Casting News: John Malkovich Joins Bad Monkey, Fred Armisen Befriends Deli Boys And More

John Malkovich has been cast opposite Vince Vaughn in Bad Monkey Season 2.

According to Deadline, which was first to break the news, Malkovich will play Spencer, the head of a South Florida criminal organization.

As for the premise, executive producer Bill Lawrence previously told TVLine that while they fully intend to adapt the second Andrew Yancy-centric novel, Razor Girl, for a future season, Season 2 of the Apple TV+ comedy will tell a wholly original story, with input from author Carl Hiaasen.

"Razor Girl is a great novel for people who want to read it, but it's kind of a break from the characters of the first [book]," Lawrence explained, "and we wanted to have some of the characters from the first season more front and center in the second" — including Natalie Martinez's Rosa. "[Season 2 is] an original story, but we're all Carl Hiaasen aficionados — and, also, Carl consults on the show and has been helping us a ton."

In other casting news...

* Hulu's freshly renewed Deli Boys has cast Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live, Wednesday) as a series regular in Season 2. Character details have not been disclosed.

* Elizabeth Banks (The Better Sister) will return to Prime Video and play Karen Read in an as-yet-untitled limited series from executive producer David E. Kelley, Deadline reports.

* Kim Coates (The Walking Dead: Dead City) will star opposite Tracy Spiridakos in USA Network's forthcoming original series Anna Pigeon. Per Deadline, he'll play Jeremiah Paulson, "a wealthy landowner not afraid to break the rules."

* FROM Season 4 has added Julia Doyle (Astrid and Lilly Save the World) as a series regular. According to Deadline, she will inhabit the role of Sophia, "a sheltered and vulnerable pastor's daughter," when the MGM+ original returns in 2026.

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