Friday, November 6, 2015

Casting News - 'Scream' Gets New Showrunners for Season 2; Marcia Cross Joins 'Quantico'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - November 6, 2015

ABC's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nashville & Quantico; MTV's Scream; and Netflix's F Is for Family.





ABC's AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Mark Dacascos (Hawaii Five-0, Iron Chef America) has been cast in a recurring role on the drama's third season. He will play Giyera, the new head of security for S.H.I.E.L.D.
NETFLIX's F IS FOR FAMILY
  • The new animated comedy created by Bill Burr and Michael Price will drop all six episodes of its first season on the online streaming service on Friday, December 18. The voice cast features Burr, Laura Dern, Justin Long and Haley Reinhart.
MTV's SCREAM
  • The hit drama is making a change behind-the-scenes for its upcoming second season. Michael Gans and Richard Register have been brought in as the new showrunners, replacing Jill Blotevogal and Jaime Paglia from the first season. Blotevogal will stay on as a consultant while Paglia is leaving the series completely.
ABC's NASHVILLE
  • Tony and Grammy winner Steve Kazee (Shameless, Legends) has booked a recurring role on the drama's fourth season. He will play Riff, a country music star at the top of his game ten years ago who left it all behind when he fell in a love with a Southern beauty.
ABC's QUANTICO
  • Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross has landed a major recurring role on the hit drama's first season. She will play Claire Haas, Caleb's (Graham Rogers) mother, the ruling force of the Haas clan who has transitioned from decorated FBI agent to high-ranking senator and now Vice Presidential candidate. The public sees a skilled politician, a passionate advocate for her causes, a force for good, but her family sees a different woman: one whose ambition comes before all else.