Friday, May 29, 2015

Casting News - 'Empire' Season 2 Premiere Date Revealed; John Pyper-Ferguson Joins 'Suits'; Plus 9 More Updates!

Casting News - May 29, 2015

ABC's Blood and Oil; ABC Family's Shadowhunters; CBS' Mom; Cinemax's Quarry; FOX's Empire & Gotham; FX's Married; NBC's Heroes: Reborn; Netflix's Fuller House & The Get Down; and USA's Suits.




ABC FAMILY's SHADOWHUNTERS
  • Jon Cor (Being Human, Dark Matter) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming drama series. He will play Hodge Starkweather, the weapons trainer at the Shadowhunters New York Institute and a former Circle member.
NETFLIX's THE GET DOWN
  • Newcomer Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has joined the cast of the upcoming drama series created by Baz Luhrmann. He will play Cadillac, a "fly gangster" and prince of the disco world who is the owner and proprietor of the most notorious after-hours night spot in the Bronx. 
NBC's HEROES: REBORN
  • Nazneen Contractor (Covert Affairs) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming limited event series starring Jack Coleman and Zachary Levi. She will play Farah, a mysterious character who is militant, tough and stoic.
CINEMAX's QUARRY
  • Aoibhinn McGinnity (Love/Hate) will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming drama series starring Logan Marshall-Green. She will play Marcy, who has ties to mysterious figure "The Broker."
NETFLIX's FULLER HOUSE
  • Bob Saget will reprise his role as Danny Tanner on the upcoming Full House revival, it was announced late last night on Twitter by executive producer/co-star John Stamos.
USA's SUITS
  • John Pyper-Ferguson (The Last Ship) has booked a major recurring role on the drama's upcoming fifth season. He will play Jack Soloff, an up-and-coming parter at the firm who is hoping his new position as head of the compensation committee will include increased power.
CBS' MOM
  • After rarely appearing in the second season, Spencer Daniels is officially being dropped from the regular cast of the hit comedy ahead of its third season. He played Luke, Violet's (Sadie Calvano) high school boyfriend who got her pregnant. Additionally, Beth Hall has been promoted to series regular for the third season. Debuting in the last part of the second season, she plays Wendy, Christy (Anna Faris) and Bonnie's (Allison Janney) new friend from AA who frequently bursts into tears.
FOX's EMPIRE
  • The hit drama series starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson will return for the first half of its second season on Wednesday, September 23 at 9/8c. The news first broke this afternoon on Twitter.
FX's MARRIED
  • Frances Conroy (American Horror Story) and M.C. Gainey (Lost) will appear in the second season premiere of the hit comedy. They will play Lina's (Judy Greer) mother and stepfather respectively.
FOX's GOTHAM
  • After appearing in the penultimate episode of the first season, Chris Chalk has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming second season. He plays Lucius Fox, a junior executive at Wayne Enterprises and the company's resident tech genius.
ABC's BLOOD AND OIL
  • The Don Johnson-starring drama (formerly untitled, Boom and Oil) is now being marketed as Blood and Oil. Is that title any better than the previous ones? You decide in the comments below!