Casting News - March 5, 2025
ABC's The Conners; AMC's Untitled Jonathan Glatzer Drama; HBO's The Last of Us; Hulu's Only Murders in the Building; MGM+'s Robin Hood; NBC's Suits LA; and Netflix's I Will Find You.
ABC's The Conners; AMC's Untitled Jonathan Glatzer Drama; HBO's The Last of Us; Hulu's Only Murders in the Building; MGM+'s Robin Hood; NBC's Suits LA; and Netflix's I Will Find You.
NETFLIX's I WILL FIND YOU
- Sam Worthington will play the lead role in the upcoming limited series based on the novel by Harlan Coben. He currently stars in the Avatar film franchise. He previously starred in the Discovery limited series Manhunt and in the FX limited series Under the Banner of Heaven.
- He will play David Burroughs, an innocent father serving a life sentence for the murder of his own son - a crime he didn't commit, yet a tragedy he punishes himself for every day. When David receives evidence that his child may still be alive, he must break out of prison to find out the truth.
AMC's UNTITLED JONATHAN GLATZER DRAMA
- Paul Adelstein has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Billy Magnussen and Sarah Goldberg. He previously starred for three seasons in FOX's Prison Break, six seasons in ABC's Private Practice, two seasons in Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, and in the second season of Freeform's Cruel Summer.
- He will play Dr. Felder, a Freudian psychotherapist.
MGM+'s ROBIN HOOD
- Connie Nielsen will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Jack Patten, Lauren McQueen and Sean Bean. She previously starred in the Gladiator and Wonder Woman film franchises. She also starred for two seasons in Starz's Boss, in the second season of FOX's The Following, and in the Channel 4 limited series Close to Me.
- She will play Eleanor of Aquitaine. One of the most powerful women in history, she is a queen, a strategist, and a force of nature. A ruler who has outmaneuvered kings and led crusades, she sees the world for what it is - a battlefield.
HULU's ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
- Keegan-Michael Key has booked a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fifth season. He co-created and starred in Comedy Central's Key & Peele, which aired for five seasons and won one Emmy Award out of ten nominations. He also starred for three seasons in USA's Playing House, two seasons in Netflix's Friends From College and two seasons in AppleTV+'s Schmigadoon!.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
ABC's THE CONNERS
- Zoe Perry has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming seventh and final season. She is the real-life daughter of series regular Laurie Metcalf. She previously starred for seven seasons in CBS' Young Sheldon and currently recurs on its spinoff Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.
- She will play a cop who gives Jackie (Metcalf) a hard time about considering rejoining the police force at her age.
HBO's THE LAST OF US
- Joe Pantoliano, Robert John Burke, Noah Lamanna, Alanna Ubach, Ben Ahlers and Hettienne Park will appear in the drama's upcoming second season. Pantoliano previously starred for two seasons in HBO's The Sopranos, winning an Emmy Award in 2003 for his performance. Burke recurred on CBS' Person of Interest and NBC's Law & Order: SVU. Lamanna recurred on Paramount+'s Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and MGM+'s Beacon 23. Ubach currently stars in Peacock's Ted, which has been renewed for a second season. Ahlers currently stars in HBO's The Gilded Age, which has been renewed for a third season. Park starred for two seasons in NBC's Hannibal and recurred on HBO's The Outsider.
- Pantoliano will play Eugene, who leads a lab growing cannabis.
- Burke will play Seth, who runs a bar in the Jackson, Wyoming community.
- Lamanna will play Kat, who dated Ellie (Bella Ramsey) between seasons.
- Ubach will play Hanrahan. Ahlers will play Burton. Park will play Elise.
NBC's SUITS LA
- Rick Hoffman will reprise his Suits role in an upcoming episode of the drama's first season. He becomes the second actor from the original series to make an appearance on the spinoff following a multi-episode arc for Gabriel Macht. The two actors will not appear in the same episodes though. Hoffman starred for all nine seasons in the USA drama.
- Hoffman plays Louis Litt, an attorney specializing in corporate finance who coined the phrase "You Just Got Litt Up."