Thursday, February 27, 2025

Casting News - 'Stranger Things' Star Jamie Campbell Bower Joins 'The Rings of Power' for Season 3; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - February 27, 2025

AMC's Untitled Jonathan Glatzer Drama; Disney+'s Wonder Man; Peacock's Poker Face & Untitled The Office Spinoff; Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power & Ride or Die; and Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection.



PRIME VIDEO's THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER
  • Jamie Campbell Bower and Eddie Marsan have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming third season. Bower currently stars in Netflix's Stranger Things, which returns for its fifth and final season later this year. Marsan previously starred for seven seasons in Showtime's Ray Donovan and recurred on Netflix's Heartstopper.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing. However, Bower will be a series regular while Marsan will be a recurring guest star.
AMC's UNTITLED JONATHAN GLATZER DRAMA
  • Simon Helberg has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg. He previously starred for twelve seasons in CBS' The Big Bang Theory and recurred on Peacock's Poker Face.
  • He will play Martin, the billionaire founder and CEO of an AI company.
PEACOCK's UNTITLED THE OFFICE SPINOFF
  • Oscar Nuñez will reprise his The Office role on the upcoming spinoff starring Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore. He starred in all nine seasons of the original series on NBC. Since then, he has recurred on TBS' People of Earth, Netflix's Mr. Iglesias and AMC's Lucky Hank.
  • Nuñez plays Oscar Martinez, an accountant at Dunder Mifflin.
DISNEY+'s WONDER MAN
  • Ed Harris will appear in the upcoming Marvel drama starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. He has received four Academy Award nominations for his performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours. He has also received three Emmy Award nominations for his roles in HBO's Empire Falls, Game Change and Westworld.
  • He will play Neal Saroyan, the agent of actor-turned-superhero Simon Williams aka Wonder Man (Abdul-Mateen).
PRIME VIDEO's RIDE OR DIE
  • Bill Nighy, Ed Skrein, Sylvia Hoeks, Calam Lynch, Jamie Parker and Savannah Steyn will co-star on the upcoming action comedy starring Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham. Nighy was nominated for an Academy Award in 2023 for his role in Living. Skrein starred in the Rebel Moon film franchise on Netflix. Hoeks starred for three seasons in AppleTV+'s See. Lynch currently stars in Starz's Sweetpea, which has been renewed for a second season. Parker starred in Starz's one-season drama Becoming Elizabeth and recurred on Netflix's The Crown. Steyn starred in Sky One's one-season drama Intergalactic and guest starred on HBO's House of the Dragon.
  • Nighy will play The Director. Skrein will play Billy Donovan. Hoeks will play Ana. Lynch will play Sam. Parker will play David. Steyn will play Queenie.
PEACOCK's POKER FACE
  • David Alan Grier, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Natasha Leggero and Richard Kind will guest star on the dramedy's upcoming second season. Grier currently stars in NBC's St. Denis Medical, which has been renewed for a second season. Tom starred for three seasons in Disney Channel's Andi Mack and recurred on Hulu's Interior Chinatown. Taylor starred for three seasons in ABC's American Crime and two seasons in Prime Video's Outer Range. Leggero co-created and starred in Comedy Central's Another Period, which ran for three seasons. Kind recently recurred on Hulu's Only Murders in the Building and Netflix's John Mulaney Presents: Everybody's in LA.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
SHOWTIME's DEXTER: RESURRECTION
  • Krysten Ritter has booked a recurring role on the upcoming Dexter sequel starring Michael C. Hall. She previously starred for three seasons in Netflix's Jessica Jones, in the Max limited series Love & Death and in AMC's one-season drama Orphan Black: Echoes
  • She will play Mia Lapierre, a renowned sommelier whose alter ego is the "Lady Vengeance" serial killer.