Casting News - May 21, 2026
HBO's Task; Hulu's Prison Break; Prime Video's Life Is Strange; and USA's The Rainmaker.
HBO's Task; Hulu's Prison Break; Prime Video's Life Is Strange; and USA's The Rainmaker.
HBO's TASK
- Harry Melling, Adam Nagaitis, and Aminah Nieves have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming second season. Melling previously starred in the Netflix limited series The Queen's Gambit and in the 2025 film Pillion. Nagaitis starred in the first season of AMC's The Terror and in the HBO limited series Chernobyl. Nieves starred for two seasons in Paramount+'s 1923.
- Melling will play Brennan Boylan, a powder-keg DEA agent.
- Nagaitis will play Luke Clemmons, a loyal and unflappable DEA agent.
- Nieves will play Nataly Zamora, a no-nonsense FBI agent and dedicated young mother who fights hard to protect the community that raised her.
USA's THE RAINMAKER
- Libby Kay and Liam O'Halloran have landed recurring roles on the drama's upcoming second season. Kay previously guest starred on AMC's Nautilus. O'Halloran appeared in the 2023 film Ridgewood River.
- Kay will play Megan Grenier, the razor-sharp right hand to cutthroat attorney Amanda Vonn (Merle Dandridge).
- O'Halloran will play Boone McCready, a rising star pitcher on the team that Bruiser's (Lana Parrilla) ex-husband coaches.
HULU's PRISON BREAK
- Kelli Berglund has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Emily Browning. She previously starred for two seasons in Starz's Heels. She also recurred on TNT's Animal Kingdom and ABC's The Goldbergs.
- She will play Cheyenne, a female inmate at one of the deadliest prisons in America. The role was originally played by Priscilla Delgado in the pilot.
PRIME VIDEO's LIFE IS STRANGE
- Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, and Owen Teague will co-star on the upcoming drama starring Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins. Cullen previously starred for two seasons in History's Knightfall and appears in the upcoming third season of HBO's House of the Dragon. Hailey starred for six seasons in Showtime's The L Word and three seasons in its spinoff The L Word: Generation Q. Castillo starred in the first season of HBO's Task and in the upcoming third season of AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City. Teague starred in the It film franchise and in Paramount+'s upcoming limited series Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey.
- Cullen will play Mark Jefferson, Max's (Hopkins) teacher.
- Hailey will play Joyce Price, Chloe's (Stella) mother.
- Castillo will play David Madsen, Chloe's stepfather.
- Teague will play Frank Bowers, a local drug dealer.