Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Casting News - Will Arnett Boards Prime Video's "The Challenger"; Katey Sagal Joins Untitled Apple Comedy; Plus 2 More Updates!

Casting News - June 2, 2026

Apple TV's Untitled Elizabeth Banks Comedy; Netflix's Little House on the Prairie; and Prime Video's The Challenger & Life Is Strange.





PRIME VIDEO's THE CHALLENGER
  • Will Arnett will star opposite Kristen Stewart in the upcoming limited series developed by Maggie Cohn. He previously starred for five seasons in FOX/Netflix's Arrested Development and six seasons in Netflix's BoJack Horseman. He also recurred on NBC's 30 Rock and Apple TV's The Morning Show.
  • He will play George Abbey, the Director of Flight Crew Operations for NASA's Space Shuttle, who assigned Sally Ride (Stewart) to the crew of 1983's STS-7.
APPLE TV's UNTITLED ELIZABETH BANKS COMEDY
  • Katey Sagal has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy starring Elizabeth Banks, Ted Danson and Rob Delaney. She previously starred for eleven seasons in FOX's Married... With Children, three seasons in ABC's 8 Simple Rules and seven seasons in FX's Sons of Anarchy. She also recurred on ABC's The Conners and Netflix's One Piece.
  • She will play Mavis, the new girlfriend of Heidi's (Banks) father (Danson).
NETFLIX's LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE
  • Rachelle Lefevre and Charlotte Sullivan are set as new series regulars on the drama's upcoming second season. Lefevre previously starred in the Twilight film franchise and for three seasons in CBS' Under the Dome. Sullivan starred for six seasons in ABC's Rookie Blue. Both actresses also recurred on Global's Mary Kills People.
  • Lefevre will play Eva Beadle, the town schoolteacher that Mary (Skywalker Hughes) and Laura Ingalls (Alice Halsey) immediately adore. Open-minded, passionate, forthright and brave, she is well-educated, well-read, adventurous, generous of spirit, and a world-traveler.
  • Sullivan will play Margaret Oleson, Nellie's (Willa Dunn) mother. Beautiful, high-energy, charming, unfiltered, fun and funny, with a quick wit and gallows humor, she adores her daughter fiercely and completely, but also fears losing her love.
PRIME VIDEO's LIFE IS STRANGE
  • Billy Barratt, Emily Carey, Esther McGregor, Faly Rakotohavana and Mia Isaac have been cast on the upcoming drama starring Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins. Barratt previously starred for two seasons in Apple TV's Invasion. Carey recurred on HBO's House of the Dragon. McGregor currently stars in Prime Video's We Were Liars, which has been renewed for a second season. Rakotohavana starred for two seasons in Hulu's UnPrisoned. Isaac starred in the Hulu limited series Black Cake and recurred on Netflix's The Perfect Couple.
  • Barratt will play Nathan, one of Chloe (Stella) and Max's (Hopkins) classmates.
  • Carey will play Victoria Chase, one of Nathan's best friends.
  • McGregor will play Rachel Amber, the student who goes missing.
  • Rakotohavana will play Warren, another friend of Max's.
  • Isaac will play Kate Marsh, a good friend of Max's.