LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) — The latest development news, taken from recent reports:
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AMERICAN HORROR STORY (FX) – Zachary Quinto, Billie Lourd, Isaac Powell, Patti LuPone, Sandra Bernhard, Joe Mantello and Charlie Carver are among the actors said to be available for the franchise’s 11th season, due this autumn (Deadline.com)
BLACK CAKE (Hulu) – Glynn Turman and Sonita Henry have been cast in the upcoming Charmaine Wilkerson adaptation. Turman will play Charles Mitch, “a successful attorney in Newport Beach, California, whose top priority is honoring the last wishes of his dear friend and client Eleanor Bennett after she loses her battle with cancer. While Charles works with Eleanor’s family to complete her requests, she is persistent in keeping the family together while working through her own private grief.” And Henry will once again be Mabel Martin, “a renowned nutritionist, who enjoys a successful and peaceful life with her son and her loving parents. When her world is upended by a shattering revelation, she will be forced to question everything she has. believed in her family, sending her down a path that ultimately opens a Pandora’s box of her own secrets.” (Deadline.com)
BOSCH: LEGACY (Freevee) – Max Martini has landed a recurring role in the spin-off’s second season as Don Ellis, “a hardened LAPD deputy. He’s smart and fierce, and not he’s above messing with the criminals he politicks to get the job done.” (Deadline.com)
FOUND (NBC) – Sonay Hoffman has been tapped as co-showrunner for the upcoming drama from creator Nkechi Okoro Carroll. The pair will also executive produce alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Lindsay Dunn and director DeMane Davis for Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)
IRONHEART (Disney+): Zoe Terakes is the latest to book a role on the Marvel Studios series in an as-yet-undisclosed capacity. (Deadline.com)
NOT DEAD YET (ABC) – Lauren Ash has joined the cast of the midseason comedy as Lexi, “the daughter of a wealthy newspaper owner and newly appointed editor. Lexi was raised in a rarefied world of boarding schools and private jets and it’s funny. out of touch with people’s normal lives. A former near-Olympic show jumper, Lexi exudes extreme confidence. But the truth is, she’s way over the top and if the paper fails, never will win her father’s approval, which she desperately wants. .” (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED ORPHAN PROJECT (Hulu) – Imogen Reid will star alongside Ellen Pompeo in the limited series, which is “inspired by the true story of a Midwestern couple who adopt a girl with a rare form of dwarfism (Reid). ” (Deadline.com)