Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Casting News - 'Gotham' Adds The Riddler; Bruno Bichir to Appear Opposite His Brother on 'The Bridge'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - April 1, 2014

ABC's Once Upon a Time; BBC America's The Musketeers; FOX's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gotahm & Rake; and FX's The Bridge.





FOX's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
  • After appearing in virtually every episode of the first season, Joel McKinnon Miller and Dirk Blocker have been upped to series regulars for Season 2. They play Detectives Scully and Hitchcock, the bumbling veteran duo of the police force.
BBC AMERICA's THE MUSKETEERS
  • The cable network has renewed its upcoming drama series - which premieres on Sunday, June 22 at 9/8c - for Season 2. The contemporary take on the classic Alexandre Dumas characters stars Luke Pasqualino, Tom Burke, Santiago Cabrera and Howard Charles. Peter Capaldi also appears on the drama.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • Once Upon a Time in Wonderland star Michael Socha is poised to join the original series as a series regular in Season 4 - which is of course, contingent on ABC renewing the drama series. He played the Knave of Hearts on the Once spinoff for its entire first season - which ABC opted to cancel last week.
FOX's RAKE
  • FOX is moving the low-rated midseason drama yet again. After being bumped to Friday, Rake will air its final two episodes back-to-back this Saturday, April 5. On Friday, April 4, FOX will air a repeat of Kitchen Nightmares which will lead in to the series finale of Raising Hope. Kitchen Nightmares will then debut its new season on Friday, August 11 with a two-hour episode.
FX's THE BRIDGE
  • Bruno Bichir - the real-life brother of star Demián Bichir - is joining the drama series for its second season in a major recurring role. He will play a wealthy Mexican business leader who may not be what he seems and who gets involved with Marco (D. Bichir). The characters are not expected to be related on the drama.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • Cory Michael Smith (Olive Kitteridge) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series. He will guest star in the pilot with the option to become a series regular later. He will play Edward Nygma, the DC Comics character destined to become future supervillian The Riddler. In the drama, Nygma is a brilliant but socially awkward forensic scientist who's eccentric and outgoing and desperate to be liked.