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Casting News: Little House on the Prairie Adds 6, Vision Series Casts a Villain and More
Netflix's Little House on the Prairie reboot has cast Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam) as the 'generous and kind-hearted' Dr. George Tann, while Warren Christie (Alphas) will play John Edwards (a Civil War veteran 'who catches the eye of every single woman in the county'), TVLine has learned.
Additionally, Meegwun Fairbrother (Burden of Truth), Alyssa Wapanatǎhk (Riverdale), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo) and Xander Cole will form a family as a farmer named Mitchell, his 'opinionated' wife White Sun, their 'wildly imaginative' daughter Good Eagle and their 'good-hearted but bull-headed' son Little Puma.
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In other recent casting news…
* Dark Winds Season 4 has added Isabel Deroy-Olson (Three Pines) and recent 9-1-1: Lone Star guest star Luke Barnett in the respective roles of a Navajo teen anxious to connect with people outside of her boarding school, and an FBI agent, Deadline reports.
* T'Nia Miller (The Fall of the House of Usher) has boarded Disney+'s Vision-centric WandaVision follow-up — possibly as the vengeful, AI-driven robot Jacosta — the DanielRPK Patreon and others are reporting.
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