Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Casting News - Logan Marshall-Green Joins 'Y: Marshals'; Tobias Menzies to Co-Star on 'Prodigies'; Plus 4 More Updates!

Casting News - August 6, 2025

AppleTV+'s Prodigies; CBS' Y: Marshals; HBO's Lanterns; Prime Video's Vought Rising; Starz's Sweetpea; and USA's Anna Pigeon.





CBS' Y: MARSHALS
  • Logan Marshall-Green has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff starring Luke Grimes. He previously starred in Cinemax's one-season drama Quarry, in USA's one-season drama Damnation, and in the second season of ABC's Big Sky. He is currently recurring on the third and final season of HBO Max's And Just Like That.
  • He will play Pete Calvin, a friend from Kayce's (Grimes) time in the military.
STARZ's SWEETPEA
  • Tamsin Greig and Rish Shah have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. Greig previously starred for five seasons in Showtime's Episodes, six seasons in Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner and in the Paramount+ limited series Sexy Beast. Shah currently stars in Prime Video's Overcompensating, which released its first season in May 2025.
  • Greig will play Liv, AJ's (Calam Lynch) mother.
  • Shah will play Gabriel, Rhiannon's (Ella Purnell) romantic interest.
PRIME VIDEO's VOUGHT RISING
  • Jorden Myrie, Nicolò Pasetti, Ricky Staffieri and Brian J. Smith are set as series regulars on the upcoming prequel of The Boys starring Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash. Myrie previously recurred on Netflix's Bridgerton and BBC One's Sherwood. Pasetti recurred on AMC+'s That Dirty Black Bag and HBO's Industry. Staffieri has recurred on FX's The Bear since its second season. Smith starred for two seasons in Netflix's Sense8 and in the FX limited series Class of '09.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
APPLE TV+'s PRODIGIES
  • Tobias Menzies, Reece Shearsmith, Yumi Asō, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Sophia Di Martino, Nabhaan Rizwan, Meera Syal and Lolly Adefope will co-star on the upcoming comedy starring Will Sharpe and Ayo Edebiri. Menzies previously starred for two seasons in Netflix's The Crown, winning an Emmy Award in 2021 for his performance. Shearsmith created and starred in BBC Two's Inside No. 9, which ran for nine seasons. Asō starred in the 2023 Japanese film Perfect Days. Ward-Hammond starred for two seasons in AMC/The CW's 61st Street and two seasons in Showtime's Your Honor. Di Martino starred for two seasons in Disney+'s Loki. Rizwan starred in the HBO Max limited series Station Eleven and the BBC One limited series Dope Girls. Syal currently stars in Prime Video's The Devil's Hour, which has been renewed for a third season. Adefope starred for three seasons in Hulu's Shrill and two seasons in TBS' Miracle Workers.
  • No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
USA's ANNA PIGEON
  • Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, Ryan Northcott and Cooper Levy have booked series regular roles on the upcoming drama starring Tracy Spiridakos. Rodriguez-Saenz previously recurred on AppleTV+'s The Big Cigar and Prime Video's Reacher. Northcott starred for two seasons in APTN's Tribal. Levy recurred on Prime Video's Overcompensating.
  • Rodriguez-Saenz will play Manny López, a gentle soul and recovering addict. He finds peace in the park as an education park ranger.
  • Northcott will play Geoff Miller, the Park Supervisor of Glacier National Park and Anna's (Spiridakos) boss. He is a pragmatic rule follower who believes that established processes and procedures are the key to keeping his rangers safe.
  • Levy will play Jesse Garland, a bartender and environmentalist. He is Anna's on-again/off-again love interest.
HBO's LANTERNS
  • Cary Christopher will appear on the upcoming drama starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre. He has recurred on Peacock's Days of Our Lives since 2020, receiving a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Younger Performer in 2023. He currently also stars in the film Weapons, which makes its theatrical release this weekend.
  • He will play Young Noah, a polite and charming small-town kid. Quite gifted for his age and effortlessly good at whatever he tries, he's happiest when passing a football.