Monday, January 26, 2015

Casting News - David Tennant Books Villainous Role on 'A.K.A. Jessica Jones'; Colm Feore Joins 'Gotham'; Plus 5 More Updates!

Casting News - January 26, 2015

DirecTV's Billy & Billie & Full Circle; FOX's Gotham & New Girl; NBC's Telenovela; Netflix's A.K.A. Jessica Jones; and Showtime's Ray Donovan.





FOX's NEW GIRL
  • Saturday Night Live vet Nora Dunn will appear in a March episode of the comedy's fourth season. She will play Louise, Schmidt's controlling mother who is always armed with either unsolicited advice or a piece of chocolate.
SHOWTIME's RAY DONOVAN
  • Leland Orser (ER, Taken) has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming third season. He will play Father Romero, a cleric who is investigating the homicide of the predatory priest who Ray (Liev Schreiber) shot in the head at the end of the first season.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • Colm Feore (The Borgias) has been cast as Dr. Francis Dulmacher, aka The Dollmaker, on the drama's first. With a zealotry bordering on madness, and aided by his genius-level intellect and vast medical expertise, Dr. Dulmacher pursues his demented researches even as the bloody costs of his actions grow ever greater.
DIRECTV's BILLY & BILLIE
  • The Neil LaBute-created series starring Adam Brody and Lisa Joyce as two step-siblings in love will premiere on Tuesday, March 3 at 8/7c.
DIRECTV's FULL CIRCLE
  • The second season of the anthology drama will debut on Wednesday, March 25 at 8/7c. The cast for the second season will include Terry O'Quinn, Rita Wilson, Brittany Snow, Calista Flockhart, Eric McCormack and Kate Burton.
NETFLIX's A.K.A. JESSICA JONES
  • David Tennant (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Krysten Ritter and Mike Colter. He will play the villainous Kilgrave, an enigmatic figure from Jessica's (Ritter) past whose reappearance sends shockwaves through the former super hero's world.
NBC's TELENOVELA
  • Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Jencarlos Canela (Hunted by Night) and Diana Maria Riva (The Bridge) have joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Eva Longoria. Nolasco will play Rodrigo, the villain on the show-within-the-show. Canela will play Xavier, a Latin heartthrob and telenovela superstar. Riva will play Mia, Ana Mari's (Longoria) best friend.