Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Casting News - Bradley Cooper to Recur on 'Limitless'; Peter MacNicol Departs 'CSI: Cyber'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - May 13, 2015

CBS's CSI: Cyber & Limitless; FX's American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson; Starz's Blunt Talk & Survivor's Remorse; and USA's Royal Pains.




STARZ's BLUNT TALK and SURVIVOR'S REMORSE
  • The premium cable network will debut its new comedy block - comprised of Blunt Talk starring Patrick Stewart followed by the second season of Survivor's Remorse - on Saturday, August 22 at 9/8c.
CBS's LIMITLESS
  • In addition to executive producing, Oscar-nominated actor Bradley Cooper will recur on the upcoming drama series - reprising his character from the 2011 feature film, Eddie Mora. Cooper actually appears as a guest star in the pilot, and will appear as much as his schedule permits.
FX's AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON
  • Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The Cosby Show) has joined the cast of the upcoming limited event series. He will play A.C. Cowlings, the former pro football player and protective friend of O.J. Simpson (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), most known for his role in the murder trial as the driver of the white Ford Bronco in the infamous televised police chase.
CBS's CSI: CYBER
  • Peter MacNicol is departing the cast of the drama series after just one season. He played Assistant Direcotr Stavros Sifter, a career FBI insider and supervisor of Special Agent Avery Ryan (Arquette). His exit is a part of a creative revamping heading into the show's second season this fall.
USA's ROYAL PAINS
  • Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) will appear on the drama's upcoming seventh season. She will play Olympia Houston, a generous benefactor at the Hamptons Heritage Center for Rare and Orphan Diseases who has a reputation for dating powerful men.