Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Casting News - Renée Zellweger Joins 'Only Murders in the Building'; 'Dark Winds' Adds Chaske Spencer; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - March 26, 2025

AMC's Dark Winds; AppleTV+'s The Dispatcher; Hulu's Only Murders in the Building; and Peacock's M.I.A.





HULU's ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
  • Renée Zellweger has joined the cast of the comedy's upcoming fifth season. She has received four Academy Award nominations - winning in 2004 for Cold Mountain and in 2020 for Judy. She recently starred in the Peacock film Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s THE DISPATCHER
  • Maxine Peake, Brendan Cowell, Daniel Henshall, Jessica Wren, Zahra Newman and Chloe Geisker will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Patrick Brammall. Peake previously starred in the FX limited series Say Nothing. Cowell starred in the first season of Fox Showcase's The Twelve and recurred on HBO's Dune: Prophecy. Henshall starred for four seasons in AMC's Turn: Washington's Spies and in the third season of ABC Television's The Newsreader. Wren recurred on Peacock's Wolf Like Me and Paramount+'s Paper Dolls. Newman recurred on Eleven's Neighbours and Netflix's Pieces of Her. Geisker will make her acting debut on the series.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PEACOCK's M.I.A.
  • Gerardo Celasco and Marta Milans have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming drama starring Shannon Gisela. Celasco previously starred in FOX's one-season drama Next and in the Netflix limited series Devil in Ohio. Milans starred in the Netflix limited series White Lines and in the Shazam! film franchise.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
AMC's DARK WINDS
  • Chaske Spencer has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. He previously starred in the Prime Video limited series The English, in the Disney+ limited series Echo and in Peacock's one-season drama Teacup.
  • He will play Sonny, a recruiter for a Los Angeles crime ring. Charismatic and lethal, he uses his charm and menace to lure young Native American men recently relocated to the city from their reservations into a life of crime.