Casting News - September 17, 2026
Apple TV's Disavowed; CBS' Elsbeth; FX's Far Cry; Netflix's The Retrievals; and Prime Video's Rose Hill.
Apple TV's Disavowed; CBS' Elsbeth; FX's Far Cry; Netflix's The Retrievals; and Prime Video's Rose Hill.
FX's FAR CRY
- Brendan Gleeson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hamish Linklater, Sam Spruell and Jamie Demetriou have joined the cast of the upcoming anthology drama starring Rob Mac, Lizzy Caplan and Steve Buscemi. Gleeson won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his performance in the HBO film Into the Storm and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2022 for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin. Leigh starred for four seasons in Netflix's Atypical and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2015 for her role in The Hateful Eight. Linklater starred in the Netflix limited series Midnight Mass and in the Apple TV limited series Manhunt. Spruell starred in the fifth season of FX's Fargo and recurred on HBO's A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Demetriou starred in the first season of Apple TV's The Afterparty and in Netflix's upcoming limited series Pride and Prejudice.
- No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing in the series based on the video game franchise. Each season is expected to feature new storylines and cast.
CBS' ELSBETH
- Sam Richardson, Lea Michele and Nat Faxon will guest star on the drama's upcoming fourth season. Richardson starred for five seasons in HBO's Veep and won an Emmy Award for his guest role on Apple TV's Ted Lasso. Michele starred for six seasons in FOX's Glee. Faxon starred for three seasons in Apple TV's Loot and recurred on ABC's The Conners.
- Richardson will play Cody Baxter, a born-and-raised Coney Islander and up-and-coming competitive eater with a deadly appetite for fame.
- Michele will play Darcy Miles, a Pilates Princess and trainer who, when asked to whip her girls into shape, flexes her muscles too hard.
- Faxon will play Perry MacIntyre, the least popular member at the Nickerson Country Club, whose miraculous hole-in-one leads to murder.
NETFLIX's THE RETRIEVALS
- Fabien Frankel and Will Harrison have been cast as series regulars on the upcoming drama starring Emilia Jones, Amy Ryan and Jessica Chastain. Frankel previously starred for three seasons in HBO's House of the Dragon and in the first season of HBO's Task. Harrison starred in the Prime Video limited series Daisy Jones & the Six and in the Hulu limited series Murdaugh: Death in the Family.
- Frankel will play Ian, Gabby's (Jones) older brother and protector. A father of three who is 10 years sober, he is an expert on the curveballs life can throw you. Patient but tough, he takes Gabby in and offers her unwavering support after her traumatic egg retrieval.
- Harrison will play Victor, Gabby's high school sweetheart and now husband. He grew up in a big, loving family and can't wait to have his own.
APPLE TV's DISAVOWED
- Bokeem Woodbine will co-star opposite James Marsden and Norman Reedus in the upcoming drama created by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway. He previously starred in the second season of FX's Fargo and for two seasons in Paramount+'s Halo. He will next star in the upcoming second season of Paramount+'s Dexter: Resurrection.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's ROSE HILL
- Siobhan McGroarty, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, West Mulholland, Gigi Zumbado and Curtis Hamilton have been added to the cast of the upcoming drama based on the novels by Elsie Silver. McGroarty previously guest starred on NBC's Law & Order. Reid-Gantzert recurred on Netflix's The Baby-Sitters Club and Hulu's Death and Other Details. Mulholland recurred on FX's Legion and TNT's Animal Kingdom. Zumbado starred for two seasons in Epix's Bridge and Tunnel and in CBS' one-season comedy DMV. Hamilton recurred on HBO's Insecure and Paramount+'s Zatima.
- As series regulars, McGroarty will play Cora, Reid-Gantzert will play Emmy Belmont, and Mulholland will play Oliver Belmont.
- In recurring roles, Zumbado will play Tabitha and Hamilton will play Bash Rousseau.