TV Castings For 12/4/13: Barbara Hershey Set For ‘Once Upon A Time In Wonderland’ Appearance

Pilots

    Kevin Ryan will recur on NBC’s Crossbones, about a diabolical pirate who reigns over a rogue nation of thieves, outlaws and miscreant sailors.   Pablo Schreiber, Maribeth Monroe and Geoffrey Pierson have joined HBO’s The Brink, about a geopolitical crisis and its effect on three disparate and desperate men. The three compromised souls must pull through the chaos around them to save the planet from World War III.   Martin Donovan joins Lifetime’s The Lottery as a series regular, and Salli Richardson-Whitfield will recur, on the project set in a world destined for extinction as women have stopped having children. When, remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this important scientific breakthrough unfolds, government interests and power begin to dominate one of the most personal and basic elements of humanity — the right to have a family.   Constance Zimmer has booked a guest star role on USA’s Complications, about an ER doctor whose life changes after he is involved in a gang shooting and forced to explore how active a doctor can be in treating the cause of his patients' medical problems.   McKaley Miller will play Kelsey Grammer’s daughter and Daniele Watts will play Martin Lawrence’s daughter on FX’s Braddock & Jackson, centered on lawyers from vastly different backgrounds who develop a partnership after they unexpectedly meet in court on the worst day of their lives.   Robert Wisdom co-stars opposite Paul Giamattin in FX’s Hoke, a story of mid-life crisis and murder that features the hard-boiled and possibly insane homicide detective Hoke Moseley in pre-chic Miami, circa 1985.   Nate Mooney is the first to join the cast of NBC’s Odyssey, that centers on three families who are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy.  

Current Series

  Melissa Ponzio will recur on NBC’s Chicago Fire, as a love interest for Eamonn Walker’s character.   Barbara Hershey will appear on ABC’s Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, as the Queen of Hearts.   Malcom-Jamal Warner is set to guest star in a two-episode arc on TNT’s Major Crimes.   Victor Garber has been cast in at least one episode of Fox’s Sleepy Hollow.   Dan Hedaya will play Chris Messina’s Dad on Fox’s The Mindy Project.   Matthew Goode is set for a major recurring role on CBS’ The Good Wife, playing a prosecutor.   Bret Michaels will play a version of himself on NBC’s Revolution.   Ryan Phillippe, David Krumholtz, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Lance Bass will appear on TBS’ Men at Work.   Brianna Brown plays a new love interest for Simon Baker’s character on CBS’ The Mentalist.   Elyse Levesque has landed a recurring role on CW’s The Originals.  

New Series

  Kate del Castillo and Melinda Page Hamilton will guest star in the same episode on ABC’s Killer Women.   Vinnie Jones and Luis Guzman are set to recur on ABC’s Mind Games.   Constance Zimmer has landed a recurring role on NBC’s Growing Up Fisher.  

Event Series

  Kevin Rankin and Virginia Kull have joined Fox’s Gracepoint.