Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Casting News - Francia Raisa and Jordan Buhat Set as Series Regulars on 'Grown-ish'; Plus 7 More Updates!

Casting News - August 30, 2017

ABC's The Goldbergs & Once Upon a Time; Amazon's Goliath; Crackle's The Oath; Freeform's Grown-ish; NBC's Law & Order: SVU & Law & Order: True Crime; and OWN's Queen Sugar.




NBC's LAW & ORDER: TRUE CRIME - THE MENENDEZ MURDERS
  • Anna Osceola (Greek, Mad Men) has been cast in a recurring role on the upcoming anthology starring Edie Falco. She will play Noelle Terlesky, a blonde coed who Erik Menendez (Gus Halper) met in Lake Tahoe four months after the murders. He feels very close to her and believes that she gets him. She remains supportive of him even after he confesses to the murders.
CRACKLE's THE OATH
  • J. Anthony Pena (How to Get Away With Murder, Love) has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Sean Bean. He will play Carl, a medically retired police officer and Raven. He opened a bar and lets the Ravens set up shop in the back room to keep it afloat. He is fiercely loyal to his cop patrons, Tom Hammond (Bean) in particular.
FREEFORM's GROWN-ISH
  • Francia Raisa and Jordan Buhat are set as series regulars on the upcoming spinoff of Black-ish. Meanwhile, Chloe and Halle Bailey are cast as recurring. Raisa will play Ana, an outspoken conservative freshman. Buhat will play Vivek, a first generation Indian American freshman with an endearing lack of self-awareness. The Bailey sisters will play twins Sky and Jazz, who are on the track team.
OWN's QUEEN SUGAR
  • The cable network has set a two-night return date for the second half of the drama's second season. New episodes will return on Tuesday, October 3 at 10/9c. with the move to its regular time slot on Wednesday, October 4 at 10/9c.
AMAZON's GOLIATH
  • Mark Duplass (Togetherness, Manhunt: Unabomber) has landed a series regular role on the drama's upcoming second season. He will play Tom Wyatt, a successful Los Angeles developer who wants to give the city a distinct skyline. A prominent philanthropist, he is a major contributor to mayoral candidate Marisol Silva (Ana De La Reguera).
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • Annabeth Gish (The X-Files, Halt and Catch Fire) will appear in an upcoming episode of the drama's nineteenth season. She will play a defense attorney in the third episode of the season. The story revolves around a man who is castrated and left for dead with three female suspects with possible motives.
ABC's ONCE UPON A TIME
  • Robin Givens (Riverdale, Head of the Class) has joined the drama's upcoming seventh season. She will play Eudora, a loving mother to Tiana (Mekia Cox) and benevolent noblewoman. Formerly wealthy, now facing financial disaster, she handles the transition with grace and inner moral strength.
ABC's THE GOLDBERGS
  • AJ Michalka will not be returning to the hit comedy as a series regular for its upcoming fifth season. She plays Lainey, Erica's (Hayley Orrantia) best friend and Barry's (Troy Gentile) girlfriend. She joined the comedy as recurring in its first season and was promoted to series regular ahead of the third season. In the Season 4 finale, she left early for college in Savannah, Georgia. However, she is still expected to make guest appearances throughout the season.