Apple TV's Ascension; NBC's The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins; Paramount+'s Ascent; Prime Video's Rose Hill; and Starz's Untitled Kirk Moore Drama.
PARAMOUNT+'s ASCENT
- Amy Madigan has joined the cast of the upcoming drama starring Viola Davis and Sam Heughan. She has received two Academy Award nominations - winning earlier this year for her performance in Weapons.
- She will play Rachel, a former executive at Ascent Ventures and Catriona's (Davis) lifelong mentor.
APPLE TV's ASCENSION
- Bill Nighy will co-star opposite Catríona Balfe in the upcoming drama created by Alfonso Cuarón. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2023 for his lead performance in Living. He also earned a Tony Award nomination in 2015 for his role in the play Skylight.
- He will play Zac, a documentarian who hires Rose (Balfe) to work with him on a new project.
STARZ's UNTITLED KIRK MOORE DRAMA
- Arthur McAlpine III has booked a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring DeWanda Wise and Tian Richards. He previously guest starred on NBC's Law & Order and CBS' Watson.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
PRIME VIDEO's ROSE HILL
- Desmin Borges has landed a recurring role on the upcoming drama starring Jake Weary, Sean O'Pry, Hannah Galway and Sadie Dickerson. He previously starred for five seasons in FX's You're the Worst. He also recurred on FOX's Welcome to Flatch and Hulu's Only Murders in the Building.
- No details were immediately announced about the character he will be playing.
NBC's THE FALL AND RISE OF REGGIE DINKINS
- The comedy's upcoming second season is staging a 30 Rock reunion with Tracy Morgan's former co-stars Jane Krakowski and Scott Adsit appearing as guest stars. Morgan, Krakowski and Adist starred for all seven seasons of the former NBC comedy. Edi Patterson, Jason Mantzoukas and André De Shields will also guest star in upcoming episodes. Patterson starred for two seasons in HBO's Vice Principals and four seasons in HBO's The Righteous Gemstones. Mantzoukas recurred on FOX/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine, NBC's The Good Place and Netflix's A Man on the Inside. De Shields won a Tony and Grammy Award for his role in the musical Hadestown.
- Krakowski will play Angela Broyer, northern New Jersey's interior decorator to the stars. She went to high school with Reggie (Morgan) and knew him when he was dating Monica (Erika Alexander).
- Adsit will play Ed Sommers, a jolly local man who always plays Santa in the neighborhood Christmas tree lighting ceremony - a position that Rusty (Bobby Moynihan) covets.
- Patterson will play Lisa, the head of the HOA who has the final say in choosing who plays Santa.
- Mantzoukas will play Peter Za, a zen-like music producer working on a video with Brina (Precious Way).
- De Shields will play Vernon Bellow, a respected documentary filmmaker and Arthur's (Daniel Radcliffe) mentor.
