Casting News - 'The Royals' Adds Joan Collins; Connie Nielsen to Recur on 'The Good Wife'; Plus 12 More Updates!

Casting News - August 15, 2014

ABC's Cristela & Revenge; CBS' CSI, Elementary & The Good Wife; The CW's The Messengers; E!'s The Royals; FX's Anger Management; HBO's Show Me a Hero; NBC's About a Boy, The Blacklist & The Mysteries of Laura; Netflix's Orange Is the New Black; and Showtime's Shameless.

TV News - 'Anger Management,' 'Reckless' & 'The Neighbors'

        Monday, August 5 - Tony nominee Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde - The Musical) has joined the cast of FX's Anger Management as a new series regular. She will play Dr. Jordan Denby, Charlie's (Charlie Sheen) new sex-study research partner. She's a brilliant psychologist whose recent divorce, fondness for alcohol and wild mood swings turns Charlie's life into an emotional roller coaster.

TV News - 'Open,' 'Emmy Nominations,' 'Drop Dead Diva,' 'Unforgettable,' 'The Honourable Woman,' 'Middle Age Rage,' 'Lost Angels,' 'Major Crimes' & 'Anger Management'

        Thursday, June 27 - Scott Speedman (Felicity, Last Resort) has landed a leading role on the HBO drama pilot Open from Ryan Murphy and Lauren Gussis. He will play Jonathan, a handsome sports marking executive. He joins Wes Bentley on the project which is just getting started with its casting.

TV News - 'The Leftovers,' 'Line of Sight,' 'Death Pact,' 'Penny Dreadful' & 'Anger Management'

        Tuesday, June 18 - Michael Gaston (Damages, Last Resort) has joined the cast of the HBO drama pilot The Leftovers from Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta and Peter Berg. He will play Dean, a man who seems to understand that times have changed and addresses it head-on - often violently.

TV News - CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot Adds Christine Lahti; Gillian Anderson Plots Return to TV; Plus 29 More Updates!

        Monday, February 25 - Christine Lahti (Chicago Hope, Hawaii Five-0) will co-star opposite Brandon T. Jackson on the CBS drama pilot Beverly Hills Cop from Shawn Ryan. In the continuation of the movie franchise, she will play Helen, the Captain of the Beverly Hills Police Department who is wise, political, maternal, nostalgic, selfless and dignified and respected by her detectives.