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Casting News: Reacher Season 4 Recast, Leo Woodall Is Vladimir and More
Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette (Barry) has boarded Reacher Season 4 in the role of small-town policeman Jacob Merrick.
He thus replaces the previously announced Jay Baruchel,who had to exit the Prime Video hit to attend to a personal matter, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Reacher Season 4 is based on Lee Child's 13th Jack Reacher novel, Gone Tomorrow, in which a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway train goes horribly wrong, and Reacher (played by Alan Ritchson) 'is drawn into a deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power.'
In other recent casting news…
* Leo Woodall (One Day, The White Lotus) will star opposite Rachel Weisz in Vladimir, Netflix's eight-episode adaptation of Julia May Jonas' acclaimed novel about a woman who becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague.
* Luke Hemsworth — previously announced as part of the Terminal List: Dark Wolf prequel series cast — will also play his character, Jules Landry, in The Terminal List Season 2, which is currently filming.
* Digman! Season 2 guest stars will include Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Dennis Haysbert (The Unit), Mark Hamill (the Star Wars franchise), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Amy Sedaris (The Mandalorian), Kate Winslet (Mare of Easttown) and Jeffrey Wright (The Agency: Central Intelligence), Comedy Central announced Thursday. The animated series returns Wednesday, July 9, at 10:30/9:30c.
* Laila Ali will host Chef Grudge Match, Food Network's forthcoming revamp of SuperChef Grudge Match, our sister site Variety reports. SuperChef Grudge Match ran for two seasons and was hosted by Darnell Ferguson, who the Louisville, Ky. Courier Journal reports recently pled guilty to misdemeanor charges related to allegations of domestic violence. Ali's Chef Grudge Match is slated to premiere on Food Network and HBO Max in August.
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