Steve Martin is a man of many dimensions, and two pieces – at least to judge from director Morgan Neville’s documentary about the comedy icon.
05.06.2024 - 22:15 / variety.com
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Toni Collette has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix limited series “Wayward,” Variety has learned. Collette will appear in the series alongside Mae Martin as well as Sarah Gadon, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sydney Topliffe, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Patrick J.
Adams, Patrick Gallagher and Josh Close. The series is described as a thriller “set in a bucolic but sinister town that explores the insidious underbelly of the ‘troubled teen industry’ and the eternal struggle between one generation and the next,” per the official description.
Exact character details are being kept under wraps, but Collette will play the character Leanne in “Wayward.” Collette is a highly-regarded and celebrated actress. She is a five-time Emmy Award nominee, winning the award for best actress in a comedy series for the Showtime show “United States of Tara.” She also won a Golden Globe for that show in 2010.
Her other TV roles include the Netflix series “Unbelievable,” for which she received both a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination, as well as the Netflix thriller series “Pieces of Her.” She has also starred in shows like “The Staircase” and “The Power.” In film, Collette was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role in “The Sixth Sense” and received a Golden Globe nod for “Little Miss Sunshine.” Her recent credits include “Knives Out” and “Nightmare Alley.” She is repped by CAA, United Management, Finley Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Martin created “Wayward” and serves as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Ryan Scott. Ben Farrell executive produces on behalf of Objective Fiction.
Bruno Dubé, Hannah Mackay, and Jennifer Kawaja also executive produce. Sphere Media produces.
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Jack Dunn Growing up in Los Angeles, Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville was a “huge fan” of Steve Martin. At 12 years old, he begged his father to drive six hours to Las Vegas so they could see one of Martin’s last stand-up performances at the Riviera Hotel. Forty-five years later, Neville shared the NeueHouse Hollywood stage with his comedy hero to promote their new Apple TV+ documentary “Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces.” “My main goal going in was just to listen,” Neville said.
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EXCLUSIVE: Toni Collette is set as a series regular in the upcoming Netflix Canada limited series Wayward (fka Tall Pines). She is joining a cast led by Mae Martin, the series’ creator, executive producer and co-showrunner, which also includes fellow series regulars Sarah Gadon, Brandon Jay McLaren, Sydney Topliffe and Alyvia Alyn Lind as well as recurring guest stars Patrick J. Adams, Patrick Gallagher and Josh Close.
EXCLUSIVE: Five more actors have joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix limited series Wayward (fka Tall Pines) led by Mae Martin, the series’ creator, executive producer and co-showrunner. Sydney Topliffe (Davey & Jonesie’s Locker, Doin’ It) and Alyvia Alyn Lind (Chucky, Daybreak) have been tapped as series regulars and Patrick J. Adams (Suits, The Right Stuff), Patrick Gallagher (Big Sky, Joe Pickett) and Josh Close (American Solitaire, Killers Of The Flower Moon) as recurring guest stars on the show, one of the first commissions for Netflix Canada.
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