Thursday, September 10, 2015

Casting News - Netflix Sets November Premiere Date for 'Jessica Jones'; 'Empire' Adds Vivica A. Fox; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - September 10, 2015

ABC's American Crime; CBS' BrainDead & The Odd Couple; FOX's Empire; and Netflix's Jessica Jones.





NETFLIX's JESSICA JONES
  • All 13 episodes of the upcoming drama's first season will drop on the online streaming service on Friday, November 20 at 12:01AM P.T. The drama stars Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville, Erin Moriarty and Wil Travel. The teaser with the date announcement can be found here.
FOX's EMPIRE
  • Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill, Independence Day) will appear on an upcoming episode of the drama's second season. She will play Cookie's (Taraji P. Henson) troublesome older sister who comes looking for her for unknown reasons.
CBS' THE ODD COUPLE
  • Desperate Housewives alum Teri Hatcher will guest star on an upcoming episode of the comedy's second season. She will play Charlotte, a successful single mother who lives in Oscar's (Matthew Perry) building. They meet when Oscar starts dating her nanny, but he soon realizes he's really interested in Charlotte.
CBS' BRAINDEAD
  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Smashed, The Returned) has booked the lead role on the upcoming drama created by Robert and Michelle King. She will play Laurel, the daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, but is pulled back into the family business when her brother, the senate majority whip, needs her help running his senate office. Now a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer, Laurel discovers two things: The government has stopped working, and alien spawn have come to Earth and eaten the brains of a growing number of congressmen and Hill staffers.
ABC's AMERICAN CRIME
  • Mad Men alum Christopher Stanley will recur on the upcoming second season of the hit anthology series. He will play Charles, a handsome and sophisticated businessman and love interest to Barb Hanlon (Felicity Huffman).