Friday, February 7, 2025

Casting News - Edie Falco, Lennie James and Laura Benanti Board 'Mayor of Kingstown'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - February 7, 2025

AppleTV+'s Star City & Untitled McConaughey & Harrelson Comedy; Disney+'s Vision; and Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown.





PARAMOUNT+'s MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN
  • Edie Falco, Lennie James and Laura Benanti are set as new series regulars on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Falco previously starred for six seasons in HBO's The Sopranos and seven seasons in Showtime's Nurse Jackie, winning four Emmy Awards for her performances. James starred for three seasons in AMC's The Walking Dead and five seasons in its spinoff Fear the Walking Dead. Benanti has received five Tony Award nominations - winning in 2008 for her role in Gypsy.
  • Falco will play Nina Hobbs, Anchor Bay's new prison warden.
  • James will play Frank Moses, a legendary gangster respected in the city of Detroit, the state of Michigan and beyond.
  • Benanti will play Cindy Stephens, a new correctional officer recruited in Kingstown.
APPLE TV+'s UNTITLED MCCONAUGHEY & HARRELSON COMEDY
  • Holland Taylor has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. She has received nine Emmy Award nominations for her performances in ABC's The Practice, AMC's The Lot, CBS' Two and a Half Men, Netflix's Hollywood and The Morning Show. Her sole win came for her supporting role on the ABC legal drama in 1999.
  • She will play Ma Mac, Matthew's (McConaughey) mother.
DISNEY+'s VISION
  • Ruaridh Mollica will co-star on the upcoming Marvel drama starring Paul Bettany. He previously recurred on BBC Three's Red Rose, ITV's Ridley and HBO's The Franchise. He will next be seen recurring on Hulu's upcoming drama A Thousand Blows, which premieres later this month.
  • He will play Tucker. No additional details were immediately announced about the character.
APPLE TV+'s STAR CITY
  • Anna Maxwell Martin has joined the cast of the upcoming For All Mankind spinoff starring Rhys Ifans. She has received four BAFTA Award nominations for her performances in BBC One's Bleak House, Channel 4's Poppy Shakespeare, BBC One's South Riding and BBC Two's Motherland.
  • She will play Lyudmilla, the head of the KGB surveillance department at Star City.