Apple TV's Untitled Monarch Prequel; MGM+'s The Magnificent Seven; and Prime Video's Sex Criminals.
APPLE TV's UNTITLED MONARCH PREQUEL
- Corey Stoll, Ralph Ineson and Nyasha Hatendi have joined the cast of the upcoming Monarch: Legacy of Monsters prequel starring Wyatt Russell. Stoll previously starred for four seasons in FX's The Strain, three seasons in Showtime's Billions, in the Prime Video limited series The Better Sister, and in the Apple TV limited series Imperfect Women. Ineson currently stars in BBC One's Ludwig, which has been renewed for its second and third seasons. Hatendi starred for four seasons in Hulu's Casual and three seasons in Prime Video's Alex Rider.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's SEX CRIMINALS
- Joseph Lee and Sunita Mani have landed recurring roles on the upcoming drama starring Imogen Poots and John Reynolds. Lee previously starred in the first season of Netflix's Beef, receiving an Emmy Award nomination for his supporting performance. Mani starred for four seasons in Paramount+'s No Activity and in the Netflix limited series His & Hers.
- Lee will play Detective Franklin while Mani will play Lucy. No addition details were announced about their characters.
MGM+'s THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
- Joshua Close, Ken Yamamura, Michael Rubenfeld and Joel Nankervis have joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Matt Dillon. Close previously starred in the Netflix limited series Wayward and recurred on FX's Fargo. Yamamura appeared in the films The Wolverine, Godzilla, Tetris and Crosspoint. Rubenfeld guest starred on USA's Suits, ABC's Rookie Blue and The CW's Reign. Nankervis recently starred in the Prime Video film Your Fault: London.
- Close will play Skelton. Cold, calculating, and always three steps ahead, he lives by a brutal, unwavering code: take what you can, or be taken. In a lawless world, he believes morality is a story the losing side tells itself. A former Confederate raider who dabbled as a corrupt lawman and eventually turned into a bounty killer. The face of evil, Cyrus T. Clemons (Will Patton) hires him to command his army against the villagers, but Skelton is hard to control.
- Yamamura will play Kenji, who is warm and endlessly curious. Raised to be a samurai, he never got to fulfill his destiny when the Meiji Restoration in Japan dismantled the samurai class. After avenging his father's murder, Kenji was forced to flee his country, carrying only his sword and his shame. In America, he has worked as anything to get by, and despite the weight of his past, Kenji lives with joy. He's a man who refuses to let pain be his only legacy. Still, in his heart, he quietly waits for a righteous moment that will allow him to draw his blade for something worthy.
- Rubenfeld will play Eli "Wick" Kagan, a da Vinci-esque genius inventor. As a sickly child, he spent most of his early years indoors, reading everything he could about mechanical engineering. More comfortable in his own head than with others, he brings a kind of chaotic hope to the group, masking his deeper loneliness behind a crooked grin and a spark of genius.
- Nankervis will play Jeb Campbell, who is quick-witted, impulsive, and bursting with nervous energy. He is a rambunctious Quaker teenager with swagger, a carefree kid quickly transformed by the reality of the world and the dangers it can pose. He has always been fascinated by the heroic deeds of gunslingers, despite the Quaker teachings of nonviolence. When his community is attacked, however, Jeb is convinced that fighting back is the only way forward. Whether or not he has what it takes to pull a trigger, however, is another matter.
