Casting News - October 19, 2026
AMC's Bannerman; Apple TV's Guilty Creatures & Slow Horses; HBO's Rooster; and Netflix's Running Point.
AMC's Bannerman; Apple TV's Guilty Creatures & Slow Horses; HBO's Rooster; and Netflix's Running Point.
AMC's BANNERMAN
- Jeff Daniels has been cast as a series regular on the upcoming drama based on the novels by John R. Maxim. He has received five Emmy Award nominations - winning in 2013 for his role in HBO's The Newsroom and in 2018 for his performance in Netflix's Godless. He also starred in the Showtime limited series The Comey Rule, for two seasons in Prime Video's American Rust, and in the Netflix limited series A Man in Full. He also recurred on Apple TV's Shrinking and will next be seen in the upcoming fifth and final season of Apple TV's The Morning Show.
- He will play Raymond Lesko, an infamous NYPD detective, currently working a hotel security gig after being thrown off the force for taking revenge following the murder of his ex-partner, who still haunts him to this day. He is pulled out of retirement when he learns that his daughter - the only person alive he truly cares about - is dating a man who may even be more dangerous than he is.
NETFLIX's RUNNING POINT
- The comedy's co-creator Mindy Kaling will appear in a recurring role on its upcoming third season. She previously starred for eight seasons in NBC's The Office and six seasons in FOX/Hulu's The Mindy Project. She also created Netflix's Never Have I Ever and HBO Max's The Sex Lives of College Girls.
- She will play Divya, the outspoken, confident CEO of a popular gambling app. Much like Isla (Kate Hudson), she's proudly the first female leader in her male-dominated field. Their similarities end there with Divya becoming a thorn in Isla's plans all season.
HBO MAX's ROOSTER
- O-T Fagbenle, Sutton Foster, Lamorne Morris, Zavior Phillips and Michael Urie will guest star on the comedy's upcoming second season. Fagbenle previously starred for six seasons in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale and in the Peacock limited series The Miniature Wife. Foster has received seven Tony Award nominations - winning two for her lead roles in the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes. Morris starred for seven seasons in FOX's New Girl and won an Emmy Award for his role in the fifth season of FX's Fargo. A stand-up comedian, Phillips will star in the upcoming second season of Apple TV's Bad Monkey. Urie currently stars in Apple TV's Shrinking, which has been renewed for a fourth season.
- Fagbenle will play Hayes. Foster will play Marti. Morris will play Caleb. Phillips will play Sam. Urie will play Larry.
APPLE TV's GUILTY CREATURES
- Mary-Louise Parker has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Julia Garner and Lewis Pullman. She currently stars in MGM+'s The Institute, which returns for its second season next mont. She previously starred for eight seasons in Showtime's Weeds, receiving three Emmy Award nominations for her performance.
- No details were immediately announced about the character she will be playing.
APPLE TV's SLOW HORSES
- Varada Sethu, Ethan Moorhouse, Tuppence Middleton, Merab Ninidze and Joshua McGuire have joined the cast of the drama's upcoming seventh season. Furthermore, James Callis is set to reprise his role as Claude Whelan in the new season. Sethu currently stars in BBC One's The Other Bennet Sister, which has been picked up for a three-part Christmas special. Moorhouse guest starred on Apple TV's Masters of the Air and Paramount+'s MobLand. Middleton previously starred opposite Slow Horses star Gary Oldman in the 2020 film Mank. Nindze recurred on Epix's Berlin Station and Showtime's Homeland. McGuire starred in the Netflix limited series Anatomy of a Scandal and in the second season of BBC One's The Gold.
- Based on the "Bad Actors" novel in Mick Herron's "Slough House" series, Season 7 sees Jackson Lamb (Oldman) and his Slow Horses on the hunt to find and neutralize a mole at the heart of British government before they can bring down the state.
