Thursday, June 5, 2025

Casting News - Samuel L. Jackson to Headline 'Tulsa King' Spinoff; Leslie Odom Jr. Joins 'Imperfect Women'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - June 5, 2025

AppleTV+'s Imperfect Women; Hulu's Paradise; and Paramount+'s Tulsa King.





APPLE TV+'s IMPERFECT WOMEN
  • Leslie Odom Jr. has booked a recurring role on the upcoming limited series starring Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara. He won a Tony Award in 2016 for his performance in the musical Hamilton. He also appeared in the films One Night in Miami, The Many Saints of Newark, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Exorcist: Believer.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
HULU's PARADISE
  • Raymond Cham Jr. has landed a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. He previously starred in FOX's one-season drama The Big Leap and recurred on Max's Sort Of.
  • No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
PARAMOUNT+'s TULSA KING
  • Samuel L. Jackson will reportedly appear in multiple episodes of the dramedy's upcoming third season - with the intention of headlining a potential spinoff. He has been nominated for one Academy Award, one Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards. He recently starred in the AppleTV+ limited series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey and in the Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion reprising his Marvel role as Nick Fury.
  • He will play Russell Lee Washington Jr., who comes from the crime world and will go up against Dwight (Sylvester Stallone) in Tulsa before moving to New Orleans.