Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead) will join Alexandra Roach (Nightsleeper) in Channel 4’s Hunting Alice Bell, a psychological drama about women falsely accused online of being an accomplice to a serial killer. This is a big British ensemble piece, and he is simply playing a man caught up in it.
A Taxi Reunion! Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and Carol Kane (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) will join Happy Place’s second season as guest stars. The NBC comedy returns on Nov. 7th.
Max Zhang (Pacific Rim Uprising) has joined Amazon’s Highlander, led by Henry Cavill. His fighting prowess in Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (clip) fits the high-stakes battle world of Highlander.
SWAT Spinoff has Jay Harrington as Deacon and Patrick St. Esprit as Hicks, reprising their roles in S.W.A.T. Exiles. Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) leads as Hondo, guiding untested recruits. Original SWAT trailer.
Hannah John-Kamen (Thunderbolts) will join Josh Holloway (Lost) in One Second After, a disaster thriller that will follow survival after an EMP attack. Lead by stunt coordinator turned director Scott Rogers (Tron: Ares, John Wick: Chapter 4).
Emmy-nominated comic Amber Ruffin (Peacock’s The Amber Ruffin Show) will produce and star in Mother Trucker, an indie road-trip comedy. The search for a director is ongoing.
Fred Hechinger, who played Steve Zahn’s phone-addicted son in the first season of White Lotus, stars in A Long Winter. The film is by indie filmmaker Andrew Haigh (All of Us Strangers).