Thursday, December 4, 2014

Casting News - Krysten Ritter is Netflix's 'Jessica Jones'; CBS Sets 'The Dovekeepers' Premiere Date; Plus 6 More Updates!

Casting News - December 4, 2014

ABC Family's Young & Hungry; BBC America's Almost Royal; CBS' The Dovekeepers; Comedy Central's Broad City & Workaholics; E!'s The Royals; Lifetime's Damien; Netflix's Jessica Jones; and TV Land's Younger.




ABC FAMILY's YOUNG & HUNGRY
  • Miguel Pinzon (Mystery Girls) will appear on an upcoming episode of the comedy's second season. He will play Andre, the florist at Josh's (Jonathan Sadowski) wedding and a new love interest for Elliot (Rex Lee).
E!'s THE ROYALS
  • The cable network will debut its first original scripted program The Royals on Sunday, March 15 at 10/9c. The drama stars Elizabeth Hurley, Vincent Regan, William Moseley, Alexandra Park, Merritt Patterson, Jake Maskall, Ukwell Roach, Tom Austen, Sophie Colquhoun and Oliver Milburn, with special guest star Joan Collins.
BBC AMERICA's ALMOST ROYAL
  • The cable network has picked up a second season of the original comedy series starring Ed Gamble and Amy Hoggart. The new season will debut in 2015.
TV LAND's YOUNGER
  • There has been a change to the premiere date plans for the cable network's upcoming single camera comedy. The series starring Sutton Foster will now debut on Tuesday, March 31 at 10/9c. - instead of the previously announced January 13.
COMEDY CENTRAL's WORKAHOLICS and BROAD CITY
  • Both comedies will return for their new seasons on Wednesday, January 14 - with Season 5 of Workaholics at 10/9c. and the second season of Broad City at 10:30/9:30c.
LIFETIME's DAMIEN
  • Bradley James (Merlin) has landed the title role on the upcoming drama series. Additionally, Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) has signed on to direct and executive produce the first episode. James will play Damien Thorn, the mysterious child from the 1976 film The Omen who has grown up, seemingly unaware of the satanic forces around him. Haunted by his past, Damien must now come to terms with his true destiny - that he is the Antichrist, the most feared man throughout the ages.
NETFLIX's JESSICA JONES
  • Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23, Breaking Bad) has been tapped for the lead role on the upcoming drama. She will play Jessica Jones, a superhero suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, which leads to her hanging up her costume and opening her own detective agency, where she ends up helping people and assisting other superheroes.
CBS' THE DOVEKEEPERS
  • The four-hour limited event series will air on Tuesday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 1 from 9-11 PM. The cast for the period series includes Cote De Pablo, Rachel Brosnahan, Kathryn Prescott, Diego Boneta and Sam Neill.