Casting News: Nicole Kidman And Elle Fanning Use Discretion, Yellowstone Alum Joins Lioness And More

Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning are about to face off in the courtroom.

The two actresses will headline Discretion, a new legal thriller that just earned a straight-to-series order at Paramount+, the streamer announced on Monday. Fanning stars as a summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm who "uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth," per the official description — and clashes with "the firm's most powerful female partner," played by Kidman.

Based on a short story by bestselling novelist Chandler Baker, Discretion will feature Susannah Grant (Unbelievable) as an executive producer. Baker will write the series and also serve as an EP.

In other recent casting news...

* Yellowstone alum Ian Bohen has joined the cast of Lioness for the upcoming Season 3 in a series regular role, Variety reports. He'll play Grady, "a by-the-book Delta Force operator and primary K9 handler, skilled in battlefield tactics."

* Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom, Snowfall) has joined Jon Hamm in the cast of MGM+'s American Hostage, according to Deadline, playing FBI Special Agent Cormac McNally, a criminal profiler with the Behavioral Science Unit.

* Marc Rissmann (1883) will play Greycloak, the eldest brother of Erik Bloodaxe, in the Prime Video series Bloodaxe, which follows the rise of one of history's most famous Norse raiders, per Deadline.