‘Pieces Of Her’: Jessica Barden, David Wenham, Joe Dempsie, Jacob Scipio & Omari Hardwick Join Netflix Series

The medium of television is evolving quite rapidly thanks to the rise of streaming. Without the limitations of regular network conventions such as commercial breaks and formulaic plotting, filmmakers are able to really attempt new things and ideas without feeling bogged down by the typical TV structure.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAunjanue Ellis and Andrene Ward-Hammond have been cast in the upcoming AMC series “61st Street,” Variety has learned.They join previously announced cast members Courtney B. Vance, Tosin Cole, and Bentley Green.

Sugar23 continues their expansion with the hiring of managers Katrina Escudero, Jake Fleischman and David Jimenez-Katsman. They join Meredith Wechter, who recently joined as a partner to spearhead the management division. Meredith’s roster of clients includes Melissa Barrera, Gabe Basso, Bryce Dallas-Howard, Josh Gad, Diane Lane, Keanu Reeves, Cailee Spaeny and Jeremy Strong.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are developing a series adaptation of the Richard Powers novel “The Overstory” at Netflix, Variety has learned.Richard Robbins, whose past TV credits include “12 Monkeys” and “Good Girls Revolt,” wrote the pilot script and serves as executive producer.

Bridgerton was Netflix’s diamond of the season — and fans have shared all their hottest takes about the period drama on social media since its Christmas Day debut.

Mere hours after Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Charisma Carpenter went public with allegations of abuse against Joss Whedon, Buffy herself has stepped forth to support her co-star.

EXCLUSIVE: Howard Charles, star of Amazon’s The Widow and BBC’s The Musketeers, has joined the cast of Top Boy for its second season on Netflix.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, FX announced premiere dates its spring slate, and Netflix announced additional cast members for “Pieces of Her.”Gil Birmingham, Terry O’Quinn and Calum Worthy have been cast in Netflix’s thriller series “Pieces of Her.” They join previously announced cast members Toni Collette, Bella Heathcote, Jessica Barden, David Wenham, Joe Dempsie, Jacob Scipio and Omari Hardwick.

From the moment she put down Walter Tevis’ book The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy knew how she would portray chess genius Beth Harmon, who blazes a trail and explodes glass ceilings during the Cold War-era 1960s as a femme champion in the testosterone-dominated game-peg playing world.

EXCLUSIVE: Gil Birmingham (Twilight, Hell or High Water), Terry O’Quinn (Perpetual Grace LTD, Patriot) and Calum Worthy (Out of Order, I Was A Rat) are set for recurring roles opposite Toni Collette and Bella Heathcote in Netflix’s dramatic thriller series Pieces of Her.

IFC Films has acquired the North American rights to “Holler,” a coming-of-age drama starring Jessica Barden (“End of the F***ing World”) that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2020.Nicole Riegel made her directorial debut on “Holler,” which also stars Gus Halper, Pamela Adlon, Becky Ann Baker and Austin Amelio and is executive produced by Paul Feig.IFC Films plans to release “Holler” in June 2021.

EXCLUSIVE: Becki Newton (Divorce) is set as a lead opposite Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix’s drama series based on Michael Connelly bestselling novels, from David E. Kelley and A+E Studios. Additionally, Jazz Raycole and Angus Sampson, who had been cast in the project’s previous incarnation at CBS, have made deals to continue in their roles on Netflix.

Neve Campbell (Scream) is set to co-star opposite Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix’s drama series based on Michael Connelly bestselling novels, from David E. Kelley and A+E Studios.

EXCLUSIVE: Marcus Emanuel Mitchell (Step Up: High Water, High Strung) and Jayson Blair (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Life Sentence) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming third season of Freeform’s Good Trouble.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe upcoming Netflix series “Pieces of Her” has added five to its cast, Variety has learned.Jessica Barden, Omari Hardwick, Joe Dempsie, David Wenham, and Jacob Scipio have all been cast opposite previously announced stars Toni Collette and Bella Heathcoate.The series is based on the best-selling book of the same name by Karin Slaughter.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Sandman” series at Netflix has set its main cast. Tom Sturridge is officially set to star as Dream, with the show also adding Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, and Sanjeev Bhaskar.The series is based on “The Sandman” comic book series created for DC by Neil Gaiman.

Julia Quinn, the author of the Bridgerton books that inspired the Netflix series of the same name, is opening up about how the series came into Shonda Rhimes‘ hands.

Netflix has set the cast for Vikings: Valhalla, a sequel to History’s hit series, from Vikings creator Michael Hirst and studio MGM Television.