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Prime Video has added six new cast members to its upcoming series adaptation of Lucy Score's bestselling novel 'Things We Never Got Over.' The new additions join previously announced leads Molly Griggs, Matthew Noszka, and Tommy Martinez. The series, produced by Amazon MGM Studios, is based on the first book in Score's 'Knockemout' trilogy and is set in the fictional town of Knockemout, Virginia.
Woody Allen’s new contemporary comedy is set to begin principal photography in Madrid on October 5, 2026. The film, which will be shot in English, features an ensemble cast including Marton Csokas, Jemima Kirke, Jakob Oftebro, Peter Vives, and Alexi Wasser. WestEnd Films has secured world sales rights for the project, which is produced by Wanda Vision, Gravier Productions, and 3SIX9 Studios. This marks Allen’s third film shot in Spain, following 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and 'Rifkin's Festival', and his first to be filmed in Madrid. The production is expected to be introduced to international buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.
HBO has confirmed the casting of John Goodman, Laura Bailey, and Ian Alexander for the third season of 'The Last of Us,' which is expected to air in 2027. Goodman will play Joey, while Bailey and Alexander, who voiced characters in the original video games, will portray new roles in the live-action adaptation. This season is widely considered to be the final installment of the series, with Craig Mazin serving as the sole showrunner after Neil Druckmann's departure.
Disney+ has officially greenlit a new animated series for 'Darkwing Duck,' replacing the original voice cast with a new ensemble led by Mark Hamill and Seth Rogen. The project, produced by Point Grey Pictures, reimagines the 1991 classic for a modern audience.
Ben Affleck says he almost had Jennifer Garner play Abigail opposite him in the Netflix crime thriller Animals, hoping their schedules would mesh and they could see their kids more; Garner declined, citing baggage. He ended up starring as Mark Kimball after Matt Damon’s schedule shift, and with Hollywood strikes prompting a green light, Kerry Washington was cast as Abigail. The film centers on a kidnapped son and the race to assemble a ransom.
A 2011 casting note resurfaced in 2026 through The Sopranos co-stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa, who said HBO offered James Gandolfini about $3 million not to take The Office after Steve Carell left, while The Office was reportedly offering around $4 million to lure him for a season. The office-related discussions were also explored by writer Daniel Chun; Gandolfini later pursued other projects before his 2013 death.
Peacock’s The Traitors is returning in 2027 with a celebrity-filled season led by Kristin Chenoweth, Chloe Kim, Whitney Leavitt and Rashad Jennings, among 23 contestants; the show has been renewed for three additional seasons (bringing the total to at least nine), and NBC has also debuted a civilian version, The Traitors: New Blood, streaming on Peacock.
Prime Video’s Rose Hill has added five to its cast — Siobhan McGroarty, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, West Mulholland, Gigi Zumbado and Curtis Hamilton — joining leads Jake Weary, Sean O’Pry, Hannah Galway and Sadie Dickerson. Based on Elsie Silver’s books, the romantic family drama follows West Belmont and Ford Grant in a rugged mountain town; the new actors will play regular/recurring roles Cora, Emmy Belmont, Oliver Belmont, Tabitha and Bash Rousseau. Marc Webb directs the pilot; Heidi Cole McAdams is writer/showrunner; Temple Hill producers include Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and James Seidman with Annika Patton as co-exec.
Netflix’s true-crime anthology Monster returns with eight-episode Season 4, The Lizzie Borden Story, centering on Lizzie Borden (Ella Beatty) as the era’s first female perpetrator and a symbol of female rage. The season features a star-studded ensemble—including Vicky Krieps in dual roles, Charlie Hunnam in a new part, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Paulson, and Billie Lourd—and arrives Sept. 17 on Netflix, continuing Ryan Murphy’s expanding Monsterverse with fresh takes on infamous crimes.
Crave/HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry adds six new cast members for season 2, including Brendan Morgan as Zane Boodram and David Tomlinson as Cody Kent (renamed from Dallas Kent). Gerry Dee will play Coach Cooper; Michelle Mylett is Lisa; Lauren Chan as Gen; Nick Stahl joins as Curtis Barrett, father to Troy Barrett (Charlie Gillespie). Harris Drover will lead the season (Justice Smith), with Gillespie’s Troy Barrett also returning. The season largely adapts from The Long Game and other Game Changers novels; Jacob Tierney remains writer/director; production targets spring 2027 release following an early renewal by Crave.
Saturday Night Live has added two new cast members—Wisconsin-born comedian Grace Reiter and Nigerian American filmmaker/comedian Saidah Belo-Osagie—completing the Season 52 ensemble as the show returns Sept. 26 with host Jalen Brunson and returning players; both performers auditioned across LA, New York and Chicago ahead of the Season 52 rollout.
Off-Broadway revival of Spring Awakening has Ashlyn Maddox as Wendla, Tyler Jordan Wesley as Melchior, Ryo Kamibayashi as Moritz, and Amalia Yoo as Ilse, joined by a cast including Jack Bateman, Jada Simone Clark, Leif Coomer, Nando Morland, Antonio Porciello, Khadija Sankoh and Grace Slear; previews begin Nov. 27 with opening night Dec. 17 at Studio Seaview. Directed by Tony winner Danya Taymor, with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall and music supervision by Or Matias, the production marks a new generation of performers selected from a July open casting call that drew 2,532 auditions. The revival continues the show’s controversial, contemporary-rock score about adolescence, desire and repression, following its Broadway debut in 2006 and a Deaf West revival in 2015.
Season 2 of HBO’s Harry Potter series adds Arthur Weasley (Rafe Spall), Moaning Myrtle (Molly Hewitt-Richards), and Colin Creevey (Jasper Ambrose) to its cast as it adapts Chamber of Secrets; the broader lineup includes Kit Harington as Lockhart and other familiar Hogwarts characters ahead of the Dec. 25 HBO/Max debut.
HBO's Harry Potter TV series has cast Rafe Spall as Arthur Weasley, Molly Hewitt-Richards as Moaning Myrtle, and Jasper Ambrose as Colin Creevey for Season 2, with filming underway at Leavesden; the season also adds Kit Harington as Gilderoy Lockhart, Bonnie Hill as Ginny Weasley, Lenny Rush as Dobby, and Billy Barratt as Tom Riddle, among other returning cast members.
Gen V star Asa Germann has been cast as Angel in Marvel Studios’ X-Men reboot, joining a newly cast mutant lineup that includes Sadie Sink as Jean Grey and Kit Connor as Cyclops, with Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Christopher Abbott as Professor X and Maya Boyd as Storm. Adam Driver will play Mr. Sinister in the Jake Schreier-directed film, due May 5, 2028. Angel’s alter ego is Warren Worthington III, and Germann is best known for Gen V.