Harvey Guillén lines up post-What We Do In The Shadows gig, and more casting news of the week
Never fear, What We Do In The Shadows fans, Harvey Guillén’s got his next gig lined up. The actor will star in the new “bromance comedy” That Friend, the debut feature from writer-directors Will Sterling and Alex Wall. Per Deadline, the film will begin production in December. According to the outlet, Guillén will play Paul, the titular “that friend.” As in, “that one friend we all have whose invitation for ‘one drink’ seems harmless but the next thing you know, you’re drunk on a Tuesday, swaying in your kitchen eating dry top ramen out of the bag and wishing you hadn’t just sent that text. Henry is just trying to have a romantic weekend in Palm Springs with his new girlfriend Penny until Paul crashes their trip. And when Paul’s pack of drug-laced cigarettes disappear into the hands of a stranger, the night really takes a turn.”Elsewhere this week, there’s new projects from A24, Apple, Netflix, and some new additions to fan-favorite series like The Morning Show, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Law & Order. I Know What You Did Last Summer casts a new generation of stars: Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Camila Mendes (Riverdale), Sarah Pidgeon, Tyriq Withers (Atlanta) and Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid). Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr. are in talks to return with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) set to direct from a script co-written with Sam Lansky. [via The Hollywood Reporter] Robert Pattinson is in talks to star opposite Jennifer Lawrence in Lynne Ramsey’s Die, My Love, produced by Martin Scorsese. [via Deadline] William Jackson Harper is your latest fave to join Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. He’ll play “‘Ben,’ the network’s self-assured and innovative Head of Sports.” [via Deadline] Lily Collias (Good One) and Hudson Behling will star in A24’s new horror film Altar alongside January Jones, David Krumholtz, and Kyle MacLachlan. Egor Abramenko (Sputnik) will direct from a script by Will Soodik (Westworld) based on a short story by Philip Fracassi. It will follow “the summer of a young boy, forced to grow up faster than he ever imagined.” [via Variety] Chris Hemsworth will star in The Corsair Code, a “high-octane, sci-fi mystery adventure” for Apple Original Films. [via Deadline] Costa Ronin (The Americans, Homeland) will join For All Mankind’s fifth season as “Lenya, a Soviet politician and former cosmonaut.” [via Deadline] Tessa Thompson will executive produce and star in His & Hers, a new psychological thriller limited series based on Alice Feeney’s novel for Netflix. She’ll play Anna, a reclusive fading journalist who is drawn into a murder mystery in her hometown and landing in the middle of Detective Jack Harper’s investigation. [via Deadline] After announcing Dan Stevens as the new lead for the next season of The Terror, the cast has also added Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, and more, including Aasif Mandvi (Evil), Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete), and Philip Ettinger (First Reformed), among others. [via Variety] Josh Charles has boarded the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale in a mystery role. [via Deadline] Brendan Fraser is going to play Dwight D. Eisenhower in Pressure, the new D-Day movie starring Andrew Scott as “Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg, whose job it was to inform Eisenhower of weather conditions that would make or break their Normandy invasion.” [via Deadline] Sharon Stone’s gonna be the villain of the next Nobody movie starring Bob Odenkirk. [via The Hollywood Reporter] Fresh off Twisters, Maura Tierney is joining Law & Order as a new series regular, reuniting the ER star with NBC. Over at SVU, Juliana Aidén Martinez (Griselda) will join the cast as a new detective, and Kevin Kane has been upped to a series regular. [via Deadline] Zac Efron will play two roles in Famous, a new thriller from A24 directed by Jody Hill. Efron stars as “both overzealous fan, Lance Dunkquist, and Hollywood heartthrob, James Jansen” as the story follows Lance’s quest for fame at all costs. [via Deadline] Rebecca Ferguson has joined the Peaky Blinders movie opposite Cillian Murphy. [via Deadline] Speaking of Peaky Blinders, creator Steven Knight’s new series House Of Guinness has found its leads in James Norton and Jack Gleeson, in addition to a large ensemble cast rounding out the Guinness family dynasty. [via Deadline]