoff.
NETFLIX's HIS & HERS
- Jon Bernthal and Pablo Schreiber have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming limited series starring Tessa Thompson. Bernthal won an Emmy Award over the weekend for his guest role on FX's The Bear. Schreieber previously starred for two seasons in Starz's American Gods and two seasons in Paramount+'s Halo.
- Bernthal will play Jack, a Sheriff's Office detective who lost his last job and is now working in his small hometown of Dahlonega, Georgia, where he lives with his sister and niece. He is married to newscaster Anna Andrews (Thompson), but the two are estranged, their relationship complicated by loss and betrayal. Jack is a good man who doesn't always make good decisions and is deeply troubled by the murder case he's just picked up.
- Schreiber will play Richard, one of the best cameramen at WSK TV News, and he's also the husband of hot new anchor Lexy Jones, who slid into her position during the recent absence of Anna. Richard is chosen by Anna to be her cameraman when, upon her return, she picks up the story of a murder in Dahlonega as a field reporter.
PARAMOUNT+'s JONBENÉT RAMSEY
- Emily Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill and Owen Teague have joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen. Mitchell appears in the upcoming film The Apprentice, which recently debuted at the Toronto Film Festival. Hedlund currently stars in Paramount+'s Tulsa King, which returns for its second season on Sunday. Pill starred for three seasons in HBO's The Newsroom, two seasons in Paramount+'s Star Trek: Picard and in the FX limited series Devs. Teague starred in the HBO limited series Mrs. Fletcher and in the Paramount+ limited series The Stand.
- Mitchell will play JonBenét Ramsey, a girl from an affluent family and child beauty queen, whose murder is at the heart of the story.
- Hedlund will play Steve Thomas, a seasoned detective who is brought onto the JonBenét case.
- Pill will play Linda Arndt, the police detective first on the scene after JonBenét is reported missing/kidnapped along with her partner Detective Trujillo.
- Teague will play Jeff Shapiro, a cocky, risk-taking reporter for the Globe tabloid.
MGM+'s SPIDER-NOIR
- Jack Huston is set as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris and Brendan Gleeson. He currently stars in AMC's Mayfair Witches, which returns for its second season in 2025. He also starred in the Amazon limited series Expats.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
PEACOCK's UNTITLED THE OFFICE SPINOFF
- Melvin Gregg, Chelsea Frei and Ramona Young will co-star on the upcoming spinoff of The Office starring Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore. Gregg previously starred in the first season of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and recurred on FX's Snowfall. Frei starred for two seasons in FOX's The Moodys and recurred on FOX's The Cleaning Lady. Young starred for four seasons in Netflix's Never Have I Ever and in the fourth season of The CW's Legends of Tomorrow.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.