Billy Bob Thornton to Guest Star on ‘Yellowstone’ Prequel Series ‘1883’

The Flight Attendant will expand its cast for Season 2 as Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Mae Martin (Feel Good) Margaret Cho (Good on Paper) and others join as recurring, and Mo McRae (Rebel), Callie Hernandez (One of These Days)and JJ Soria (Gentefied) board the Emmy-nominated comedy as series regulars.

Ryan Corr (Holding the man, Mary Magdalene, Wakefield), Jefferson Hall (Devs, Halloween, Vikings), David Horovitch (Miss Marple, Mr. Turner and The Tempest at The Royal Exchange Theatre), Graham McTavish (Outlander, Preacher, The Hobbit Trilogy), Matthew Needham (Chernobyl, Sanditon, Stutterer), Bill Patterson (Fleabag, Good Omens, Outlander) and Gavin Spokes (Brexit, The Ipcress File, Hamilton) round out the cast of HBO’s upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon.

Chris Willman Music WriterNo false advertising anywhere on the cover of the newest entry in Bob Dylan’s “Bootleg Series” about which era is being covered. The boxed set’s subtitle lays out the dates — 1980-85 — but even before you land on the fine print, there’s the period-specificity of the cover photo, a vintage Ken Regan shot of a suave Dylan with his shirt seductively unbuttoned to give us just a little then-de-rigueur chest-hair action.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— The best way to remember Norm Macdonald, who died last week at age 61, is probably to surf YouTube for late-night and “Saturday Night Live” clips, sift through Twitter for anecdotes and read some of the many fine tributes written about the comedian.

Netflix heist drama series Jigsaw.READ MORE: Bryan Cranston thinks ‘Breaking Bad’ had the “perfect” ending – but there’s no such thing The series is loosely inspired on the real-life story where £70billion in bonds went missing in downtown Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy.

Executive producers on the series include Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker and Jordan Sheehan with Scott Free Productions; Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, and Justin Levy with Automatik Entertainment; and Russell Fine.Character descriptions:Giancarlo Esposito (he/him) as “Leo Pap” – A natural leader, Leo is whip-smart, intense and driven, with an engineer’s mind and a meticulous eye for detail.

Billy Bob Thornton is fighting for justice.In the fourth and final season of Amazon Prime Video's, Billy (Thornton) returns to his Big Law roots after Patty (Nina Arianda) takes a job at a prestigious law firm in San Francisco. Together, they try to take down one of America’s most insidious Goliaths: the opioid industry.

Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon have a common dream guest star for The Morning Show.

Another reunion! Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are already working on The Morning Show together, but the costars wouldn’t mind bringing someone else from their Friends days to their current series.

Many fans were quite surprised to see Sting pop up on Only Murders in the Building this week on Hulu.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBilly Bob Thornton has joined the upcoming “Yellowstone” prequel series “1883” at Paramount Plus, Variety has learned.Thornton joins previously announced cast members Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Sam Elliott. The series takes place in the titular year and follows the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America.

Billy Bob Thornton has signed on to guest star in Taylor Sheridan’s anticipated Yellowstone prequel series 1883 on Paramount+. It’s set to launch on Sunday, December 19 on the ViacomCBS streaming service.

Taylor Sheridan (“Sicario,” “Hell or High Water,” “Wind River“) has been making a big impact in television after making a string of well-received Hollywood thrillers, And he’s looking to begin airing the fourth season of his modern western drama, “Yellowstone.” Kevin Costner leads the Paramount Network show as the patriarch of the Dutton family, and while it doesn’t get a lot of social media traction, it is a big hit and one of the most-watched shows on television.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorBilly Bob Thornton, Robin Wright and Hopper Penn are set to star in “Where All Light Tends to Go.” Bankside Films has boarded sales on the film, which will be directed by Ben Young (“Hounds of Love,” “Extinction”).The screenplay was written by Robert Knott (“Appaloosa”), based on the novel written by David Joy.

The first trailer for “Mayor of Kingstown” is here! The first look at the new series from Taylor Sheridan, co-creator of “Yellowstone”, was released on Tuesday, as part of Paramount+’s Television Critics Association summer press tour.

Paramount+ released an all-new, first-look trailer for the upcoming drama Mayor Of Kingstown by Yellowstone writer Taylor Sheridan during the show’s virtual TCA presentation today.

We’ve said it once before; we’ll say it again. Taylor Sheridan, the creator of ViacomCBS‘ hit series “Yellowstone,” has become the Martin Scorsese of Paramount+.

EXCLUSIVE: LeToya Luckett (Ballers, Greenleaf), Omar Dorsey (Queen Sugar, Harriet), Krystal Joy Brown (Hamilton, The Equalizer) and Paulina Singer (Dead of Summer, Gotham) are set to join Starz/Lionsgate’s Power prequel series, Power Book III: Raising Kanan in recurring roles.

Jordan Moreau Emily VanCamp is leaving Fox’s medical drama “The Resident” after starring on the show as nurse Nicolette ‘Nic’ Nevin for four seasons.There is hope that VanCamp returns to the series in some fashion, sources tell Variety.