Peacock has given the green light to the Days Of Our Lives spinoff!
08.07.2021 - 22:29 / deadline.com
Rising New Zealand actor Alex Tarrant (Night Raiders) has been tapped as a lead opposite Vanessa Lachey in NCIS: Hawai’i, the latest installment in CBS’ formidable NCIS franchise. Enver Gjokaj (Agent Carter) will recur on the series, slated to launch this fall and air in the Monday 10 PM hour behind the Mark Harmon-led mothership series.
Created/executive produced by NCIS: New Orleans‘ Christopher Silber & Jan Nash and SEAL Team‘s Matt Bosack, NCIS: Hawai’i is set in the Aloha State. It follows
Peacock has given the green light to the Days Of Our Lives spinoff!
EXCLUSIVE: Accomplished German actress Christiane Paul (Counterpart) and Carter Redwood (The Long Road Home) round out the series regular cast of FBI: International, the upcoming third series in Dick Wolf’s hit FBI drama franchise on CBS. They will play the remaining leads opposite recently cast Luke Kleintank, Heida Reed and Vinessa Vidotto in the series, which is slated to air as part of an FBI Tuesday lineup. FBI International will launch Sept.
Fringe alum Anna Torv has joined the cast of HBO’s The Last of Us in a recurring role opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. The series, based on the widely popular 2014 PlayStation game of the same name, hails from Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin and The Last Of Us creator Neil Druckmann.
WarnerMedia loves the idea of making a franchise film and then immediately spinning it off into a series on HBO Max. Executives have said this much in interviews, and we’ve already seen this being put into action with “Peacemaker” being spun off of “The Suicide Squad.” And soon, it’s going to happen with “Dune.” That is, if the new showrunner for the spinoff series sticks around.
Fast and Furious star Sung Kang who plays the fan-favorite character named Han may be cast as an Inquisitor in the Obi-wan Kenobi television series.With the return of Ewan McGregor as Obi-wan and Hayden Christensen as Anakin and Darth Vader, there will be plenty of interesting characters coming into the very highly anticipated show.According to We Got This Covered, “As per the report, Kang is said to be playing The Fifth Brother, who made his debut in the animated realm, something the
John Wick series has landed a more expensive budget than the first two films. Totalling $60m (£43.
CBS series NCIS, and its two offshoots NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, once again failed to secure a single nod. The wildly popular Mark Harmon-led drama was completely ignored by Emmy voters during its pivotal 18th season.
EXCLUSIVE: Rutina Wesley (Queen Sugar), Mamie Gummer (True Detective), Nora Dunn (The Big Leap) and Henry G. Sanders (Queen Sugar) are among nine cast in HBO Max’s DMZ, a limited series based on the DC comic series from Ava DuVernay and Robert Patino, and Warner Bros. Television. Also joining stars Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt are Venus Ariel (NCIS: New Orleans), Jade Wu (Marvel’s Luke Cage), Rey Gallegos (Animal Kingdom), Agam Darshi (Funny Boy) and Juani Feliz (upcoming Harlem).
24 actor Kiefer Sutherland has lined up a presidential role in a new TV series, as he has signed up to play the 32nd US President, Franklin D Roosevelt, in Showtime series The First Lady. The drama series will tell the stories of women who have been at the heart of the White House, revealing the personal and political lives of three First Ladies through interweaving storylines.
EXCLUSIVE: Devon Terrell (Cursed, Barry) is set as a lead opposite Aida Osman and Kamillion in Rap Sh*t (working title), HBO Max’s half-hour comedy series from Insecure co-creator Rae and her Hoorae Productions.
EXCLUSIVE: The cast of HBO/BBC’s investment banking drama Industry is adding three new series regulars for Season 2. Alex Alomar Akpobome (Twenties, For All Mankind) and Adam Levy (The Witcher) have joined the series, from creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. Additionally, Indy Lewis, who guest starred in an episode of Season 1, has been named a series regular.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterAlex Tarrant and Enver Gjokaj have joined the cast of “NCIS: Hawai’i” at CBS, Variety has learned.The duo join previously announced cast members Vanessa Lachey, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Jason Antoon, Noah Mills, Tori Anderson, and Kian Talan.
EXCLUSIVE: Luke Kleintank (The Man in the High Castle), Heida Reed (Poldark) and Vinessa Vidotto (Lucifer) have been tapped as leads of FBI: International, the upcoming third series in Dick Wolf’s hit FBI drama franchise on CBS. It is slated to air as part of an FBI Tuesday lineup and will launch this fall with a three-hour crossover premiere event alongside the mothership FBI and FBI: Most Wanted.
EXCLUSIVE: We have learned that Henry Simmons (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, NYPD Blue) and Joy Bryant (Parenthood, For Life) are set to star in season 2 of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network’s and Ava DuVernay’s anthology drama series Cherish the Day.
Mónica Marie Zorrilla “The Undoing” and “The Underground Railroad” regular Lily Rabe has been cast opposite “Fargo” and “Black Mirror” star Jesse Plemons in the HBO Max original limited series “Love and Death.” The show follows two church-going couples, enjoying small-town family life in Texas (at least they do until somebody picks up an axe).
According to a story published by The New Zealand Herald Friday, four sources on the set of the tech giant’s $1 billion “LOTR” show say their concerns about safety regulations are not being taken seriously due to the fact those incidents, which later required surgery, were not disclosed to WorkSafe.
Ellise Shafer administratorAmazon Studios is firing back following reports that production on the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series is not taking safety standards seriously, with the company calling the claims “completely inaccurate.”An article in the New Zealand Herald, published on Friday, reports that “at least three” stunt workers on the set of the “Lord of the Rings” series — which is costing Amazon $465 million to produce its first season — have been seriously injured.