Mike Myers Netflix Series ‘Pentaverate’ Adds Six to Cast, Including Ken Jeong and Keegan-Michael Key

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Upshaws” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.The first season of the multi-cam comedy debuted on the streamer in May. The new season will feature 16 half-hour episodes, an increase from 10 in the first season.“We are so excited we get to bring this amazing show back for a second season,” said Regina Hicks, the show’s co-creator and co-showrunner.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe HBO Max pirate comedy series “Our Flag Means Death” is rounding out its cast with six new additions.Kristian Nairn, Nathan Foad, Samson Kayo, Rory Kinnear, Con O’Neill and Vico Ortiz will all join the show alongside previously announced series lead Rhys Darby.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy set in the front office of the Los Angeles Lakers from writer Elaine Ko and executive producer Mindy Kaling, Variety has learned.The untitled, half-hour series is inspired by the personal and professional dynamic between the family owners and front office team that together run one of the most iconic franchises in all of sports.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Grand Army” will not march on at Netflix. Variety has learned exclusively that the streamer has canceled the drama series after just one season.The nine-episode first season of the teen drama debuted on Netflix back in October.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWill Smith is set to host and star in a new one-hour comedy variety special at Netflix, Variety has learned.The special will include comedy sketches, musical performances, surprise celebrity guests, and noteworthy conversations among other things. It is set to launch on Netflix globally later this year.Westbrook Studios will produce the special for Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Dangerous Liaisons” series at Starz has added over a dozen actors to its cast.Lesley Manville, Carice van Houten, Michael McElhatton, Paloma Faith, Koshar Ali, Nathanael Saleh, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Hilton Pelser, Mia Threapleton, Colette Dalal Tchantcho, Lucy Cohu, Fisayo Akinade, Maria Friedman, and Clare Higgins will all appear in the series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Beauty and the Beast” prequel has officially been ordered to series at Disney Plus, Variety has learned.The live-action musical series will star Luke Evans and Josh Gad, who will reprise the roles of Gaston and LeFou (Louie) respectively from the 2017 live-action “Beauty and the Beast” film. In addition, newcomer Briana Middleton will join the show as Tilly, Louie’s stepsister.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Assassin’s Creed” live-action series at Netflix has enlisted Jeb Stuart to serve as writer, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.The series was first announced as being in development in October as part of a deal between Netflix and Ubisoft to develop content based on the best-selling video game franchise. The deal includes live-action, animated, and anime series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJeff WIlbusch has been cast in the Netflix drama series “Breathe,” Variety has learned exclusively.Wilbusch joins previously announced lead Melissa Barrera, who will star as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival.According to sources, Wilbusch will play recurring guest star Danny, Liv’s love interest.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Resident Evil” live-action series at Netflix has set its main cast, with Lance Reddick set to star as Albert Wesker.Along with Reddick, the series will also star Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, and Paola Nuñez. Details on which characters the others will be playing are being kept under wraps.“Resident Evil” was originally ordered at Netflix back in August.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix and Ubisoft Film & Television are expanding their relationship, with the streamer ordering a “Far Cry” adult anime series as well as ordering the adult anime series “Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix.”The “Far Cry” series is based on the first-person shooter game franchise of the same name, with each game revolving around the main character working against a fearsome dictator that controls a particular island or isolated region.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Waltons: Homecoming” special at CW has added ten new cast members.Ben Lawson, Marcelle LeBlanc, Christian Finlayson, Tatum Matthews, Samuel Goergen, Callaway Corrick, Rebecca Koon, Alpha Trivette, Marilyn McCoo, and Billy Davis Jr. will all star in the special.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Hulu series “The Dropout,” which will tell the story of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has locked in an impressive lineup of guest stars.William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton, Stephen Fry, Michel Gill, Michael Ironside, Bill Irwin, and Josh Pais have all joined the show.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “MacGruber” series at Peacock has added Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne and Mickey Rourke to its cast.The trio of acting legends joins previously announced cast members Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe. In the eight-episode series, after rotting in prison for over a decade, America’s ultimate hero and uber patriot MacGruber (Forte) is finally released.

Netflix comedy series, The Pentaverate, with six additional cast members announced.As well as Myers, the new show will feature Ken Jeong (Community, Crazy Rich Asians), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele, The Lion King), Debi Mazar (Goodfellas), Richard McCabe (The Audience, Eye In The Sky), Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous), and Lydia West (Years And Years, It’s A Sin), according to Variety.The Pentaverate will follow five men who have been working to influence world events as part of a

Mike Myers will have his hands full in Netflix’s new, six-episode series “The Pentaverate”.

Ken Jeong, Keegan-Michael Key, Debi Mazar, Richard McCabe, Jennifer Saunders and Lydia West have joined the cast of The Pentaverate, Netflix’s previously untitled half-hour comedy limited series, produced by and starring Mike Myers.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Staircase” series at HBO Max has cast Odessa Young, Variety has learned.She joins previously announced cast members Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Juliette Binoche, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Sophie Turner.The eight-episode series is based on the docuseries of the same name as well as various books and reports about the case of Michael Peterson (Firth), who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Collette), in 2001.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has released the cast of “Jupiter’s Legacy,” effectively bringing the show to an end after one season. At the same time, the streamer has ordered a live-action adaptation of Mark Millar’s “Supercrooks” to series.“Super Crooks” is set within the same world as “Jupiter’s Legacy” and will follow supervillains just as “Jupiter’s Legacy” followed superheroes, with Netflix positioning the new show as the next installment in an anthology series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSophie Turner has joined the cast of the HBO Max series “The Staircase.”Turner joins previously announced cast members Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Juliette Binoche, and Rosemarie DeWitt.The eight-episode series is based on the docuseries of the same name as well as various books and reports about the case of Michael Peterson (Firth), who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Collette), in 2001.