Casting News: Dominic West And Sienna Miller's HBO Thriller, Mike Epps' CBS Sitcom And More
Two familiar faces are about to go to War.
Dominic West (The Crown) and Sienna Miller (Anatomy of a Scandal) have signed on to star in War, a new legal thriller that has earned a two-season commitment from HBO and UK broadcaster Sky. West plays tech titan Morgan Henderson, with Miller as his estranged actress wife Carla Duval. Their scandalous London divorce case "sends shockwaves through boardrooms, bedrooms, and courtrooms alike," per the official description.
The cast also includes Phoebe Fox (The Great), James McArdle (Mare of Easttown), Nina Sosanya (Baby Reindeer), Pip Torrens (Succession) and Archie Reneaux (Shadow and Bone). George Kay (Hijack, Lupin) serves as writer and creator of the anthology series, which will take on a new case each season.
"We've long admired George Kay's exceptional work and it's a privilege to bring him and his team to HBO for this wild and wicked examination of the brutal battlefield that is divorce," HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi said in a statement. "An inspired fusion of realism and satire, viewers are in store for gripping storytelling at its very best."
In other casting news...
* Mike Epps (The Upshaws) will star in a CBS sitcom in the works from black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Deadline reports, with Epps playing one of two estranged Black brothers who are forced to live together in their late grandmother's house in the wake of the devastating Altadena wildfires earlier this year.
* Hayley Atwell (Marvel's Agent Carter) and Rupert Everett (Emily in Paris) will guest-star in Season 2 of the Disney+ series Rivals, according to The Hollywood Reporter., with Atwell playing the ex-wife of Rupert Campbell-Black and Everett as Campbell-Black's former show-jumping coach.
* Antonia Thomas (The Good Doctor) and Tom Dylan (The Buccaneers) will play the title roles in BritBox's Tommy & Tuppence, based on the works on famed mystery author Agatha Christie, per Variety. Plus, Imelda Staunton (The Crown) will co-star as retired private eye Aunt Ada.
* Tom Cavanagh (The Flash) and Amalia Williamson (Sullivan's Crossing) have joined the cast of You're Killing Me, an upcoming Acorn TV mystery starring Brooke Shields.
* Kym Whitley (Young & Hungry) will join Tommy Davidson as a series regular in BET+'s Martin spinoff The Varnell Hill Show, per Deadline, with Whitley playing Kim Jones, the longtime assistant to Davidson's TV talk show host Varnell Hill.
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