American Horror Story Season 8 Scoop: Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Adina Porter to Return
American Horror Story series co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed late Friday that the anthology’s eighth installment will be set “18 months from today”. He also revealed that viewers can expect a more “heightened” season than Cult, more in line with previous chapters Asylum (Season 2) and Coven (Season 3).
Murphy also gave the first details on the characters (and the actors playing them) that will be featured in Season 8. Returning cast member Evan Peters will play a “comedic hairstylist.” The recently cast Joan Collins will portray the character’s grandmother.
Murphy teased that Season 8 will feature three minority leads, in addition to series headliners Sarah Paulson and Kathy Bates.
THR reported that Billy Eichner, Cheyenne Jackson, Adina Porter and Leslie Grossman will also be back. Eichner and Grossman announced their returns on social media.
Well I'm insanely excited to let you know I'll be joining Sarah Paulson, Kathy Bates, Evan Peters, Adina Porter, Leslie Grossman, Cheyenne Jackson and JOAN COLLINS on the next season of @AHSFX! https://t.co/FyiHxA9E3m
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) April 9, 2018
Production on Season 8 is set to begin in mid-June.
H/T: Deadline
American Gods Casting Sam Black Crow Character
New Media won’t be the only new character on Season 2 of Starz’s American Gods.
According to TVLine, the Starz drama is looking for a young, Native American actress to play Sam Black Crow in Season 2.
In Neil Gaiman’s novel, Shadow Moon meets Sam Black Crow while she’s hitchhiking. She’s described as a forthright half-Cherokee/half white college student. Sam becomes entwined in Shadow’s journey in an unexpected way.
H/T: TVLine
Fan Favorites Returned on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; New “Formidable Alien” Role Cast
We hope you stuck around for the post-credits scene on the most recent episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. because you were treated to not one, but TWO incredible throwback returns. Ruth Negga and David Conrad returned as our favorite “Girl in the Flower Dress” Raina and Ian Queen, respectively.
Earlier in the episode we also got major callbacks to Dr. Franklin Hall and his trip into Gravitonium. It appears as if Dr. Hall can communicate through anyone that is exposed to the highly volatile substance.
But back to Raina and Quinn…
In a season filled with spectacular callbacks and cameos to characters and storyline threads from S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s five year history, this has to have been the most surprising return of the season. Not only did we get some amazing camera time with our girl Raina, but we finally got the answer to a question that has been bugging everyone that pays a modicum of attention: What Happened to Ian Quinn?
Well it turns out he acquired Gravitonium at some point during / after the Season 1 finale. Or I should say… Gravitonium acquired him.
That scene was originally shot for ep 122 and cut out from the ep. It was brought back here.
When I read the script I sat for a moment & was – Huh, this is so familiar like dejavu. I'm like, hey I've already broken this SC down before in S 01! https://t.co/EWu7Mh8Bsm— Mark Kolpack (@MarkKolpack) April 7, 2018
In related S.H.I.E.L.D. news…
Legend of the Seeker villain Craig Parker has been cast in the role of Taryan, a “formidable wheeler-dealer from another planet”. Parker will debut towards the end of Season 5.
H/T: TVLine
American Gods Announces New Media Role
TVLine reports that the Starz series American Gods will add the role of New Media in the upcoming second season.
The show is looking for a 20-something, Asian woman to play the new series regular, which symbolizes the role of social media in modern American life (the same way that Gillian Anderson’s Media represented television and pop culture in Season 1).
Production on American Gods‘ sophomore season is scheduled to begin in May.
H/T: TVLine
Joan Collins Joins AHS
Dame Joan Collins has joined the Season 8 cast of American Horror Story in an as-yet specified role.
The Dynasty legend joins returning favorites Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters in the FX anthology series.
The only thing certain about the new season is that it takes place in the future.
Meryl Streep Makes Her Big Little Lies Debut; Plus More Cast Members Announced
Filming has commenced on the second season of HBO’s Big Little Lies and star Nicole Kidman shared on Instagram a sneak peek of multiple Oscar winner Meryl Streep on the series’ set.
Streep has joined the cast as Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Alexander Skarsgard’s deceased character Perry (aka the mother-in-law of Kidman’s widow Celeste).
In related BLL news…
TVLine reports that Merrin Dungey is set to return for Season 2 of the HBO drama. Dungey’s Detective Adrienne Quinlan will be a recurring guest star next season.
Also returning: Robin Weigert, who plays Celeste and Perry’s therapist Dr. Amanda Reisman; Kathryn Newton, who plays Madeline’s oldest daughter Abby; and Sarah Sokolovic, who plays Tori, the wife of theater director Joseph, who Madeline had an affair with in Season 1. Weigert will be a recurring guest star, while Newton and Sokolovic will be series regulars.
Joining the cast are: Crystal Fox (The Haves and the Have Nots) as Bonnie’s mother Elizabeth Howard, and Mo McRae (Empire, Pitch) as Michael Perkins, a teacher at the kids’ school who has a beef with Renata.
Season 2 of the Emmy-winning HBO drama will bring back headliners Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern, as well as co-stars Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott and Zoe Kravitz.
Big Little Lies‘ seven-episode second season is slated to premiere in early 2019.
Iron Fist Star Lewis Tan Confirms Shatterstar Appearance in Deadpool 2
Deadpool 2 will showcase the mercenary with a mouth form the Marvel Comics team X-Force. We know that Zazie Beets is playing Domino and Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews is to play Bedlam. But what about the rest of the team?
Shortly after that trailer dropped, Iron Fist and Into the Badlands‘ Lewis Tan confirmed that he will be playing Shatterstar.
Shatterstar is a genetically engineered, time-traveling and dimension-hopping warrior from Mojoworld who after traveling back in time and fighting against Domino and Cable became a founding member of X-Force.
H/T: Comic Book Movie
Caity Lotz Returns to Arrow for Season Finale
Legends of Tomorrow star Caity Lotz’s Sara Lance will return home in present-day Star City during Arrow‘s season finale, airing Thursday, May 17. Lotz herself IGed the news.
Lotz last appeared on Arrow (in a non-crossover episode) in November 2015, not long before the Legends spinoff made its series premiere.
No further information on exactly what Sara will be up to in the season finale has been released.
H/T: Collider
Woody Harrelson’s Role in Venom May Have Been Revealed
While we did get a trailer for the upcoming Venom movie, no other details have been shared about the movie.
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Until today, we have learned that thanks to Bleeding Cool, rumours suggest that Woody Harrelson is going to be playing Carnage in Venom.
While Sony has not officially confirmed the casting yet, Bleeding Cool has been told in a very “confirm-y way”. If this turns out to be true, it could lead to Woody taking on the craziest role of his career (Maybe).
Source: Bleeding Cool
Legends‘ Jes Macallan Bumped Up to Series Regular
Send in the clones!
Legends of Tomorrow has promoted Jes Macallan, who recurs as Ava Sharpe, to series regular for Season 4.
Macallan joined the superhero series in Season 3 as a Time Bureau agent who eventually went on to lead the organization and become romantically involved with Waverider captain Sara. During last week’s episode, Ava learned that she was a clone from the future.
Last month, it was announced that Matt Ryan (aka John Constantine) would be a series regular in Season 4 — if the show got renewed, which it did (just yesterday)!
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow airs its season 3 finale on Monday @ 8pm ET on The CW.
H/T: EW