Casting News - "Accused," "FBI," "Godfather of Harlem," "The Rainmaker," "The Runarounds" and "Will Trent"
Gina Rodriguez expands relationship with ABC.
FOX's ACCUSED
Debra Winger, Mercedes Ruehl, Christine Ebersole and Matthew James Thomas will appear in the upcoming second season of the anthology series. Winger has received three Academy Award nominations - for her roles in An Officer and a Gentleman, Terms of Endearment and Shadowlands. Ruehl won an Academy Award in 1992 for her supporting performance in The Fisher King. Ebersole starred for five seasons in CBS' Bob Hearts Abishola. Thomas appeared in the first season of the anthology series but will be playing a new character in the second season.
All four will guest star in the episode titled "Margot's Story" which follows a widow who finds herself on trial after a relationship with a ballroom dance instructor goes too far.
ABC's WILL TRENT
Gina Rodriguez has been cast as a new series regular on the drama's upcoming third season. She previously starred for five seasons in The CW's Jane the Virgin, two seasons in Disney+'s Diary of a Future President and two seasons in ABC's Not Dead Yet. She also currently co-hosts ABC's Lucky 13 alongside Shaquille O'Neal.
She will play Marion Alba, a charismatic, confident Assistant District Attorney new to Atlanta. After her first encounter with Will (Ramón Rodríguez) falls flat, the pair is surprised to learn that they must work together to investigate a crime in the world of Atlanta gangs.
MGM+'s GODFATHER OF HARLEM
Erik Palladino has booked a recurring role on the drama's upcoming fourth season. He previously recurred on CBS' NCIS: Los Angeles, USA's Suits, History's Six and Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
He will play Pino Greco, a fearsome hitman and high-ranking underboss of the Genovese crime family. He is a prolific and ruthless killer who descends into a deadly power struggle with Stella (Lucy Fry) for control of the family's fortunes.
AMAZON's THE RUNAROUNDS
Brooklyn Decker, Maximo Salas, Marley Aliah, Hayes MacArthur, Mark Wystrach and Shea Pritchard have joined the cast of the upcoming drama created by Jonas Pate and David Wilcox. No details were immediately announced about the characters they will be playing.
Decker previously starred for seven seasons in Netflix's Grace and Frankie. Salas recurred on Paramount+'s Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Aliah appeared in the 2022 film Remember Yesterday. MacArthur starred for three seasons in TBS' Angie Tribeca. Wystrach starred in the 2021 film The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Pritchard recurred on Amazon's The Summer I Turned Pretty.
CBS' FBI
Katherine Renee Turner will be departing the cast of the drama early in its upcoming seventh season. She joined the cast as a series regular at the start of the third season. Reportedly, she will only appear in one episode of Season 7 before her character Special Agent Tiffany Wallace exits.
Moreover, Lisette Olivera (National Treasure: Edge of History) is set as a new series regular on the drama. She will play Syd, a trained Behavioral Analysis Unit agent who becomes Scola's (John Boyd) new partner. Even though her work experience has been as a desk agent, there are layers to her personality and resumé that will allow her to hit the streets as a field agent seamlessly.
USA's THE RAINMAKER
Milo Callaghan will play the lead role opposite John Slattery and Madison Iseman in the upcoming drama based on the novel by John Grisham. He previously recurred on Starz's The Spanish Princess. He will next be seen recurring on Disney+'s upcoming drama Rivals and Max's upcoming drama Dune: Prophecy.
He will play Rudy Baylor. Fresh out of law school, he is an inexperienced attorney with a medical malpractice case against legendary attorney Leo F. Drummond (Slattery) that exposes a shocking conspiracy.