Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Casting News - Amy Adams to Star in 'Cape Fear'; Peter Dinklage Joins 'Dexter: Resurrection'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - February 11, 2025

AppleTV+'s Cape Fear, Margo's Got Money Troubles & Widow's Bay; MGM+'s Robin Hood; and Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection.





APPLE TV+'s CAPE FEAR
  • Amy Adams will star in and executive produce the upcoming drama starring Javier Bardem. She has received six Academy Award nominations for her performances in Junebug, Doubt, The Fighter, The Master, American Hustle and Vice. She also received two Emmy Award nominations for starring in and producing HBO's Sharp Objects.
  • A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.
SHOWTIME's DEXTER: RESURRECTION
  • Peter Dinklage has joined the cast of the upcoming Dexter sequel starring Michael C. Hall. He previously starred for eight seasons in HBO's Game of Thrones, winning four Emmy Awards for his performance.
  • He will play Leon Prater, a billionaire venture capitalist. To the world, he is a generous philanthropist, but behind his polished exterior lies dark intrigue.
MGM+'s ROBIN HOOD
  • Sean Bean has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Jack Patten. He previously starred in the first season of HBO's Game of Thrones, for two seasons in TNT's Legends and for three seasons in TNT/AMC's Snowpiercer.
  • He will play the Sheriff of Nottingham, a statesman, a strategist and a builder of Nottingham itself. A loving father, a politician, and cousin to King Henry II, he navigates the dangerous tides of power, facing not only an outlaw in the woods but also the ambitions of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Norman Barons that surround him. Cunning and pragmatic, he is a man who rules with an iron hand, not out of cruelty, but an unshakable belief that the law, as Normans see it, must be preserved.
APPLE TV+'s WIDOW'S BAY
  • Matthew Rhys will play the lead role in the upcoming horror comedy created by Katie Dippold. He previously starred for six seasons in FX's The Americans and two seasons in HBO's Perry Mason - winning an Emmy Award for the FX drama in 2018. He will next be seen in Netflix's upcoming limited series The Beast in Me opposite Claire Danes.
  • He will play Mayor Tom Loftis, a no-nonsense single dad forced to deal with his town's superstitious citizens who believe it's cursed as he is desperately trying to put the area on the map as the next Nantucket.
APPLE TV+'s MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
  • Marcia Gay Harden will guest star on the upcoming drama starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nick Offerman. She has received two Academy Award nominations - winning in 2001 for her role in Pollock. She has also received four Emmy Award nominations - most recently in 2022 and 2024 for her performance on AppleTV+'s The Morning Show.
  • She will play the Elizabeth, the fiercely protective mother of the junior college English professor who impregnates Margo (Fanning).