Thursday, February 20, 2025

Casting News - Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor to Reunite with Timothy Olyphant on AppleTV+'s 'Lucky'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - February 20, 2025

AppleTV+'s Lucky; Disney+'s Malcolm in the Middle; HBO's Industry; and Netflix's Nobody Wants This.





HBO's INDUSTRY
  • Max Minghella has joined the cast of the drama's upcoming fourth season. He currently stars in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale, which returns for its sixth and final season in April 2025.
  • He will play Whitney Halberstram, the CFO and Founder of Tender, a payment processor entering a growth phase.
  • Returning cast members for the upcoming season include Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Ken Leung, Sagar Radia, Kit Harington and Miriam Petche.
APPLE TV+'s LUCKY
  • Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Annette Bening and Timothy Olyphant. She was nominated for an Academy Award in 2022 for her performance in King Richard. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for her work in Netflix's When They See Us and HBO's Lovecraft Country. Ellis-Taylor and Olyphant previously starred together in the FX limited series Justified: City Primeval.
  • She will play Agent Billie Rand.
NETFLIX's NOBODY WANTS THIS
  • Leighton Meester and Miles Fowler will guest star on the comedy's upcoming second season. Meester currently stars in The CW's Good Cop/Bad Cop, which began its first season yesterday. Meester is also the real-life wife of the comedy's male lead, Adam Brody. Fowler previously recurred on FOX's The Resident and Netflix's A Man on the Inside.
  • Meester will play Abby, Joanne's (Kristen Bell) middle school nemesis who she crosses paths with now as adults.
  • Fowler will play Noah's (Brody) basketball teammate who gets set up with Morgan (Justine Lupe).
DISNEY+'s MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
  • Kiana Madeira will appear in the upcoming limited series revival of the former FOX sitcom. She previously starred for two seasons in Netflix's Trinkets and in the Fear Street film franchise.
  • She will play Tristan, Malcolm's (Frankie Muniz) charming and opinionated girlfriend who - by any rational standard - is way out of his league.