Casting News - December 15, 2025
CBS' Tracker; HBO Max's The Pitt; Hulu's The Spot; Netflix's Assassin's Creed; and Peacock's Dig.
CBS' Tracker; HBO Max's The Pitt; Hulu's The Spot; Netflix's Assassin's Creed; and Peacock's Dig.
HULU's THE SPOT
- Macon Blair, Daveed Diggs and Michael Patrick Thornton will co-star on the upcoming limited series starring Claire Danes and Ewan McGregor. Blair previously recurred on FX's Reservation Dogs and The Lowdown. Diggs starred for four seasons in TNT/AMC's Snowpiercer and won a Tony Award in 2016 for his featured role in the musical Hamilton. Thornton recurred on CBS' Madam Secretary, Showtime's Let the Right One In and ABC's The Good Doctor.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PEACOCK's DIG
- Geraldine Viswanathan has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie. She previously starred for four seasons in TBS' Miracle Workers and in the 2025 Marvel film Thunderbolts*.
- She will play Dylan, who returns to the dig in Greece on a whim to take care of some unfinished business after a five-year absence.
NETFLIX's ASSASSIN'S CREED
- Zachary Hart has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Toby Wallace and Lola Petticrew. He previously guest starred on Apple TV's Masters of the Air and Slow Horses.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing in the adaptation of the video game franchise.
HBO MAX's THE PITT
- Meta Golding, Luke Tennie, Christopher Thornton and Travis Van Winkle have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Golding previously starred in Paramount+'s one-season drama Rabbit Hole and recurred on Netflix's Ransom Canyon. Tennie currently stars in Apple TV's Shrinking, which returns for its third season in January. Thornton recurred on CBS/NBC's Magnum P.I. and Netflix's The Lincoln Lawyer. Van Winkle starred for five seasons in TNT's The Last Ship and two seasons in Netflix's FUBAR.
- Golding will play Noelle Hastings, a nurse.
- Tennie will play Dr. Crus Henderson, a night shift fourth year resident.
- Thornton will play Dr. Caleb Jefferson, a psychiatric attending.
- Van Winkle will play Curtis Larson, an aggressive patient.
CBS' TRACKER
- Kathleen Robertson and Mark Engelhardt have booked recurring roles on the drama's third season. Robertson previously starred for two seasons in Starz's Boss and three seasons in TNT's Murder in the First. Engelhardt guest starred on CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles, Apple TV's Mythic Quest and CBS' CSI: Vegas.
- Robertson will play Maxine, a successful attorney at a major firm looking to engage Reenie (Fiona Rene) on what Maxine assures her is simply grunt work for an upcoming class action suit. It quickly becomes clear, however, that Maxine may have an entirely different game that she's playing.
- Engelhardt will play Emile Lang, a man with his own moral code. He is cold, calculating and methodical.