Casting News - June 29, 2026
Apple TV's Untitled Dakota Fanning Drama; CBS' Fire Country; Netflix's A Hundred Percent & Enigma Variations; and Prime Video's The Probability of Miracles.
Apple TV's Untitled Dakota Fanning Drama; CBS' Fire Country; Netflix's A Hundred Percent & Enigma Variations; and Prime Video's The Probability of Miracles.
NETFLIX's ENIGMA VARIATIONS
- Alicia Vikander will star opposite Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the upcoming limited series based on the novel by André Aciman. She won an Academy Award in 2016 for her performance in the film The Danish Girl. She also starred in the films Ex Machina, Tomb Raider and The Glorias. On television, she previously starred in the HBO limited series Irma Vep.
- She will play Claire, one of Paul's (Taylor-Johnson) love interests.
CBS' FIRE COUNTRY
- Olivia Thirlby has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming fifth season. She previously starred in the first season of Prime Video's Goliath and in FX's one-season drama Y: The Last Man. She also recurred on Showtime's The L Word: Generation Q, Peacock's Law & Order: Organized Crime and Disney+'s Wonder Man.
- She will play Cecilia Jade "CJ" Ryan, a quick-witted, fiercely independent, blue-collar, decorated urban firefighter who bolted her station house and city for mysterious reasons. After six months on the road, trying to outrun whatever happened, and herself, fate strands her in Edgewater where she crosses paths with Bode (Max Thieriot). Despite having no experience fighting woodland fires, Bode believes CJ has something to offer Station 42. And despite the serious culture shock, this fish out of water comes to believe rural Edgewater has something to offer her.
NETFLIX's A HUNDRED PERCENT
- Diane Lane, Tiffany Boone and Lisa Gilroy have landed recurring roles on the upcoming comedy created by and starring Nick Kroll. Lane received an Academy Award nomination in 2003 for her performance in the film Unfaithful and three Emmy Award nominations - including for her supporting role in FX's Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. Boone starred for two seasons in Prime Video's Hunters, in the first season of Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and in the Apple TV limited series The Big Cigar. Gilroy recurred on Apple TV's The Studio, Peacock's Twisted Metal, Netflix's Shrinking and ABC's Scrubs
- Lane will play Suzanne, a bestselling author, media mogul, and legend in the self-help world.
- Boone will play Abby, a fun, outgoing new mom. The wife of a motivational speaker, his rock, and eventually his brand manager.
- Gilroy will play Jess, a movement therapist turned female empowerment influencer. Her star is majorly on the rise since leaving our hero and publishing an inspirational book about it.
APPLE TV's UNTITLED DAKOTA FANNING DRAMA
- Joely Richardson is set as a series regular on the upcoming drama starring Dakota Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård. She currently stars in Netflix's The Gentlemen, which has been renewed for a second season. She previously starred for six seasons in FX's Nip/Tuck and in the second season of Apple TV's Surface.
- She will play Syd, Brant's (Skarsgård) wife.
PRIME VIDEO's THE PROBABILITY OF MIRACLES
- Brian Tee and Ben Feldman have booked recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Melissa Collazo, Henry Eikenberry and Ginnifer Goodwin. Tee previously starred for eight seasons in NBC's Chicago Med, in the Prime Video limited series Expats and in the third season of Prime Video's Reacher. Feldman starred for three seasons in Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva, two seasons in AMC's Mad Men, six seasons in NBC's Superstore and in the second season of AMC's Mayfair Witches.
- Tee will play Izzie, a grounded, passionate, yet soft-spoken head chef and Alicia's (Goodwin) boyfriend.
- Feldman will play Dr. Handsome, Cam's (Collazo) noticeably good-looking oncologist.
