Thursday, May 26, 2022

Casting News - 'Fantastic Beasts' Star Jude Law to Play Lead Role in Disney+'s 'Skeleton Crew'; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - May 26, 2022

Disney+'s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. & Skeleton Crew; and HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls.





DISNEY+'s DOOGIE KAMEALOHA, M.D.
  • Milo Manheim has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming second season. He currently stars in Disney Channel's Zombies film franchise, with the third film set to debut on Disney+ this July.
  • He will play Nico, a street smart teenager who has been in and out of hospitals for years and lives life on the edge. When he becomes one of Lahela's (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) patients, their relationship gets complicated.
HBO MAX's THE SEX LIVES OF COLLEGE GIRLS
  • Mitchell Slaggert has been cast as a new series regular on the comedy's upcoming second season. He previously guest starred on HBO Max's Gossip Girl.
  • He will play Jackson, a former Division 1 athlete who transfers to Essex from a party school.
DISNEY+'s SKELETON CREW
  • Jude Law will play the lead role in the upcoming Star Wars drama created by Jon Watts and Christopher Ford. He currently stars in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, which released its third film earlier this year. He previously starred in the HBO limited series The Young Pope, The New Pope and The Third Day. And finally, he has received two Academy Award nominations and two Tony Award nominations.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.