Casting News - September 3, 2025
ABC's Abbott Elementary; AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; MGM+'s American Hostage; and Paramount+'s The Dutton Ranch.
ABC's Abbott Elementary; AppleTV+'s Cape Fear; MGM+'s American Hostage; and Paramount+'s The Dutton Ranch.
APPLE TV+'s CAPE FEAR
- Ron Perlman, Ted Levine and Margarita Levieva have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Javier Bardem, Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson. Perlman previously starred for six seasons in FX's Sons of Anarchy, two seasons in Prime Video's Hand of God, and two seasons in Crackle's StartUp. Levine starred for eight seasons in USA's Monk and two seasons in FX's The Bridge. Levieva currently stars in Disney+'s Daredevil: Born Again, which has been renewed for a second season.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing. However, Levieva will replace Clara Wong, who was originally cast in the series but has since left.
PARAMOUNT+'s THE DUTTON RANCH
- Ed Harris has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser. He has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock and The Hours. He has also earned Emmy Award nominations for his roles in HBO's Empire Falls, Game Change and Westworld.
- He will play Everett McKinney, a weathered veteran and veterinarian who treats animals with compassion and understanding, and possesses a good sense of humor.
ABC's ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
- Luke Tennie has landed a recurring role on the comedy's upcoming fifth season. He currently stars in AppleTV+'s Shrinking, which has been renewed for a third season.
- He will play Dominic, a new teacher at Abbott Elementary.
MGM+'s AMERICAN HOSTAGE
- William Jackson Harper will co-star on the upcoming anthology drama starring Jon Hamm and Mireille Enos. He previously starred for four seasons in NBC's The Good Place, in the second season of HBO Max's Love Life, and in the Netflix limited series A Man in Full. He next stars in the upcoming fourth season of AppleTV+'s The Morning Show.
- He will play Ben Hairston. Respected and liked, good at his job, and clever, he is Fred's (Hamm) mentee at WIBC news. After being a newspaper reporter, he has finally found his work family at WIBC radio. This is a place where he is seen as a reporter's reporter who isn't afraid to raise the hard questions. Through the course of the series, as Fred becomes more and more compromised in his role as a negotiator, Ben must intercede and decided whether he should dethrone his mentor in the name of journalistic integrity.