First up is some exciting casting news for Reaper (which is scheduled to return for Season 2 next February):
Reaper's Sock is going to get socked by infatuation — with no less than his stepsister! Eriko Tamura, who played a Samurai princess on Heroes, is joining the CW comedy as a recurring player this coming midseason. Tamura will play Kristin, Sock's new sis by way of his mom's remarriage. Thing is, Sock will have it bad for the new family member, while she sees him as her kindly "big brother." This could lead to tickle fights that are playful for some (her), agonizing for others (him).
Reaper's second season also will introduce Sean Patrick Thomas (Save the Last Dance) as Alan, an escaped soul who, when Sam tries to send him back to Hell, instead sends Sam on a surprising, brand-new journey. Thomas thus far is only booked for the premiere, but could get bumped up to recurring.
And secondly, some casting news for the remake of The Prisoner. I never saw the actual show (I gotta rememeber to Netflix it), but from spoofs I've seen and stuff I've read about it, it sounds like a very cool show. And given some of the people they've got for this new edition, it sounds like we could be in for a treat when it debuts in 2009.
Following the recent announcement of Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen as the stars of AMC's miniseries reimagining of the 1960s series The Prisoner, the network has named a few more actors it plans to lock up.
Joining Caviezel's Number Six and McKellen's Number Two (insert childish joke here!) are Golden Globe-nominated actress Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre, Capturing Mary) as Number 313, Hayley Atwell (Mansfield Park) as Number 41-5, Lennie James (Jericho) as Number 147 and Jamie Campbell-Bower (Sweeney Todd) as Number 11-12.
The miniseries is updating the original — an espionage thriller set during the Cold War — to focus on security and surveillance while retaining the franchise's trademark socio-economic commentary. The six-part event is set to debut in 2009.
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