Casting News: Blue Bloods Vet to Dexter Spinoff and More
The Blue Bloods and Sopranos vet will recur in Paramount+ With Showtime's Dexter: Resurrection as Vinny, a greedy slumlord, our sister site Variety reports.
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The sequel series will see Michael C. Hall reprise his role as serial killer Dexter Morgan, with franchise vets David Zayas (as Detective Angel Batista), James Remar (as Harry Morgan) and Jack Alcott (as Harrison Morgan) returning as well. New cast members include Neil Patrick Harris, Uma Thurman, Peter Dinklage and Krysten Ritter.
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* Bobby Moynihan (SNL) will star opposite Tracy Morgan in NBC's untitled comedy pilot from 30 Rock team Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Sam Means, our sister site Deadline reports. The project centers around Reggie (Morgan), a disgraced former football player on a mission to rehabilitate his image, with Moynihan playing his loyal former teammate. Also boarding the potential series is Erika Alexander (Living Single) as Reggie's ex-wife, who is still his agent and business manager.
* Kai Caster (Yellowstone) has been cast in Prime Video's upcoming Marvel series Spider-Noir in an undisclosed role with a special connection to a previously announced character, per Deadline.
* Janet McTeer (The Old Man, Ozark) has joined Guy Ritchie and Paramount+'s Irish crime-family drama MobLand, starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren, per The Hollywood Reporter. McTeer's character, Kat, is 'as charming as she is violent' and someone whom crime bosses 'are anxious never to cross swords with,' reads the official description.
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