Casting News - February 5, 2025
MGM+'s Spider-Noir; Peacock's The Burbs; and Prime Video's The Greatest.
MGM+'s Spider-Noir; Peacock's The Burbs; and Prime Video's The Greatest.
MGM+'s SPIDER-NOIR
- Amy Aquino and Andrew Robinson have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris and Brendan Gleeson. Aquino previously starred for seven seasons in Prime Video's Bosch. Robinson recurred on the syndicated drama Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's THE GREATEST
- Omari Hardwick and Dana Gourrier have joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Jaalen Best. Hardwick previously starred for six seasons in Starz's Power and recently in the Paramount+ film Star Trek: Section 31. Gourrier recurred on Starz's P-Valley, AMC's Interview With the Vampire and Paramount+'s Evil.
- Hardwick will play Cassius "Cash" Clay Sr., Muhammad Ali's (Best) father.
- Gourrier will play Odessa "Bird" Clay, Muhammad Ali's mother.
PEACOCK's THE BURBS
- Jack Whitehall, Julia Duffy, Paula Pell, Mark Proksch and Kapil Talwalkar will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Keke Palmer. Whitehall previously starred in the second season of AppleTV+'s The Afterparty. Duffy starred for seven seasons on CBS' Newhart and recurred on AppleTV+'s Palm Royale. Pell starred for three seasons in Peacock/Netflix's Girls5Eva. Proksch starred for six seasons in FX's What We Do In the Shadows. Talwalkar starred for two seasons in NBC's Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and in the first season of NBC's Night Court.
- Set in present-day suburbia, a young couple (Palmer & Whitehall) returns to the husband's childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.