Television casting news aplenty; we have the usual news for guest casting, plus the newest actors coming to the pilots for the next season,
This week has big names like John Goodman, Ryan Phillippe, and Bill Engvall committing to new series plus, we'll look at TV stars going to other shows for guest appearances or cast additions. Lost to Fringe, True Blood to Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order to Community.
We got it all. Read on my friends.
TVLine reports that Henry Ian Cusick is headed to Fringe this spring. Cusick will be playing an FBI agent that is assigned to a Fringe case in the alternate universe. The Lost actor will be teaming up again with J.J. Abrams for the guest role.
John Goodman will be acting alongside Roseanne Barr once again according to Deadline. Goodman is now in the final negotiations to come to Barr's new sitcom Downwardly Mobile. The NBC pilot would have Goodman playing a man who works at the mobile home park owned by Barr's character. The two would just have a friendly relationship in the show and be seen as co-workers.
For Rob McElhenney and Rob Rosell's new show Living Loaded, Mike Vogel from Cloverfield and The Help has been cast as the lead. Deadline reports that the actor will be coming to comedy pilot from the guys that make It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. The show revolves around the character Dan, a party loving blogger who changes everything about himself when he becomes an NPR radio host. The show is based on the book by the same title written by Dan Dunn.
Bill Engvall will be returning to TV in a new hourlong detective project at TNT. Deadline reports that the comedian-actor will star and executive produce in the new show written by John Tinker who will also be executive producing and showrunning. The show revolves around a Texas detective who is transfered to the NYPD.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Phillippe will be coming to the project previously known as Golden Boy. He will playing the main character in what is now just "untitled Greg Berlanti/Nicholas Wootton drama." The story follows a cop that quickly goes from officer to police commissioner. Chi McBride and Kevin Alejandro have already been cast in the CBS project.
Three new names are coming to guest when Community returns. TVline gives us the news that Michael Ironside, Travis Schuldt, and Kirk Fox will all be coming to the show. In a Law & Order tribute show, Ironside will be playing an Army General on the trial's opposing counsel. Travis Schult, mostly known for his role on Scrubs, has a role that's secret but it is known that he will somehow be "romantically involved with Britta." Finally, Pawnee's own "Sewage Joe", Kirk Fox will play a carnie that Britta falls for when the carnival visits.
On Boardwalk Empire, Stephen Root from Justified and True Blood will be joining the growing cast as old characters are being killed off and new ones are being introduced. According to THR, Root will play a criminal suspect that becomes a Special Investigator for the US Department of Justice.
Ving Rhames joins Alfred Molina for the pilot of David E. Kelley's upcoming medical drama Chelsea General. Deadline reports that Rhames will play a "celebrated trauma chief" who was once a pro football player. The project based on Sanjay Gupta's upcoming novel also stars Molina along with Bill Irwin, Jamie Bamber, and Jennifer Finnigan.
