Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Casting News - Charles Mesure Joins 'Dead of Summer'; 'Haters Back Off' Adds Angela Kinsey & Steve Little; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - April 5, 2016

Freeform's Dead of Summer; Netflix's Haters Back Off; Pivot's Capital; and SundanceTV's Rectify.





NETFLIX's HATERS BACK OFF
  • Angela Kinsey (The Office) and Steve Little (The Grinder) will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Colleen Ballinger-Evans, aka Miranda Sings. Kinsey will play Bethany, Miranda's mother who dotes on her daughter which helps explain her peculiar behavior. Little will play Jim, Miranda's uncle who has a unique relationship with her.
SUNDANCETV's RECTIFY
  • After recurring throughout the first three seasons, J.D. Evermore has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming fourth and final season. He plays Sheriff Carl Daggett, the local sheriff investigating the case surrounding the series.
FREEFORM's DEAD OF SUMMER
  • Charles Mesure (Desperate Housewives) has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Elizabeth Mitchell. He will play a small-town sheriff who loves his peaceful community and is not happy when things start to go sideways at Camp Clearwater.
PIVOT's CAPITAL
  • The three-part series from BBC One will air stateside on Pivot later this year, it was announced today. The drama stars Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling and Gemma Jones. An adaptation of the best-selling novel from John Lanchester, the series follows the interconnected lives of a group of Londoners on one suburban street after they all receive a threatening message in the mail.