Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Casting News - Jason Isaacs to Play Captain on 'Star Trek: Discovery'; Patricia Clarkson Joins 'Sharp Objects'

Casting News - March 7, 2017

CBS All Access' Star Trek: Discovery and HBO's Sharp Objects.






CBS ALL ACCESS' STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
  • Jason Isaacs (Awake) and Mary Wiseman (Longmire) have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Sonequa Martin-Green. Isaacs will play Captain Lorca, the Captain of the Starship Discovery. Wiseman will play Tilly, a Starfleet Academy Cade in her final year of study, assigned to the Starship Discovery.
HBO's SHARP OBJECTS
  • Emmy winner Patricia Clarkson (Six Feet Under) has booked a lead role on the upcoming drama starring Amy Adams. She will play Adora Crellin, Camille's (Adams) mother queen of Wind Gap's highest society. Haunted by the untimely passing of Camille's sister decades earlier, her anxiety is manifested through an overbearing love and protection for her youngest, Amma. The sudden return of her estranged daughter, Camille, provokes her subtle hostility that threatens Camille's sobriety and sanity.