Friday, August 1, 2025

Casting News - Justina Machado Books Role on 'Matlock'; 'Ransom Canyon' Promotes Casey W. Johnson; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - August 1, 2025

CBS' Matlock; NBC's Law & Order: SVU; Netflix's Ransom Canyon & Untitled Jesse McKeown Series; Peacock's The Five-Star Weekend; and USA's Anna Pigeon.




CBS' MATLOCK
  • Justina Machado has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming second season. She previously starred for four seasons in Netflix/Pop's One Day at a Time and recurred on The CW's Jane the Virgin.
  • She will play Eva, a formidable, smart and ambitious attorney and Senior's (Beau Bridges) fourth ex-wife. The one who made him swear off marriage. She runs Jacobson Moore's office in Miami and she arrives in New York for an emergency meeting... which she uses to her advantage.
NETFLIX's UNTITLED JESSE MCKEOWN SERIES
  • Willow Kean, Ruby Stokes and Kaleb Horn will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Josh Hartnett, Mackenzie Davis, Charlie Heaton, Natasha Henstridge, Joshua Close and Rohan Campbell. Kean previously guest starred on Syfy's SurrealEstate. Stokes starred in Netflix's one-season drama Lockwood & Co. and in the Paramount+ limited series The Burning Girls. Horn is currently recurring on Syfy's Revival.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PEACOCK's THE FIVE-STAR WEEKEND
  • Henry Eikenberry and Roberta Colindrez have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Jennifer Garner, Regina Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Judy Greer and D'Arcy Carden. Eikenberry previously recurred on HBO's Euphoria and AppleTV+'s The Crowded Room. Colindrez also starred opposite Carden in Prime Video's one-season comedy A League of Their Own.
  • Eikenberry will play Dylan Leclaire, a handsome, laidback but goofy young man balancing fatherhood and struggling to figure out what he truly wants.
  • Colindrez will play Sunny, a passionate tour guide in Nantucket with a connection to Brooke (Carden). 
USA's ANNA PIGEON
  • Ronnie Rowe Jr. has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Tracy Spiridakos. He previously recurred on Paramount+'s Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix's The Madness and Prime Video's Reacher
  • He will play Frederick Stanton, an FBI agent and charismatic wanderer who chases crimes through national parks and keeps his cool, except when it comes to ranger Anna Pigeon (Spiridakos).
NETFLIX's RANSOM CANYON
  • Casey W. Johnson has been promoted to series regular for the drama's upcoming second season. He appeared as a recurring guest star on the first season - appearing in eight episodes overall. He previously starred for two seasons in AppleTV+'s For All Mankind.
  • He plays Kit Russell, the broker of Lucas Russell (Garrett Wareing). He played a pivotal role in the mystery behind the car accident that took Staten's (Josh Duhamel) son Randall from him.
NBC's LAW & ORDER: SVU
  • BD Wong and Dean Winters are returning to the drama for its upcoming 27th season. Wong starred on the drama from its fourth through 12th seasons. He last appeared on the drama as a guest star in Season 17. Winters recurred on the drama in its first season. Then, he returned in the Season 13 finale - appearing heavily in Seasons 14 and 15. He last guest starred on the show during Season 20.
  • Wong plays Dr. George Huang. Winters plays Detective Brian Cassidy.