Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Casting News - Carrie Preston Returns to 'The Good Wife'; 'Lost' Vet Heads to 'Hawaii Five-0'; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - July 22, 2014

CBS' The Good Wife & Hawaii Five-0; Lifetime's The Lottery & Un-Real; NBC's Aquarius & Bad Judge; Syfy's Killjoys; and USA's Covert Affairs.





SYFY's KILLJOYS
  • Hannah John-Kamen (Viva Forever), Aaron Ashmore (Warehouse 13) and Luke Macfarlane (Brothers & Sisters) have landed the lead roles on the Space/Syfy co-production. John-Kamen will play Dutch, a top-level Killjoy (interplanetary bounty hunter) chasing deadly warrants throughout the Quad (a distant planetary system). Ashmore will play John Jaqobis, a peacemaker who hates conflict. Macfarlane will play D'avin, a handsome, rugged, sarcastic and incredibly loyal former soldier.
LIFETIME's UN-REAL
  • Craig Bierko (Boston Legal) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series starring Shiri Appleby. He will play Chet, the show-within-the-show's sexy and arrogant creator.
LIFETIME's THE LOTTERY
  • Michael Irby (Almost Human) has booked a recurring role on the new drama. He will play Nick, the older brother to Vanessa (Athena Karkanis) who has made unwise choices that have led to trouble again and again.
CBS' THE GOOD WIFE
  • Carrie Preston is set to reprise her Emmy-winning role of lawyer Elsbeth Tascioni on an upcoming episode of the drama's sixth season. 
NBC's AQUARIUS
  • Ambyr Childers (Ray Donovan) and Beau Mirchoff (Awkward) have been cast in recurring roles on the upcoming event series starring David Duchovny. Childers will play play a seductive woman that lures Emma's boyfriend away as part of Manson's plan to recruit her. Mirchoff will play Rick Zondervan, a UCLA student who takes his girlfriend to a drug party in Laurel Canyon where they run into Manson.
NBC's BAD JUDGE
  • Miguel Sandoval has been upped to regular status on the upcoming comedy starring Kate Walsh after guest starring in the pilot. He plays Judge Connors, Rebecca's (Walsh) boss on the San Bernardino County bench who gives her extra work because he believes in her as a judge.
USA's COVERT AFFAIRS
  • Lynn Collins (True Blood) has booked a recurring role on the drama's current fifth season. She will play Olga Akarova, an FSB operative who does not shy away from taking on any opponent who gets in her way - including Annie (Piper Perabo).
CBS' HAWAII FIVE-0
  • Lost vet William Mapother will guest star on an upcoming episode of the Friday night procedural. He will play Eric Porter, a likable and wealthy business owner who gets caught in the middle of a tense situation but is willing to help the police.