Casting News: Lucy Hale's Netflix Series, Sheryl Crow And LeAnn Rimes Mentor The Voice And More

Pretty Little Liars vet Lucy Hale is taking on a double role as twin sisters in Dead Letters.

The series adaptation of Caite Dolan-Leach's novel is in development at Netflix, with Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper's company Unwell producing and Rachel Caris Love (Physical, Blindspot) penning the project, our sister site Deadline reports. In addition to starring, Hale will also serve as an executive producer.

The psychological thriller centers on identical twins Ava and Zelda (both played by Hale), the former of whom returns to their family vineyard after Zelda's murder. Before her death, Zelda knew she was in danger and left letters behind for Ava, sending her sister on a twisted scavenger hunt for the truth.

In other recent casting news...

* Sheryl Crow and LeAnn Rimes will serve as mega mentors on The Voice Season 27. Crow will mentor the artists on coaches Kelsea Ballerini and Michael Bublé's teams, while Rimes will help out John Legend and Adam Levine's singers.  

* Taylor Ann Green is leaving Bravo's Southern Charm ahead of Season 11 and will instead "focus on my new company, @resetathletic and all the exciting things that my business partner and I have been working on to continue to bring our dream into reality," Green wrote on Instagram.

* Mélanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me) has joined Season 5 of the Israeli spy drama Fauda, which streams Stateside on Netflix, Deadline reports. No character details are available.

* The CBS soap Beyond the Gates has tapped Jason Vendryes (Tyler Perry's Ruthless) to recur as "a mysterious stranger who impacts the lives of Clifton Davis' Vernon and Brandon Claybon's Martin," per Deadline. He will make his debut in May.

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