Casting News - February 26, 2025
ABC's Grey's Anatomy; AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; HBO's Half Man, Harry Potter & Untitled Steve Carell Comedy; and Prime Video's The Boys, It's Not Like That & Neagley.
ABC's Grey's Anatomy; AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; HBO's Half Man, Harry Potter & Untitled Steve Carell Comedy; and Prime Video's The Boys, It's Not Like That & Neagley.
PRIME VIDEO's THE BOYS
- Jared Padalecki and Misha Collins will officially stage a Supernatural reunion on the drama's upcoming fifth and final season. Padalecki was the co-lead on The CW drama for its entire 15-season run while Collins starred for 12 seasons. They will reunite with series creator Eric Kripke and star Jensen Ackles, who write and star in the superhero drama.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters Padalecki and Collins will be playing.
HBO's HALF MAN
- Mitchell Robertson, Stuart Campbell, Neve McIntosh and Marianne McIvor have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell. Robertson previously starred in the Paramount+ limited series Curfew. Campbell starred for two seasons in MGM+'s Rogue Heroes. McIntosh starred in the first season of Alibi's Traces. McIvor recurred on Channel 4's Screw.
- Robertson will play the younger version of Niall - played as an adult by Bell.
- Campbell will play the younger version of Ruben - played as an adult by Gadd.
- McIntosh will play Lori, Niall's mother.
- McIvor will play Maura, Ruben's mother.
- The cast will also feature Charlie De Melo, Bilal Hasna, Julie Cullen, Amy Manson, Philippine Velge, Stuart McQuarrie, Piers Ewart, Scot Greenan, Charlotte Blackwood and Calum Manchip.
HBO's UNTITLED STEVE CARELL COMEDY
- John C. McGinley will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler and Phil Dunster. This will mark McGinley's third collaboration with series creator Bill Lawrence following nine seasons on NBC's Scrubs and two seasons on TBS' Ground Floor.
- He will play Walter Mann, the President of the University.
ABC's GREY'S ANATOMY
- Lena Waithe has booked a recurring role on the drama's 21st season. She won an Emmy Award in 2017 for writing on Netflix's Master of None. She also created Showtime's The Chi, which returns for its seventh season later this year. As an actress, she previously recurred on Netflix's Dear White People and HBO's Westworld.
- She will play Dr. Evynn Moore, a brilliant and savvy former student of Catherine Fox's (Debbie Allen) who visits Grey Sloan to help her on a unique case which happens to be for her wife (Andrea Bordeaux).
PRIME VIDEO's IT'S NOT LIKE THAT
- Scott Foley will star in and executive produce the upcoming drama created by Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson. He previously starred for four seasons in The WB's Felicity, four seasons in CBS' The Unit and five seasons in ABC's Scandal. He is currently recurring on ABC's Will Trent.
- He will play Malcolm, a minister and recently widowed father of three.
APPLE TV+'s CAPE FEAR
- Patrick Wilson will play the third lead opposite Amy Adams and Javier Bardem on the upcoming limited series developed by Nick Antosca. He previously starred in the Insidious, Conjuring and Aquaman film franchise. He also starred in the second season of FX's Fargo.
- In the series, a storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda (Adams) and Steve Bowden (Wilson) when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.
HBO's HARRY POTTER
- John Lithgow has confirmed he will be playing Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming drama based on the novels by J.K. Rowling. He has received 12 Emmy Award nominations - winning six for his roles on NBC's Amazing Stories, NBC's 3rd Rock from the Sun, Showtime's Dexter and Netflix's The Crown.
- In the series, Dumbledore is the beloved headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The role has been portrayed by Richard Harris, Michael Gambon and Jude Law in the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film franchises.
PRIME VIDEO's NEAGLEY
- Damon Herriman, Greyston Holt, Matthew Del Negro, Adeline Rudolph and Jasper Jones have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming Reacher spinoff starring Maria Sten. Herriman previously starred for three seasons on FX's Mr Inbetween and recurred on FX's Justified. Holt starred for three seasons in Syfy's Bitten and recurred on Netflix's The Night Agent. Del Negro starred for three seasons in Showtime's City on a Hill and recurred on ABC's Scandal. Rudolph starred for two seasons in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and recurred on The CW's Riverdale. Jones is a relative newcomer.
- Herriman will play Lawrence Cole. Holt will play Detective Hudson Riley. Del Negro will play Pierce Woodrow. Rudolph will play Renee. Jones will play Keno.