Exclusive: Robin Weigert and Lior Ashkenazi have been cast in series regular roles on the Hulu Limited Series We Were The Lucky Ones that stars Joey King.
Robin will star as Nechuma, the Kurc matriarch who is the beating heart and center of the family. She is a proud and capable business owner.
Lior will star as Sol, the sage and beloved patriarch of the Kurc family. Sol has great warmth and determination and strives to remain level-headed despite the growing hardships his family faces.
Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times Bestseller We were the Lucky Ones, the limited series is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, yet determined to survive and reunite. Deadline revealed exclusively in April that King joined the project.
The limited series is executive produced and written by Erica Lipez, who also serves as showrunner. Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon) directs and executive produces along with Jennifer Todd who will also executive produce for Old 320 Sycamore. Adam Milch will executive produce and Hunter will co-executive produce. The Hulu series is a production of 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
Weigert is best known for her roles in Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy, and Big Little Lies. Other TV credits include the AMC series Dietland, as well as Hulu’s Castle Rock. Most recently she can be seen in the Paramount horror/thriller Smile. She’s repped by Marc Hamou and Jb Roberts at Thruline Entertainment, and Lisa Lieberman at Innovative Artists.
Ashkenazi starred in Israel’s original version of In Treatment, which was later adapted in the United States by HBO. He also appeared in HBO’s Our Boys and Valley of Tears, and can currently be seen on Netflix’s Hit & Run opposite Lior Raz and Sanaa Lathan. He’s repped by Black Bear Management.
Robin will star as Nechuma, the Kurc matriarch who is the beating heart and center of the family. She is a proud and capable business owner.
Lior will star as Sol, the sage and beloved patriarch of the Kurc family. Sol has great warmth and determination and strives to remain level-headed despite the growing hardships his family faces.
Based on Georgia Hunter’s New York Times Bestseller We were the Lucky Ones, the limited series is inspired by the true story of a Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, yet determined to survive and reunite. Deadline revealed exclusively in April that King joined the project.
The limited series is executive produced and written by Erica Lipez, who also serves as showrunner. Thomas Kail (Fosse/Verdon) directs and executive produces along with Jennifer Todd who will also executive produce for Old 320 Sycamore. Adam Milch will executive produce and Hunter will co-executive produce. The Hulu series is a production of 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.
Weigert is best known for her roles in Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy, and Big Little Lies. Other TV credits include the AMC series Dietland, as well as Hulu’s Castle Rock. Most recently she can be seen in the Paramount horror/thriller Smile. She’s repped by Marc Hamou and Jb Roberts at Thruline Entertainment, and Lisa Lieberman at Innovative Artists.
Ashkenazi starred in Israel’s original version of In Treatment, which was later adapted in the United States by HBO. He also appeared in HBO’s Our Boys and Valley of Tears, and can currently be seen on Netflix’s Hit & Run opposite Lior Raz and Sanaa Lathan. He’s repped by Black Bear Management.
- 11/14/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has added eight to the cast of workplace thriller Severance as principal photography gets underway on Season 2. Game of Thrones alumna Gwendoline Christie, Bob Balaban (The Chair), Merritt Wever (Godless), Alia Shawkat (Search Party), Robby Benson (Beauty and the Beast), Stefano Carannante (Mirabilia), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (The Tourist) and John Noble (Fringe) join the Emmy-winning series starring Adam Scott, from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller. Fifth Season is the studio. The streamer also released a first-look image below.
In Severance Mark Scout (Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.
In Severance Mark Scout (Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.
- 10/31/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Merritt Wever (Godless) is joining Michaela Watkins and Owen Painter as recurring guest stars on Hulu’s Tiny Beautiful Things, the Kathryn Hahn starrer in the works from Liz Tigelaar that’s based on Cheryl Strayed’s New York Times bestseller.
Wever plays Frankie, the resilient and resourceful single mother of Young Clare and Young Lucas, whose belief in abundance over scarcity, and putting oneself in the way of beauty, transforms her children’s life of poverty and becomes a touchstone for Clare (Hahn) as she takes up the mantel of the anonymous, revered advice columnist, Sugar, in the present.
Watkins portrays Amy, an emerging novelist and the decades-long best friend of Clare, whose decision to remain childless and pursue an artistic career has been shaped by a mother loss of her own — though a different kind than Clare’s. And while their friendship is very real,...
Wever plays Frankie, the resilient and resourceful single mother of Young Clare and Young Lucas, whose belief in abundance over scarcity, and putting oneself in the way of beauty, transforms her children’s life of poverty and becomes a touchstone for Clare (Hahn) as she takes up the mantel of the anonymous, revered advice columnist, Sugar, in the present.
Watkins portrays Amy, an emerging novelist and the decades-long best friend of Clare, whose decision to remain childless and pursue an artistic career has been shaped by a mother loss of her own — though a different kind than Clare’s. And while their friendship is very real,...
- 8/22/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has greenlit female-driven anthology series Roar starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever and Alison Brie. The series comes from Glow creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, who have signed an overall deal with the streamer.
Roar, which has been in the works since 2018, is based on Cecelia Ahern’s book of short stories. It will feature eight, half-hour episodes, each told from a female point of view.
Flahive and Mensch created the TV series and will showrun. They will exec produce alongside Kidman and Per Saari via Blossom Films, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Allie Goss via Made Up Stories, Ahern via via her company Greenlight Go and Theresa Park via her Per Capita Productions. It will be produced by Endeavor Content.
The book collection of 30 short stories, which was published by HarperCollins in the UK and Grand Central Publishing in the U.S., each features a...
Roar, which has been in the works since 2018, is based on Cecelia Ahern’s book of short stories. It will feature eight, half-hour episodes, each told from a female point of view.
Flahive and Mensch created the TV series and will showrun. They will exec produce alongside Kidman and Per Saari via Blossom Films, Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Allie Goss via Made Up Stories, Ahern via via her company Greenlight Go and Theresa Park via her Per Capita Productions. It will be produced by Endeavor Content.
The book collection of 30 short stories, which was published by HarperCollins in the UK and Grand Central Publishing in the U.S., each features a...
- 3/2/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Cast has been rounded out on The Seventh Day, the horror pic starring Guy Pearce and Mexican actor Vadhir Derbez in the story of a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training.
Joining them are Stephen Lang (Avatar), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Robin Bartlett (City Of Angels), and Brady Jenness (The Sinner).
Lang will co-star as serious and deeply pious archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. David will portray Father Louis, a mentor to Father Peter (Pearce) in his youth. Bartlett is set to portray Helen, a New Orleans social worker. Galust will play young Father Peter, and Jenness will portray Charlie Giroux, a young boy accused of a heinous crime while allegedly under the influence of demonic possession.
The project is shooting next month in Dallas and New Orleans. Justin P. Lange is directing from his own script,...
Joining them are Stephen Lang (Avatar), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Robin Bartlett (City Of Angels), and Brady Jenness (The Sinner).
Lang will co-star as serious and deeply pious archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. David will portray Father Louis, a mentor to Father Peter (Pearce) in his youth. Bartlett is set to portray Helen, a New Orleans social worker. Galust will play young Father Peter, and Jenness will portray Charlie Giroux, a young boy accused of a heinous crime while allegedly under the influence of demonic possession.
The project is shooting next month in Dallas and New Orleans. Justin P. Lange is directing from his own script,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
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