Monday, May 5, 2025

Casting News - Kali Reis Joins '12 12 12'; Emmanuelle Chriqui and Jason O'Mara Board 'The Lincoln Lawyer'; Plus 3 More Updates!

Casting News - May 5, 2025

AppleTV+'s 12 12 12 & Your Friends and Neighbors; Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer; Paramount+'s Tulsa King; and Showtime's The Chi.





PARAMOUNT+'s TULSA KING
  • Kevin Pollak has been cast as a new series regular on the dramedy's upcoming third season. He previously starred for four seasons in Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He also recurred on CBS' Mom, FX's Better Things, and Showtime's Billions.
  • He will play Special Agent Musso, an FBI agent who has an axe to grind.
APPLE TV+'s 12 12 12
  • Kali Reis has joined the cast of the upcoming limited series starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan. She previously starred in the HBO limited series True Detective: Night Country, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for her performance.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
  • Arienne Mandi, Erin Robinson and Bre Blair have booked recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Mandi previously starred for three seasons in Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q and in the second season of Netflix's The Night Agent. Robinson appeared in the film Moonrise. Blair recurred on CBS' S.W.A.T. and ABC's Station 19.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
NETFLIX's THE LINCOLN LAWYER
  • Emmanuelle Chriqui, Jason O'Mara and Javon Johnson have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Chriqui starred for two seasons in Hulu's Shut Eye and four seasons in The CW's Superman & Lois. O'Mara starred for two seasons in Prime Video's The Man in the High Castle and recurred on CBS' Fire Country. Johnson currently stars in BET's The Oval, which resumes its sixth season later this year.
  • Chriqui will play Jeanine Ferrigno. "Goodfellas" by way of Glendale, she is the girlfriend of a local gangster who finds herself mixed up in a criminal enterprise, giving her information pivotal to Mickey's (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo) defense.
  • O'Mara will play Jack Gilroy, Maggie's (Neve Campbell) current boyfriend. He is an orthopedic surgeon who's fit, tan and comfortable in his own skin. He specializes in sports medicine, which allows him to work with established and up-and-coming athletes in Southern California.
  • Johnson will play Carter Gates, a decent, hardworking business owner who had turned his life around after legal troubles in his youth and now finds himself accused of murder.
SHOWTIME's THE CHI
  • Kyla Pratt, Punkie Johnson, Reagan Gomez and Tammy Townsend will guest star on the drama's upcoming seventh season. Pratt previously starred for three seasons in FOX's Call Me Kat. Johnson starred for four seasons in NBC's Saturday Night Live. Gomez starred for four seasons in FOX's The Cleveland Show and recurred on OWN's Queen Sugar. Townsend currently stars in BET+'s Average Joe, which has been renewed for a second season.
  • Pratt will play Angie, Hannibal's (Chris Lee) tough as nails wife, who doesn't tolerate anything less than her home being happy.
  • Johnson will play Shawnita, a career restaurant manager who's here to whip Smokey's into shape.
  • Gomez will play Candace, a textbook lover girl gone bad who's spicy new love interest is keeping her on her toes.
  • Townsend will play Nora, a charming and scrappy entrepreneur who dreams of helping people through her business.